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Abel · **Support Pixtus: Premium Memberships Available! -** 04-24-2007, 08:46 PM

I am pleased to officially announce our Premium Membership program. It has been a work in progress and will only continue to get better as time goes on. First off let me address some questions that have been posed to me about our Premium Membership Program.

Questions I have been asked:

Question: What is a Premium Membership?
Answer: A Premium Membership is a paid annual subscription that will allow you access to many more features and specials above and beyond your current membership here on TPF.

Question: What is the cost of a Premium Membership?
Answer: The cost of a Premium Membership is $25 a year and can be paid quickly and easily through PayPal.

Question: Do I need to become a Premium Member in order to continue to have access to TPF?
Answer: No, Members are NOT required to sign up for the Premium Membership in order to have access to TPF nor do you lose any features and/or access that you currently already have. You can remain a member here on TPF completely Free of Charge and not lose a single thing that you've already had up until now.

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Ok, now we move on to the benefits of becoming a Premium Member! This listing below is only what is available now and I can assure you that we have many more neat little items that are in the works that will become available very soon.

Premium Membership Benefits:

Access to live Chat Room
A new Chat Room has been installed and is only available to Premium Members. You will have access to be able to chat in real time with other Premium Members 24 hours a day.

Access to Live Posts page
Our new Live Posts is only available to Premium Members and will allow you to view a summary all of the new posts/threads as they happen on the forum in real time. This is a great little add-on that will keep you up to date on what is going on in the forum during your visits.

Customized User Title
You will have the ability to customize your User Title which is displayed directly underneath your username. Preset titles such as "Lurker" etc are a thing of the past.

Private Premium Section
Access to a private Premium Members section in order to be kept up to date on any and all new features that are made available to you and how exactly to use them and what the benefits are.

Private Message Storage Increase
Private message storage has been increased from 300 to 1,500 allowed stored messages.

Special Workshop Discounts
There will be some great discounts given to Premium Members for various upcoming workshops and seminars. Some of the discounts will be more than what the Premium Membership costs in the first place! Can't beat that!

No Google Ads
Premium Members will not see Google ads. Forum Sponsor ads will still be seen but the third party Google ads will not be visible when logged in.

Full PM/New Reply Email Notification Content
Premium Members will have the content of a PM/Email Notification fully embedded into your notification emails. This will allow you to be able to read what was sent to you/what was replied via your email inbox.

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This is just the beginning of what we have to offer TPF Members that sign up for a Premium Membership. We have many more ideas, features and special discounts that we're working on as well in order to add to the list available to you.

If you are interested in becoming a Premium Member all you need to do is visit this link and sign up:

http://www.pixtus.com/forum/payments.php

Once the signup is completed you will have access to all of the features listed above and will be good to go!

Thanks for your time...

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Here's a screen cap of the newly designed Live Feed Page with the integrated Chatbox.. So now you can chat while the new posts are updated on the page instantly as they're created. Clicking the link in the Live Feed when open that thread in a new tab for you to browse through without losing your chat window and current feed... this is how I browse the entire day... nice and easy.

Wil_Bloodworth · 04-24-2007, 08:52 PM

How is "Live Posts" different from "New Posts"?

Can you elaborate on the "Private Premium Section"... I'm unclear as to what this is.

Thanks,

- Wil

HeatherLou · 04-24-2007, 08:55 PM

Live posts is awesome, when someone posts a new message, it shows it automatically, instead of having to refresh or hit new post again! That rocks Abel!

jeffkohn · 04-24-2007, 08:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ParkImaging

How is "Live Posts" different from "New Posts"?

You don't have to keep hitting {F5}.

Abel · 04-24-2007, 08:56 PM

it updates automatically as the posts/threads are made... here's a quick screen shot...

thanks!

Davidtxs · 04-24-2007, 09:54 PM

I am sure i speak for a lot of people this new premium memberships is great its the best 25 bucks you can ever spend lol its a small way to thank abel for all his hard work, plus he needs MORE BAGS

Roadrnr · 04-24-2007, 09:58 PM

I would have to agree David...best 25 bones I've spent!

txphotog · 04-24-2007, 10:04 PM

New bags nah Abel needs a 1D Mark III !!

Abel · 04-24-2007, 10:07 PM

ha... you guys are bad...

actually i've satisfied my bag fetish for a long while... I bought a Think Tank Glass Taxi some months ago and I love it. its my new favorite bag of choice...

and no i wont be getting a Mark III... i'll just borrow Justin's!

MRCPix · 04-24-2007, 10:27 PM

Just signed up. Thanks Abel for all you do this is the best place to learn and meet people.

Steelsun · 04-24-2007, 11:35 PM

Just transferred money from Istock into my paypal - when it clears I'll go ahead and join.

Is it true that one of the secret benefits is that Abel will buy you a mojito at the Monday night meet if you become a premie?

Jake · 04-25-2007, 07:34 AM

Every since I signed up, I just can't keep hot girls off me? I didn't realize that was one of the down sides to this 'Premium Member' thing.
Also, now that I'm a 'Premium Member', all my photos are in perfect focus and the exposures are right on every time. Use to just be 99% of the time.

Thanks Abel!

Sonny · 04-25-2007, 08:14 AM

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Originally Posted by thejakestir

Every since I signed up, I just can't keep hot girls off me? I didn't realize that was one of the down sides to this 'Premium Member' thing.
Also, now that I'm a 'Premium Member', all my photos are in perfect focus and the exposures are right on every time. Use to just be 99% of the time.

Thanks Abel!

You too? My wife is not going to like this one bit!