I am not publicly posting the solution that worked just yet, as I need to check any security implications from the action I took.
The short version is that I can now access the admin section of this blog.
Whilst I’m wittering on about things 98% of my readers couldn’t give a flying funk about, this site may experience limited downtime in the next week, as I’m intending to change my hosting company. Matt Garrett has very kindly been paying for my hosting, but it is time for me to take responsibility for my site’s costs. Short version is if the site is down, or appears screwed up, wait an hour, try again. If it still doesn’t work, wait a day, and unless I’ve fallen asleep at the keyboard, things should be fixed again.
Jan 15 2008
Problem Sorted
Comments Off on Problem Sorted
Jul 17 2007
Chris’s First Blog Post
What on earth am I supposed to say in my very first blog post?
uh, Hello?
Jan 31 2007
Google (AdSense) Sucks
My appeal has been turned down (they had suspended my account).
Apparently, someone had been clicking on my adverts, and not in a ‘normal’ way.
This occurred just before my first payment was due, so all my work and late nights over the past 7 or 8 months have been wasted. Completely.
If Google told me when it occurred, and on which site, I could check my server logs, and find out who it was (to a certain degree at least), and then provide the logs to Google to defend myself.
That request was ignored though, with a bland cut’n’paste reply from them.
MattG has already been helping me with other possible sources of income, before Google dropped the bombshell, so once I get back into the work routine here in Astana, I’ll be trying out other schemes. Supposed to be getting a ‘proper’ daytime job soon anyway, so won’t have as much time to work on the sites 🙁
[edit] Wrote this draft message at the beginning of January, but didn’t publish it, in case Google actually read any of my messages I’d sent and decided to properly investigate the case. They didn’t, but have at least paid around $200 of the $270 I had earned. I still think they could have responded in a different manner, and even if I couldn’t get my account (& therefore income) going again, I really would have liked to try and find out who was responsible for destroying all my hard work…
Hey Ho, on to happier thoughts….
Sep 14 2006
Change Of Appearance
As you may have noticed (if not, check if SpecSavers are doing any deals ;>), the look of this site has changed somewhat. The content is the same, with a few minor tweaks here and there. Thanks to ChrisD for spotting a few issues with the old theme.
Hopefully all sorted now, and I think I’ve found a work around for some problems I’m experiencing with the most recent batch of web-sites – Matt helped out again, and we found a way to bodge our way past some technical issues.
Thats all for now – it is 5.20am here, and I need some sleep :>
Comments Off on Change Of Appearance
Jul 17 2006
Introduction
OK, this category has been set aside for any friends & family who are thinking about coming over to visit us here in Kazakhstan some time.
Feel free to check out the other posts, which are about my business sites. Right now, SkyDiving-News.org is the only one I’ve created myself, but there will hopefully be more to come in the next few weeks. I want to say a BIG thank you to MattG for all his help so far. He has made some excellent videos to guide me through the processes required to setup the sites, and all the other technical gubbins therein associated, and also spent a lot of time replying to my badly formed e-mails requesting more details.
Please feel free to leave comments or requests for more info here. If I don’t get back to you quickly enough, try e-mailing me. (Please don’t forget this area isn’t private, anyone on the net will be able to read it ;> )
To those already committed to coming (Mum&John, closely followed by ChrisD) , a BIG BIG thank you, I still have a huge dopey grin on my face just thinking about you coming over.