I found a way to fix the problem with a patch and all servers have been patched. I also had to go through all the files on all the servers..
Wow...what a day it has been. I found a serious bug in Airtime. When users uploaded files they had the incorrect times on them...
@marklanerocks Yeah two signups on the billing system but no orders yet
Maybe they were bad tweets using the old address, I can't find anything on Twitter with the wrong address
@marklanerocks Yeah that was my mistake, I was in the billing/admin and for some reason it sent out all the emails again
I have been working on adding more information to BlastFM.audio for things like technical support requests and forum topics
We took another order for a domain and station today, paid a year in advance
@marklanerocks I had to increase Bruce's today because he ran out of disk space, so they both are now
We should move Bruce and PeteD to a new server maybe so we are at least in profit a bit, just a thought
@marklanerocks I have fixed that as well, he had run out of disk space because it was set to 5Gb max originally
I have finally managed to track down and fix the redirect after signup so it will now forward users to the login page
@marklanerocks Not yet, it's very hard to find one that doesn't use any Flash
@marklanerocks Yeah there is still a lot to do with help files etc
@marklanerocks Yeah I remembered what you said and it was fairly easy to do, anything that will make it easier for people to signup/order
@marklanerocks Thanks, now when people click on the advertisement they are taken there first
I think that's somewhere near right: http://blastfm.audio/stations/
No it's just playing on the new site I just setup, not linked anywhere
No what do we put on that page? http://blastfm.audio/stations/
I've also changed the advertising so it opens a page called stations where we ca put some info before sending them to the order page
It's in London but they have several options for the location
I'll either just use the snapshot I have or a script file to install everything, I can have it online in no time
@marklanerocks Yeah me too, it's not quite the perfect solution but a pretty good one, it changes everything to where we should be in profit
@marklanerocks Yeah the new server was easy a few mins literally, solid state hard drive so very fast
@marklanerocks Yeah you are right there, ok I'll remove the free domain name lol
Each server comes with it's own IP address so we could use that and not use a domain I guess
They won't let us have IP addresses unless there's a very good reason for it because there is a shortage of IP4 addresses
It needs a domain name to install everything on, but that didn't take long to go through
@marklanerocks Yeah I agree but for now at least it gets us into profit until we get that worked out
I also took a snapshot with the bare system installed so I can probably just create the new servers from that
I have also listed all the commands that need to be run on the server to set it all up so I can make a script to do it for me
@marklanerocks Already done, domain name included in the price, 14.99 and we are instantly in profit
http://www.blastfm.biz/login 5.00 server which i setup in 10 mins, we may have to increase prices a little but I think this is easier
@marklanerocks Apparently https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenVZ is the answer, from someone who has already done it he claims
@marklanerocks I'm still looking at the Webmin interface and how we can make it work for us. Happy Sunday lol
@marklanerocks Yeah, I think I've fixed it now, is it still loading ok for you? https://experthostingonline.com/
When the guy went in and found out what the problem was, he disabled lots of stuff, so thing like login not working lol
@marklanerocks I will be shortly, just finishing off some stuff on EHO
I think so, I put the settings back I think how they were
http://blastfm.audio/admin/?info_user=31 asked me if he can have a verified account, not sure, what do you think
Yeah I got it thanks, might do it tomorrow though, getting tired again lol
It probably needs to say BlastFM Internet Radio Stations but an image would look better than the text I thought
@marklanerocks Yeah, maybe a custom install script or something
When you have some time, maybe you could make a nice graphic image for where it says BlastFM Internet Radio Stations on the profile pages
I have also posted on the Sourcefabric website for assistance with setting up the accounts with the radio software on them
I just resized the disk on that server. It is set at 5Gb. It shows 1.7Gb used and 4.7Gb available so pretty near perfect
I just had a shock when I saw how much Nominet were trying to charge me for blastfm.co.uk £96.00! I've cancelled that and got blastfm.biz
I'm working on my EHO server for a while, having a few issues on there
@marklanerocks I added a player to Bruce and Maxene's pages
@marklanerocks I haven't managed to separate the files yet, still working on that
@marklanerocks I managed to get a good install of it. Also fixed Bruce's domain and aurdioserver.us and other things before I went to bed
I have Airtime installed on it but I have to wait for DNS again so I can finish it
Yeah I am installing on the .co.uk, I made an account on there for Bruce's new domain
I'm installing airtime on Bruce's new domain but now I've got to wait for the DNS to go through
Yeah our first outgoing payment lol, I thought I'd let you know as you would probably wonder what it was for
I had to transfer the money for the domain registration to my registrar, having to manually complete the registration there
You will get an email notification when someone makes a Paypal payment
Yes it is to our Paypal, it doesn't show any orders or payments...not sure what's going on or where he has ordered it lol
I didn't notice before but we have 32 users on the .audio now
It would be better maybe if he bought a domain name rather than an IP address and then we can add him in the new hosting system
If you want to use my details for the new server you can but you get a much better deal than me
That will give me time to work on the user stations which I haven't really had time to do yet
I am having difficulty with the new customer for a station and can't keep delaying, so another server will work and buy us some time
If I order it here it costs me 22.00 per month, but if you order it it costs me about 6.00 per month lol
Now for the next part, I want to order another server the same as the one we have, I will pay for it.
