Category: Zone BBS Suggestions and Feedback
Hello. my name is J.J., otherwise known as J-Squared on the Zone BBS.
I would like to start out by thanking the hundreds of users who have made this site what it is today. Without you this ite wouldn't be as far along as it is. I would also like to recognize the countless hours given by our community leaders and programmers: Maddog, Kc8pnl, dfreak, Liam, CJS204, Dobbin, and Chris N.
First, let's announce the winner of our profile contest.
WPuggle, Captainblinky, Fabolous, Sugar, and Ambitionist did a great job and were tied for 2nd place. But the winner is Torico. But what does she win?
That leads me in to our other announcement. Those of you who have been around for awhile have probably seen the various discussions about premium memberships. And we're pleased to announce that they're finally here. First, what'sincluded. Here's the current list, though it's certain to expand:
Audio profiles, now up to two minutes long
Quicknote history - see all public Quicknotes and any private notes that you sent or received
Custom title on the boards - It now doesn't matter how many posts you have. You can use a custom title that displays below your name on all posts to the boards.
Anagram Extreme - A second game of Anagram Mania just for premium members.
Also, we'll give you first chance to play any new games that we add to the site. This list is certain to get bigger over time, and we welcome your suggestions.
Now to the cost. We want to keep this affordable for as many people as possible. So for now until the end of 2004, you can get a one-year premium membership for $20. Also as our thanks for signing up early, we'll extend your membership through the end of 2005. If you sign up on or after January 1, 2005, the cost will be $25. YMemberships will last from one year of the date of purchase. We currently accept Paypal and money orders, and are working on taking credit cards as well.
Thanks for reading, and thanks for making the Zone BBS what it is today.
For those who've asked, we'll have the payment info up in the next day or two. Or send me a private note if you want the fast track. We'll also have the Quicknote history feature available for all in a day or two for you to try out for a few days.
Yay for my sis Torico!!
I meant to ask this on the ventrilo chat, but had to go before I got a chance. When you say you don't currently accept payment via credit card, does that include paypal payments? I ask because there are two types of paypal accounts one can have, one where you can accept payments when the payer uses a credit card, and one where you can not. I believe the one where you can take credit card payments is called a merchant account, but I'm not positive there.
Whwhwhwhhwwhwooooooootdtdtdtdt! As some of you know, I popped into the server before chorus, but didn't hear any of this fabulous news. My congratulations to the profile winners, and to everyone on ZoneBBS who enjoys the site as much as I do! Can't wait for more info on the premium membership, I'm probably going to get it, yay! Caitlin
Thank you J-squared, chrisN, RDfreak, KC8PNL, Dobbin, and Maddog for putting so much work into making this sight possible!
Oh and I would also like to thank cjs204 and liam for their great work too!
Lol. Almost got in trouble for leaving people off the list PG. We take credit cards through Paypal. I was talking about credit cards without Paypal. We can do this, but only over the phone at this point unless you wanna send your credit card through a quicknote, lol. I doubt it. We'll have the Paypal link up later in the week, but first have to work on the Quicknote review some more. It works but I need to add a few things. There'll be a version up to try in a day or two.
Yay Torico. You go girl!
I don't have a paypal account set up but I will get one.
J forgot to mention the all-important prize Torico wins! .. a year's worth of premium free of charge!
Well done Torr'rr'rr'rr'rr'rr'rico! :)
Oops, yes I did.
Torrico will have a premium membership through the end of 2005.
Check out the beta of the Quicknote History feature from the main menu. Fill out the form or just click on the link to see the latest public and private notes. It'll be free for the next few days. We plan to add some more search options soon.
Congrats to all the profile winners, and a big thank you to all of the community Leaders!
Will the new quicknote history viewer be free to non-premium members??
I hope so!
Let us know!
Kolby
lol yah i meant to put everyone's name in the post but i accidently sent the post and then i realized that i sent it. stupid me. oh well... we make mistakes sometimes
good job torey! Congrats on winning the membership! Thanks to all fo the comunity leaders to. What does that membership come to in canadian dollars? lol thats probably a stupid question right?
The quicknote history is one of the premium features, as said above, mostly because of storing hundreds of thousands of old notes on the server. Canadian, eh? I think it's between $25-30 right now.
i was wondering, when you put in a user name, and pick to see only public notes, is it supposed to show the conversation, or just strictly their notes?
accoshah: it's only their notes you see if you type in their name. .. I had heaps of fun last night Lol .. and PG yes we do all make mistakes, even myself unfortunately ha Lol
As part of premium memberships, will users till be able to ignore themselves if they so choose to?
Lol yes if you really want to.
OK, on names. If you select private you'll get any conversation between you and them, both sides. Public shows you only their public notes. all shows you both of these.
The premium information page is now available from the main menu.
Awesome possom! The site is so spick and span! it is all different now, and I love it! THe quicknote area of the page when you refresh is all different, there's the Premium and Beta Quickntoe Links, and stuffs, it's very cool! One thing I reeeally want in Premium ... okay you all probably know what it is so I won't continue. Caitlin
mmm I didn't know, but let me guess .. a zone spell checker so you can write "possum" correctly? Lol hahahaha .. sorry but I just read and could not stop laughing! :) hahahahaha good one Caitlin! :) hahahaha
but seriously thanks to the one and only J-squared! here's to the zones' long and happy life! :)
OK, I give up.
Chris N added search by date to the QN history. Try it out and let us know what you think. I also made some minor changes to the profile browser. Now sorts by most recent profiles by default instead of points, shows 20 per page by default, and doesn't show you the link to jump to every single page at the bottom as that was getting pretty long.
i like the search by date on the quicknotes.
Holy crap!
i won?
Omgomgomg! thank you JJ, and all the rest, I'm sooo... dunno? I didn't expect to, but I did?
Thank you all, so much.
Really thank you!
Omgomgomgomg,
Take care, and thanks again!
Cortcort
Hey admin guys, the premium membership stuff is pretty awesome so far. Now when do we see the new games. Can we have them soon, can we please, huh, can we? LOL!
yeah I want to see the new games too heeeheheheh *smile*
I like the new profile doohickey. The "recent updates" one. It's very nifty. Lol.
Caitlin
We're in the process of expanding our programming staff. Don't like giving dates. Anyone who's into accessible games or just games knows how frustrating giving a date is when it isn't released when promised. That's why we don't do it here. That, and I love surprises.