Ad mystery solved....

[Chrisnstar]

We have paid for 2 ad free credits (thanks to KarenN)...

I asked that they be used in Feb and March. Well, we've got ads back!

I'm trying to figure out how to reach whoever is in charge... bear with me.

chris

[Chrisnstar]

OK. I went to the Proboards support board and learned that on March 1, it should go ad free for us again...

this is a good news bad news thing...

The good news is that we are getting LOTS of views on our board. MORE THAN 50,000 IN FEB...

HOLEY MOLEY.....

But, once we go over 50,000 in one month, the ads come back for the remainder of that month.

Weird, but it's the way it works...

chris

[Chrisnstar]

Here's from the admin page to tell you how it works:

Here at ProBoards.com, we are committed to providing you with a great free message board service. This service is provided free to our members by the advertisements that are displayed. Some members prefer not to have these advertisements displayed on their account, and thus we offer a monthly subscription plan for our members that was designed to be affordable for all our members, whether you have a large forum or a small community.

Here's how our monthly ad-free plan works. We accept Visa, Mastercard, Discover, and American Express for payments for our monthly ad-free plan. The price for our new ad-free plan is $6.99 a month. The $6.99 price will allow you to have up to 50,000 pageviews on your message board during a given month with absolutely no advertisements (banners and popups) for those pageviews.

If your board receives more than 50,000 pageviews in a month, you can opt to purchase multiple $6.99/mo plans for a given month. If you pay to have 50,000 ad-free pageviews during a month, and your board goes over that amount, the ads will then resume.

You can find a link at the bottom of each page on your forum that you can use in order to activate your ad-free plan. We do not automatically charge you each month for more ad-free. If your ad-free has run out, you can simply go back to the bottom of your board and click the ad-free link again and pay for another ad-free month.

Once you have paid the $6.99 (or more depending if you ordered more), a "credit" will be placed in your account for 50,000 ad-free pageviews. You get to choose which month (eg July, August, etc) to apply the credit to. Only the "admin" account at each board has access to use the credits.

[Marci]

I kinda like the ads ;D I just checked out Black Sterling freisans. Drool. Not that I would give up my arab mare or my dream of having a smooth giting horse in the futre but dang they sure are pretty to look at. Although I have to say saddle seat is not my favorite was to ride....
But you have to check out the photos on that site. Wow.

[Mary Ann]

Those were fun to see, and nice quality, for the most part. I just don't like seeing Friesians going saddleseat, though. They look wrong somehow. And I'm not a fan of saddleseat in general, because it can be tough on the back. But there are certainly Arabians and Saddlebreds who look exquisite at it.

My favorite fantasy pics of Friesians are at Toadstool Farms. OMG, those horses! Look for two I think named Goliath, and Hook.

[Mary Ann]

And 50,000 hits??!

I thought the ads were okay; certainly not as irritating as pop-ups by any stretch. But I still somehow have them blocked most of the time. Go figure. *shrug*

[DorothyB]

So maybe I shouldn't stop by 10 times a day? ;D

[Mary Ann]

Or maybe if we just stay logged on all the time? That counts as one hit, doesn't it?

[Chrisnstar]

Haha, you guys are too funny ;D

Looks like on my computer the ads are gone again... go figure....

Oh well, bear with me as I learn the workings of this board!

chris

[linda]

Don't sweat the ads. They open fast, even on my 26K phone line. Like the others, since the relate to our discussion, I have clicked on them as well.

I can see why we are getting all the hits--this is a great place with lots going on.
Linda