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Royal Courts Ning: ♥ 2015 Fundraiser ♥ August 1st

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Hi Mercury

If we don't raise enough for an annual subscription, I will switch to the monthly plan. Since we didn't do any fundraising last year I missed the chance to gage site interest as it relates to donations but I'm still not worried about it this year. We'll see how it goes.

We're very fortunate to have a core of dedicated members who continue to enjoy their time here. What I would REALLY like to do (as mentioned above) is to upgrade the site by moving us to another platform. I think we deserve the latest & greatest!!

So I'm actually hoping that we will exceed expectations allowing us to make the move.

I'd like to open up the site to a broader community more "VirtualWorldHistorical Communities" than "Royal Courts of Second Life" but I haven't been pushing this aspect because I was waiting for the Ning 3.0 transfer. Now that we know that's probably not going to happen it's time to start looking at a new strategy.

Interesting times for sure!!

Royal Courts Ning: ♥ 2015 Fundraiser ♥ August 1st

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THOUGHTS ON FUNDRAISING: Where do we go from here?

Back in 2013 we did a lot of brainstorming with regard to fundraising for this site and we were hoping that with the introduction of Ning 3.0 some of the ideas could be implemented to run automatically. Unfortunately Ning 3.0 never panned out so our plans were shelved.

I definitely look back fondly on the days when Ning was free!!

Right now it's costing us approximately $25 usd a month to keep this site running. I did some research and much to my chagrin found out that was actually cheap. I would love to move us over to another platform that is state-of-the-art but it's going to cost us around $50 usd a month (i.e. double what we are paying now).

I don't know how much longer Ning is going to be around. First they were bought out by GLAM MEDIA, then they were bought out by MODE SOCIAL. Neither of these companies seem to be concerned with "the little guy" which we definitely are. I have started archiving our information so that it is safe just in case they fold without warning.

I do have an alternative platform in mind but what's stopping me is the price. I don't know that this community can sustain the cost and though I'm willing to volunteer my time I'm not willing to pick up the bill.

All this to say, if you have any fundraising ideas I'd love to hear them.

From my point of view, I can't take on anything more that is manually intensive. Automated is good!

Put your thinking caps on and let's see what we can come up with!!

Royal Courts Ning: ♥ 2015 Fundraiser ♥ August 1st

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DearRoyal Court Courtiers

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Royal Courts of Second Life

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Celebrating it's Sixth Anniversary this September!!

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As many will remember, to keep the site going we must pay an annual subscription to NING and the next renewal date is July 21, 2015.

As we did not hold a Fundraiser last year, your support is especially appreciated for 2015.

The Basic package is still the best (and cheapest)one for us to subscribe to. The cost will be $300 which is approximately L$76,500.

RC SUPPORTERS:

I have created a new category, RC Supporters 2015 that comes with the traditional HeartBadge which is attached to your profile picture. Anyone that donates over L$250 will be added to this category as a "Thank You" for helping to keep this site up and running.

Donations are now being accepted inworld at the Petit Trianon .Look for the big Royal Courts sign and "Pay it" to donate.

RC SPONSORS:

An individual that donates over L$5000 is considered a Sponsor as well as a Supporter. Sponsor Logos are l isted alphabeticallyon Main Page in the Sponsors Section with link to a webpage of their choice.

Please provide me with a logo that is 200px x 100px and a link. Note that the link is restricted to pages/sites that are PG in nature.

I will be happy to make ONE change to the Sponsor information in the FIRST WEEK of its posting. After that there will be a L$1000 charge per change.

Many thanksyour support, it really is appreciated!!

Tatiana

P.S. Please note that the old RC Supporters 2013 category has been discontinued. A final "Thank you" toits 77 members

updated by @tatiana-dokuchic: 23 Nov 2016 03:52:38PM

~New at Un Piccolo Studio ~ "La Vita di Venezia" ~ Rocca Sorrentina

Marketplace Archive ** CLOSED **

What a wonderful idea! Thank you for sharing it. Leena

TTR-Half-Price Classics as of May 15th

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Hi Tiamat

Transferring products from one grid to anothermakes foran interesting discussion.If anyone else thinks so too, perhaps we should start another thread for it.

