Status of Xylot Themes

[TerranRich]

http://themes.xylot.com/images/banner_v3.jpg

Before anybody flames me for this thread, I got the OK from Funky Fly after he PMed me regarding the status of my site, Xylot Themes. He was one of dozens of TPWWers asking about the status of the site, so I figured I'd officially let you all know.

Xylot Themes will hopefully re-open on September 22nd (first day of autumn and the Autumnal Equinox). It is being re-written in entirely new script (in PHP, which is way faster and more efficient in its operation than ASP can ever be) from the ground up. This means that all users wil have to sign up all over again.

The other reason for all users needing to sign up again is that I've changed the membership scheme. When you sign up, you are automatically a Basic member, which is free and gives you 10 MB of downloads per day. The other memberships are as follow:

• Premium Membership - $10 per YEAR (about 83 cents a month) for 50 MB of downloads per DAY.
• Gold Membership - $20 per YEAR (about $1.67 a month) for 120 MB per DAY.
• Platinum Membership - $50 per YEAR (about $4.17 a month), but get this: you get UNLIMITED downloads for that entire year. Want to download everything in one day? Go for it! I can't guarantee the server will handle it for more than a few people, but it can damn well try!

So yeah, upgrading is optional and is not forced upon anybody, but it's obviously a good deal. Why else is it a good deal, you ask?

I will have WWE, WCW, ECW, and TNA themes on this site. Not only entrance themes, but PPV and TV themes as well. The ECW section will be slow in coming because it's 99% actual songs, most of whcih I don't currently have on my computer. This means a lot of downloading on my end and then uploading to my server.

In addition to the above, there will also be a chat room and message forums geared toward theme-related discussion, but it will also have forums for wrestling, music, sports, and a casual forum as well. There will also (eventually) be a Search feature to search all themes for a particular title or part of a title, as well as the usual Site Updates and Contact Us sections.

I can't really think of anything else really. If you want to help the site, I could REALLY use somebody who can host all the ECW themes (entrances only so far) on their own server (one that allows remote linking of files, so most likely a paid web host) for the site. The person that can do this for me (download the songs that are ECW themes, upload it to their server, name them according to a specified scheme) will get unlimited access to the site, basically a free Platinum Membership.

I also want to get your feedback on the paid membership idea. I don't want to hear about the legalities of it, I've sorted it all out in my head and I've decided to just take the risk. But are people willing to either stay with 10 MB/day, or pay for membership to the site. I mean, it's really not that much to ask for (as opposed to what, e.g., music download sites charge), and besides it's a valuable service I provide wrestling fans. :)

[Jaton]

We can provide you really good rips and everything. :)

[Jaton]

Pft. I got no credit. ;\

[TerranRich]

Shit! I'm sorry, Jaton, here goes:

Jaton is basically considered co-creator of this site now. He's been instrumental in helping me obtain rips from several video games and will assist in ripping sound from rented pay-per-views (as a last resort for those rare themes I cannot find anywhere) and from...other sources. :shifty:

He will be the moderator of the forums when they're done, so start kissing his ass now. ;)

[Jaton]

:naughty:

[FourFifty]

Yay! The day after my birthday!

Now do I go Gold or Platinum....

[Jaton]

Platinum, fool!

[TerranRich]

Heh, seriously, I've been paranoid for weeks now over the decision to charge for the site. I mean, I'm sure there will be SOME resentment, but it really does help pay for the web hosting and for extra bandwidth when I eventually upgrade to a better plan. So it's for a good cause. :p

[Jaton]

It's not like we're asking for much anyways.

[Jalapeño]

How will you be accepting payment?

[Jalapeño]

Because I will more than likely be going Platinum..

[Jaton]

That's up to TerranRich, and I think he's gone for the night. I'm pretty sure it's by paypal though.

[Funky Fly]

WWE will shut you down if you are charging for what is essentially their property without their ok.

I'd make it "donation" based (with the perks remaining the same). There is no real change, but you are not tecnically charging for the songs anymore.

[Drakul]

I have a few show themes. HeATs 1998 theme and the old RAW is WAR theme (both the version played at the start of the show and the full 4 minute version) and I think I may have a few others somewhere.

