BellOnline Service Status

Some people may have noticed that the secure pages of our website at secure.bellonline.co.uk were partially encrypted for a few days. This was due to two images linking to a non-https location inside a javascript file after a website update.

This has now been fixed so you should find that https pages are serving fully encrypted content with no errors.

SSL pages partially encrypted [resolved]

After getting a lot of requests from customers and freestreamhosting users for a flash player that doesn’t display listener stats, I’ve changed the player to FFMP3. This has been changed on all up to date links so if your player hasn’t changed then please log in to the control panel and check that you’re using the correct link/code to display it.

Here’s an example http://shoutcast.mixstream.net/flash/uk2-pn:8740

I’ll be adding the ability to disable auto-start at some point as well, this is something else that people have been requesting.

New flash player

The StationFinder.org toolbar has been updated, and now includes more radio streams, better searching option and more genres to choose from.

You can download the toolbar completely free of charge from http://stationfinder.ourtoolbar.com/

Any comments or suggestions are very welcome, please submit and feedback or requests at http://stationfinder.org/toolbar/feedback.php – please note that although we do appreciate all feedback, you will not get a personal reply if you don’t include your email address – no personal data is submitted with the form.

The toolbar is and will remain an ongoing project.

StationFinder Toolbar updated

The customer directory at stationfinder.org has been revamped. It now includes freestreamhosting customers and I’m considering putting a form on there so anyone can submit their stream.

StationFinder Directory

Due to a server configuration problem, InstantChatBox.net has been intermittent over the last few days.

This problem has now been fixed, and anyone using the service (Mostly FreeStreamHosting users) should find that it is much more reliable.

InstantChatBox.net back online

Due to demand, we now accept bank transfers so if you want to bypass Paypal and all the rest then you can do so. Bank details are on all invoices.

Prefer to pay by bank transfer?

Some customers have noticed slowness on the control panel and billing/support system. I think I’ve found the cause of this – recently I installed a stats program to generate statistics for a few websites including streams hosted on freestreamhosting.org. Due to the popularity of the website, there are 1000s of people on the stream pages which was causing huge numbers of mysql queries. I’ve disabled the stats and the CPU usage on the server has gone from almost 100% to 2% which is more normal.

I expect no more problems.

Control panel and support/billing slowness

The mixstream.net website and control panel may be unavailable for a short period of time while it is transferred to a new server. I expect it to be fully transferred tonight some time.

Emergency maintenance

This has been resolved, the panel and support system were intermittent for about an hour or so. This was caused by the ram overloading.

I don’t expect any more problems.

This didn’t affect any customer stream or web hosting servers.

Temporary control panel outage

This offer is so limited, it isn’t even posted on the website!

There are only two is only one of these so you will need to get in quick with your order. Basically, I just found them sitting there doing nothing.

AMD Sempron 2400
2GB RAM
2×80GB HDD
100Mbps unmetered
£79/month

Included in the price:
Linux/Unix Operating System (CentOS by default)
Webmin Control Panel (on request)
Cast Control Shoutcast Panel (on request)
Extras:
Windows: £10/month
WHM/cPanel: £10/month
Setup time: 24 hours max (as long as it takes for a reinstall)

UPDATE: ONLY ONE LEFT!

Dedicated servers: Special offers, very limited