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Donations
There is no charge for any of the services on this website, but we do pay for our web hosting through WebFusion and donations help with our costs. If any of our services are useful to you, and you are able to make a small donation, we would be grateful for your help -- just click the 'Donate' button below. This takes you to the PayPal website, where you can donate any amount you choose. You do not need a PayPal account to make a donation.
There is no obligation to make a donation and nobody will get upset if you can't or choose not to. However, every little helps to keep this website up and running for the benefit of Irish dancers and their parents, worldwide.
Note that all donations are directed through the current McGL webmaster's PayPal account (until we find some way of accepting small amounts more cheaply) but 100% of donations will be used to help offset the running costs of this website.
Why pay for webspace?
We are sometimes asked why we pay for web hosting when it is possible to get free web space. Here are some of the reasons:
- 'Free' webspace usually comes at a price -- annoying pop-up adverts, slow response, no support, lots of downtime, etc.
- Free space often limits the amount of visitors permitted over a given time period. The popularity of this website means that we have a GREAT deal of traffic, and we want our visitors to be able to access the website whenever they want to.
- We want full facilities to run 'scripts' -- such as those that operate the members area, calendar, guestbook, chatroom, results exchange, etc.
- Every so often, we upgrade so that we have better facilities. We've just upgraded again so that we can use database facilities, meaning that we can introduce better features in future.
These are just some of the reasons we pay for web hosting, but if you have any specific questions, please email the webmaster.
