First post !

[Sold To The Man @ The Bar]

well done, happy to pay. Keep up the good work

[Bishop]

.........£5?

[Nexstar]

Saints web forum? Hmm.

Why couldn't it stays the saints forum?

[Nexstar]

Saints web forum? Hmm.

Why couldn't it stays the saints forum?

Wtf? 600 odd posts?

When i was at about 1,400?

[Bishop]

1 point.......

[sentry]

Me too, will sort it out on monday.

[farawaysaint]

You have to pay to start threads?

[EastleighSoulBoy]

Many thanks to StevieG and the Bajmeister, probably some others also!, who have obviously worked very hard to get this forum back up and running. I will be subscribing tomorrow!

Well done boys!

[Toomer]

£5.00 for a year not bad at all with the cost of the upkeep of the server.

[Draino76]

Hmm. In the first eleven isnt bad.

[sentry]

Yeah i think you do,

We need a new pic up the top as currently there is not a pic of a saints squad member? My vote goes to killer.

[gary r]

welcome back missed the banter , cant wait for everybodys thinking off fridays game

[farawaysaint]

Apparently also only 9 posts per page.

[buctootim]

You have to pay to start threads?


No, its paid for by adverts.



I like Heinz beans. They're yummy. Eat them every day. Most of your children probably wont die of diabetes.

[StuRomseySaint]

This is one of my three posts a day, so I will make it a good one.....

[Faz]

Happy and proud to pay £5. Well done guys.

[Didcot Saint]

All agreed. Blimy Julian you got in quick there mate!

[wimbornesaint]

Well done guys happy to pay!

[StuRomseySaint]

This is my second post. How many am I allowed if I don't pay?

[brisaint]

A fiver. Is that all? More than happy to pay, and more at that if asked.

Thanks for all your efforts, guys.

Great to have TSF...oooops, I mean SWF back!!

[revolution saint]

Well done guys happy to pay!

Me too but has anyone done it and does it work?

[Saints1980]

This is my second post. How many am I allowed if I don't pay?

I believe 3. Use the last one "well" mate.

[forever a red and white]

this is all rather confusing, i don;t mind paying, but if i can post without paying regualrly...

[farawaysaint]

This is my second post. How many am I allowed if I don't pay?

One more Stu, and on that note I'm done :)

[St Chalet]

No threads on Lowe yet?

[Marsdinho]

I cant believe im wasting one of my 3 posts on this comment...

[AwaySaint1]

The Pompey forums are free!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!

[fatpix2003]

£5 for a whole year, absolute bargain, well done guys:D

[Wilko]

I guess it's not bad value, but if the bird finds out that I'm paying for innernet web chat I think she might be unimpressed.

[supergoose]

The Pompey forums are free!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!

You get what you pay for!

[jam]

No threads on Lowe yet?

They cost extra.

[tombletomble]

£5 is not too bad at all. More than happy to contribute to the site. It's just a shame all the threads where lost

[saint lard]

Well it's good to be back,cheers for the obvious effort put in to get up and running again.

[Saint_Jonny]

huge thanks to the mods for organising the upkeep of this online community, more than happy to pay!

[Causer]

Wtf? 600 odd posts?

When i was at about 1,400?

i was on 380 down to 100

[St Marco]

I guess it's not bad value, but if the bird finds out that I'm paying for innernet web chat I think she might be unimpressed.

Same here, but the way i figure it she pays for her hobbies i.e getting the hair done etc.. so fair is fair :)

Great job guys running the site, at work i see the guy who does that website and i can tell by his bad attitude majority of the time it is not an easy job. £5 is nothing at all to pay for the time we spend here.

Keep up the good work!

Does this mean we can upload our own avatars now then?

[NickG]

can't remember what the football posts that I wanted to post after Friday were now!

Can you register without paypal account?

[tombletomble]

I guess it's not bad value, but if the bird finds out that I'm paying for innernet web chat I think she might be unimpressed.

I wont be telling mine either

[St Chalet]

Does anyone think that £5 may scare off potential investors?

[saintj]

£5.... bargain

[ladysaint]

Happy to pay the £5.00 which I have now done good luck lads and keep up the great work.

