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#51
Applications / Re: Through Daniel's Lens: Pho...
Last post by danieljswan - June 16, 2018, 05:40:47 PMThanks for accepting my application, I'm sure I am going to love it here 
#52
Applications / Re: Through Daniel's Lens: Pho...
Last post by Xepher - June 11, 2018, 12:12:09 PMOkay, your application is accepted! You should get an email shortly with login instructions, so keep an eye out for it, and make sure to follow them (especially setting your own password.)
#53
Applications / Re: Through Daniel's Lens: Pho...
Last post by danieljswan - June 07, 2018, 02:24:44 PMHi and thanks again for the response:
In response to Question 1:
I am hoping to make something of an "Official" blog that I can write articles related to the photos and videos I take. Being a man on a fixed income some of these services (eg: Wordpress) ask for money to host these ad-free sites or becoming a pro or core member which I cannot afford plus there are a lot of benefits to Wordpress that appeal to Videographers and Photographers which I admire. I thought of your service because I have seen it advertised online so I thought I'd take a shot at it.
Now for Question 2:
I used to manage web sites for individuals so I am pretty fluent in FTP and I am familiar with installing and managing Wordpress as a friend had me help him out with it once so yes I do have a bit of technical skills in me
I hope this answers your questions and thanks again for reading my application
In response to Question 1:
I am hoping to make something of an "Official" blog that I can write articles related to the photos and videos I take. Being a man on a fixed income some of these services (eg: Wordpress) ask for money to host these ad-free sites or becoming a pro or core member which I cannot afford plus there are a lot of benefits to Wordpress that appeal to Videographers and Photographers which I admire. I thought of your service because I have seen it advertised online so I thought I'd take a shot at it.
Now for Question 2:
I used to manage web sites for individuals so I am pretty fluent in FTP and I am familiar with installing and managing Wordpress as a friend had me help him out with it once so yes I do have a bit of technical skills in me
I hope this answers your questions and thanks again for reading my application
#54
Applications / Re: Through Daniel's Lens: Pho...
Last post by Xepher - June 07, 2018, 05:45:48 AMSorry I'm so slow to respond to this. It's been ages since someone last applied for an account, so the forum isn't nearly as active as it used to be.
Nice photos! You've clearly been at it a while!
That said, I'd like to ask what plans or needs you have that make xepher.net a better fit for your site than any of the services more directly dedicated to art/photography. E.g. what're you planning/hoping to do that you couldn't more easily do on sites like flickr, photobucket, deviantart, or even wordpress.org itself?
Secondly, the services here are pretty low level. You get file and shell access, but you'd have to install and maintain wordpress (and anything else you use) on your own. Do you feel you have the technical skill to be able to do that?
Nice photos! You've clearly been at it a while!
That said, I'd like to ask what plans or needs you have that make xepher.net a better fit for your site than any of the services more directly dedicated to art/photography. E.g. what're you planning/hoping to do that you couldn't more easily do on sites like flickr, photobucket, deviantart, or even wordpress.org itself?
Secondly, the services here are pretty low level. You get file and shell access, but you'd have to install and maintain wordpress (and anything else you use) on your own. Do you feel you have the technical skill to be able to do that?
#55
Applications / Through Daniel's Lens: Photogr...
Last post by danieljswan - May 31, 2018, 10:48:31 PMGreetings,
I am a hobbyist photographer from Chatham-Kent, ON Canada. I take pictures quite often of anything ranging from birds and wildlife to local events and landmarks across Canada and other places. I am hoping to have some space on Xepher so I can have a wordpress oriented site to share my photography with more people. (My stuff is currently hosted on Flickr) So, without any further ado:
Username: throughdanielslens
Email: danthephotoman14ATgmail.com
Site Description: Photography and videography by Daniel Swan featuring posts that tell audiences the stories behind the captures
My current homepage is my Flickr Account: http://www.flickr.com/photos/photosbydanieljswan
The current site has many photos that I have taken some from as far back as 1997 and some as recent as a few weeks ago.
So, hope you like my photos and think I have something to offer your audience, and hope I can get a site hosted here.
Thank you for your time in reading my application.
I am a hobbyist photographer from Chatham-Kent, ON Canada. I take pictures quite often of anything ranging from birds and wildlife to local events and landmarks across Canada and other places. I am hoping to have some space on Xepher so I can have a wordpress oriented site to share my photography with more people. (My stuff is currently hosted on Flickr) So, without any further ado:
Username: throughdanielslens
Email: danthephotoman14ATgmail.com
Site Description: Photography and videography by Daniel Swan featuring posts that tell audiences the stories behind the captures
My current homepage is my Flickr Account: http://www.flickr.com/photos/photosbydanieljswan
The current site has many photos that I have taken some from as far back as 1997 and some as recent as a few weeks ago.
So, hope you like my photos and think I have something to offer your audience, and hope I can get a site hosted here.
Thank you for your time in reading my application.
#56
Announcements / Re: PHP upgraded to 7.2
Last post by Xepher - April 04, 2018, 11:02:39 PMI sent you an email, and the site seems to be working, but just wanted to follow up here, see if you got it sorted.
