Will this work ?
- Human verification when logging in
- Can a website be automated to send password to user email when that particular user tries to download a file. This password be needed as second verification to download a file.
- Restricting single download per day or week.
Regards.
- Human verification when logging in
- Can a website be automated to send password to user email when that particular user tries to download a file. This password be needed as second verification to download a file.
- Restricting single download per day or week.
Regards.
I definitely have appreciated having the information available for learning and repairs over the years, so a huge thank you for your efforts.
I have also from time to time used the elektrotanya site. At first I was annoyed by how the interface was swamped with ads and buttons for things and places I didn’t want to go, but can appreciate how that may well be by design, and contributing to helping reduce automated abuses of their site. I have noticed that there is a limit to the amount of downloads as well, and it seemed pretty generous.
I have also from time to time used the elektrotanya site. At first I was annoyed by how the interface was swamped with ads and buttons for things and places I didn’t want to go, but can appreciate how that may well be by design, and contributing to helping reduce automated abuses of their site. I have noticed that there is a limit to the amount of downloads as well, and it seemed pretty generous.
Hi canbol,
I can't imagine the high number of users you might have. They will range from people like professional technicians to someone trying to get their own unit running. Technicians like me may use your site much more, and you can see that in your stats.
I don't mind supporting your site at all. Your information helps my customers and myself for my equipment. Maybe have professionals contribute as a way of assisting, not as a paid customer. We recognize the value. Maybe that can eliminate the ads for "frequent flyers" like myself while having those ads won't bother the person who only wants a manual for their equipment. It will discourage scrappers I hope.
Something like that will reduce your workload as far as dealing with individual accounts. Think of it as people helping you instead of being a commercial site. We really deeply appreciate what you have put together.
I can't imagine the high number of users you might have. They will range from people like professional technicians to someone trying to get their own unit running. Technicians like me may use your site much more, and you can see that in your stats.
I don't mind supporting your site at all. Your information helps my customers and myself for my equipment. Maybe have professionals contribute as a way of assisting, not as a paid customer. We recognize the value. Maybe that can eliminate the ads for "frequent flyers" like myself while having those ads won't bother the person who only wants a manual for their equipment. It will discourage scrappers I hope.
Something like that will reduce your workload as far as dealing with individual accounts. Think of it as people helping you instead of being a commercial site. We really deeply appreciate what you have put together.
I know a few technicians that pull their hairs when site is locked. Me too, with (just counted!) over 500 uploads since 2012, member since 2008...
It feels really undeserved.
AND, I would gladly donate a few $ to be a user.
It feels really undeserved.
AND, I would gladly donate a few $ to be a user.
I never said that. The vast majority of visitors never upload files, and that's fine. I'd rather people didn't upload junk for the sake of it.
I was simply putting the record straight regarding who has, and hasn't contributed to the archive. One person in particular has been making increasingly angry posts that I thought implied he had personally contributed time and effort to the hifiengine archive, when he had just posted a couple of pics to the gallery.
And it's really appreciated. The current plan is to restore downloads for contributors first, This would keep costs down (less than 0.5% of members are contributors) while long term decisions are made.
Hi canbol,
In the meantime, let us know if we can help in some way.
lol!
You know you are a valuable resource when people get cranky. You really are.
In the meantime, let us know if we can help in some way.
lol!
You know you are a valuable resource when people get cranky. You really are.
Disinterested party, but I'll toss out a couple of observations. To the users of hifiengine. If you are commercial entity that relies on the free site, that was not wise. After all the guy could be run over by a bus and its gone. You should have plans in place for it going away. I am a small biz and believe me, customers demand to know what happens if I get run over by a bus. They get source.
To Canbol, I know it started as a labor of love and a hobby, but I think it has morphed into a biz. You have a difficult decision ahead of you.
To Canbol, I know it started as a labor of love and a hobby, but I think it has morphed into a biz. You have a difficult decision ahead of you.
That's fair enough. It was seeing mention of the word 'contributor' and that it seemed to crop up often enough as to make it seem as though it carried some meaning or importance as to who had been restricted.
