Mandatory Upgrade

Ok - don’t shoot the messenger!  THEY said “Mandatory Upgrade”.

I would never, knowing you, ever, remotely come close, to being that bossy with y’all.  Okay, maybe I would.  And this is probably one of those rare (ahem) times.

Wordpress 2.6.2 is considered a “Mandatory Upgrade” for a lot of geekaleze reasons.  But at the end of a lot of confusing schtuff, this is what they say:

“The attack is difficult to accomplish,  but its mere possibility means we recommend upgrading to 2.6.2.”

And by attack - they do mean security attack.

I read through the geekaleze, translating to english when needed, and this is the Cathy-version: On the RARE chance that someone figures out how to enter a username in this particularly mean way, they can reset the password of another user.  And if they understand the current weakness in SQL they may be able to predict the automatically generated password that they just reset.  And this will only happen if you allow open registration.

Open registration is automatic unless you change the options under “Settings” - “General” - “Membership”.  And people do not need to register to comment if you have unchecked the next box in that same screen.   So there you have it:  upgrade!

Good luck!

Cathy

To back up, see this post.

To upgrade, see this post.

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And we have a winner

Heather’s the winner of the blog installtion and we’re tickled pink as she doesn’t have a blog… so we can get her off on the right foot.

Didn’t win?  Never fear!  We can still help!

Contact us and we’ll get you up and running!

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Welcome to our first giveaway!

So….maybe you’re a new blogger and just don’t know what to do about all this stuff… or maybe you have a blogger blog, or wordpress.com blog or even a typepad blog that you don’t want to pay for anymore.

Regardless, if you’re looking to either start or move your blog, this is for you.

Included in this package is:

• Domain registration for 1 year. (Domain name after that will be approx. $9.95 a year)
• Assistance in choosing and purchasing the domain name
• 1 Year of free hosting (hosting after that will be $15 a year)
• Installation of Wordpress on your domain name
• Installation of a theme with a custom header design by a new designer- Healing Designs.
• Installation of 10 plugins of your choice
• 2 hours of Q&A/training for your new blog (i wouldn’t just feed ya to the wolves ya know?)
• Transfer of posts from blogger or typepad to the new blog

If I were still running my business and offered this package to a client, I would charge them $400. There are some more nitty gritty details that I’ll have to go over with the winner, but they aren’t that hard.

So here’s what you need to do.

• Leave a comment on this post before the clock strikes midnight on Friday (EST) and let me know what you hate about your current blogging platform.
• Links back to this contest will grant you an additional entry… so link away!

I’ll tell you why I’m an avid WP fan…

• it’s mine. Period. If blogger or typepad go belly up, you’re going to lose all your stuff. You don’t control it, and yes, I’m a control freak.
• You can do much much more with it. Seriously. There are so many cool things you can do that you just can’t do with blogger or the WP.com versions…
• It’s so easy… not only is there more power with WP, but it’s so simple to use. My 11 year old has been using it since he was 9. And he’s fine with it.
• With the exception of the domain name and hosting (about $25 a year) it’s free. Free is good

Now the fine print…

• Contest is open to anyone regardless of where you are geographically sit-chi-ated
• You must leave your comment by Friday at Midnight EST
• Only one comment per person…
• Winner will be notified on Monday and will have 3 days to respond.
• Winner must abide by the guidelines set forth by me when installing the blogs. Let’s face it, as cool as WP is… there are somethings that you shouldn’t do in the long run… and if i say that it’s not a good idea, it’s not… and i know this from experience only.
• Technical support is NOT included in this package after the installation is complete, however, I am a pushover and more often that not will help when asked… and then I’ll call Lisa B. in a panic and make her help me.

Ready? Leave your comment… and make sure you hit up all the other ones this week!

And after you’ve left your comment, check out all the other giveaways at Bloggy Giveaways!

Until next time…

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I am still here…

So….

we moved.

To our own domain.

Because for search engine purposes, I really should’ve been on my own domain and not on a sub directory.  Or so the BFF said.

So I moved me.

But because I’m very disorganized with my SQL databases, the wrong one was linked and my posts are somewhere.

I’m not sure where.

So, we’re rebuilding.

But….

In the meantime, while on vacation/business trip… I’ve been helping some friends out…

you can take a look see here…

because there’s nothing HERE right now… which is kind of a problem, seeings how I go to blogher in a WEEK!

No rest for the weary…

stick around… we’re still here…

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