[Colinjb]

5 quid, well... i've paid.

At least we have a forum again.

[magie]

Good work guys - but I need to understand where you are going from on here.

[AwaySaint1]

You get what you pay for!


Hoe many other football forums charge a membership to post threads rather than offer donations?

LOL at the threads being lost?
Baj its very easy to get the post fields back in order from the backup database,are you not a Web Developer Freelancer? offering page one google?

I would like to offer you the job of getting me first page google for the keywords "Mesothelioma" and "Microsoft".:rolleyes:

[Crouchie's Lawyer]

Hmmm, while I wont be too put of by the £5 im sure not a lot of people would feel the same. Especially people who are not saints fans and while a lot of people believe having other fans on here is a bad thing. Some are very valid posters who contribute a lot. And genuinely funny people too.

Will be interesting.

[saint lard]

Damn it, i was on way over 1000 posts,my credibility has taken a serious knock.
Thats another free post gone.

[jawillwill]

So, whats the difference between a full member, a senior member, a member and a junior member?

[B Rabbit]

This is one of my three posts a day, so I will make it a good one.....


Yes, I will also not waste one of my three posts

[Hacienda]

Well that's my £5 paid.

[VectisSaint]

£5, seems Ok to me. Its been a long weekend without TSF, but work would be unbearable :) Serious miso**** on my posts but really couldn't give a stuff, think they should all have been reset to zero.

[hypochondriac]

I've paid woot!

[ypbl]

Phew! It's good to be back...

[Evil Monkey]

Does editting count as a new post?

[Evil Monkey]

Damn it, no edit function for cheap skates.

[team-saint]

i don't understand the paying stuff can someone explain?

[bridge too far]

Best fiver I've spent today!

Nice to see you all again, guys

[Toomer]

Does anyone think that £5 may scare off potential investors?

If we get enough £5.00 we could be the investors.:) End of withdraw symptons.

[70's Mike]

Paid willingly

[70's Mike]

i don't understand the paying stuff can someone explain?

if you do not pay i think you are limited to how many posts a day

[Julian H. Cope]

£5 Paid.
I never usually post with all the main board mentalists.

[cf saint]

Well done, £5 about to be paid, I never realised how often i checked the forum til this weekend

[Wade Garrett]

I hope the £5 eliminates the riff-raff.

[Loyal Saint]

Good work fellas, have no problem paying a fiver

[St_Tel49]

Yes, I will also not waste one of my three posts
I have to saythat three posts the colour of diahorrea is as many as I can cope with ;-)

[saint_ed]

When we pay the £5, do we get our inbox back? Also, why is my post count down about 2000?

[Toomer]

When we pay the £5, do we get our inbox back? Also, why is my post count down about 2000?

See thread in The Lounge re post count.

[Islander]

You don't get much for £5 these days - well worth it!
Thanks for getting it up and running again.

[Baj]

Hoe many other football forums charge a membership to post threads rather than offer donations?

LOL at the threads being lost?
Baj its very easy to get the post fields back in order from the backup database,are you not a Web Developer Freelancer? offering page one google?

I would like to offer you the job of getting me first page google for the keywords "Mesothelioma" and "Microsoft".:rolleyes:

If you can show me how a corrupted table in mysql can be recovered when fix table command reports table is corrupt and unrecoverable, i'd be thankful, pm me perhaps?

[Phil the Saint]

Great to have the forum back - £5 well worth it!

[saint lard]

Well that's me £5 poorer.

[The Worm]

i think the match day threads are going to become considerably shorter

[corsacar saint]

No problem , with a fiver , keep up the good work.

[Danny]

I can't wait to see how many Pompey fans pay up. I reckon Corp will be sorely tempted...

[Barney Trubble]

Well done gents, I imagine looking after forums are a pain in the backside

[Leicestersaint]

Surely no one is going to complain about paying 10 pence per week?? How tight fisted can you get?!

[trousers]

Whoops....I think I clicked on the 'Pay' button twice.....does that mean I can post twice as much drivel as usual....?

[trousers]

How tight fisted can you get?!

