My 2nd biggest blunder ever
 

Hello all,

Recently in auditing our hosted galleries I came across some that I could not get my hands on the docs from the content publishers. Since right now we have exactly ZERO images in our member areas (we are using a bunch of image gallery plugins from various providers).

I kind of freaked out in a panic stricken way and renamed the galleries that had content we would not be able to get IDs from the publishers / vendors.

That would have taken surfers to a regular ole 404 page except for the fact that I changed the .htaccess some time ago to take 404s to AFF. (I was sending several domains to various programs on the 404s when June 23rd rolled around because I had sites so old that the content providers were selling production stills and wouldn't be able to provide IDs for any of that, so rather than fix the sites with new content, I deleted them) I deleted 1000s of sites, many of the AVS sites. I had some of those sites on the hosted gallery domain.

An extremely stupid error on my part and I will think of a way to fully compensate those that were sending traffic to my panic mode fuck up.

I couldn't steal from someone and sleep right, so please accept this as a formal apology.

I'm working on the hosted galleries with new content to get them all back working again this week.

Geeze I feel like a newbie.

I'm very embarrassed, and very sorry. :(

Re: My 2nd biggest blunder ever
 

Fair enough Bill.

Can't say fairer than that.

You have always been an honest webmaster.


However , I am interested in what your first mistake was ;-))

Re: My 2nd biggest blunder ever
 

Oh.
Gee.
Look.
Somthing on the adult 'net fucked up.
*That's* never happened before! (*severely sarcastic eye roll here*)

Bill. :)
Shit happens.
When it does...you stand up.
That's what you did. :)

Re: My 2nd biggest blunder ever
 

Bill's one of the most trusted people in the industry and one of most trusted sponsors for the simple reason -- he's earned that trust and has never let anyone down. http://oprano.com/msgboard/images/smilies/ok.gif

I'm betting the first blunder he's going to say was marriage. http://oprano.com/msgboard/images/smilies/smile.gif

Re: My 2nd biggest blunder ever
 

I knew you were going to ask me that if you addressed my post.

That's easy.

Letting someone else run my program and think they'd do so with the same passion as I did.

I really feel ill about this.

Re: My 2nd biggest blunder ever
 

I say
Aeon made him do it!!!!
;)

Re: My 2nd biggest blunder ever
 

Dude , we may have our disagreements.

But I KNOW you to be an honest man.

Anything Oprano can do to help just ask.

Re: My 2nd biggest blunder ever
 

Bill has always been a stand up guy. Anyone who knows anything about you knows that to be the case. :>)

Re: My 2nd biggest blunder ever
 

Thanks everyone for trying to make be feel better. Nick, Drav, Morgan, Serge, you folks have been around the block just as I have. Thanks for just still being there to talk to. (and edited to add The Enforcer) :)

Re: My 2nd biggest blunder ever
 

If those are your two biggest blunders, you're doing a helluva lot better than the rest of us ;) Anyone who knows you knows you wouldn't do anything like that on purpose.

Re: My 2nd biggest blunder ever
 

I see that Nick and Dravyk vouched for you ... don't worry, I still believe you are honest. :D

Re: My 2nd biggest blunder ever
 

Well Peaches I try not to mix business blunders and personal blunders.

Personal blunders are a WHOLE DIFFERENT category. (and don't belong on internet message boards) ;)

Thanks PD.

Re: My 2nd biggest blunder ever
 

You have always been a stand-up guy Bill and always will be .. :okthumb:

Re: My 2nd biggest blunder ever
 

yes, and I let you baby sit my grandchildren, and I don't say it very often.

Please let me know when you become available
:)

Re: My 2nd biggest blunder ever
 

I don't even know you, but I know that someone who comes and talks straight about what the problem is, accepts responsibility, and does what they can to make amends is a standup person. :)

Re: My 2nd biggest blunder ever
 

Well said, selena. Very well said. :okthumb:

Re: My 2nd biggest blunder ever
 

Your old AVS tutorials kicked ass!


Ok, I'm off topic, but other than knowing him PMB that's where I first learned of Bill.