Donation Changes
May 6, 2015 at 1:56 pm
(This post was last modified: May 6, 2015 at 8:12 pm by Tiberius.)
This is just a small announcement to let users know that we've officially scrapped the multi-tier donation groups (i.e. Gold, Silver, Bronze donators). From now on, all users who donate to the forums will be placed in the "Donators" group, and the gold donator badge will be applied to all of them. This action is retroactive, so everyone who has donated to the forums will now be in the "Donators" group (if you aren't, please PM me).
I've also changed the color scheme of the display username if you choose to use it from the old purple to a gold color, which matches the badge. I think it looks better, but if people really prefer the old purple color I will change it back or see if I can make it a choice.
Additionally, users who donate to the forums will always remain in the donators group, rather than as an annual thing. Originally the membership was annual to encourage people to donate more than once, however most people seem to do this anyway, and the amount of money needed to fund the site has dropped significantly since our move to the cloud.
Thanks,
Tiberius
I've also changed the color scheme of the display username if you choose to use it from the old purple to a gold color, which matches the badge. I think it looks better, but if people really prefer the old purple color I will change it back or see if I can make it a choice.
Additionally, users who donate to the forums will always remain in the donators group, rather than as an annual thing. Originally the membership was annual to encourage people to donate more than once, however most people seem to do this anyway, and the amount of money needed to fund the site has dropped significantly since our move to the cloud.
Thanks,
Tiberius
