I'm pleased to see that they appear to be getting their act together. Things have been a lot more stable recently and there are some new and interesting areas of functionality being added.
Keep up the good work
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StartYourTube changes to BoostCast
June 13, 2008 by psionmark
I've written a fairly lengthy article on my main blog about the StartYourTube name change.
I'm pleased to see that they appear to be getting their act together. Things have been a lot more stable recently and there are some new and interesting areas of functionality being added.
Keep up the good work
I'm pleased to see that they appear to be getting their act together. Things have been a lot more stable recently and there are some new and interesting areas of functionality being added.
Keep up the good work
Latest
May 26, 2008 by psionmark
StartYourTube based sites are regularly being redirected to the http://StartYourTube.com web site. So, those of us who are paying for the service (and, in my case at least, paying for advertising) are doing so to send people to StartYourTube.
Worse still, all uploaded video now seems to be stuck "in the queue". Some of mine has been in there for more than 36 hours now.
Another message has gone off to "customer support".
Worse still, all uploaded video now seems to be stuck "in the queue". Some of mine has been in there for more than 36 hours now.
Another message has gone off to "customer support".
Re: DNS issues?
May 25, 2008 by psionmark
Site's now pointing back to the correct place, but videos are still being held "in the queue" for hours on end...
DNS issues?
May 25, 2008 by psionmark
flightsimtube.com (along with every other startyourtube site) appears to be redirecting to the main http://startyoutube.com site.
Again, I'm hoping this is temporary and that this is an indication that they're tyring to fix the site, but I'm not holding my breath.
Re: Getting worse
May 24, 2008 by psionmark
Update - it now appears that if you refresh the page, it loads a different video each time!
At the moment, it looks like uploads prior to today are okay, but everything from about midnight last night is screwed up big time.
Has StartYourTube been hacked?
At the moment, it looks like uploads prior to today are okay, but everything from about midnight last night is screwed up big time.
Has StartYourTube been hacked?
Getting worse
May 24, 2008 by psionmark
In addition to the 5 hours downtime last night, 10 or so deleted members and deleted media (none of which I've been given an explanation for), I now find that every video I (or anyone else) uploads is being replaced by some bizarre music video!
StartYourTube, WTF is going on over there?!
StartYourTube, WTF is going on over there?!
Lost media
May 24, 2008 by psionmark
It's just asked me to approve media I already approved 2-3 days ago.
So, with 5 hours downtime, lost members and lost media, I can only assume they've rolled-back a few days. Nice one. Good of them to let everyone know what they've done so we can go and fix things on their behalf.
So, with 5 hours downtime, lost members and lost media, I can only assume they've rolled-back a few days. Nice one. Good of them to let everyone know what they've done so we can go and fix things on their behalf.
Members deleted
May 24, 2008 by psionmark
In addition to the 5 hour downtime last night, I've just noticed that the 10 or so people that signed up yesterday are no longer showing in the members list.
Lost data as well as excessive downtime? It's not looking good...
Once again, I've used the contact form to ask them what's going on, but I'm not holding my breath for an answer.
Lost data as well as excessive downtime? It's not looking good...
Once again, I've used the contact form to ask them what's going on, but I'm not holding my breath for an answer.
Re: StartYourTube down
May 24, 2008 by psionmark
Well, that was a 5 hour outage. Again, no explanation.
What's going on, guys?
What's going on, guys?
StartYourTube down
May 23, 2008 by psionmark
They've been down again for an hour or so now. Perfect timing - one of busiest times of the week for visitors!
FlightSimTube
May 22, 2008 by psionmark
Well, I'm sure you can guess fromt the name, but FlightSimTube is dedicated to Flight Simulator videos and screenshots.
We've been going for around 4 weeks and have around 100 members and 70 videos.
We've been going for around 4 weeks and have around 100 members and 70 videos.
Message all members
May 22, 2008 by psionmark
One thing I'd love to see is the ability to send a message to all members of your Tube.
Recently, I had a problem whereby, for some reason they seemed reluctant to explain, StartYourTube changed the text of all my categories. I couldn't change them back as, every time I tried, it reset them to the wrong text again!
I digress.
I was looking for an easy way to send a message to all members, asking them if they could update the categories of any videos they'd uploaded, but there isn't one. You have to export the details of the members, extract the email addresses, prepare an email from your nice long string of email addresses and finally you're ready to go.
Mark
Recently, I had a problem whereby, for some reason they seemed reluctant to explain, StartYourTube changed the text of all my categories. I couldn't change them back as, every time I tried, it reset them to the wrong text again!
I digress.
I was looking for an easy way to send a message to all members, asking them if they could update the categories of any videos they'd uploaded, but there isn't one. You have to export the details of the members, extract the email addresses, prepare an email from your nice long string of email addresses and finally you're ready to go.
Mark
Welcome Message to New Members
May 22, 2008 by psionmark
Welcome to the StartYourTube forum.
We hope you enjoy your stay
We hope you enjoy your stay
Why was this forum created?
May 22, 2008 by psionmark
I signed up with StartYouTube about a month ago. I've got my own domain and have been generally happy with the service provided (apart from some prolonged downtime).
However, one thing they're very bad at is communication.
I've sent numerous messages via their "Contact Us" and they're generally ignored.
They're also pretty bad at keeping users informed with what's going on with the site. A good example of that was today's email stating simply "We need a new domain" - no explanation as to why.
I created this forum in the hope that, as StartYourTube don't seem too prepared to help us, we could help ourselves.
So, if you've created your own Tube, or are thinking of doing so, please do join.
Mark
However, one thing they're very bad at is communication.
I've sent numerous messages via their "Contact Us" and they're generally ignored.
They're also pretty bad at keeping users informed with what's going on with the site. A good example of that was today's email stating simply "We need a new domain" - no explanation as to why.
I created this forum in the hope that, as StartYourTube don't seem too prepared to help us, we could help ourselves.
So, if you've created your own Tube, or are thinking of doing so, please do join.
Mark
StartYourTube down again
May 22, 2008 by psionmark
Generally, they've been pretty stable for the past week.
Just my luck, then, that I decided to invest in some advertising to try and get some more visitors when, 5 minutes after paying for the ad, FST goes down for another 2 hours!
How are others finding uptime?
StartYourTube looking for a new domain name
May 22, 2008 by psionmark
LOL - just after creating this forum, I got an email from StartYourTube saying they "need a new domain name". Nothing more, nothing less. So, looks like I picked the wrong name for this forum!
Why do they need one? YouTube on their backs?
Come on guys, give us some more information!
Welcome to the StartYourTube forums
May 22, 2008 by psionmark
Thanks for coming along.
I decided to create this forum as StartYourTube seems to offer virtually no support whatsoever. I thought it'd be a good idea if users of StartYourTube could therefore help each other.
Problems with up time? Need help setting up your site? Why not ask here.
Feel free to join in and help make this a useful place for everyone.
Mark
