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Post by Woody (Admin) on Apr 16, 2017 14:00:52 GMT
Hi all,
Just for your information, the Skiathos Boomerang Website has been taken down by the hosting company due to malicious activity on the site. I don't have time to sort it out this weekend, but hopefully will be able to rectify the situation ASAP.
The hosting company have not been very forthcoming as to what I have to do to get it back up, but will contact them in the next few days.
Therefore the link above will take you to a dead link.
Woody
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Post by kelso on Apr 16, 2017 17:09:46 GMT
I'm sure that we all appreciate your work on this site Richard. Long may it continue. Bob
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Post by Woody (Admin) on Apr 16, 2017 17:48:04 GMT
Luckily Bob, its the Skiathos Boomerang Website that has been taken down, not this forum (which i think is obvious as we can still see and post on here)
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Post by *Di* on Apr 16, 2017 19:33:53 GMT
Oh that's a shame.... love the website Woody..... very informative and interesting..
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Post by dennisn on Apr 16, 2017 21:26:58 GMT
Oh what a nightmare I've had! That was my one and only way into the forum so I've been panicking for hours now. I eventually felt so bad I tried contacting anybody and even ended up agreeing to install Messenger to try contacting people via Facebook.
Fortunately Di messaged me the forum address so I'm back in again. So much for keeping addresses only as bookmarks on the computer! Maybe I should also find a way to print a paper copy of all my contacts in case my iPhone throws a hissy fit.
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Post by dennisn on Apr 16, 2017 22:00:21 GMT
Regarding malicious activity, another site where I'm a moderator was targetted a few months ago with twenty or thirty new members all posting in Russian every day. I eventually persuaded Admin to change the joining rules and stopped them joining by mid December. Recently it seems quite a number of them joined but didn't post, simply being sleepers who are now coming in again. It's costing me hours to delete all the posts and ban the members whilst it takes them only seconds (copy and paste) to fire off a dozen posts - all in the middle of the night when I'm not watching. I suppose eventually I shall catch all of them and ban them but for the present I dread the next bunch of notification emails about new posts. I keep looking at the records of who joined, but there were hundreds over two or three months and it takes ages to search them out. Admin took the site down for a week to change things, but there's hundreds of them out there and I can't see who's genuine and who's malicious until they post.
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Post by balddave on Apr 17, 2017 5:42:57 GMT
It beggars belief ,why would anybody choose to post anything malicious onto website, strange world we live in
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Post by dennisn on Apr 17, 2017 6:09:07 GMT
It's either mindless vandalism or malicious intent, e.g. I've jammed your site, give me money to free it.
I have another couple of them to deal with this morning, members who have been dormant since joining in early December.
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Post by Woody (Admin) on Apr 17, 2017 6:20:15 GMT
I'm glad you got back in Dennis. Getting into the forum is much easier directly rather than getting in via the website.
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Post by Woody (Admin) on Apr 17, 2017 11:04:42 GMT
Can you imagine what it is like to try and get a website back online after it has been taken down? I have tidied up loads of old files from the webserver, contacted the hosting company who said that it was now clean and opened it up to the World again. Only for me to find out it still doesn't work becasue I have accidentally deleted a database I do not have a backup for. I am hoping that it doesn't mean a full rebuild of the site. What a plonker as Del would say, fancy not backing up your website and databases.
What a way to spend Easter Monday!!!!!
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Post by Woody (Admin) on Apr 17, 2017 13:51:15 GMT
The hosting company have managed to reinstall the required database from a backup taken last night.
Hopefully, the Skiathos Boomerang Website is now back up and running for everyone.
If you see any problems, pleade let me know.
Woody
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Post by dennisn on Apr 17, 2017 17:34:18 GMT
Hoorayyyyyyyyyyyyy! It's back again.
Or in other words, horayyyyyyyy!
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Post by dennisn on Apr 17, 2017 18:02:27 GMT
Mind you, I haven't greatly missed it today due to nightmare. It all started well - I got the (canvas) roof for the gazebo out of winter storage and fixed it up, then off to the garden shop for a few more bags of garden and into another on the way home and got a marrow plant and a bacon sandwich.
So a quick clean of the pond pump. Then it happened - working it back into place, I tried a bit hard and cracked the water pipe (black plastic with crinkly effect). I only discovered it from the spectacular water spout at switch on! So I got an aluminium tube, spare from a solar light, and had two spare jubilee clips and mended it. Returned it all to the pond and cracked it again - obviously over the years it had aged and became brittle. So £25 for a new length of hose. And the rest of the afternoon opening and closing (yes digging) the trench where it's buried. This takes not only time and effort, but also a lot of after the watershed language.
And here I was, sure that out of the four days bank holiday I'd manage just one to devote to my year end accounts. Grrr!
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Post by balddave on Apr 17, 2017 18:03:16 GMT
Just logged in on third attempt,evidently issues with log in. However I would personally like to thank Woody and Dennis , for both time spent and commitment to both forum and website, Forum is excellent both keeping regulars up to date with changes on island, but more so better than any tour guide for first timers, actual real experiences can't be duplicated in book form. Keep up good work guys 😎
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Post by dennisn on Apr 17, 2017 22:16:19 GMT
Thanks Dave, but I have to back away from that. The real person is Woody for setting up and maintaining the website I'm just happy to indulge my compulsion to scribble!
So I join you in thanking Woody - I have no idea how to do a website so I stand here in wonderment and gratitude.
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