New get_iplayer website & forums

[Mr Smiley]

On 16/07/13 19:06, Kevin Lynch wrote:
> Mr SquarePenguin
>
> Thank you for working on such a great resource. My feeling is that as
> long at GIP is hard to use for a novice. The BBC won't be too
> interested. If however the notice a great deal of GIP usage say 5% or
> more of downloads, then they will send a cease and desist letter to
> the developers. I think this is the reason our first developer let it
> go. One of the terms of the cease and desist letter being that one
> could not talk about it.
>
> Anyway here's hoping for the best.
>
> regards
>
> Kevin
>
> On 16 July 2013 17:56, Square Penguin <squarepenguin at getiplayer.co.uk> wrote:
>> Hello all,
>>
>> A few months ago I wrote a Complete Beginners Guide to get_iplayer on my
>> personal blog, shortly followed by a Troubleshooting Guide.
>>
>> 'Complete' was a bit of a stretch as I soon learnt from the 300+ comments
>> that poured in looking for assistance. However, the posts were very
>> successful with around 12,000+ unique visitors in the last month and tens of
>> thousands of page views.
>>
>> I was also very fortunate to have Dinkypumkin stop by on a regular basis to
>> offer expert advice and knowledge to those in need.
>>
>> With that in mind, and with the help of Dinkypumpkin, I've created a fully
>> fledged get_iplayer website, complete with guides, forums, a complete mirror
>> of the Wiki from GitHub (which DP has graciously helped to populate and
>> transfer), faq and quick install guides for all platforms.
>>
>> The site went 'live' yesterday and you can find the it at the link below,
>> along with my reasons for creating it which are to be found on the blog:
>>
>> http://getiplayer.co.uk
>>
>> It's pitched very much at the newbie so I hope it helps some of those who
>> struggle to get to grips with get_iplayer, or even with this mailing list
>> ;-)
>>
>> Of course, it could all be in vain after the recent demise of Radio
>> Downloader (a contemptuous act by the BBC!) and the potential for the BBC to
>> send in the heavies. But here's to hoping that's not the case...
>>
>> SquarePenguin
>>
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Interesting !!

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