STOP IT.
Don't go that way.
I did post some stuff, it never occurred to me that you made a distinction between pictures and documents. So don't go there, I guess I'm sorry I ever provided any content for your site.... jeez man.
BTW- My posts haven't been angry. Passionate? Yes, because I find your opinion a bit frustrating.
Just concentrate on getting the site working, we all would love to see that working.
Yes. Thats what I suggested. One Indian audio forum does same thing. First one logs in with password then again by typing in password sent on individual email (Which is usually 6 digit no.). Looks like its workable.
Regds.
I prefer the option of SMS or email.
My hosting service went down three times this year.... for as much as 20 hours once.
It's good to have the option to use SMS instead.
But either way, two factor helps because it introduces the person-in-the-loop element that can not be automated.
My hosting service went down three times this year.... for as much as 20 hours once.
It's good to have the option to use SMS instead.
But either way, two factor helps because it introduces the person-in-the-loop element that can not be automated.
It's been my experience that hacks don't use service documents.
As for manuals, I buy paper manuals for units that I'm sure I will see another one come along, like Pioneer SX-(x)x50 series and such. HiFiEngine is great for the one off units. I don't own any interesting manuals to upload, and my scanner is kind of a POS any way.
I certainly wouldn't be averse to HFE becoming a subscription service.
During a long search for a solution to registration issues, both have been discounted.
Two factor authentication makes accounts more secure, but doesn't stop someone signing up hundreds of accounts.
SMS verification was also created to make accounts more secure, not websites. There is also a significant cost to using it, and it's laughably easy to circumvent using sms verification services.
https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/u...s-verification-services-working-2024.1559822/
Hi AudioPackrat,
That was my preference. I had over 8 filing cabinets full of service manuals, some faxes. I wish I had them, there was a lot of information that never hit the internet, and a lot of confidential information too. I grab paper service manuals when I can even today. My scanner feeds through, so destructive. I am not willing to disassemble a manual.
So today I have a hard drive manual library for the most part. I find myself printing sections I'm having problems with, but then I photocopied manual sections before. Never write in a manual!
I had a rule. If the manual saved 1/2 an hour or more, buy it. If it had information you absolutely needed, buy it. That translates into a lot of service manuals! Lost them all.
That was my preference. I had over 8 filing cabinets full of service manuals, some faxes. I wish I had them, there was a lot of information that never hit the internet, and a lot of confidential information too. I grab paper service manuals when I can even today. My scanner feeds through, so destructive. I am not willing to disassemble a manual.
So today I have a hard drive manual library for the most part. I find myself printing sections I'm having problems with, but then I photocopied manual sections before. Never write in a manual!
I had a rule. If the manual saved 1/2 an hour or more, buy it. If it had information you absolutely needed, buy it. That translates into a lot of service manuals! Lost them all.
Hi canbol,
I wish I knew something about this.
I guess it falls to knowing a user is real. Very time consuming and probably not workable. Even providing an email, phone number and address to verify things is time consuming. We have enough trouble here, and we have a team of moderators. That and software tools.
I wish I knew something about this.
I guess it falls to knowing a user is real. Very time consuming and probably not workable. Even providing an email, phone number and address to verify things is time consuming. We have enough trouble here, and we have a team of moderators. That and software tools.
To be honest, all I wanted to do was share a few manuals and it snowballed. Back in 2002 the ones I needed were either impossible to find, or bad photocopies sold for a premium. Now there are dozens of manual sites, many of which have hammered our service to scrape content.
Also as the site has grown a lot of people have gone quickly from showing appreciation, to a sense of entitlement. I get angry messages every day complaining about the design of the site (I'm not a designer), that we don't list a phone number or address (it's not a business), about scan quality (which varies from legible to factory), that all manuals aren't in English (or Urdu, or Icelandic), or that there are download limits when the internet is supposed to be free (I'll pass that on to my host, they like a laugh). And if I start charging I'd have the same problem 100 times over, as the customer is always right, whereas a guest can be shown the door.
Difficult decision is an understatement.