Skye has wanted me to expand to Inworldz for a long time now and I've always resisted.

Seems to me it's actually a very tedious job with very little financial return. You have to ensure that you have the right to move every prim, texture, sculpt, mesh & script to another grid. For those that you don't have rights to, you have to find/make/purchase a replacement & integrate it into the build.

As I understand it, you can't sell the resulting product for anywhere near the price you get in Second Life, plus the volume of sales is a lot lower.

Then there are the start-up costs, the ongoing costs and most of all the time.

I'd really like to hear other opinions on this as mine certainly is bleak. Right now I'm of the mind that they only place I'd even consider expanding to is Second Life 2 but that's just pie in the sky for now

If there aremerchants out there that would like to share their experiences, please start a new discussion and I'll be all ears.

Thanks!

ETA: Thanks to Jacon for starting Some Thoughts on Alternative Gids ! I'll move my thoughts over there.

TTR-Half-Price Classics as of May 15th

Buildings & Other Structures

Mon Petit Chou

Find out more on the Second Life Marketplace or Inworld.

TTR-Half-Price Classics as of May 15th

Buildings & Other Structures

Hello Everyone

By popular request, I'm bring back some of my classic homes.

First up is the Tea Room!

Find out more on the Second Life Marketplace or Inworld.

Here's a bit more about about the Classics Series ...

~ Half-Price Classics Information ~

These popular classics were constructed before the introduction of mesh, convex hull & prims larger than 10m to Second Life.

Though they are on my ever-growing renovation "To Do" list, I just haven't gotten around to making the changes necessary to update them. When I took them off the market, I discovered that there was still quite a bit of customer interest in them.

In order to satisfy this demand, I am currently offering them "as is" at half the original sale price until such time as an upgraded version is available.

With a little bit of love & attention you can reduce the Land Impact yourself by using Convex Hull on many of the link-sets and/or swapping out some of the smaller prims for larger ones.

On the other hand, you may just want to sit back and enjoy them in their current state as they really aren't that "prim heavy" to begin with.

Many thanks!
Tatiana

P.S. Is there a TTR Classic you're interested in that hasn't been added to the Sale Vendor? Give me a shout and I'll see what I can do!

updated by @tatiana-dokuchic: 06 Oct 2016 06:04:17PM

BUG: Ning does not render png-formatted images correctly anymore

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Todays reply from Ning via Kos:

Thanks for writing us and apologies for the confusion. While there are known issues with darkened PNG files on both Ning 2.0 and 3.0, both of which have been escalated to our engineering team, we haven't stopped supporting PNG files. Hi there,

We've gone ahead and added StockBuz.ning.com to the list of affected networks and will follow up with you through this ticket when the issue is resolved or there is an update.

In the meantime, you should still be able to add images, though you may want to use JPG or GIF formats, as most reports of altered or darkened images we've gotten have been for images in the PNG file format.

BUG: Ning does not render png-formatted images correctly anymore

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Hello Everyone

Some of you have already pointed outthe "faded" photos problem to me. Seems that Ning is having problemsdisplaying png files.

See: BUG: Ning does not render png-formatted images correctly anymore

A number of tickets have already been filed and I'll keep an eye on the developments. In the meantime, loading jpg files still works well.

I'd also advise leaving your old png files just as they are as this problem will be resolved eventually.

Thanks!

P.S. A big shout out to Sofia von Essen and MarieLouise Harcourt for their help!

updated by @tatiana-dokuchic: 05 Jan 2017 04:39:38PM

King Richard III (1452-1485) Remains To Be Reburied

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A fascinating story to be sure. I just finished The King's Grave: The Discovery of Richard III's Lost Burial Place and the Clues It Holds by Philippa Langley & Michael Jones.

Here's a bit more to consider: Issues Surrounding the 21st Century Funeral of Richard III