[eJM]

Originally Posted by rwilkins108

Even though it is in beta it's been noted that the current public beta is release quality.

That isn't saying much. A lot of applications get released that aren't ready for prime time. I have beta tested a lot of products in my 15 years of computing and only a few could be said were quality products well before release. vBlogetin isn't one of them. It's good and it works well enough for a lot of people, but it's not gold.

The other "cutsy" things you mention are in pre-release tester's hands. As for taking on other projects, I guess you can just survive on your good looks?!?

The attachment feature should have been an application all its own and not applied to vBlogetin when it was. There's the spam thing they worked on and maybe more. Not one of them is gold yet. In fact, they put all the products behind schedule because of a lack of priorities.

Selling an unfinished product (yes, we knew it was unfinished, but there were expectations) and then delaying work on it for an extended period of time in order to work on other products is not a good business plan. Those of us who have been neglected on one product, tend not to give glowing reviews that the developer might realize are necessary for future sales. When people are looking for quality products from this developer, they will likely find a lot of disgruntled users. That's what happens when you try to do a juggling act with one hand.

This domain and server fiasco is just one more indication to me that Sir Adrian and company are not serious about running a quality business. Check the shortcut to vBlogetin and you get a "Coming soon" page that has numerous pop-ups that make it difficult to navigate normally away from the site. It's irritating to say the least.

I've dealt with hosting and domains enough to know the issue is not that difficult to resolve. If I had a partner in a venture that relied on a scheduled payment to maintain the website or facility, I certainly would not leave that up to one person who I had very little contact with. Once it was discovered that the domain was expired, the partner, who was there to tell Adrian it was due, could easily resolve the problem even if it meant going to a library to borrow a public computer. What happened was total BS and we have been fed more of the same with the excuses.

It takes less than a day to register and set up a domain on a host. I did it with TheFloorPro.com. You can check the WhoIs data and then look at my oldest message on the forum. I feel like I am doing business with children who have not taken responsibility for this issue.

vBlogetin will remain on my board until another product of my choosing comes along that has a conversion script. The developers of vBlogetin have lost my faith and respect. I am not asking for too much. I only ask for professionalism. I could care less about any "other" jobs. To me, vBlogetin IS their job and I am paying part of their wage.

Jim