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Argonath RPG Community => Speakerbox => Topic started by: [NP]Monte Montague on October 28, 2014, 05:42:03 pm

Title: White-listing Argonathrpg.eu and why? - if you have Adblock.
Post by: [NP]Monte Montague on October 28, 2014, 05:42:03 pm: Dear players,

If you take a moment to look at financial reports for 2013, 2012 at club.argonathrpg.com, you can see that the end cost to the owners was 1100 Euros (1403 USD), this is even with donations, and it's noticeable that advertising can help to raise a lot of funds.

One Thousand, One Hundred Euros is a big sum to be committed to paying each year especially with the times we currently face,

Now, you may not know this but money raised through advertising is done so by simple banners being displayed on the site.
Now it's your choice whether you click the adverts or not. NO ONE is telling you to neither will they tell you to ,but, if you've got Adblock (or similar) installed on your browser, perhaps you could spare a bit of time, and consideration for how that effects the community.

Argonath RPG will always be free to play on, with no "pay to win" attitude ever, but money is always needed, and no one asks but the funding still has to be done, be this by for example, Gandalf working extra shifts in the real world, or going without of certain things or family holidays or be it by letting companies advertise on the website.

One way you can help, if you're not able to actively donate cold hard cash, would be, to white-list Argonath domains on browser addons which you may have installed such as Adblock Plus.

This will show advertisements back on the forum for yourself, which are two simple banners at the top and the bottom.
They do not cause much bother, they are just hyper-linked images created from what websites you have visited recently, they'll always be appropriate.
For example, the last advert I saw was for a fridge freezer (that's what I was looking for on the net), and will never have content for what else I was watching on the net *embarrassed guilty look on face*. Now I happened to click the advert for a fridge, and it was useful for me, in theory that made the community probably 0.005 USD (half a cent), but it was what I was looking for so I didn't mind, and didn't go out of my way to click it to cheat the advertises (which they would not like)but what your advert shows you is up to you, and again, if you click it, it's up to you!

This thread is aimed to help you support one of your favorite websites by taking the time to enable adverts if you have adblock plus installed.
Please take a few moments to consider whether or not you would be as so kind!

To white list Argonathrpg.eu on Chrome for Adblock Plus, simply follow these steps:

1. copy pasta this into your address bar: chrome://extensions/
2. Click "options" which shows on the list, under AdBlock Plus
3. Click & go to the "whitelisted domains" tab.
4. Then follow the instructions and add domains of Argonath RPG (not URLS).
I added argonathrpg.com and mtasa.argonathrpg.com aswell as ARPD.argonathrpg.com and club.argonathrpg.com
5. When it shows in the list, you will have completed the steps.

After this point, you can then see adverts that would interest you (and NOT the kind that are annoying or that have voice on them).
What you do with them from there on in is up to you.

If you'd much rather not, then feel free to donate (http://www.argonathrpg.eu/index.php?action=treasury#MakeDonation) a spare euro (or more),if you can.
Simply send it to [email protected] using paypal or simply click the "donations" button on the website navigation above. For those who do not know, Sauron is the host, and an owner, but even hosting costs money, especially electricity, parts, upgrades and maintenance.

You can even donate by sms!

If you use the donation page, you can even let the world know you donated, or be an anonymous donater! Either way, you shouldn't expect the ability to get unabnned or fly in game if you did donate :)

Kind Regards,
- [NP]Monte.Montague
Title: Re: White-listing Argonathrpg.eu and why? - if you have Adblock.
Post by: Kostas on October 28, 2014, 05:51:37 pm: Won't work that way on my chrome ... when I go to the options area there is nothing about Adblock Plus...
Title: Re: White-listing Argonathrpg.eu and why? - if you have Adblock.
Post by: Brian on October 28, 2014, 05:54:02 pm: Do you have the application installed?
Title: Re: White-listing Argonathrpg.eu and why? - if you have Adblock.
Post by: Spike. on October 28, 2014, 05:54:31 pm: For chrome users use this (http://chrome://extensions)

(If it doesn't work go to Options >> Settings >> Extensions)
Title: Re: White-listing Argonathrpg.eu and why? - if you have Adblock.
Post by: Brian on October 28, 2014, 06:05:50 pm: A video I quickly made for the people that don't get how to do it, just copy chrome://extensions in to your task bar and follow the steps given in the video
http://youtu.be/VQcvav8-dBE
Title: Re: White-listing Argonathrpg.eu and why? - if you have Adblock.
Post by: Archie on October 28, 2014, 06:11:45 pm: You have "DontWatchXXX" in your extensions? u w0t m8
Title: Re: White-listing Argonathrpg.eu and why? - if you have Adblock.
Post by: Kaze on October 28, 2014, 06:13:12 pm: I'm automatically on incognito mode, this will not work for me.
Title: Re: White-listing Argonathrpg.eu and why? - if you have Adblock.
Post by: Spike. on October 28, 2014, 06:15:45 pm: Quote from: Kaze on October 28, 2014, 06:13:12 pm
I'm automatically on incognito mode, this will not work for me.

