Over the last few days, there have been people who have been criticizing me for using Weebly to make this website.
While I don't blame people for having distrust in Weebly as a service, I feel like I need to step in with this.
First of all - I whole-heartedly believe Weebly is a great service.
While yes, they can and should police illegitimate, fake & outright scam websites a lot better, the freedom they still provide for their Free users is still, in my opinion, very open.
Even if you don't pay a cent to Weebly, they still give you a lot of options work with, and the options they don't give you - well, they're mostly minor things that I think only a small percentage of people would actually use.
Second - I run a legitimate website here.
Whether you trust this website or not, regarding it being hosted on Weebly, I still run a legitimate website. I provide the content I make and people themselves submit for free, and for the content that isn't mine that's hosted here - remember - I have no problem taking it down, should the owner of said content not want it hosted on my website.
I have never charged anyone for any of the downloads on this site, nor do I plan to do so.
Moreover - I had only a single incident reported where a download was infected with malware. And even then, that was resolved fairly quickly, as it was a slight mistake on the file hosting service I use (being MediaFire). While I couldn't restore the download in question, as MediaFire doesn't reverse their file takedowns and me losing the original files to begin with, I still left a mirror to the official website where you can download said files from, so me hosting it on my website was pretty pointless to begin with.
Third - I do not take donations for anything this website does.
If you've noticed, there's not a single page that has a "Donate" button. Again, this website is hosted on Weebly, which is a free service, meaning I do not have to pay any bills for it. However, this does come at a slight cost - the website must have .weebly.com at the end of it. This isn't really a bother for me honestly, but this does mean my website gets filtered out on other websites & services, like Steam, because, well, there are a lot of illegitimate and scam websites hosted on Weebly, which I think Weebly should police more.
You might have a question though...
"Why not just buy a custom domain?"
While I would love to, certainly, I think "shfoh.com" would look infinitely better than "shfoh.weebly.com", there's always that eternal issue of money. As you probably guessed - I don't have money.
And no, I don't want to take donations for this website.
See, I'm still a minor with no job. And that means I cannot afford pretty much anything on the internet, unless it's spoonfed to me. It's why I usually turn to free services, because you don't need to pay and they are hassle-free most of the time. Maybe when I get out of school and get an actual job I'll buy a custom domain for this site, because I do care about SHfOH. But for the foreseeable future - the website will remain with the .weebly.com thing attached at the end, as well as Weebly branding at the bottom.
"Why don't you want to take money for this website?"
Because it doesn't feel right to do so.
While yes, I do host my own content here, keep in mind - I also host content that other people make.
And some of the hosted content in question is also copyrighted, such as the music inside Open Hexagon level packs and osu! beatmaps.
While yes, some could argue that this is piracy, at least regarding osu! - the content originates from osu! and all I do is just mirror it. But like I said - should owners of said content want it taken down - I will take it down as soon as I can.
Do you get my point? While I did make Open Hexagon level packs and osu! beatmaps, certain elements in them are not mine, primarily the music. It doesn't feel right to take any kind of monetary compensation for them, be it donations or if I charged you, say, $4.95 for every download. It'd be wrong. And I wouldn't let myself do that, let alone the owners of the original content.
Quote me on this and remember it for as long as this website is up:
I will never take any kind of money for the work I put into this website. No matter what. This website will strictly remain free.
That said though, I do realize that some people have legitimate criticism towards the website, maybe towards its design, management or whatever.
Which is why I have added the "Feedback" page.
On that page you will find a form which you can fill out, giving your overall opinion about the website and potentially suggest improvements and whatnot.
It's something that should've been here since day one of the website, but I never added because I didn't think anyone would use it.
Granted, that fear is still there, but as this website grows - it's better to prepare for the future now than later.
That said though, I still thank those who provoked this kind of discussion.
Whether you have a positive opinion about this website or not - I'm at least happy you have some kind of opinion.
-Site Owner
While I don't blame people for having distrust in Weebly as a service, I feel like I need to step in with this.
First of all - I whole-heartedly believe Weebly is a great service.
While yes, they can and should police illegitimate, fake & outright scam websites a lot better, the freedom they still provide for their Free users is still, in my opinion, very open.
Even if you don't pay a cent to Weebly, they still give you a lot of options work with, and the options they don't give you - well, they're mostly minor things that I think only a small percentage of people would actually use.
Second - I run a legitimate website here.
Whether you trust this website or not, regarding it being hosted on Weebly, I still run a legitimate website. I provide the content I make and people themselves submit for free, and for the content that isn't mine that's hosted here - remember - I have no problem taking it down, should the owner of said content not want it hosted on my website.
I have never charged anyone for any of the downloads on this site, nor do I plan to do so.
Moreover - I had only a single incident reported where a download was infected with malware. And even then, that was resolved fairly quickly, as it was a slight mistake on the file hosting service I use (being MediaFire). While I couldn't restore the download in question, as MediaFire doesn't reverse their file takedowns and me losing the original files to begin with, I still left a mirror to the official website where you can download said files from, so me hosting it on my website was pretty pointless to begin with.
Third - I do not take donations for anything this website does.
If you've noticed, there's not a single page that has a "Donate" button. Again, this website is hosted on Weebly, which is a free service, meaning I do not have to pay any bills for it. However, this does come at a slight cost - the website must have .weebly.com at the end of it. This isn't really a bother for me honestly, but this does mean my website gets filtered out on other websites & services, like Steam, because, well, there are a lot of illegitimate and scam websites hosted on Weebly, which I think Weebly should police more.
You might have a question though...
"Why not just buy a custom domain?"
While I would love to, certainly, I think "shfoh.com" would look infinitely better than "shfoh.weebly.com", there's always that eternal issue of money. As you probably guessed - I don't have money.
And no, I don't want to take donations for this website.
See, I'm still a minor with no job. And that means I cannot afford pretty much anything on the internet, unless it's spoonfed to me. It's why I usually turn to free services, because you don't need to pay and they are hassle-free most of the time. Maybe when I get out of school and get an actual job I'll buy a custom domain for this site, because I do care about SHfOH. But for the foreseeable future - the website will remain with the .weebly.com thing attached at the end, as well as Weebly branding at the bottom.
"Why don't you want to take money for this website?"
Because it doesn't feel right to do so.
While yes, I do host my own content here, keep in mind - I also host content that other people make.
And some of the hosted content in question is also copyrighted, such as the music inside Open Hexagon level packs and osu! beatmaps.
While yes, some could argue that this is piracy, at least regarding osu! - the content originates from osu! and all I do is just mirror it. But like I said - should owners of said content want it taken down - I will take it down as soon as I can.
Do you get my point? While I did make Open Hexagon level packs and osu! beatmaps, certain elements in them are not mine, primarily the music. It doesn't feel right to take any kind of monetary compensation for them, be it donations or if I charged you, say, $4.95 for every download. It'd be wrong. And I wouldn't let myself do that, let alone the owners of the original content.
Quote me on this and remember it for as long as this website is up:
I will never take any kind of money for the work I put into this website. No matter what. This website will strictly remain free.
That said though, I do realize that some people have legitimate criticism towards the website, maybe towards its design, management or whatever.
Which is why I have added the "Feedback" page.
On that page you will find a form which you can fill out, giving your overall opinion about the website and potentially suggest improvements and whatnot.
It's something that should've been here since day one of the website, but I never added because I didn't think anyone would use it.
Granted, that fear is still there, but as this website grows - it's better to prepare for the future now than later.
That said though, I still thank those who provoked this kind of discussion.
Whether you have a positive opinion about this website or not - I'm at least happy you have some kind of opinion.
-Site Owner