[Jaton]

Funky, we're charging for the bandwidth, essentially.

[Funky Fly]

Oh, you're in on it too? Cool.

[Nervous Ferret]

yeah prob wont d/l anything but I will troll your forum like a bitch. basic membership for me <3

[Jaton]

Cha. I'm ripping themes and running the message board. :D

Didn't you read above? :yes:

[Funky Fly]

Cha. I'm ripping themes and running the message board. :D

Didn't you read above? :yes:
No, I didn't.

But I have now, and let it be known: I KISS NO ONE'S ASS.

[Nervous Ferret]

I only kiss big black Ultimo_lovin' mods ass

:kiss:

[Funky Fly]

And I still banned you that time. :kiss:

[Jaton]

Why would you kiss anyone's ass? All I ask for is thanks for the themes that I rip. And your money, of course.

Kidding, har har.

[Jaton]

No, but seriously. Money is nice. ;p

[Nervous Ferret]

And I still banned you that time. :kiss::kiss:

[Funky Fly]

You will have to fight me for my money. :mad:

[Jaton]

-pulls out brass knucks-

[Impact!]

Jaton as my pet n00b (Even though I haven't done anything)I would like free membership ;) :kiss:

[Jaton]

I don't control the memberships. I'll see what I can do though.

[Jaton]

Yeah, some apprentiship. :\

[Nervous Ferret]

whoa czeck out jat0ns profile

hes black :eek:

[ThruTheWire]

Be careful, you can and will be sued for charging people for bandwith... to download illegal mp3's. (ECW themes esp.)

[Impact!]

They pay just for the sites address, that'll work.:shifty:

[Jaton]

OMG Ferret! I'm black! Actually, I'm black/white. I'm a mutt. :)

[TerranRich]

See, I understand the legalities behind it. And Funky Fly had a very good idea. Make it donation based, which I will. But, you see, by offering a free membership anyway, wouldn't that help my case that I'm not charging for access, merely for extra bandwidth? I know, I know, it's wishful thinking to think that WWE would see it that way, but maybe with plenty of disclaimers and notices it would work out. Eh, whatever.

If I get "shut down", I have plans on going underground. I would keep the site running, but have people join up through me, personally. I would add them manually as a member and give them their login info. People would have to spread the site around by email or PM only, not by public posting. If I find any instance of a public posting, I would have to change the site URL. The main login page would be plain and simple, and random visitors would not know what the hell it is. But that's just my "underground" Plan B.

[wrathchildCEW]

And now everybody knows what your secret plan is. Way to go, loser. :y: :p

Seriously though, keep up the good work, I may consider a "donation" membership once I get a sodding job.

[ThruTheWire]

I'm just saying.. I've seen tons of sites have legal action threatened against them for things alot more miniscule then 100's of illegal mp3's... most of which are actually on CD's that were sold for profit at one time or another by WWE. If they'll fire the Hebner's after reffing 500 years, just for selling a few shirts... they will blast you for freely distributing their copyrighted music. ECW tunes would probably get you in the most heat, as soon as Sandman's theme is uploaded...

Metallica + Internet + Potential Money = Lawsuit.

I hope it doesn't happen though, there's no more good theme sites around..

[thecc]

If needed, I have a majority of the ring of honor themes. DOn't know if you'd wanna use them for the site though.

[TerranRich]

Okay, here's the plan. For the ECW section, I will ONLY list what songs were used. I will NOT put the actual songs up for download, since you can get [buy] them anywhere and, yes, putting up a shitload of licensed music on one page is suicide. I will simply list WHAT the songs are, not have links to them for download.

The other pages, however, will have WCW and WWE themes for download.

thecc: ROH themes would be great. Are they actual themes, or real songs? If they're real songs, that falls under the ECW plan and will only be listed.

ThruTheWire: The way it works is WWE would threaten me, not take actual action. That's when I'd go underground. If WWE ever visited the new version of the site somehow, they'd only see a plain old login box, no sign that it's a themes site whatsoever. Members would have access and registration would be manually and through me, personally, through emails. Members would refer other people to my email address to ask for membership, and I would rigorously check all sites and search engines to see if my site is being posted for public view, in which case I will change the URL and ask for the post to be taken down. Hard work, I know, but that's the backup plan.

