New membership system

[pdhaudio83]

Hi all,

With the changes to vBulletin 4.0, I've been looking at establishing a new membership system. We haven't received any donations in quite some time, and I would say we've been generous giving vinyls with $10 support.

In order to advertise a bit more, I introduced a new membership system. No one was grandfathered in since it has been some time since donations were made.

These will be yearly memberships, at either $10 or $20. Basic members will have less features, and paid memberships will offer more PM storage, pictures, signatures, blog writing, etc.

Feel free to subscribe for just $10 or $20 per year. Go to User CP-> Paid subscriptions to sign up. After one year, you will NOT BE AUTORENEWED. You can resign up at any time, but until you do, you go back to being a normal member. Thanks!

Here's a direct link: http://www.themazdaforum.com/payments.php

[Raider]

Can we get a detailed breakdown of the $10/$20 memberships? I know I have not donated in a while, but that was because a rough year. Let me know what I can do, ok?

[pdhaudio83]

There's a breakdown if you goto User CP-> Account settings -> Paid memberships. It shows the differences

[Raider]

lol duh. I guess IF I actually WENT to where you mentioned....

For those unable to follow directions (like me!!!) here is the deal right here:

Deluxe Membership
Cost: 10 bucks a year
Gives members the following benefits:
* Uploadable Avatars
* Use of [img] tag in signature
* 500 stored messages in PM box
* Ability to mass PM up to 3 people
* Can send PM even if destination mailbox is full
* Open/Close threads that you started
* Move threads you started

OR
Premium Membership
Cost: 20 bucks
Gives members the following benefits:
* Uploadable Avatars
* Uploadable sig pics
* [img] tag allowed in signature
* 8 lines of signature space
* 1000 stored messages in PM box
* Ability to mass PM up to 5 people
* Can send PM even if destination mailbox is full
* Open/Close threads that you started
* Move threads you started
* Uploadable profile picture 125x125 65k
* 512 characters allowed in signature.
* Custom titles configurable in profile
* Can be invisible (not showing online)

[daftIntrovert]

oh crap. So this is why the user groups got all messed up. I may have to go reconstruct the Deluxe and Premium membership groups.

So sad that I couldn't be grandfathered in, considering I've donated a couple hundred already :P but since I'm an admin I guess it doesn't matter.

[pdhaudio83]

I was thinking about doing that- a free year for all prior members, but I couldn't figure it out.

Chris, feel free to convert yourself to a premium member- you have been a large part of this site from the get-go.

[darkcambria]

I signed up. I figure its been a while since I've donated so $20 isn't going to kill me.

[pdhaudio83]

Thanks, this system is much easier to maintain as well.

[MiaTurbo]

Done and done. Without the bar at the top of the page, it's easy to forget..

[pdhaudio83]

indeed. thanks!