The future of safe mod downloads....

[jakebalance 29]

I just want to say this. The FBI Virus can be stopped with Malwarebytes. I get the FBI virus all the time up here at work. If you need to buy a $40 USD USB to SATA/IDE adapter and run a malware scan from a friends laptop or what ever on your drive. poof gone. clean up your temp files and etc with CCCleaner. Continue using your computer.

-Edit- FBI virus wont be stopped/detected by antivirus, its malware.

[Enzer 60]

hey, if you can get a good album out TFC might get popular enough to leave adfly behind and get better ads on the site.

Hey, Dunkleosteus, I know this question is kind of out there and you can answer me in PM (or not at all, it is kind of private I guess), but what kind of ad system does Bioxx use? Is he using Google adsense?

One suggestion I could throw out is maybe redoing the actual website. A little restructuring of the pages and a little bit more information posted on the main web page would get more users browsing through it and I am sure no one is going to have issues with a discrete vertical ad on the side and a horizontal one tacked onto the bottom of the pages, if it is provided by a trusted service (again, my major suggestion is Adsense).

I'm looking through your website and I'm not seeing a single ad, nor are there any on the wiki that I see.

Now that the wiki has really improved over how it was a few months ago, I can see the download page, the change log, and the wiki being hit by a lot of people, that should generate more than what ad.fly provides and should, depending on who you go with, be safer than ad.fly as well.

Just a suggestion, maybe something to look into, I know you guys are super busy with the mod, let alone personal life.

EDIT:

I should probably reword about redesign of the website, it is nicely done and I do like it (clean, simply laid out, isn't cluttered), however there could be some improvements made on it, didn't mean to come off as offending or stepping on toes.

[halfmaster1 77]

What would be nice is if when mine craft came out with the Modding API it had a site for downloading mods, where other mods, server hosting, servers, and the like are shown if the developer wants ad income.

[killster550 401]

yes that would be nice wouldnt it?

btw, Y U NO ADD AVATAR THEN! YOU WANT ONE? HERE

for the record, that's a wombat L:D

[halfmaster1 77]

Killster, that is very tempting.

I'll think about it.

[Menoch 335]

hey, if you can get a good album out TFC might get popular enough to leave adfly behind and get better ads on the site.

I have 3 tracks finished, i just need to polish them on my pc that is out of comission. Fortunately the pc in the studio is NEVER online, but not powerful enough to run my editing and mastering software. That is 8 tracks for the cd. I am working on 6 more tracks and i will be good to go. Looking for work right now and let me tell ya it sucks. Selling myself to a company .... Feel like a ho, yo, ya know?! 8)

Soon my friend.... Sooooooon....

[splatman1981 44]

i find the battle of usability and security to be easy, because i choose security. disable javascript with noscript, remove ads with adblock, get rid of all the other crazy with flashblock... granted its not perfect, but i have had 0 viruses, malware, adware...etc. but its hard to manage what sites to allow and what ones to block. also i think it negates any ad cashflow the sites might have got if i were to not protect myself. btw i plan on donating next payday!

[dunkleosteus 2,425]

Hey, Dunkleosteus, I know this question is kind of out there and you can answer me in PM (or not at all, it is kind of private I guess), but what kind of ad system does Bioxx use? Is he using Google adsense?

One suggestion I could throw out is maybe redoing the actual website. A little restructuring of the pages and a little bit more information posted on the main web page would get more users browsing through it and I am sure no one is going to have issues with a discrete vertical ad on the side and a horizontal one tacked onto the bottom of the pages, if it is provided by a trusted service (again, my major suggestion is Adsense).

I'm looking through your website and I'm not seeing a single ad, nor are there any on the wiki that I see.

Now that the wiki has really improved over how it was a few months ago, I can see the download page, the change log, and the wiki being hit by a lot of people, that should generate more than what ad.fly provides and should, depending on who you go with, be safer than ad.fly as well.

Just a suggestion, maybe something to look into, I know you guys are super busy with the mod, let alone personal life.

EDIT:

I should probably reword about redesign of the website, it is nicely done and I do like it (clean, simply laid out, isn't cluttered), however there could be some improvements made on it, didn't mean to come off as offending or stepping on toes.

are you using adblock? When I turn that off I see ads on the main site. and I don't know how Bioxx has ads on there, I'll try and ask.

[Enzer 60]

are you using adblock? When I turn that off I see ads on the main site. and I don't know how Bioxx has ads on there, I'll try and ask.

No, I got the TFC site whitelisted for adblock and I've tried disabling the plugin completely. I'll have to double check to see if there is something else I'm running blocking them. :/

[killster550 401]

dunk im running google chrome tandard no adblock, havent seen a single advert in here