[Bf-webcontent] Blenderman will be changing

[Bart Veldhuizen]

Hi Andrew,

good luck with the changes, but please note that this is off-topic for 
the bf-webcontent maillist.

Cheers,

Bart

Andrew Kator wrote:
> Blenderman has experienced great success, but that success comes at the 
> price of extremely expensive increased bandwidth. We have tried several 
> solutions to resolve the problem, including additional mirrors, but the 
> only solution is a complete redevelopment of the existing site and 
> services.
> 
> As of Tuesday morning, Blenderman will have exceeded 70GB of bandwidth 
> for June with over 120,000 visitors.  The website is averaging over 8GB 
> of access each day.  To keep Blenderman running for the rest of June 
> would cost several hundred dollars just for this month.  If that money 
> is spent now, Blenderman will be unable to exist in the future.
> 
> Blenderman must be "reinvented."
> 
> •     Once Blenderman is redeveloped, the website will become available 
> again. We are hoping this will be completed at the end of June, but I 
> cannot promise the exact date.
> 
> •     Voting for the June Modeler's Challenge "Favorite Things" will 
> begin when the website becomes available and not on June 15 as was 
> previously announced in the magazine and website.
> 
> •      Articles, tutorials, and models can still be submitted to 
> webmaster at blenderman.org
> 
> •     The Model Archive will be available until bandwidth is exceeded:
> http://www.katorlegaz.com/models/
> 
> •     The Blenderman Magazine will be available until bandwidth is 
> exceeded:
> http://www.katorlegaz.com/blenderman/
> 
> I apologize for any inconvenience or disappointment this temporary loss 
> in services may cause. We are working on solutions.
> 
> This information will appear on the Blenderman site on Tuesday, June 8.
> 
> Thanks for your understanding.  You should be hearing from me again in 
> the next few weeks.
> 
> - Andrew Kator
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