I could just start over but I don't want to lose the databases and no recent backups because of the backup failure
@marklanerocks Still working on setting up the new station. I tested to see if the backups are fixed, not yet.
@marklanerocks I'm working on getting airtime setup for them now
source is the user name. port: 8001. pass: your usual. mount: /live.mp3
Are you able to connect to the radio with Mixxx, just trying to get it working but getting errors
@marklanerocks I heard back from Icecast and they recommend adding mountpoints which is ok for now
Believe it or not, BlastFM.net is below 1 million on Alexa already, that's incredible
I have added both of the sub domains to Google's search engine
Yeah like a splash page where just the user details and image change for each user, they probably won't visit it but it's good info for bots
No I have been trying to get it to take a snapshot backup but it keeps failing for some reason
http://nxmradio.blastfm.net/ and http://crtoronto.blastfm.net/ are there, they are very basic, not sure if they need to be more than that
The pages don't necessarily have to be websites, they are there for advertising the people and us really.
@marklanerocks Well I thought maybe one page which has their profile link on it, the search engines will pick them up so good advertising
@marklanerocks Macaroni with tomatoes, basil and cheese baked in the oven
@marklanerocks Just create an email account in cPanel
I'm really pleased the sub-domains are working now, that was a nightmare for a while lol
The reason is that I'm not sure whether we have to use the Icecast that's already installed or if can setup a separate one on sub-domains
I have emailed Icecast for advice, I want to see what suggestions they might have
I think it's a good idea if we give a 1 page website with the deal as we already have the sub-domain set up
I've got someone else who want a talk show station. Bruce Jackson from Revohloo
@marklanerocks That's the next thing to do. I just spent a bit of time optimising the page because the search engines will pick it up
So yeah, that part is working now, it was DNS again, had to wait for it to go through, takes ages these days
@marklanerocks I have made some progress, for example: nxmradio.blastfm.net doesn't say site not found anymore
I'm going to bail out early tonight and try and catch up on some sleep. Didn't get much over the weekend lol
Good, I'm uploading all of the audio files again but I'll create a backup image afterwards, can't keep doing this lol
I was hoping it would be better, it looked the same and had more bugs than the last version
@marklanerocks Sorry I gave you the wrong info, they are ns3.experthostingonline.com and ns4.experthostingonline.com
ns1.experthostingonline.com and ns2.experthostingonline.com
I wonder if you can use the EHO site now, or still blank?
I guess I need to set another mount point in Icecast for that
I have the new version of Airtime installed and running now
The backup means that I can restore the system to how it was when the last backup was made rather than re-doing everything
It would really help if we had backups enabled on the Linode, it's an extra $2.50 per month though
We lost some messages there. I am installing the new airtime version then I'll get everything else back
@marklanerocks Not yet because they still aren't working right, they are working then they're not
These sub-domains still seem on and off for me, I'll see if they start working right otherwise I'll have to check over everything
I think it was actually a bad track, I'll have to check it
Yeah the radio stream said it was playing but there was nothing when i tuned in
I'll let that settle down for a while before try to install anything, the site comes and goes a bit, the DNS is still going around the globe
It's working here but might take a while elsewhere: http://nxmradio.blastfm.net/ that's just the blank sub-domain
@marklanerocks Ok, we are waiting for the DNS to go through now, the sub-domain is set up
@marklanerocks If you know what subdomain you want I can set it up
I just put an index file with the word CRToronto in there to test it but it means each sub-domain can have a separate airtime install
That means that we can install airtime on the subdomains, that was the idea
Finally, after I don't know how many attempts, I have got subdomains working: http://crtoronto.blastfm.net/
@marklanerocks They say it can take that long for the DNS to propagate
@marklanerocks Yeah I contacted registrar support, they said I have to wait 24 to 72 hours before they can do anything
I am on skype with CRToronto and they are asking questions bout licensing do you have time? lol
Didn't know it was going to take this long to propagate lol Oops
I felt guilty about my personal email address showing on the whois lookup for blastfm.net so changed it so we are both on there
Images of the hard drive/databases, everything I mean, not graphic images lol
Having backups enabled would mean that we can restore the whole system and create images
We should consider a couple of things when we can: Enable backups on Linode, $5/Mo add another IP address: $1/Mo
I am pretty certain the site will come back up as soon as the DNS has propagated
