Archive for July, 2006

Fixed

Posted by Blaze in Migration, News & Updates on July 17th, 2006

Things should be all ship-shape and bristol-fashion now (Well…with the exception of my personal site–which we purposely broke to see how things were breaking–and this blog–because the clients come first).

Part of the problem appears to be that a lot of the applications and themes being used aren’t coded properly, so the new stricter rules broke them. New installs of Gallery should work fine (if they don’t, please tell me!). However, there’s a bit of an issue with the Ap Vault version of WordPress. Plesk included a version that doesn’t like to play well with Plesk. I’ll be looking into this promptly. Installs by hand should work however. Until we can get this issue resolved with our software provider, feel free to let me know if you need a copy of WordPress installed. I can have one up and running usually within 12 hours (a whole lot sooner if you catch me when I’m not tied up in the office).

Some old WP themes won’t work. Their code contains a line that’s considered a security flaw.

If you run across any errors on your sites, please let us know so we can fix them promptly.

–
Blaze

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Wordpress problems

Posted by Blaze in Migration, News & Updates on July 17th, 2006

I think I’ve found a temporary (if inelegant) fix for the problem of WordPress not showing up.

Go to your blog (or where your blog should be) and add “/wp-admin/” at the end of the url. So, you’ll have an address like this:

http://www.domain.com/wordpress/wp-admin/

You should see the login screen. Log in, go to the “presentation” tab. Select the “WordPress Classic” theme as your active theme. This seems to bring back most of the blogs.

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Fixing things.

Posted by Blaze in Migration, News & Updates on July 17th, 2006

We’re still working through the problems, but I’ll keep you up to date as much as possible.

Right now, subdomains aren’t working. I don’t believe that’s an issue for any of you, but if so, let me know.

If your WordPress blog isn’t working, FTP into your site, copy all your plugins to your computer, then delete them from the server. This should bring the blog back. Then, you can upload the plugins again and reactivate them. The only one we see a problem with is Live+Press. I’ve made note of this, and it will be looked into.

Gallery2 is still violating security rules in a number of places. Some times it works, some times it doesn’t. Please let me know if there’s anything wrong with your gallery. This will help us to track down the problem and fix it.

Some of these issues are extremely complex, and may take some time to fix. I will keep you up to date here on this blog.

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Security Stuff

Posted by Blaze in News & Updates on July 10th, 2006

We’ve just updated some of our security and found out that some of the applications (such as WordPress and Gallery2) can trip some of the security features. We’re fixing them as we find them, but if you’re working on your site and you get a “Internal Server Error”, make a note of the exact time, and what you were trying to do and let me know so we can fix it.

Thanks.

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July 2006 Newsletter

Posted by Blaze in Newsletters on July 1st, 2006

Happy weekend of North American celebrations!

Today we say “happy birthday” to our upstairs neighbors, Canada. Tuesday, it’s time for our own birthday. Sounds like a great reason to have a party.

However, I’ll take a few minutes to write up a newsletter.

Frist of all, the migration that was supposed to happen last month will definitely happen this month. Concerns over the possibility that some of the new upgrades wouldn’t play nice together caused us to delay it for a few weeks, but we’ve settled on a solution and are ready to go ahead. We haven’t set a date yet, but rest assured that you will get at least a week’s notice before we make the move. It’ll probably be on a Sunday morning, since that’s when most of you are off at church, sleeping in, spending time with your sweeties, or sipping coffee and reading one of those quaint things called a “newspaper” (It’s cordless and lightweight!).

Now… I strive to keep Geek Niche the type of company that lets you know what’s going on behind the scenes as well as out in the spotlight. I said we’ve found a solution to the issues of applications not playing well together. We have. It’s a solution that allows us to provide you with the services that you want and expect from us. However, it puts up a few hurdles for us expanding our range of services in the future. What does this mean for you? Right now, it means you’ll continue to receive the same kind of service you have been. Down the road? It means that there may be another migration in the coming months. As a company, we know where we want to be and we know what we want to offer to our clients. As the ones with our hands in the machines, we sometimes get frustrated that we can’t do it all right now. However, as the owners of the company, we understand that not everyting is that easy.

Rest assured, however, that we’re constantly working towards our goals, and we’re keeping your needs in mind.

Speaking of needs (aren’t I just a master of the segue), are your webhosting needs being met? If not, please, let me know. I’m more than willing to work with you to get those needs met. Just a few reminders:

  • You’re not locked into your plan. You can upgrade (or downgrade) at any time.
  • You can order “add-ons” such as more disc-space, more bandwidth, or extra features.
  • You’re not limited to the plans and niches we have listed. If you have specific needs, we’re more than happy to work out a custom plan for you.
  • Basic tech support is free, but if you have need of something more we offer support for HTML, PHP, SQL, and customization of applications such as WordPress and Gallery.
  • If you’re unsure, just ask!

Amidst all this, we’re still looking to the future. We’re playing around with ideas for a couple of new niches, we’re working with programmers to bring you some new applications, and we’re researching additions and alternatives to what we already provide.

If there’s anything you’d like to see us offer, drop me a line and let me know: suggestions@geekniche.com

So… for all of you in the US and Canada: enjoy your holiday-weekend. And the rest of you enjoy your non-holiday weekend.

–
M Blaze Miskulin
President
Geek Niche, Inc.

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