MediaSmartServer.net has been an active Windows Home Server community since July 2007. During this time we've had numerous requests from members and visitors asking how they can donate or in some way say "Thank You" for one of our Add-Ins, tutorials and guides in the Wiki, or for some other extra support they have received from us directly or in the forums.

Many of you are tech enthusiasts and do a lot of online shopping. Simply clicking these links to get to Amazon (US), Amazon (UK), Amazon (CA), Newegg.com, Newegg.ca, HP Shopping, Buy.com (US and CA) before you order is the biggest and easiest way to help. When you use these links MediaSmartServer.net gets credit regardless of what you buy and you pay not a penny more. These are all places that I shop and have always had very good experiences.

Your support of this site helps recoup my expenses associated with hosting the site, maintaining the web server, and paying for bandwidth. Any extra allows me to spend time writing more articles, getting more hardware and software to review, all with the intent to help you make the most of your connected home.

Thank you for your support!

Alex, as I have told you previously I am not familiar with this forum software but can only guess that the large while area to the right of the MSS logo is a holding pace for banner ads. Is that correct? Or even below the 7 tabs that are beneath the MSS logo should be a place for a banner ad. What I would suggest you do is create a basic banner ad. Have it say something along the lines of "Help Support the Site by Clicking Here Then when someone clicks the banner ad they will be taken to a page with the links and explanation about what people can do with them.

I would also suggest you look into Google Ads, it is also a way to generate income. You have control of the ads and what is advertised on your site.

What I think you should do it create a Paypal accouont also and posted on the website so people can send you money that way also. Sometimes is easier to do this than to go and buy something at one of those websites. I will be more than happy to support you work.

I could indeed put an Ad with this info into rotation with the normal ones, that's a pretty good idea.

How about adding a link entitled "Ads" centered on the line that has the logon/messages///FAQ...?

Very small and inconspicuous but VERY easy to get to quickly. Coule link to the first entry in this thread or to to a separate list. Mention it in the first post.

Updated to include Ebay.