PF Premium Membership Now Available

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The Physics Forum (PF) has introduced a premium membership option for $25 per year, offering various perks such as ad-free browsing, increased private message limits, and customization options for profiles. Members can also enjoy features like viewing online users and managing user notes. The payment can be made via PayPal or through checks, with support for multiple currencies. The initiative aims to secure the forum's future and enhance user experience while encouraging community support. Premium membership benefits are designed to reward contributors and maintain the forum's quality.
  • #31
Zero said:
Ummm...yeah.

haha..I see, shouldn't it say PF Mentor
 
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  • #32
I'm more than happy to help the forums in any way I can.

Wish I could do more, but being a poor college student, there is only so much one can do...
 
  • #33
Elkay, I think it is so wonderful when a person so new to the forum makes the effort to contribute!

I've noticed several other relatively new members have also contributed. That is really great.

BTW, you are really cute! :smile:
 
  • #34
Yeah... good times, right? So why don't I see a "PF Contributor" thingy?
 
  • #35
Greg Bernhardt said:
  • View/Post/Manage user notes
What are User Notes?
 
  • #36
A blog/personal journal/diary
 
  • #37
The_Professional said:
A blog/personal journal/diary

does anyone use it? or does it log every word you type?? wait I could just look...
 
  • #38
well, i don't have credit cards or pay pal or a checking acount... how to i do a money order?
 
  • #39
Take $25 plus whatever fee they charge (probably $0.99 or so) down to the post office and buy one.
 
  • #40
loseyourname said:
Take $25 plus whatever fee they charge (probably $0.99 or so) down to the post office and buy one.


Oh, well, I've never done it before. But i think i can handle that. Thanks
 
  • #41
Activation for Premium Membership?

I have just contributed to PF by PP. But smegging adverts are still around and I still can't have an avatar. Do I need to activate the membership somehow or ...?
 
  • #42
Crumbles said:
I have just contributed to PF by PP. But smegging adverts are still around and I still can't have an avatar. Do I need to activate the membership somehow or ...?
It should have been instantaneous. Did you get a confirmation from paypal?
 
  • #43
Evo said:
It should have been instantaneous. Did you get a confirmation from paypal?
Yes I got an instant email notification from PP!

Could it be because the email ad I use on PP is different from the one I use on PF?
 
  • #44
Crumbles said:
Yes I got an instant email notification from PP!

Could it be because the email ad I use on PP is different from the one I use on PF?

Did you go through the built-in upgrade process here at PF or did you just donate to my email address in paypal? I'll manually upgrade your account though.
 
  • #45
Greg Bernhardt said:
Did you go through the built-in upgrade process here at PF or did you just donate to my email address in paypal? I'll manually upgrade your account though.

I used the built-in upgrade function from the menu!
 
  • #46
Okay, I finally decided to splurge! One too many flashing advertisements trying to give me seizures finally convinced me :biggrin:

Now, all I need to do is figure out how to make a picture small enough to use as an avatar.
 
  • #47
YAY! Welcome to the PF Contributors comunity!
 
  • #48
Yeah, but now I'm sitting here wondering where my invitation to the contributors' members-only party is? LOL! :smile:

But since I seem pretty addicted to this site, I think I'll stick around now. I've gotten addicted to other sites that got shut down for lack of funds, so don't want that to happen here...I can't handle withdrawal that well. :wink:

Obviously, I did manage to figure out how to shrink my picture small enough to make into an avatar (some things I'll never understand about computers, like how I can take an image from one program, open it in another, make no changes whatsoever, just re-save it in the new program, and it's magically a new size).
 
  • #49
Did somebody say party? :bugeye: Where?

I think your multisized image is to do with how each program displays it rather than what size it is. Image sizes are measured in pixels and although an image contains a fixed number of pixels, it can be displayed in different sizes on the computer by altering the size of each pixel displayed (in otherwords zooming into the picture).

Well, that's either what you were referring to, or you opened the image in a different program that uses higher JPEG compression, which made the image small in terms of megabytes.
 
  • #50
The second is the one I meant...taking it from 52 kb to about 8 kb just by saving in a different program. But now that I know what I have to do to get it to work, I will have to create some other avatars to rotate once in a while.

I'm still thinking about what a good signature line would be. All these tough decisions come with the responsibility of contributorship. Time to pull out Bartlett's Quotations.
 
  • #51
I see there are no journal or quiz awards... I still like the idea of both and feel they should be utilzied more as should the chat... if we still have that.
 
  • #52
Greg Bernhardt said:
Haha, you of all people should not complain when in a month or so hopefully we buy hivemail.
:wink: :smile:


Hivemail??
 
  • #53
franznietzsche said:
Hivemail??

It's an integratable mail program like hotmail. However in my findings is causes some headaches so I decided not to offer it.
 
  • #54
I seam tom have some problems with contributing money.

1. I don't have a Visa or MasterCard creditcard.

2. I can't choose my contry in PayPal

What to do :confused: :confused: :confused:
 
  • #55
PM me and I'll give you my address to send a check or money order.
 
  • #56
Hmm I love physics forums but 125 dollars is a lot of money you might be able to get a lot more money from it if you lowered prices for say students or something. Student=poor but I could manage like 10 dollars for 6 years lol.
 
  • #57
It's $25 for a year. Not $125
 
  • #59
is it possible to get premium membership without paying? i don't feel like giving $25 for an avatar...
 
  • #60
You are not paying for the avatar, you are supporting the site by contributing. Contributing members are appreciated by giving them perks that regular members don't have.

You are not required to contribute. As you are a member on this site for a longer time, you might feel that it is something worth contributing to.
 

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