Hey, the original Xylot Themes (V2 actually, the last one I had up and running) ran fine for a few months and I didn't hear a peep from any legal offices or anything. We'll see.

[TerranRich]

On a side note, I never understood why people ask for the ECW themes that are actual songs. Use LimeWire or Napster or something. Christ. :p

There ARE, however, certain ECW themes are were original themes, like those by Harry and the Slashtones, etc. Those will be available for download. But any actual songs used as ECW themes would be only a listing, not a link. That is all. :)

[Impact!]

Send me Super Crazies theme dammit. :p

Seriously

[The Fugitive]

El Guerrero Nømad is a fucking bitch to track down.

I'll be surprised if it's hosted on the site.

[Impact!]

Damn, If anybody has it then send it this way.

[TerranRich]

No, I don't have "El Guerrero Nømad", and you're right, it is a bitch to track down. But I'm trying.

Now, just so you guys know, I do have all WWE themes, but NOT all WCW/ECW/TNA themes. I'm still slowly building those up. I WILL, however, have a complete listing of all themes, regardless of whether they're linked to theme files or not.

[TerranRich]

A screenshot to hold you bastards over:

http://images.xylot.com/xt_admin_index.png

;)

[TerranRich]

ALL RIGHT YOU BASTARDS!!

Guess what? Xylot Themes is now UP!!

http://themes.xylot.com/

I hope to GOD that nothing goes wrong and that everything works as it's supposed to. Just keep in mind, I only have WWE themes up right now. And just a warning: people like Booker T. and Billy Kidman will have a link to their WCW themes. DO NOT download these! They are not available, and they probably won't work anyway.

So yeah, enjoy you bastards. Now you can all stop hounding me to finish this goddamn thing. You can all thank Dreamweaver and its crappiness for not letting me get this done yesterday.

At least it's DONE. Phew!

[Funky Fly]

<s>America</s> TerranRich (and Jaton)! Fuck Yeah,
Coming again to bring the motherfucking themes yeah

[Funky Fly]

Hey, fix this shits. :mad:

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[TerranRich]

Motherfucker. Always a mundane detail.

Fixed. :)

[TerranRich]

Damn! Within 20 minutes I've got 10 new users. :eek:

[Funky Fly]

So where's my god damn email? :mad:

[Funky Fly]

K sent you an email.

[hb2k]

Terran, I sent you Waylon's theme in a PM, don't know if you have it or not....

[TerranRich]

Yeah, hb2k, sorry, I forgot to respond to that. That's the one that I already had, and apparently it's not the "real" theme. I guess Waylon doesn't talk throughout his real theme. I'm not quite sure. So I just edited the one I already had and made most of it without words.

And Funky, did you get my email? I sent you the confirmation link manually instead of through the web site's email command. I'm going to have to set up a page for myself where I can copy and paste the email and the confirmation link so I can email it personally to whoever never received their confo email.

And I already have people registering under more than one name. If any of you plan on doing that, then please don't even bother visiting my site. I can't have it crashing the servers because people are abusing the imposed download limits. If you want a higher limit, then donate money. Otherwise, deal with it. It's there for a reason.

[Funky Fly]

I clicked the link and I got this:

OOPS!

There was an error in the confirmation script. Please click on a link from the site or from your email to become a confirmed user of Xylot Themes!

[TerranRich]

Stupid me. I misspelled part of the URL I gave you. Check your PMs, Mr. Fly. ;)

[The Fugitive]

May I suggest you change the colour of the login box? It's very hard on the eyes to type white text into a cream-shaded box.

[RemyRed]

This site fucking sucks it's still the same as when it shut down only with some new colors. Was there a point to waiting 3 months to relaunch? I'm emailing WWE about this right now. :mad:

[TerranRich]

Fugitive: It's actually white on gray, and you're right it might not be the easiest to read.

Remy: Shut the fuck up :foc: Heh, the reason was that I re-wrote the entire site in a different web programming language that was faster in running and accessed databases quicker. I also had to use one web host. Originally I had two hosts, one for the script and the other to host the MP3 files themselves, since the latter didn't support the only language I knew how to program in. Now that I've learned PHP I can use only one web site for everything, so I re-wrote the entire site to save money in the long run.

