[]AllenAyres said: how do you mean? GOt an example? [/]
Sure, for instance:
When I try to add: http://www.flightattendants.org/photopost/index.php, the program says it's an invalid link, yet when I click on the link it provides to verify, it goes right to that page on my site. Strange.
fishtails, if the code is updated soon I will be happy to download the new version which includes a copyright notice on your work. I was sorta surprised that there wasn't one to begin with but I figured whoever wrote it didn't include it. If I may, I'd like to speak freely here regarding copyright notices. A site with loads of mods can be crowded with copyright this and copyright that and quite frankly, it starts to look untidy. Last fall I decided to ask my Members for an (optional) one-time $10 CDN donation to help improve the site - completely optional - and of the 3300+ Members, almost 90 have come through with anywhere from $5 to $10. It payed for a whole year of hosting, a couple of programs, and several upgrades to my site, making it a better place for all to visit. Those who made a donation are identified in their posts by a special Member status, similar to Josh's UBB Beta Tester .gif, as a gesture of thanks. Along the same lines, you could permit the removal of your copyright notice. That goes for anyone who spent a lot of time working on a popular mod.
I wonder if you would heed Omegatron's advice and make your copyright notice an optional display in your next release? Those who do not wish to have yet another copyright notice could pay you a fee... say $10? You could provide an easy paypal link somewhere in your download or simply your paypal e-mail address. It would be hard to enforce it but it might help cover some of your expenses if enough donations came in. Something affordable enough that almost everyone would have an opportunity to participate. I would certainly be in line to pay you a gesture of thanks. Your program is very similar to HotLinks SQL which is a $65 program. I owuld consider yours similar to an "Hotlinks SQL Lite" if it existed.
Again, nothing personal, it's just that too many copyrights all over your site and it starts to look untidy, IMHO. Food for thought... and why not, you worked hard to provide this code I'm sure. Josh charges for his search engine optimisation code, and excellent mod I might add, and although financially it's probably out of reach for quite a few people, I see nothing wrong with asking for a small fee in order to remove your copyright notice, if that's something you want to consider. You obviously enjoy writing code in your spare time, there's no shame in asking for some sort of financial thanks for those of us who would prefer one less copyright notice on our site if possible.
Another example is that I'd love to have the full-version integrated Sigma Chat with auto-authentication, but the jump from zero to $100 USD per year ($135 CDN) is too much for my pocket book and I don't get enough member donations to cover that, otherwise I'd love to pay that person some money. See where I'm coming from? If it's affordable the masses have the option to participate. Not that I think Josh's code or Sigma Chat's code isn't worth every dime... it's a matter of affordability. If you can consider taking less than it's worth, maybe more will contribute and volume will give you a little more incentive to keep pluggin forward with great code. Hope I'm not tarred and feathered for my suggestion
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