I think I know the cause too. I changed the master SOA record earlier from my email address to admins@blastfm.uk so we are both on there
@marklanerocks It seems to be a DNS issue, I've got most of it back just waiting for propagation now
I'm not sure why or what's changed but trying to find out
They both work fine for me, not that it helps you but shows that they are working
@marklanerocks No still the same: http://blastfm.net/billing
The problem is USA laws, the server is in Tx so it falls under US law
for the site yes, my PPL can cover that and each user needs one for their station is what I think
Working on the DNS, to add a subdomain and install airtime on it
Ok, I've also changed the facebook and twitter tags for blastfm.audio so they are like the facebook page when people share the link
Yeah but I don't know his direct link, tried to find it already
I just added an option in the database: station_enabled true or false so they can be stopped just by changing that one thing, off to bed
They should be going here right? https://blastfm.net/billing/index.php?_url=/signup
There is a sign up link on there as well but not very visible
Thanks Mark, now we are even closer, people should start buying pretty soon, it's out there now and on all the profiles
During all of that I had to do some maintenance on my server
Thanks lol, not going to lie and say it was easy that time lol
Whew! that was a nightmare for a while, getting there now using a separate database table for stations now
@marklanerocks Ok will do, it's going to take a while to fix
I've got another problem now. I added the station info to the users in the database but it messes up registration on the site. I need to...
I thought the stations are 9.99 or is that for people that already have it hosted?
@marklanerocks The player also only shows for other people
@marklanerocks I will get it when I find the right place lol
@marklanerocks Yeah I just haven't worked out how to get it to show on a users own profile yet
@marklanerocks Yeah that's something I need to change, at the moment the user can't see it but other people can
They won't see a response unless the owner replies to them which I think is fine
But basically we have what we wanted, people can go to a users profile, listen to their show and send them messages
Obviously it's just using a basic HTML player at the moment but we can add a better player in there
Yeah so each user can have an individual station name, url and description now
I hate it when that happens, the search wasn't working and a few other things, tried all sorts of things, restarted my browser and it's fine
@marklanerocks There is already a link to order a radio station 
Each station now has a description field in the database as well
You cannot see your own station on your profile but all other people can
If the user doesn't have a radio station url they are directed to the blastfm.net site to order one
Each user now has a station_url entry in the database. If you go to CRToronto profile on blastfm.audio you can listen to their station
@marklanerocks I tried to call a couple of times, catch you soon lol
I've got a new panel now for radio stations, coding per user will take some more coding but not too bad
I've now got the server surviving a reboot properly and got the usage down to 27% lol
Sorry for all the emails, I'm making sure everything loads and runs properly after a server reboot
URL for Billing admin: https://blastfm.net/billing/index.php?_url=/bb-admin/index
It also cuts down on disk space usage as almost all of the files are now shorter by a few seconds each.
Now I have trimmed all the sound files and re-uploading them. This is intended to get rid of a few minor glitches when switching tracks.
@marklanerocks That's actually not too difficult...in theory lol
I also found a great utility today. It automatically trims silence from the start and end of tracks and normalizes the volume, saves time.
@marklanerocks Good, I've been uploading the audio files again and setting up the billing system, still some to do but not much
@marklanerocks I had some problems with the server after rebuilding it so it took a few attempts to get it right, back on air now
@marklanerocks I've got to put the billing system and everything back still lol
@marklanerocks It shouldn't take too long to get back to normal
@marklanerocks Yeah getting it all setup again, bad mistake I made 
I have a backup fortunately
I have a backup fortunately
@marklanerocks I made a mistake and entered a typo command which messed things up pretty bad, trying to correct it now lol
@marklanerocks I got a bit sidetracked. Trying to setup a test user
I was careful about which player I got to avoid all Flash
@marklanerocks I disabled any flash and it's still silent on phone, i think it's the SSL causing that problem, need to fix that
I think I need to sleep for a while, I was up at 4am lol, be back later
@marklanerocks Yes very true that, and I have indeed heard of them, that's great news
We need to have a look at your Godaddy settings for audioserver.us and get that going for a test maybe
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