I also had to re-do the entire database to handle themes from WCW, ECW, TNA, etc., as well as TV and PPV themes. Those are forthcoming, just keep your panties on, mmkay? :love:

[Funky Fly]

Yeah, much more organized now.

[Drakul]

Takers 28th wont work and a few pics wont load.

[TerranRich]

Yeah I'm still working on the pics. I didn't want to further delay the site just because of some pictures. As for Taker's 28th, it works just fine for me. :wtf: Don't single-click on any themes. You have to right-click and then choose "Save File/Link As". It's set up so that people can't hotlink my themes once they discover the URL for them all. :p

[The Fugitive]

Out of curiousity, will this eventually expand to independant themes (ROH, etc) and Japanese promotion themes?

[DaVe]

I'd just like to say you are freaking legend, Mr. Rich.:D

Edit: No, what the bbq. I didn't read post #61 and got screwed over. Used all my credit up and only downloaded one theme.

Edit 2: So to conclude, I take back what I originally said because of my wrecklessness.:(

[Loose Cannon]

Terran, not sure if you want loads of people coming to your site, but I can post your a link to your site on the newsboard on the front page. If you want.

[TerranRich]

I do want loads of people coming to my site. So post away :love:

Okay, guys, I need your help. How can I prevent duplicate accounts besides checking for duplicate IP addresses? Because it seems as though having duplicate IP addresses doesn't mean they're the same person. I'm trying to prevent abuse of my site because people have already been caught with duplicate accounts and placed on a blacklist as a result.

I'm thinking I could just list all the duplicate IP addresses and only delete the obvious duplicates (like similar emails and/or passwords, etc.). I could also list all duplicate passwords and see if they are obvious duplicates. I've caught one guy that way.

[TerranRich]

Oh, and when I said not to left-click a theme, I meant that you should:

(1) Click the theme link that says, e.g., "Ken Kennedy 3rd - 'Mr. Kennedy (Original)'"
(2) You will be brought to a download page. THERE, you should right-click the link given to you, then click "Save As" in order to download the actual MP3 file.

Hope that clears things up. :)

BTW, 150 members in under 24 hours. :eek:

[redoneja]

Hey TR, I just tried downloading two of Demolition's themes and an Internet Explorer Error came up saying it could not download. Is this a problem on my end or yours???


Thanks

[TerranRich]

WTF? That's weird, suddenly none of the themes will download correctly. My web host's hotlink protection feature is a bit weird anyway. I'll just take it down unless bandwidth theft becomes a problem.

[Kane Knight]

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I'll be happy to send an email asking for manual confirmation later, but I figgered I'd point out your request function is not working.

[KingofOldSchool]

I'll LOL if the site closes within a month.

[hb2k]

It's working fine for me.

[Kane Knight]

It's down for me. Said it can't be found.

[Nervous Ferret]

My, that shure am sweet tastum

[Nervous Ferret]

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[DaVe]

As a suggestion: how about showing the size of the files in brackets on the lists so we are able to manage our 10mb better? I know that may take ages to update everything, though.

[TerranRich]

No, displaying sizes would be easy to do, but would take some more coding. I'll do it later today after work.

As for the errors, I'll try to get on those ASAP.

[TerranRich]

Erm, NerF? Um... your avatar, it's...it's staring at me. :eek:

[TerranRich]

The errors should all be fixed now.

[Kane Knight]

Download Acolytes/APA's 1st Theme

There was an error accessing this theme's information. Please email us (themes.xylot.com?subject=Broken%20link%21%21%21) and let us know which wrestler and which theme you tried to download. Also please note the intended file name: apa_1.mp3. It will be fixed shortly thereafter. Thank you!
It is also possible that this is a WCW theme that hasn't been uploaded yet. This is the case for: Booker T 1st, Billy Kidman 1st, and a few others!

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When I tried to e-mail it to you, it told me the recipient (From the e-mail link) was invalid.

[Kane Knight]

Same's true for all the APA themes.

[Cool King]

I tried to get the APA's Theme today aswell. I just sent Terran a PM about it.

