A couple weeks ago, yahoogroups introduced changes in its service that
significantly impacted downloads of data files hosted on yahoogroups.
Unfortunately, yahoogroups never notified anyone about the changes, so it
caught us all by surprise.
Now for the good news. A new data file hosting site has been established by
an avid user. [Thanks Robert!!] The URL is www.datafilesrus.com. All data
file authors who are currently hosting data files on yahoogroups should now
switch to using this new site.
To ensure that net ne'er-do-wells don't abuse the site, upload capabilities
are restricted to those with data file authoring accounts. We've
coordinated with site creator to synchronize author logins. This means that
all authors of Army Builder and/or Card Vault data files will automatically
have the identical login name and password on datafilesrus.com.
To use the new site, authors will see a login link at the bottom of the
main page. You'll be prompted to enter the product, login name, and
password. Once logged in, you can upload your data files, along with a
brief description, much like yahoogroups. Once you've uploaded your files,
log into your authoring account as normal and simply specify the URL on
datafilesrus instead of yahoogroups. The download path will either be
www.datafilesrus.com/ab/filename.ext or www.datafilesrus.com/cv/filename.ext.
For end-users, this change should be transparent when using the Locate File
mechanism of either product. The only difference should be that the
download failures now introduced by yahoogroups will go away.
End-users
can retrieve files from this site if they wish. On the main page, there are
links to get the list of downloads for each product. Retrieving files does
NOT require a login.
Note that a number of data files for Card Vault have already been migrated
to the new site. However, no data files for Army Builder have been migrated
yet.
Thanks, Rob
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Rob Bowes (rob@wolflair.com) (559) 658-6995
Lone Wolf Development www.wolflair.com
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significantly impacted downloads of data files hosted on yahoogroups.
Unfortunately, yahoogroups never notified anyone about the changes, so it
caught us all by surprise.
Now for the good news. A new data file hosting site has been established by
an avid user. [Thanks Robert!!] The URL is www.datafilesrus.com. All data
file authors who are currently hosting data files on yahoogroups should now
switch to using this new site.
To ensure that net ne'er-do-wells don't abuse the site, upload capabilities
are restricted to those with data file authoring accounts. We've
coordinated with site creator to synchronize author logins. This means that
all authors of Army Builder and/or Card Vault data files will automatically
have the identical login name and password on datafilesrus.com.
To use the new site, authors will see a login link at the bottom of the
main page. You'll be prompted to enter the product, login name, and
password. Once logged in, you can upload your data files, along with a
brief description, much like yahoogroups. Once you've uploaded your files,
log into your authoring account as normal and simply specify the URL on
datafilesrus instead of yahoogroups. The download path will either be
www.datafilesrus.com/ab/filename.ext or www.datafilesrus.com/cv/filename.ext.
For end-users, this change should be transparent when using the Locate File
mechanism of either product. The only difference should be that the
download failures now introduced by yahoogroups will go away.
End-users can retrieve files from this site if they wish. On the main page, there are
links to get the list of downloads for each product. Retrieving files does
NOT require a login.
Note that a number of data files for Card Vault have already been migrated
to the new site. However, no data files for Army Builder have been migrated
yet.
Thanks, Rob
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Rob Bowes (rob@wolflair.com) (559) 658-6995
Lone Wolf Development www.wolflair.com
------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~-->
Inkjet cartridges up to 80% off. HP, Epson, Lexmark--we have your brand.
Free shipping on every order to the U.S. and Canada! Excellent service.
http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5510
http://us.click.yahoo.com/QWB0QC/.eUGAA/ySSFAA/WuQolB/TM
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