And for the record?

I never, ever thought that JU would subject us to big, ugly advertisements with pictures.  Little text ads, okay, I'm used to it.

But the huge "ManageEngine EventLog Analyzer 4" ad is pissing me off hardcore.

TANSTAAFL

Unfortunately, we have to offset costs of the site somehow.  We've been running it for free with virtually no ads for years now, and it's been a constant and ridiculously high drain on servers, people and resources.  People want us to keep the site running, fast, and free. 

JoeUser isn't a charity.  It has to make up for it somewhere.

All of the multiple blogs that users had were merged into their last updated blog. If youre finding links from other sites pointed to your articles on your old blog addresses are no longer available or arent being found, please let me know.

Despite the fact that your old blog addresses are no longer in use, all of the articles on the multiple blogs that people had are available on everyone's single blog now.

I know the ice cream is free, and I shouldn't be so bitchy, but the entire blog is missing. Sorry for the terseness of the article and the comment, but I was pretty mad when I realized that.

Oh, no problem on being mad over the articles missing.  I was specifically replying to the comment about the ads.  Andrew was addressing the technical issue of your articles.

Also, to clarify Andrew's comment...

If you have 3 blogs under your account...

Blog A
Blog B
Blog C

All articles from all three were consolidated down to one blog, typically your primary (or first registered).  So lets say Blog A is the last Blog standing on your account.

Any article posted to Blog B or C is now under Blog A.  Links to that article in Google to Blog B or C will automatically redirect.

For example, look at this link specifically:

http://the-prog-geek.joeuser.com/index.asp?AID=168826

It's an old link to the old site to one of your collapsed blogs.  If you click on it, it redirects you here:

http://sanchonino.joeuser.com/article/168826

See?  Nothing lost, just not in the place you expected.  Page through your list of articles and you should see everything you posted to any of your old blogs.

Do you mean email spam?

As for a subscription plan for JoeUser?  The site would have to grow drastically in popularity to make that a worthwhile project.  It's an idea we toy with now and then, but with so few users at the moment, it just doesn't justify the cost.

 

ditto.

 

 I'd pay just to not have to look at the ads and help support the site. It always seems like there is a cash low shortage when it comes time to renew my subscriptions, but I find it. I'm only subscribed at two sites and then there is ODN, but I would happily add JU to my list.

Thanks for the clarification, Zoomba. I know you all have been hard at work at the new JU and I kinda crapped all over it in my post. (It's the poo brown . . . what can I say? Green please)

I would have preferred to keep the two blogs separate, but that just makes more work for you kids. Thanks for what you do at any rate, gentlemen.

But add my name to the "willing to subscribe to avoid ads" list. (Hey, it's why I subscribed to WC - I just couldn't STAND them anymore.)

You prefer poo green?

It was more of a vomit green . . .

(So I liked the burnt red of my old blog, okay? Okay?)

I like the brown. It just seems like it's missing something. A little 'highlight' or border or something.

I like the new sidebars very much.

>>> Save The Personal Page Elite!!!!!!!!<<<

And here I was, saying that I didn't like it when it first came out. And you said, "Nah, you'll get used to it."


Hypocrite.

I like the color scheme. I think it's a little more difficult to get to the forums from the homepage, but here I am, so I guess it's not that bad.