Marty

@hector

OK, I hear you re Fun vs Work!

In practical terms (since I am ‘locked in’ with GD for another 9 months…) do you think I should hunt down an alternative solution for the functionality WPP used to provide on my site…

OR

… do you see there being a resolution to the GD issue in the near future?

Best
Marty

Thanks for the heads up on the JetPack modules.

I’d like to use what I want to use also but there sure seems like there is always someone telling you what you are not allowed to do… ??

Thanks again.
Marty

Ajay,

Hi. Many thanks for your reply and weighing in on the matter.

The way that Godaddy went about this is par for the course with them IMHO.

They are under new management since Bob Parsons sold a bunch of his interest but it sure seems like they keep lumbering on with their lack of customer focus.

Anyways thanks for letting me know about your plugin’s way of operating.

I guess I will have to look at using a WP Jetpack powered option.

Best
Marty

@ccarfi

Thank you for your input and hustle on this issue.

Can I make a suggestion for the GD MWP team to go forward with..?

How about giving all hosting customers a decent period of notice – say several weeks – of your intention to disable a plugin so that we can make timely arrangements to find an alternative. Point in case – the disabling of Hector’s plugin has effectively removed a major piece of functionality from my website’s homepage – leaving me to scramble around for a replacement (yet to be located) with zero warning.

@héctor

Thanks so much for keeping this plugin going – I personally would be happy to pay for it’s ongoing support & maintenance.

Here’s hoping that without too much effort or time you can get your head around what GD want from your plugin in terms of it’s performance on their servers.

@ccarfi

Fantastic that you are here participating in this forum!

My reference to ‘BigBrother’ was to the way in which GoDaddy went about unilaterally disabling this plugin.

I purchased the GD Managed WP package after proactively checking the GD ‘blacklist’ to determine if any of the plugins I used or proposed to use were on it.

It was not so I went ahead and laid down my money.

GoDaddy could have also made an effort to act proactively by reaching out right here at www.remarpro.com to contact the ‘author’ of whatever plugin is deemed to be ‘troublesome’ (troublesome to GoDaddy it should be made clear and NOT their hosting customers).

I was told not more than 4 hours ago by a GoDaddy CSR, that their was nothing I could do to change the decision about blacklisting this plugin NOR was I allowed to know the reasons or see the evidence supporting said decision.

I clearly understand the philosophy behind GoDaddy’s decisions to lock-out certain plugins but the attitude that seems to entail at GoDaddy is one of inconveniencing their customers first and then seeing what happens… with maybe an apology made in retrospect if deemed necessary.

Anyway rant over! Your assistance in helping Hector keep his followers and your customers happy is now greatly appreciated.

Hi Hector,

I’m also subject to GoDaddy’s ‘BigBrother’ tactics… any word from them at all? Any upside to this do you think? I’m happy to help out with costs in your coding modifications.

Your plugin has been great for me over past couple of years.

Regards
Marty

Mark,

Thank you for your quick response.

I note your comment regarding the video embed size option only working with new posts and not existing ones.

I went ahead and tested several ‘new’ posts with my embed set to 200 x 150 by choosing it here:

MyCurator > Options > Curation > Size of Embed Iframe

It has had no effect on any new posts I have made so far. All video embeds have shown as 740 x 520 – which is the full width of my post content block.

I will try your suggested workaround for modifying the other YouTube embed attributes I want to control to see how it effects my workflow timeframe.

BR
Marty

@northlake

U R Da Man! I thought all was lost with this plugin until your helping hand reached out… all is working as the clever developer intended!

Thanks again!!! ??