Some of you might have noticed last night that the website was down. My Bad! You see, I read an article yesterday about a rash of attacks on WordPress installations (eWillys runs on WordPress). To prevent attacks it was recommended that sites get updated to the latest version. Knowing I needed to update the site anyway, I gathered all my technical ability and pushed the magic “update” button.
It took all of ten seconds before the system went down.
So, let’s sum this up. I was updating the site to reduce the chances it would be taken down during an attack only to take down the site myself. Yep, that pretty much tells it all.
The nut of it is that the McDonash Brothers saved my beans once again and got it running late on Friday night. So, just a few updates today. On Sunday I will share with you the Free Lock Hub brochure, all eight pages of it!
Um……oops!??
Dave,
Yeah….this kind of thing happens to me all the time. “Time to update! Quick and easy! Any idiot can do it! Just push the ok button!” Then something happens and it NEVER turns out the way “they” say it will.
Now, when ever I get a “time to update” for my iPhone, iPad, iTunes, apps, computer O/S, etc. I always click NO! My stuff is still running! LOL!
Take it from Nancy Reagan, “Just say no!”
Cody
Here’s a link to an article about the WordPress security vulnerability of which Dave spoke:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/3168846/security/recent-wordpress-vulnerability-used-to-deface-1-5-million-pages.html