SELECT custom AS name, option_selection1 as showname, DATE_FORMAT( payment_date, '%b-%e %Y' ) AS date, CONCAT('$',SUM(mc_gross)) AS amt FROM donation_transactions WHERE item_name="Canadaka.net Donation" GROUP BY txn_id ORDER BY payment_date DESC LIMIT 0,45
![]() Donation InfoMany web sites have, servers and Internet bandwidth donated by it's members. We pride ourselves on being run and owned as a community, and not by a few power-hungry members. This means that we need you to be a part of that community. We encourage every member to contribute to the community in any way that they can. Since we do not have our servers or bandwidth donated, we have pay our bills every month to keep things going. For those of you who can, we ask that you make a monetary contribution in whatever denomination you'd like. Every little bit counts. Canadaka.net has grown a lot in the past few years, I thank all that were along for the ride and have helped make this site great! Some older members might remember around this time last year, the site being pretty slow and unreliable. Back then the site was just hosted on my own server on my home Telus line. That had to change, so i got a shared reseller account at a hosting company. So for the last year things have been pretty good, was able to pay the hosting fee with money from banner ads. But now the site has grown and is starting to slow down again, I have reached all my limits with the current hosting plan. *NOTE: All donated funds will be used to improve this site. Don't have a paypal account? You can also send a cheque or money order. Check the contact page for shipping info.
[UPDATE 08/2004] Canadaka.net is already outgrown the above rackserver! its running at 100% CPU usage almsot all the time. So in a couple months will need a new server to replace it, and sell the current one. A new server will cost A LOT, has to be pretty decent, something that can more than handle the load, with room to grow. Below is an example server i can get off eBay for around $3000. So keep the donations coming in! all donations will go into the new server fund! [UPDATE 02/2005] Greetings Canadaka.net visitors. Over the last year the site has grown a lot, last spring it outgrew its shared hosting and I purchased a basic 1.4GHz 512mb ram rack server which the site has been run on since. But the last couple months you may have noticed the site getting slower and slower. it once again has outgrown what the server can handle. So in order to keep the site growing and make a faster better experience for all visitors I have to buy a new rack server. A server that is adequate to run this site with room for growth is not cheap! I have been looking for the last couple months and finally found an amazing deal on eBay and just bought it! the server is:
The total retail price I calculated is $4700, but I got it off eBay for $2300 including shipping and warranty, so a great deal. But I had to use money out of my pocket, when I have already poured so much money(for hosting and previous rack server) and time into this site. I love working on this site and making it better and bigger, but it shouldn\'t come out of my pocket. But alas! you can help out by donating to the site to help pay for the new server, or buy Canada Kicks Ass t-shirts from the shop http://shop.canadaka.net as well to help raise money I have opened a Canadaka.net CafePress shop as well, see here. |