MyBlog – recent issues

We have recently migrated the MyBlog service to new infrastructure.  The go-live on the new servers was Thurs 7 Feb 0900 (approx).  Since the migration we have been experiencing periods of downtime caused by the MyBlog database being corrupted.  Symptoms include: The homepage not being available: The root level site becomes corrupted after which browsers […]

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myblog.arts updated

myblog.arts was updated on 14th July 2015 to use the latest version of WordPress. Here are a couple of short videos giving an overview of some of the new features since version 4:         You should now be able to preview videos and image slideshows directly in the post and page editor, […]

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myblog.arts maintenance – 14th July 2015

myblog.arts will be offline on 14th July 2015 at 11am, for approximately one hour, while an update is applied to the WordPress software. This update brings the latest WordPress features and some important security fixes to the platform. Apologies in advance for any inconvenience caused. […]

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Pingbacks disabled

The Pingback feature was disabled for all myblog.arts blogs, due to security concerns. This feature can be used by external users to co-opt WordPress blogs in attacks on other websites. There may be an update to WordPress in the future which will enable us to reactivate Pingbacks. What is a Pingback? Here’s a brief explanation […]

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Themes and Jetpack plugin updated

All the themes were updated to their latest versions. The Jetpack plugin, which is available on request, was also updated to the latest version. If you’re a Jetpack user, please check that your Jetpack connection to WordPress.com is still active after the upgrade. – myblog.arts team […]

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Anti-spam measures

I’ve noticed quite a few spam comments coming through, in spite of the Captchas in comment forms (Captchas are the ones with a picture of some numbers or some text, which you have to type into a box to prove you’re a human). I have now enabled Captchas for logged-in users just to see whether […]

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