[NKS] Freelance Soundlabs 3rd Party NKS Libraries for Komplete Kontrol / Maschine
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Lots of possible reasons, none of these are it. Even if I did change the password, would not stop the admin page from loading, same with PHP, would break other things and everything runs fine other than the admin page. PHP is 7.3 which is the last version I can run on this site. Trust me when I say any guesses anyone has, i've already looked so I am past the guessing stage and simply need someone experienced in the area to assist.
It's an ever increasing challenge. I never intended to be doing NKS this long as it is and it's only been due to the support of everyone that I have been able to make it this far but it is no secret my view of KK has shifted since the release of the MK3 and V3 and i've personally moved away from using it as much, ripping it out of all my old projects as I updated them to VST3 since V2 of KK had that long standing issue where half the plugins don't show a GUI with the VST3 version of plugins, an issue I was irate that they never bothered to address in the 2 years we were reporting it.
The site is running, tho I cant get into the back end still and likely will never fix that issue so I am working on a new site. I did start on that last year as I knew i'd need to move at some stage but I ended up instead needing to take on extra part time work as the freelance work I had been doing came to a sudden end and of course NKS library demand has dropped from my statistics by about 30% in the last year which is a concern given the MK3 released at that time, i've seen a lot of people walk away.
Anyway, i'm still plugging on but without being able to do my mailouts about new libraries and things like the Roland update I spent a month working on, it's not going to reach people and a new site is months away, likely not until next year
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So some good news!
Through some extreme persistence and the help of my brilliant father in law I have been able to track down the issue I was having on my site and patch it. Basically, because my site is so damn old it is running a template with a framework from JoomlaShine who went out of business in 2021, we tracked the dead IP address call using waybackmachine to this website and this makes sense now. Likely they left the server up for the last few years and just shut it off last week. Lazy programming has likely left the call to "check for updates" in a loop when trying to access the admin page.
Anyway, knowing what was likely the cause I was able to run some tests on a test site and track down the issue to a framework plugin which is an integral part of the template so can't be simply disabled but I was able to find where it does an update check and simply block out the request in code and it's addressed the problem so I can at least administer my current site.
However this is a clear sign my 12 year old website needs an overhaul so work is continuing on a much easier to use website with better support and hopefully I can still release some new libraries I have on the go along with the possible release of a new site that should finally have propper accessibility features, hopefully just after xmas. Let's see if I manage to develop a whole new site on a new platform before NI re-release accessibility for the MK3 (oh, and fix the Banks issue in the browser).
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I think you could probably release 10 new sites before they fix the banks issue…
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Thank goodness Jason, really pleased to hear this :)
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Sadly I think you are right, does make me honestly wonder how time is spent, I mean I have been able to fix a pretty major issue, design and start building a new site and work 2 additional part time jobs. Granted I only sleep probably 6 hours max but still, there are hours in a day and how we can't see simple things addressed in the last YEAR of time is baffling and overly disappointing.
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I strongly suggest you to move to Wordpress.
It is probably the best platform, highly customized, with frequent updates and it is really easy to work with it. Plus that, most of your needs (if not all) can be fulfilled with free extensions.
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Good news for you (and us), but I still can’t grasp why NI don’t engage with you more helpfully. You’re doing stuff that makes their products worthwhile, they should be bending over backwards to support, promote and reward your excellent work. My thanks as ever
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Already designing a site in WP. For what I need there are a few plugins I have to purchase so nothing is ever free. Main thing is if it makes things work better and offers proper accessibility usage that is a key importance for me since my old site had components that the devs never added accessibility info and it was not usable for many blind users, something I have wanted to change for a while, just time is the hurdle constantly but it's progressing.
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Terrific. You know you can always post here and is long as you provide a way to buy, I will keep buying your stuff.
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Same here!!
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