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Forum: Everything else WordPress
In reply to: “The Best” Hosting, Hands DownAre you kidding!!! I’m not going to tell you who the best host is! Then you’ll come use my host and drive up demand for resources!
Just kidding… 🙂 I use http://vonetwork.com/reseller.htm and am pleased. Support forums are good. Service is excellent. Help desk is weak. No phone support. Price is right – $8/month for a reseller account that hosts all of my domains.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Sidebar Links orderI am having problems with WPsearch not finding things. I tend to use Google on my own site for my own purposes but I wish WP’s search worked for readers. This is in WP2.0.2
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Error establishing a database connectionWell, they haven’t gotten back to me but all of a sudden my blog started working again and the databases reappeared. It must be magic. Okay, so maybe they fixed the problem and just didn’t take the time to reply… Glad it works again! Wish I knew what it was.
Forum: Your WordPress
In reply to: Feedback request – NoNAIS.orgGo ahead and critique content as well if you would like…
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: Catcha system on 2.0?But Akismet is giving false positives from what I have read. I have not tried it for this reason plus it costs.
Forum: Everything else WordPress
In reply to: “The Best” Hosting, Hands DownI have a reseller account with VONetwork.com with WHP/CPanel/Apache.
This lets me host all of my different domains, mail servers, etc.
I have twelve domains plus space for my father and brother’s domains.
Very good prices. Excellent online support and forum.
No phone support but I’ve lived without that for about ten years.
I installed WP1.5 and then later WP2 on to several of my accounts.
I’m very pleased with them. I have been using VON for three years.
Previously I had four other web hosts over the previous 14 years.
-Walter
http://SugarMtnFarm.com/blog/ (Blogger)
http://NoNAIS.org (WordPress2)Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Spam Comments – random phrase plug-inYou say that the Captcha’s are not effective. Why? How are spammers dancing around them?
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Blogger Import Error 550 on RepublishFor a while Blogger.com was being very unstable from October through early January. I don’t think I’ve gotten any errors at all in the last two weeks. Maybe they got their problems worked out. One can hope. I’ve now installed WP2 on three domains and am pleased with it. I’ll keep my Blogger blogs but they’ll point over to my new WP blogs. Blogger was okay for testing the water but the unreliability was bother.
Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: Should I install WP 2.0I’ve installed v2 (three different domains) and am liking it so far. Thanks for the feedback.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Can’t post via emailGads! I feel silly!
Works great now.Thank you for the help!
-Walter
PS. http://SugarMtnFarm.com/blog/ is my main blog which is currently on Blogger but which will soon be on WordPress. The blog in question is http://NoNAIS.org/ which is about the National Animal Identification System – a by-product of our wonderful elastic Patriot Act. Check it out.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: posting via e-mailI’m having this same problem. I’ve read the Codex mentioned above. It is for earlier than WP2. I don’t find a /installdir/wp-mail.php to use for activation. Is there an update of how to do this in 2.0?
Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: Error on install.php – fata error failed opening fileI deleted the contents of the public folder on the web server, reinstalled everything and now it appears to be working. Glitch.
Forum: Requests and Feedback
In reply to: Beware – Blogger Password Stored in PlaintextThank you. I have now done so. It is not obvious where to report this. I appreciate the pointer.
Forum: Requests and Feedback
In reply to: Beware – Blogger Password Stored in PlaintextI found Blogger.com password in the database backup I had made using the Backup command in Manage in admin. As I stated I did the transfer from Blogger.com which is when it asks for my Blogger.com password and userID. I then ran the backup plugin, downloaded the backup file to my computer, looked inside and found my password. It is in plaintext. it is NOT MD5 or otherwise encoded. Do it yourself if you want the exact location. I’m not passing a copy of my database around. Who knows what else is in there.
Oh, and don’t just dismiss this as “If WP was that insecure, don’t you think that this might have been mentioned before” when someone mentions a security concern. Not only is that rude but you apparently haven’t even checked the issue yet. Fact is WP2 is new and apparently it is storing the Blogger.com login info. It should not be doing so. That is a potential security flaw.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Inline style coding in postsSolved. I got my WP2.0 blog setup over on another one of my domains. It installed quite smoothly. It does <b>NOT</b> have the problem with stripping inline style information that I am having on WordPress.com. Apparently WP.com is doing something to stop you from using Java and in the process that also strips inline style stuff. Bummer.
The good news is the problem is with WP.com and not with WP2.0! So it is working smoothly over on my other test blog. Good news. Meanwhile I am preparing ot move my main blog (Sugar Montain Farm to WordPress 2.0 asap.
I now need to play with WP2.0 more, learn more about the templates, plugins for spam control, etc. I don’t see how to implement other templates or plugins over at WP.com but I do see how to do that in the installation I did in my own domain. Then late at night when my blog’s usage is at its normal minimum time I’ll run the great new Blogger.com -> WP2.0 transfer function. It is a joy. It really works. My conclusion is it is best to avoid the WP.com installation except for the most basic use of WP. It was good for testing before I got up the gumption to do my own installation of WP2.0 on my web host’s servers. So far so good.