Posts Tagged ‘ftp’

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Down Time Continues

by Randall Drew on January 17th, 2010
Posted In: Blog

I continue to struggle getting this site back to proper shape. My permissions are still rather messed up, and I can’t upload anything from my WP-Admin. I can’t even upgrade to the latest version to protect against what happened the last time! It’s all super lame, and at a time when I’m creating so much material too! *sigh* Cat and I have a lot of work ahead of us yet! At least when I do get this site going again, I’ll have plenty to upload and let sit for a while.

In other news, my final semester of school EVER starts Tuesday, and I plan to immediately sit down and start penciling as many pages a day as I can of the prologue chapter to my Thesis project. I won’t post them here until after a page is 100% done however, as I plan on presenting it as a pseudo-web comic. Get excited everybody!

-RD

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Back in action…and a word of warning.

by Randall Drew on December 16th, 2009
Posted In: Blog

I’m mostly back in action, as you can see.

What had happened was a piece of malware on my PC latched onto my login information for my FTP, and physically attatched itself to part of my sites script code, hammering the server with connections. My server was able to backup my database while I backed up my comics folder (content.) I had to wipe wordpress and completely reinstall the program on my ftp along with comicpress and all my plugins. My server then re-applied my database settings and I in turn re-uploaded my comics content.

I learned a LOT about how my website functions through this whole process and a lot about working with a remote FTP. Word of warning to the wise, if you use a PC, run your anti-virus/spyware/malware etc programs often. If you think you’re infected, don’t access your FTP as this could happen to you! (Or, use a Mac. I use both platforms equally as often to access and update this site.)

I’ll be restoring the look and design (perhaps a new design?!) in the coming week. I’ll also have new content going up shortly. Stick around, the REAL fun is about to begin!

-RD

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