#57
Announcements / Re: PHP upgraded to 7.2
Last post by Turnsky - March 13, 2018, 04:59:15 AMyeah i keep getting a "ParseError thrown: Invalid numeric literal" error and i can't get into my db because of some mcrypt error
#58
Announcements / PHP upgraded to 7.2
Last post by Xepher - February 25, 2018, 10:48:27 AMPHP 5.6 is approaching its end of life, and is no longer receiving regular updates from upstream. That means it's time to move on to the next version, which is PHP 7 (6 was experimental and doesn't count.) I've updated the server to PHP 7.2, and if you're using older PHP software, you may notice errors appearing on your site. If you see messages about mysql (specifically mysql_connect being an "undefined function") then there's a temporary workaround you can add. In any PHP file you need to still use the old MySQL functions, you can add this line right at the start of the PHP section (just after the <?php tag ideally):
Ideally, if you didn't write the code, you should just update to a newer version that supports php 7 and not use this. But until this, this workaround might help. If you have other problems (or notice errors on any of the main xepher.net pages) please let me know. My own code is using this shim, as it's ANCIENT, and I don't have the patience to rewrite it quite yet.
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include_once("mysql-shim.php");Ideally, if you didn't write the code, you should just update to a newer version that supports php 7 and not use this. But until this, this workaround might help. If you have other problems (or notice errors on any of the main xepher.net pages) please let me know. My own code is using this shim, as it's ANCIENT, and I don't have the patience to rewrite it quite yet.
#59
Announcements / Re: Update Your WordPress Inst...
Last post by Turnsky - January 03, 2018, 11:15:57 PMCan attest this works, just happened to check the forum saw the message, went to check the site to update the WP install... lo and behold. :B
#60
Announcements / Update Your WordPress Installs...
Last post by Xepher - January 03, 2018, 10:30:49 AM:UPDATE:
Well, it's more than a year later, and a lot of accounts have fallen out of date again. I've disabled these. If your site has a notice that your Wordpress was out of date, email me and I'll unlock it, so that you can upgrade.
Note that the current version of Wordpress is now 5.6.2.
:UPDATE:
Just as everyone seems to have finally been updated, Wordpress goes and breaks their auto-update process.
https://wordpress.org/news/2018/02/wordpress-4-9-4-maintenance-release/
Everyone (in the world) needs to update manually and then make sure auto-updates are enabled again!
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Over the New Year we had an account compromised (almost certainly through a MILDLY out of date WordPress install) and it was used to attack other servers, leading to a warning from my VM provider.
Going forward, I'm going to be requiring that all WordPress installs be maintained and kept up to date. To enforce this, I've written a scanner that will automatically find and check the version of any WP installs, and it will be emailing me any time someone is out of date. If you have WP on your site, please go update it NOW to at least version 4.9.1.
As WP is a very popular target, even an install a week out of date can be vulnerable, and so I will be disabling accounts if/when that happens. I've already disabled several, and sent emails of warning to many others. If your account was one that was disabled, email me, and I can release it and allow you to update things. Also, please make sure your offsite contact email is kept up to date so that I can contact you in cases like this. Too many times I have to resort to disabling accounts to get the owners attention, and I'd prefer to avoid that.
Sorry to have to be so strict about this, but with the potential to leverage this server to attack remote targets, the threat is serious enough that I have no choice. If you have any questions or thoughts though, feel free to ask below, or contact me directly if you prefer.
Thank you all for understanding!
Well, it's more than a year later, and a lot of accounts have fallen out of date again. I've disabled these. If your site has a notice that your Wordpress was out of date, email me and I'll unlock it, so that you can upgrade.
Note that the current version of Wordpress is now 5.6.2.
:UPDATE:
Just as everyone seems to have finally been updated, Wordpress goes and breaks their auto-update process.
https://wordpress.org/news/2018/02/wordpress-4-9-4-maintenance-release/
Everyone (in the world) needs to update manually and then make sure auto-updates are enabled again!
----
Over the New Year we had an account compromised (almost certainly through a MILDLY out of date WordPress install) and it was used to attack other servers, leading to a warning from my VM provider.
Going forward, I'm going to be requiring that all WordPress installs be maintained and kept up to date. To enforce this, I've written a scanner that will automatically find and check the version of any WP installs, and it will be emailing me any time someone is out of date. If you have WP on your site, please go update it NOW to at least version 4.9.1.
As WP is a very popular target, even an install a week out of date can be vulnerable, and so I will be disabling accounts if/when that happens. I've already disabled several, and sent emails of warning to many others. If your account was one that was disabled, email me, and I can release it and allow you to update things. Also, please make sure your offsite contact email is kept up to date so that I can contact you in cases like this. Too many times I have to resort to disabling accounts to get the owners attention, and I'd prefer to avoid that.
Sorry to have to be so strict about this, but with the potential to leverage this server to attack remote targets, the threat is serious enough that I have no choice. If you have any questions or thoughts though, feel free to ask below, or contact me directly if you prefer.
Thank you all for understanding!