Rupert Lowe? ;)

[saintbletch]

Death, taxes and forum subscriptions. I'm in. Happy to pay and well done to those who spent their weekend sorting it out.

[St_Tel49]

Well that's me £5 poorer.

But your life will be so much richer :-)

[John Cool]

I think a fiver a year subs is fair enough. Good point that someone made about voluntary donations - last year another forum I use asked regulars to chip in some dosh (as a one-off) and I gave £20. I think the average was about £10.

[CHAPEL END CHARLIE]

So, whats the difference between a full member, a senior member, a member and a junior member?

Full Member - Bog Standard ex TSF hack
Senior Member - As above but they drive Jags
Member - Untermensche
Junior Member - that 14 year old Spanish kid

HTH :D

[CHAPEL END CHARLIE]

I hope the £5 eliminates the riff-raff.

No I'm still here .

[Cunning Stunt]

OK i have logged in, when do i get my £5?

[southamptonfclegend]

why do we have to pay a £5?

[southamptonfclegend]

and you can't flipping edit your posts nice one

[the scud]

paid my £5

[Toomer]

and you can't flipping edit your posts nice one

I have been able to edit posts.

[exit2]

and you can't flipping edit your posts nice one

subscribed members can

[Saint Charlie]

How do we get avatars?

[saint lard]

Not overly impressed, would like to cancel my subscription.;)

Actually on a serious note i see the subs will be automatically debited at the end of each year,is it easy to cancel or am i completely wrong about the auto debit thingy.

[exit2]

why do we have to pay a £5?


Firstly, the technical infrastructure of the forum will be vastly improved. That is to say that we will be moving to a new host offering improved technical specifications for the server, which should guarantee that the forum is working even at peak periods, so those who aren't at a game for whatever reason can still keep up with what's going on. The obvious downside to this is financial, and we have had to devise a plan to ensure that the forum becomes self-sufficient in the long-term.

Revenue will be generated predominantly from two places. Firstly, we will be imposing a new tiered structure of membership. The majority of the 8,000+ membership of the forum either don't post at all or post very rarely. For those people, the main change will be the appearance of a few adverts on the forum, predominantly powered by Google. These adverts will slowly be put in place over the next week. For those on this free level of membership (known as Tier 1), a limit of 3 posts per day will be imposed and private messaging and avatars will be disabled. For those of you who want to post more regularly, want to be able to send private messages and want the forum to be free of adverts, there is a Tier 2 level of membership. This level of membership will cost an annual subscription of £5. We have set this to what we believe to be an acceptable level in order to provide revenue for the forum to keep it running to its full potential. However, a slight flip-side to the reasoning is that (hopefully) users will be a little bit more considerate about what they write given that they have paid money for access and would have to pay again to re-register.

[Matty's Caddy]

£5, seems Ok to me. Its been a long weekend without TSF, but work would be unbearable :) Serious miso**** on my posts but really couldn't give a stuff, think they should all have been reset to zero.

miso****.....lol

does that mean we can swear?

[icehagman]

I hope the £5 eliminates the riff-raff.

I very much doubt that...

[JustMike]

ive paid!! missed you guys :-)

[southamptonfclegend]

so for the £5 we get to edit our posts well this is well worth it ;)
and the choice of the date was pretty poor the time we play well
nobody can discuss it 'cause this forum is down.

[St Marco]

How do we get avatars?

Would also like to know the answer to this one, will we be able to upload our own ones now? Ta

[sfcuk fan]

The last 48 hours I've felt like a junkie without a fix ........ !

£5 is a pittance and I have very gladly paid up.

Thanks for all your efforts mods :D

.

[toofarnorth]

My employer used to block TSF. Is it likely I will be able to get saintsweb when I arrive at work tomorrow? I find it very difficult to only get my saints fix after work or on the weekends.

[AwaySaint1]

If you can show me how a corrupted table in mysql can be recovered when fix table command reports table is corrupt and unrecoverable, i'd be thankful, pm me perhaps?