Then just go to chrome://extensions/ and disable "Run this application on incognito mode"
Title: Re: White-listing Argonathrpg.eu and why? - if you have Adblock.
Post by: Kaze on October 28, 2014, 06:18:06 pm: Quote from: Fernando_Tlinga123 on October 28, 2014, 06:15:45 pm
Then just go to chrome://extensions/ and disable "Run this application on incognito mode"

I'm on incognito for a reason :D
Title: Re: White-listing Argonathrpg.eu and why? - if you have Adblock.
Post by: Devin on October 28, 2014, 06:46:18 pm: Quote from: Kaze on October 28, 2014, 06:18:06 pm
I'm on incognito for a reason :D

Porn mode*
Title: Re: White-listing Argonathrpg.eu and why? - if you have Adblock.
Post by: _FreezingDark_ on October 28, 2014, 06:54:39 pm: Quote from: Devin on October 28, 2014, 06:46:18 pm
Porn mode*

shuld i laugh or cry. xD
Title: Re: White-listing Argonathrpg.eu and why? - if you have Adblock.
Post by: Mark on October 28, 2014, 07:12:32 pm: I use this https://adblockplus.org/ and disabling from here

(http://i.imgur.com/PmteOBv.jpg)

It applies to every url coming from "argonathrpg.eu" , no need to make all those steps :)
Title: Re: White-listing Argonathrpg.eu and why? - if you have Adblock.
Post by: [NP]Monte Montague on October 28, 2014, 07:33:03 pm: http://www.argonathrpg.eu/index.php?action=treasury#MakeDonation 0 donations, ouch.
Title: Re: White-listing Argonathrpg.eu and why? - if you have Adblock.
Post by: Kaze on October 28, 2014, 07:37:16 pm: Quote from: Devin on October 28, 2014, 06:46:18 pm
Porn mode*

:lol:

No, I have OCD when it comes to technology. I don't like cookies etc building up for no reason.
Title: Re: White-listing Argonathrpg.eu and why? - if you have Adblock.
Post by: Slavik on October 28, 2014, 07:39:50 pm: Quote from: Devin on October 28, 2014, 06:46:18 pm
Porn mode*

:lol:
Quote from: _FreezingDark_ on October 28, 2014, 06:54:39 pm
shuld i laugh or cry. xD

Both
Quote from: Kaze on October 28, 2014, 07:37:16 pm
:lol:

No, I have OCD when it comes to technology. I don't like cookies etc building up for no reason.

Hahaha okay mate ;)
Title: Re: White-listing Argonathrpg.eu and why? - if you have Adblock.
Post by: Devin on October 28, 2014, 08:02:14 pm: Quote from: [NP]Monte Montague on October 28, 2014, 07:33:03 pm
http://www.argonathrpg.eu/index.php?action=treasury#MakeDonation 0 donations, ouch.

Donated but it didn't reflect on there, oh well.

(http://i.imgur.com/BrWP41T.png)
Title: Re: White-listing Argonathrpg.eu and why? - if you have Adblock.
Post by: stormeus on October 28, 2014, 08:26:29 pm: Quote from: Devin on October 28, 2014, 08:02:14 pm
Donated but it didn't reflect on there, oh well.

I'd imagine SMS donations work but don't appear because there's nothing linking your username to your phone number.
Title: Re: White-listing Argonathrpg.eu and why? - if you have Adblock.
Post by: Devin on October 28, 2014, 08:29:46 pm: That's a given but I guess the graph at the top doesn't reflect donations actively either.
Title: Re: White-listing Argonathrpg.eu and why? - if you have Adblock.
Post by: Bruce. on October 28, 2014, 08:38:22 pm: One SMS only donates 1$.

If every members of argonath community (22230 members)(that's the number of all forum members but we might have a bit less) would have only donated 1$ we would have had a better and why not the best host for the community servers. It's only 1$. Would have been way better to donate 1$-5$ it doesn't hurt so much.
Title: Re: White-listing Argonathrpg.eu and why? - if you have Adblock.
Post by: Khm on October 28, 2014, 08:45:48 pm: Damnit Tunisia isn't in the list.
Title: Re: White-listing Argonathrpg.eu and why? - if you have Adblock.
Post by: stormeus on October 28, 2014, 09:05:26 pm: Quote from: Khm. on October 28, 2014, 08:45:48 pm
Damnit Tunisia isn't in the list.

Neither is the United States. Which surprises me, really.
Title: Re: White-listing Argonathrpg.eu and why? - if you have Adblock.
Post by: Kaze on October 28, 2014, 10:17:01 pm: I would donate but I used my remaining money on pre-ordering GTA 5 and 3 month PSN+ Subscription :cry:
Title: Re: White-listing Argonathrpg.eu and why? - if you have Adblock.
Post by: Devin on October 28, 2014, 10:42:10 pm: Quote from: AlexBrooks on October 28, 2014, 08:38:22 pm
One SMS only donates 1$.

It depends which SMS system you use, I donated a total of 7 euro with two messages because of the conversion rate. :cowboy:
Title: Re: White-listing Argonathrpg.eu and why? - if you have Adblock.
Post by: [NP]Monte Montague on November 05, 2014, 08:55:38 am: I summon Gandalf !
Title: Re: White-listing Argonathrpg.eu and why? - if you have Adblock.
Post by: [NP]Monte Montague on November 25, 2014, 03:15:46 am: bump
Title: Re: White-listing Argonathrpg.eu and why? - if you have Adblock.
Post by: TheRock on November 25, 2014, 04:08:51 am: If there was a Paysafecard system, I'd be more than happy to donate. SMS is no choice using my number, because message is most likely to get blocked by my CSP.
Title: Re: White-listing Argonathrpg.eu and why? - if you have Adblock.
Post by: [NP]Monte Montague on November 25, 2014, 04:28:24 am: Quote from: TheRock on November 25, 2014, 04:08:51 am
If there was a Paysafecard system, I'd be more than happy to donate. SMS is no choice using my number, because message is most likely to get blocked by my CSP.
Too bad.
Why not use paypal?
Title: Re: White-listing Argonathrpg.eu and why? - if you have Adblock.
Post by: TheRock on November 25, 2014, 04:50:20 am: Simply because I can not get my hands on any card. And in order to get one here, you need an salary paper from work, which I can't get right now..