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Xz · Feb 3, 2015

I just have to say: Fucking Hell this theme is ugly.

Vorak · Feb 4, 2015

The sooner we raise the capital the site needs the sooner it goes away.

Taluntain said: ↑

Incidentally, the migration from the old phpBB to XenForo has currently set us back approximately $250, and I expect the figure to reach $350-400 or more before we're done -- without including the costs of licence renewals.

Here's the breakdown of the costs:

XenForo licence - XF (1 year): $140
XenForo Media Gallery - XMG (1 year): $60
Import from phpBB->XF: $50
Complete conversion of the old phpBB style to XF style: waiting for quote, should be under $100
5 year's worth of licence renewals for XF+XMG: $275

The total comes to over $600, which I'd like to raise so that we're covered and that there's enough money in the piggy bank to pay for the licence renewals for the foreseeable future. Unlike with phpBB and Coppermine, which were open-source (and consequently free, but very light on features), XF & XMG are commercial software and considerably better in every respect. We've decided to ditch Coppermine along with phpBB as it's been the source of the latest exploit (and several previous ones) and go with XMG instead, which should be considerably more secure. XMG will integrate with XF, unlike Coppermine, which was standalone. However, at the moment there is no importer for the data from Coppermine to XMG yet, so we'll likely wait with enabling XMG until the importer is provided. The gallery will remain down until then to prevent the possibility of further exploits.

There have been practically no donations made for Terra-Arcanum since I put the PayPal button up on the old forums a few years ago, so there are no reserves to pay for any of this. What you'll donate now is what we'll have to work with. I've put back the old top ad block for now so please use the PayPal Donate button there to donate. I'll update the thread regularly with info on how much we've gathered. PLEASE LEAVE YOUR USERNAME IN PAYPAL DONATION NOTES SO WE KNOW WHO TO CREDIT!

Thanks!
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Taluntain · Feb 4, 2015

^^what he said!

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