I'm looking to reduce costs by $200-300 a month, so I highly doubt donations would cover it. In any case, I tried to find a 100% safe, anonymous way to accept small donations and other than crypto, didn't find any. I read a lot of small print on payment sites.
How about implementing your suggestion of at least allowing contributors to continue to download and upload. I’ve only uploaded one schematic so far but would not mind contributing $ if that helps. I certainly don’t want to be one that has to be the gofer for the DIYAudio community that is amongst the 0.5% of contributors. None the less thanks for your years of service and hopefully the issues can get resolved ASAP
Let me get this straight, you are putting out $100’s a month running that web site, $ out of your pocket or personal finances?
Just realized that you are a new member, welcome aboard 🙂
Let me get this straight, you are putting out $100’s a month running that web site, $ out of your pocket or personal finances?
Just realized that you are a new member, welcome aboard 🙂
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If you give me the URL of the image(s) you posted in the gallery, or the name of the account, I'm happy to remove them.
It doesn't bother me either way; the gallery is only there because people expect to be able to post images.
FWIW, I asked ChatGPT, and it had several ways. I won't post the response since it was lengthy. Here's what I asked "How do you block bots from scraping pdfs from your website".
OK, that is a bit ironic as AI may now be the biggest scraper of all time. Cloudflare just announced a way where AI bots will be charged for scraping their properties.
Count me in on this. At the moment I just cannot log in at all. The site says (as I've mentioned before) that I'm using a proxy server (I'm not) or I'm a bot from a ISP data centre (I'm not).
I'd cheerfully financially contribute if it gets around the useless interface, and deleting my account.
Don't get me wrong - I take my hat off to Canbol for putting his head over the parapet. That takes some bravery.
I'd just like to use the site again. I was never a frequent user, and I guess I got canned in the site clean up of 2021.
But the offer of financial contribution is serious. As I think it is for quite a number on this forum.
I'd just like to use the site again. I was never a frequent user, and I guess I got canned in the site clean up of 2021.
But the offer of financial contribution is serious. As I think it is for quite a number on this forum.
@canbol
Please be nice, I'm being nice to you now. The stage to shake you off the complacency and come to the open is gone. Let's bury the hatchet, huh?
We now KNOW what the issue is.... At this point we should work together to help you out.
And, btw, that was a way of "writing aloud".... an "extemporization". I admit you surprised me at the beginning doubting what I had posted... I have no reason to lie and I never did. If there is one thing that truly gets me is when people accuse of me of not telling the truth.
To be honest, the gallery is the most important part for me... I like looking at the pictures of components. As a collector of certain vintage pieces, it's great to look at them. The User Manuals are also important only when I buy the piece. I have downloaded some technical manuals as well for completeness.
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That's peanuts. A frequent user should pay $15/month, kinda like netflix. An infrequent user could just pay per download. And, you could still limit downloads/day.
jeff
Wow. How many documents do you people need to download in a month? That sounds bonkers to me.
$15 is my annual donation to Wikipedia for crying out loud.
They just add up over the years. Someone asks a question about fixing some piece, you want to help, so you get the manual and try to help them solve whatever issue they're having. Fortunately, I was able to provide a manual way back when. I posited over on AK in the Back Alley Pub (where this is also being discussed) whether there would be some way to collaberate between the sites where registered subscribers could still access HFE/VE somehow if @canbol is hesitant about, or finds it too cumbersome to accept money through whatever service. Subscribe here, AK, other audio fixit site or directly at HFE/VE = access. Could that work somehow? I'm lost when it comes to web programming and all that's involved.
I suspect he has several people who are using it for biz. If you were a shop, I could easily see 50/mo getting downloaded. Although after awhile I'd expect the shop to have most of what they need locally assuming they retain what they download.