?? How can I support the forum ??

[Melooon]

How can I support the forum?? 

A few people have brought this up so I wanted to make a quick topic for anyone who wants to support the forum or offer their assistance in its maintenance!

Things you can do for free!
Firstly! The most important thing you do to support the forum is to be here! A forum is pretty silly if no one is on it; so without you being here and being you, there would be no forum 

However, there are a few specific things you can do to help improve the forum and keep it a good place for others:

• Let people know about the forum! You can put a badge on your site - you can also follow MelonLand on Neocities!
• Start community projects or events - goals that bring people together are great, particularly if they don't require extra work by me!
• Reply to help topics - it's great when you're able to support others in the help section.
• Write on the Wiki - adding your knowledge to the wiki is really helpful, it's your wiki, add whatever you think it needs.
• Post interesting links and share events! - This helps create energy and a feeling of being part of a wider world.
• If you're a professional-level programmer let me know! - I may need help with a feature!
• If you're a pixel artist let me know! - The forum always needs new gifs and graphics.
• If you make other assets like 3D models, games or sounds let me know! - There might be something needed!
• Post feature requests and bugs! - These help a lot, but please test, research and plan, the more you do the less I have to do!
• If you'd like your project to collaborate with the forum in some way that can be great too!
• You can promote the web revival outside this forum - This is just one part of a wider culture - its worth reaching out on other platforms!

I would like to donate!
Yes, this can be done! As a general rule, I don't talk about forum costs or try not to put a value on the time I spend working on the forum; however, there certainly are costs and a lot of time involved!

If you are employed and/or have the cash to spare then a coin or two a month goes a long way to offsetting costs and making me feel supported  In general a regular small donation is the most helpful, however, if you prefer a single donation is fine too! At the moment donations are my only source of income; I don't think they will ever be a viable way to live; but a little support every month certainly helps!

The best way to donate is via Ko-Fi (https://ko-fi.com/melonking); it uses PayPal or credit card; if you have trouble with that let me know!

At the moment there is no indicator for donators; however, if you donate/have donated in the past let me know and I'll keep a list of names - if we ever add a donator indicator (like a lil heart next to your name) I'll retroactively add people.

Thanks again for your interest in supporting the forum