Just a reminder… At launch the site will look the same as it does now. Once we are happy with that first step we will start on the development and improvements.

Also, while this is all good news and things with the server are going to plan, we are still not financially safe, yet. The big server bill has been paid (Thanks to you) but we are still working hard to ensure the rest of the business works sustainably. So many of you have donated and subscribed and I’m not asking for you to do more, but if you know of anyone who may like to join us or buy a raffle ticket then please spread the word.

Things you can do that help us.

Click links in the PSA thread and in the RH column on desktop (Those at the bottom are pretty much all affiliate links that we get commission from – some we get a small amount just for the clicks).

• Spot deals around the web, please post them in the PSA thread with a working link.
• Sign up to our mailing lists. (The larger our opt in mailing list the greater the opportunity we have to get sponsors on board.)
• Watch our videos.
• White list us in your adblocker (I know.. I know)

While you do that we are working hard to create content that sponsors are interested in paying us to be part of. The more we get sponsors on board the less reliant we need to be on the types of ads that just piss us all off and the better the experience for all of us.

Cheers everyone for you support.

Mark

Update: 28th May

The new site caching is starting to fall into place which is making moving from page to page really quick. Of course, there’s no load on it yet which is why the VIP engineers are running load testing (Simulating 500-1000 people at once accessing the site).

The site search is coming along nicely. It’s currently indexing the site (over 10 million posts), which is a job that will take at least 24 hours. The bulk of all the images (almost a quarter of a million) are now transferred and in the right places.