I'm a little perturbed & disappointed - radio8 links
Posted: January 10th, 2010, 10:27 pm
Just found out some other company took over the storage spot for the Radio8 audio files.
Luckily all the files are still there!
BUT... since the name of the site has changed, all the links to the Radio8 shows & their individual audio files have now changed so none of the links on the Radio8 web page work any more.
This just means I have to change the links for every file posted. ... a few hours of work, probably.
I didn't get any notification at all from these people.
This is a wake-up call. This is what happens when you use a free service to host your files. You should always host your files on your paid hosting service.
This is why so many photos have also disappeared from the Studio Eight boards. Our Image-ination Jams look like a ghost town. Little x's where photos and artwork used to be... because some people moved their flicker accounts or disabled their accounts or whatever ....
Just waking up here and talking aloud to the community.
What needs to happen is ...
1) I need to get the web forum software updated so people can upload files right here so images don't disappear in the future for whatever reason
and
2) ... I need to get Radio8.org (a name I bought a while back) hosted and launched with audio streaming software so that Studio Eight is hosting all the audio files ourselves rather than using one of these free services.
and
3) in the meantime, I need to work on correcting the links to the new links for the audio files on Radio8
.........
SIGHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Ahhh... the Net! Never a dull moment. It's always something.
Luckily all the files are still there!
BUT... since the name of the site has changed, all the links to the Radio8 shows & their individual audio files have now changed so none of the links on the Radio8 web page work any more.
This just means I have to change the links for every file posted. ... a few hours of work, probably.
I didn't get any notification at all from these people.
This is a wake-up call. This is what happens when you use a free service to host your files. You should always host your files on your paid hosting service.
This is why so many photos have also disappeared from the Studio Eight boards. Our Image-ination Jams look like a ghost town. Little x's where photos and artwork used to be... because some people moved their flicker accounts or disabled their accounts or whatever ....
Just waking up here and talking aloud to the community.
What needs to happen is ...
1) I need to get the web forum software updated so people can upload files right here so images don't disappear in the future for whatever reason
and
2) ... I need to get Radio8.org (a name I bought a while back) hosted and launched with audio streaming software so that Studio Eight is hosting all the audio files ourselves rather than using one of these free services.
and
3) in the meantime, I need to work on correcting the links to the new links for the audio files on Radio8
.........
SIGHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Ahhh... the Net! Never a dull moment. It's always something.