[Kane Knight]

Download Acolytes/APA's 3rd Theme

There was an error accessing this theme's information. Please email us (themes.xylot.com?subject=Broken%20link%21%21%21) and let us know which wrestler and which theme you tried to download. Also please note the intended file name: acolytes_3.mp3. It will be fixed shortly thereafter. Thank you!
It is also possible that this is a WCW theme that hasn't been uploaded yet. This is the case for: Booker T 1st, Billy Kidman 1st, and a few others!
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Also, When it tells you to e-mail, the e-mail address is simply themes.xylot.com and as a result cannot be sent.

[hb2k]

Yeh, ditto Beverly Brothers themes....

What do the different coloured letters down the side actually mean?

[TerranRich]

A big WHOOPS on my part, guys. I've fixed the APA themes, and will fix the Beverly Bros. themes now. As for the link, KK, that was quite stupid of me. :p

As for the letters, I will put up a chart explaining them. For now, hold your mouse over them, and your browser (IE and FF) will show a popup explaining it. And what the fuck is up with IE not displaying transparent PNG files properly? Goddammit, I'm going to have to go with GIF files instead. :nono:

[DaVe]

Hmm nearly all the The Rock's themes do not work at all.

Edit:

All his singles-themes do not work.

5th – “Do You Smell What The Rock Is Cookin'? (Nation Singles Theme)”
6th – “Do You Smell What The Rock Is Cookin'? (Version 2)”
7th – “Do You Smell What The Rock Is Cookin'? (Version 3) (Rock Techno Remix)”
8th – “Do You Smell What The Rock Is Cookin'? (Version 4)”
9th – “Do You Smell What The Rock Is Cookin'? (Version 5)”
10th – “Do You Smell What The Rock Is Cookin'? (Version 6)”
11th – “Know Your Role”
12th – “Know Your Role”
13th – “If Ya Smell... (Original)”
14th – “If You Smell... (Version 2)”
15th – “Is Cookin' (Original)” [From No Way Out 2003]
16th – “Is Cookin' (Version 2)”
17th – “Is Cookin' (Version 3)” [Debuted Dec 8 '03]

[Lux]

yo Terran when i try to log in it won't let me. it just goes back to the log in box....

[TerranRich]

Fixed The Rock's themes. Also, does it give you an error message (in red font) when you're sent back to the login box?

[Lux]

No i just put my name and password in and it goes back (no red font or error message) to the login box....

[TerranRich]

That's very weird. There's no reason why it should do that. Your account is activated, right? Because I even tested it out myself under every circumstance possible and it sent out the proper error messages every time. Weird.

[Kane Knight]

No i just put my name and password in and it goes back (no red font or error message) to the login box....

Have you disabled cookies or something similar?

[TerranRich]

The thing is, the login check script is fairly simple. It checks if the user name and/or password were left blank. If so, it stores an error message as a session variable and sends you back to the login page, where it displays whatever is stored in said variable.

Otherwise, it checks to see how many records in the database match the exact username/password combination. If that value is 0, then there were no matches and either your username or password were incorrect, and it send you back to the login page with an error.

If there was a match, it checks to see if your account is inactive. If so, it send you back with an error.

Then it updates the date you last visited the members' area, resets your download counter if you last logged in sometime before today, sets the "is logged in" session flag to True, then goes right to the members' index page.

Nothing much really. So there's not much that can go wrong, and I used a test account to test out everything. I would check your cookies like KK said, because I really can't think of anythign else.

[KingofOldSchool]

If you're going to charge people money...you have to make sure things actually WORK on your site if you expect people to make "donations."

Otherwise you're just ripping people off. :-)

[Loose Cannon]

I tried downloading Goldbergs theme and my computer blew up :-\

[ss3gotenks]

i'm having some trouble with xylot,well i can't get on at all as soon as i go on the site well all it says is the ever so popular page cannot be displayed.I don't know if xylot is down or something or my settings are different but any help would be nice.

[Loose Cannon]

yea, we're having some server issues right now and also some legal threats, but we're still rolling.

If you leave your name (real name) e-mail address, AIM address (if you have one) and bank account information here, we'll be glad to send you a link to all working themes.

Thanks,

-Loose Cannon
xylot Themes admin, account manager, president and marketing agent.