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Brad Williams replied on January 21, 2009 15:35 to the question "Explain image URLs in TypePad and why they differ" in Six Apart:

The reason for this, and you probably won't like it, is to move a blog from TypePad to another platform. What I need is any image with the crazy URL like:

http://domain.com/.a/6a00d8345188ea69...

packaged up using the same name as in the URL. So the image name would be "6a00d8345188ea69e2010536c2ed59970b-600wi" That's the only way I would be able to automatically update all of those images in one swoop. How can I get this? Thanks

Brad Williams replied on January 20, 2009 14:37 to the question "Explain image URLs in TypePad and why they differ" in Six Apart:

Can I ask why you changed this from the standard method? The problem I see with this is there is no set way to download all of a blogs images in one pass. You have to manually save each one, rename it, and then edit the post that the image was attached to changing the URL to the image. If you stuck with standard image URLs I could download all images with a program, and then update all posts using find/replace in the database making this process a million times easier.

So where are the images stored on TypePad? Am I able to access them via the file browser?

If you really want to hear ideas I would suggest making an easy way to export all images from a blog in one bulk download.

Brad Williams replied on January 20, 2009 03:14 to the question "Explain image URLs in TypePad and why they differ" in Six Apart:

I think the reason is to prevent members from transferring their images to another blogging platform. If the format was a standard image URL it's easy to scrape all of the images and import somewhere else like WordPress.

I hope this isn't the case, but it makes perfect sense for Six Apart to want to lock in their members by not giving them 100% full access to their content.

I hope a Six Apart employee clears this up and I'm mistaken...

Brad Williams asked a question in Six Apart on January 19, 2009 19:29:

Explain image URLs in TypePad and why they differ

I'm trying to figure out why there are differences in image URLs on a TypePad blog. Some image URLs look like this:

http://domain.com/.a/6a00d8345188ea69...

and some look like a normal image URL like so:

http://domain.com/username/images/200...

It appears the first image URL is the standard format now. Why did TypePad change their format and how can I access these new images if there is no real file name attached? I checked the file browser on TypePad but can't find those images

Brad Williams replied on August 14, 2008 16:27 to the question "How to troubleshoot Blackjack II install, nothing happens after installation" in Qik:

Perfect! Guess I should have read the directions a little slower lol

Thanks for the quick response! I'm live streaming now!

Brad Williams replied on August 14, 2008 16:21 to the question "How to troubleshoot Blackjack II install, nothing happens after installation" in Qik:

Awesome! I reinstalled the app and it now works!

I am having one more issue though. When I try to register it says my number already exists, but when I click "forgot username or password" it says my number does NOT exist.

It appears like I'm half registered, but not fully so basically I can't login

Brad Williams replied on August 07, 2008 16:02 to the question "How to troubleshoot Blackjack II install, nothing happens after installation" in Qik:

No updates. I emailed support@qik.com a few days ago linking to this thread asking for an update but have not heard anything.

williamsba replied on July 28, 2008 15:54 to the question "How to troubleshoot Blackjack II install, nothing happens after installation" in Qik:

Negative. I sent in all my log files as requested, but haven't heard back from anyone. Really hope they get this issue fixed so I can start using Qik!

williamsba asked a question in Twitter on July 28, 2008 00:26:

Can't follow Twitter members since last week

Since the "spam" update from Twitter last week, I've been unable to follow anyone on Twitter. What is the problem?

williamsba replied on July 21, 2008 15:17 to the question "How to troubleshoot Blackjack II install, nothing happens after installation" in Qik:

also I noticed the log files show this:

15:13:42 OS: Windows Mobile 5.2 build 1620
15:13:42 Platform: SmartPhone
15:13:42 Device model: SGH-i617
15:13:42 Device ID: 020162F8018400000000-0050BF-4339BF
15:13:42 CPU: ARM926EJ OMAP1710 400 Mhz
15:13:42 Physical memory available: 106 Mb
15:13:42 App

It appears to stop/crash at some point while building this log. Any ideas?

williamsba asked a question in Qik on July 21, 2008 15:05:

How to troubleshoot Blackjack II install, nothing happens after installation

I installed the Qik mobile application on my Blackjack II, but when I click the Qik icon in my start menu nothing happens. I can keep clicking on it and nothing happens. I've tried reinstalling, but nothing seems to work. Is there someway I can debug this problem on my phone?