Viewing my webmaster tools, Google was kind of enough to show I need to work on my website, mostly to clean up long URLS and some strange URL formats I have no idea how they were created. I think this is the result of importing my journal entries from Livejournal.
Just think I started this blog because of LJ Strikethrough and the hoops they were putting us through. Life was so simple before.
Excused the website.
I updated this site with WP multisite application. Wonderful. I no longer have to manage my sites with multiple installations of WordPress.
Something went wrong with the post entries. Strange symbol incurred when I brought the site back up. Why? I have no idea. Going through each post to remove the odd symbols will be daunting. Will have to search for an easy solution.
Happy Upcoming Labor Day. Do you know if your WordPress Blog is secure?
I’m seeing messages in the Admin Control Panel of my blogs that there is a worm snaking around on the web creating havoc to older WordPress versions. The messages, which I will link below, are requesting users to update their WordPress to the latest version. It should be an easy thing to do. If you’re worried about breaking your theme because it can’t hold up to latest WP version 2.8.4, go and find another one. There are plenty of free themes out there and yes, I do know the trouble of setting up them up to your specification. However, be safe than sorry.
Btw, a good host, as in Dreamhost will let you know about keeping WP upgraded. I let one of my blogs used an older version for the longest and my host sent me a notice about the update with the reason being keeping my blog secured.
Here are a few links for your perusal.
Directly from the developers
http://wordpress.org/development/2009/09/keep-wordpress-secure/
Old WordPress Version Under Attack. Lorelle also has suggestions for securing your blog.
http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2009/09/04/old-wordpress-versions-under-attack/
WordPress Security and Upgrade Help
http://alexking.org/blog/2009/09/05/wordpress-security-upgrade-help
I have accomplished in a few hours, setting up and moving files to this site, what I couldn’t do with EE and Textpattern. It took three tries of importing my files from my other WP site. WordPress, however, certainly spoils a person. If I was a web designer involved in developing client CMS websites, I would give Textpattern a whirl.  I like the interface, setup, the easily understandable code they use to execute the application.
Next up:
Hopefully, once I have settled here at my new domain, I will not be moving anytime soon. Of course, changing the skin to this site is like having a dose of chocolate candy. Sweet and nice.
Part curiosity about CMS systems and being anal on managing two WP applications, I began playing around with CMS systems.
It bugs me each time WP releases a newer version I have to upgrade twice. So, I set out to test EE, which blew my mind. Even though I have basic skill level in html and little to nothing in CSS, and zilch in php, I thought I would do fine with EE. Go ahead and laugh. Hah, after a week, I gave up on EE. Continue Reading…
