Changes are coming to Spooks Forum!

[Nitrus]

For those of you who don't know, currently I fund this forum out of my own pocket which I can no longer afford to do. So I am going to be implementing some revenue generating changes to Spooks Forum.

All the money generated from these changes will go towards keeping this place open. Here is a breakdown of the changes that will be happening soon.

Subscriptions
I am going to offer members the chance to subscribe to the forum, these subscribers will be called "Spooks" and will get many privileges above those of a normal member. The cost of becoming a Spook will be 5 GBP per year, and it will be done through a Paypal subscription which will automatically renew each year.

These privileges will include:

* Access to 'The Grid', the private subscriber-only forum.
* NO ADS - Spooks do not see ANY ads on Spooks Forum.
* Ability to change your username & usertitle.
* More storage space for attachments.
* A special rank image.
* More storage space for PMs.

More privileges will be added as I think of them. If you can think of any additional things you would like, then please reply with some suggestions.

Ads
I will be placing ads in two places, one set of ads will be about where the blue message and another set will be after the first post of every thread. They will be Google ads, and the one where the blue message is will be big, and then one after the first post will be smaller.

Not all members will see all ads, here's who will see what:

Guests - Will see all ads.

Members - Will only see the the ads where the blue message is.

Spooks - Won't see any ads at all.

Staff - Won't see any ads at all.

Amazon Store
I have setup what's called an "aStore" which is where I can link to a customised Amazon store which sells only the products I choose and for each product that someone buys through this store I get a bit of money to go towards running the forum.

The store I have setup will sell Spooks DVDs, Books & Music, but you can also buy other things through it. The link to the store will be in the top navigation and all members can access it.

Rules
As a result of these changes, I will be adjusting the rules slightly. Here are the changes:

New Rule: Links to sites where you can download/view episodes of Spooks are not allowed. (The only exception to this rule is YouTube.)

Changed Rule: Members must activate their accounts within 1 week of registration or their account will be deleted.


These changes will happen sometime over the next 3 weeks. I want to give you until then to ask any questions, raise concerns etc. So please use this thread to ask those questions and raise those concerns, and I will do my best to answer them.

I hope that you will all continue to support Spooks Forum and help the growth and success of this community.

Regards,

Nitrus