Just using the last known good backup will give members back 99% of post counts and restore 99% of lost threads.
Regards repairing the corrupt mysql post tables,send me a pm and all will be revealed;)

[stevegrant]

Would also like to know the answer to this one, will we be able to upload our own ones now? Ta
Subscribed members can upload their own avatars. Needless to say, you're expected not to abuse this new privilege :)

[dubai_phil]

This is BRILLIANT, well done guys, only a fiver time to abuse Scooby and no need to worry about infractions.

Or for us over here 37 dirhams in real money. Sorry I was late, I got so bored with no forum I got a life.

OK well just sorted out my 300gb external hdd video thingy and finally started watching a year of mate's lent freebie downloads

[Hacienda]

Subscribed members can upload their own avatars.

How?

[SaintDonkey]

.........£5?

Or two pints over the course of a year. Bargain.

[Micky]

The Pompey forums are free!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!

Not true - I believe the Admins pay the punters to post - it's that bad - honest...! ;)

As for paying for this forum... 'Tommac', 'LLS', 'Takeover threads' by the dozen, where else on gods earth could you get that sort of quality all for a fiver - I'm in...!!!

[ottery st mary]

Will pay as it is well worth it. Thanks to everyone concerned.
Waiting for the boss, her in doors to get off the phone to pay by paypal etc as my card she lets me have has run out.
Hope to get the pocket money raised for the Exeter game. Things can only get better.

Both objectives achvieved, off and running and really feel positive with this season.

[Iowsaintsfan]

Great to have TSF back happy to pay a fiver!

[Pip87]

and the choice of the date was pretty poor the time we play well
nobody can discuss it 'cause this forum is down.

You realise the timing of the server crashing wasn't chosen?

[Pugwash]

Phew, fiver paid willingly.

Glad to be back. First Pint Refreshment!

[St Marco]

you're expected not to abuse this new privilege :)

The thought had not even crossed my mind ;)

Seriously though i'm guessing this part hasen't been activated yet or i am blinder then i normally am and can't find where you do it?

[mcjwills]

Well thats another fiver gone.

[saintjinksie]

£5 seems pretty reasonable to me, and as I usually post at least 5 posts a day its worth it.

[Boss_Hogg]

£5 well spent, keep up the good work.

[Colinjb]

Not true - I believe the Admins pay the punters to post - it's that bad - honest...! ;)

As for paying for this forum... 'Tommac', 'LLS', 'Takeover threads' by the dozen, where else on gods earth could you get that sort of quality all for a fiver - I'm in...!!!

Sadly, the fiver will put them off from posting, just a thought. :)

[Lorry Mack]

Don't post very often, but was more than happy to pay the £5. I can't believe that some are moaning (well actually I can) and am sure that that these are the people who'd never dream of giving up their own time for nothing.

Thanks for taking the time to run the site. Keep up the good work guys.

[RobM]

Good effort guys! More than happy to pay the fiver, no problem contributing to something I use a lot, no problem at all :)

It's a simple choice really... if you want to use all the features on this forum, you pay for it. If you don't, there are other free forums to join :)

[Saint Matty 76]

I was also pushing 1.5k posts :(

[revolution saint]

OK I signed up to paypal. How do I transfer funds? I'll do it but don't know how. BTW that's 2 of my posts gone now.

[exit2]

OK I signed up to paypal. How do I transfer funds? I'll do it but don't know how. BTW that's 2 of my posts gone now.


You didnt need to sign up to paypal. Paypal is just the payment platform being used. Anyway when you click on subscribe just use you paypal username and password to start the payment process

[revolution saint]

Yeah I figured it out but thanks. Can I have my avatar back now?

[Alright Dave]

Well done admins for get us back up. Happy to pay once i again have a CC Unfortunately the **** ex rinsed my current one and i had to cancel it :( So only in a few days will i be able to get my full membership ;(

[Petersfield Saint]

I rarely post here (happy to be amused reading everyone else!) but was happy to stump up a fiver. £5 for a whole year is a bargain, really can't see how anyone can gripe about that (but I'm sure they will!) ;)

[Goodfellas Jay]

This is BRILLIANT, well done guys, only a fiver time to abuse Scooby and no need to worry about infractions.

