Hard drives upgraded
23/07/2008
We have moved the site back to the main server after installing larger hard drives giving us room to grow.

Stats
10/07/2008
Today, in www.xa-speakers.org's 2376th day of service to the 12-step community, the total number of downloads crossed the 3,000,000 mark as reflected on our Stats page.
We now have 1,407 recordings in various bitrates, 2,129 files total in the database which translates to 0.89 files which have 1,409 downloads every day in more than six years of service.

Countdown to V2.0
17/06/2008
Like regular visitors of the site have noticed we're working on version 2.0 of the site. While the PHP script we have used for the past six years has served us nicely we want to add new features to the site.

xa-speakers.org started as way to distribute talks electronically. The bulk of the work in the beginning consisted of:

• finding the occasional talk
• converting it to MP3 and labeling it
• uploading it via FTP to a folder on the webserver
• creating a record in a database which contains information about the talk and a link to the file for users to download it.

• finding the occasional talk
• converting it to MP3 and labeling it
• uploading it via FTP to a temporary folder on the webserver
• sending an email to the team containing a link to the talk which they would vote on by either "approved", "pass" or "rejected"
• tallying the votes periodically and either move the talk to a published directory on the webserver when approved or an unpublished one when rejected
• creating a record in a database which contains information about the talk and a link to the file for users to download it.

• file is uploaded via FTP
• upload needs to be checked to see if there is any information missing (location or date of the recording, f.x.)
• if information is missing an email is sent to the uploader who may or may not reply
• the file needs to be converted it to MP3 and labeled with the information from the uploader
• file is uploaded to a temporary folder on the webserver
• an email is sent to the team containing a link to the talk which they would vote on
• votes are tallied and comments from the team are checked. A talk might f.x. need editing (an introduction cut out, f.x.)
• a record is created in the database which containing the same information the file contains

• The ability to edit tag information without having to download and re-upload the file.
• The ability to upgrade the underlying framework, f.x. applying security patches, without breaking the site.
• Integrated auditing process.

• Greater flexibility in the categorization of recordings.
• Notification of the status of his upload.
• An events module, also published as www.xa-conferences.org, containing a searchable list of conferences posted by users of the site.
• Intelligent management of multiple-bitrate files. No more having to figure out what bitrate you want.
• Integrated upload process. No more FTP and we won't be forced to delete nearly as many uploads.
• Ability to purchase a CD of the talk directly from the taper.

Stats
28/05/2008
Today, in www.xa-speakers.org's 2333rd day of service to the 12-step community, the total number of downloads crossed the 2,900,000 mark as reflected on our Stats page.
We now have 1,371 recordings in various bitrates, 2,080 files total in the database which translates to 0.89 files which have 1,243 downloads every day in more than six years of service.

Stats
19/04/2008
Today, in www.xa-speakers.org's 2294th day of service to the 12-step community, the total number of downloads crossed the 2,800,000 mark as reflected on our Stats page.
We now have 1,352 recordings in various bitrates, 2,065 files total in the database which translates to 0.90 files which have 1,355 downloads every day in more than six years of service.

Stats
11/03/2008
Today, in www.xa-speakers.org's 2255th day of service to the 12-step community, the total number of downloads crossed the 2,700,000 mark as reflected on our Stats page.
We now have 1,330 recordings in various bitrates, 2,046 files total in the database which translates to 0.90 files which have 1,319 downloads every day in more than six years of service.

V2.0
10/02/2008
Version 2.0 of the site is coming along nicely. We have just purchased new hard drives for the server and have completed the list of features that will show up in version 2.0 of the site.
The biggest changes for the management are the following:

• The ability to edit tag information without having to download and re-upload the file.
• The ability to upgrade the underlying framework, f.x. applying security patches, without breaking the site.
• Integrated auditing process.

• Greater flexibility in the categorization of recordings.
• An events module, also published as www.xa-conferences.org, containing a searchable list of conferences posted by users of the site.
• Intelligent management of multiple-bitrate files. No more having to figure out what bitrate you want.
• Integrated upload process. No more FTP and we won't be forced to delete nearly as many uploads.
• Ability to purchase a CD of the talk directly from the taper.

Stats
30/01/2008
Today, in www.xa-speakers.org's 2214th day of service to the 12-step community, the total number of downloads crossed the 2,600,000 mark as reflected on our Stats page.
We now have 1,305 recordings in various bitrates, 1,976 files total in the database which translates to 0.89 files which have 1,316 downloads every day in more than six years of service.

A new New Pair of Glasses
06/01/2008
The set of recordings A New Pair of Glasses with Chuck C. has just been completed. It now fits on 6 CDs instead of 12 45min. tapes.

Stats
13/12/2007
Today, in www.xa-speakers.org's 2165th day of service to the 12-step community, the total number of downloads crossed the 2,500,000 mark as reflected on our Stats page.
We now have 1,292 recordings in various bitrates, 1,967 files total in the database which translates to 0.91 files which have 1,271 downloads every day in more than five years of service.