Or for us over here 37 dirhams in real money. Sorry I was late, I got so bored with no forum I got a life.

OK well just sorted out my 300gb external hdd video thingy and finally started watching a year of mate's lent freebie downloads

37 dirhams = 1 pint of beer at certain bars.. Aaahh, the sacrifices one has to make.. Now, what is my post count??

[Tac-tics]

I still dont get what I have to do?

I dont want to be left behind but I dont havea paypal, only visa electron :(

[Secret Site Agent]

I paid my 5 squid, and with pleasure.

I've missed you all and it's good to be back.

Lots of backslapping to the admin type people et al.

[stevegrant]

I still dont get what I have to do?

I dont want to be left behind but I dont havea paypal, only visa electron :(
You don't need a PayPal account.

When you go through the subscription process, you'll be taken to the PayPal site. At the bottom, there's a link that says "Don't have a PayPal Account? Pay using your credit card or bank account" (or something similar). Click that, enter your card details and you're done. Or at least that's the theory.

[Window Cleaner]

You don't need a PayPal account.

When you go through the subscription process, you'll be taken to the PayPal site. At the bottom, there's a link that says "Don't have a PayPal Account? Pay using your credit card or bank account" (or something similar). Click that, enter your card details and you're done. Or at least that's the theory.

Yep it works just like that, don't even remember been asked anything about a paypal account.

[stevegrant]

Yep it works just like that, don't even remember been asked anything about a paypal account.
You get the option of logging in to your account above the "Don't have a PayPal account?" link.

[Window Cleaner]

You get the option of logging in to your account above the "Don't have a PayPal account?" link.

well then I didn't really read the prompts properly, I saw a credit card
sign and clicked on it. That's me all over, I'm an i-shopper so it's a bad habit I expect.

[Toadhall Saint]

£5 er's ok with me -just want my Avatar back!

[CHAPEL END CHARLIE]

I'm secretly pleased all my TSF rubbish opinions and terrible match predictions are now 'lost in space' and can't be held against me . If anybody asks I intend to claim I was always right about everything .

[Dr Who?]

3 a day should be fine by me.... if I spend to much longer in here I begin to lose the will to live.

Looking forward to the new season though!

[stanthemanfairoak]

:)well i sometimes pour £5 worth of beer down me shorts on a friday nite so a nite off this week bargain i say

[Toomer]

:)well i sometimes pour £5 worth of beer down me shorts on a friday nite so a nite off this week bargain i say

Couple of pints less this week Stan one less bottle of red for me.

[L]

I don't even post much and i've paid :)

[peacey]

I was on 280 now down to 6o! lol Oh well...

[buctootim]

I don't even post much and i've paid :)

erm. how come you're still a 'registered user' then.......?

[L]

erm. how come you're still a 'registered user' then.......?


Paid through paypal mate

[ottery st mary]

Paid on the HP scheme at 10p a week until all the corners are reopened, allegedly.

[Roman]

Paid through paypal mate

So did I, and it registered immediately. My guess is that a crispy fiver is now safely in the hands of a nice Indonesian computer hacker.

[Mattio]

I'll pay... when I get paid by my boss!

[Roman]

Not true - I believe the Admins pay the punters to post - it's that bad - honest...! ;)

As for paying for this forum... 'Tommac', 'LLS', 'Takeover threads' by the dozen, where else on gods earth could you get that sort of quality all for a fiver - I'm in...!!!

Yeah but where is it all? A bit too quiet round here at the moment. Not a soul to wind up.

[Mattio]

EDIT - bugger

[hypochondriac]

EDIT - bugger

You have issues man. I saw your original smiley.

[skintsaint]

booooooooooooooooooo-urns

[Mattio]

You have issues man. I saw your original smiley.
it was meant to go in another thread I didn't realise it was in this one til i refreshed the page, I'm surprised you can't delete posts tbh

[Sold To The Man @ The Bar]

I forgot i was the first to post on this borad, 3 years ago this Wednesday ... Happy Birthday SaintsWeb !!

[sotonist]

I forgot i was the first to post on this borad, 3 years ago this Wednesday ... Happy Birthday SaintsWeb !!

High five!