Imagenomad: Something spoils network results, there is some js code added at beginning. I did some search, and this can be Discus plugin. Do you have it installed?

Yes I do use Disqus for my Comments. Should I deactivate it?

I get that too.

But I think that the majority of mine are because I've amended the slugs to improve SEO and I guess that old pagelinks were indexed before my edits.

There is a WP plugin that makes a best guess when there's a 404 and redirects to the "most likely" intended page. The one I've seen but not used is this one but it is one of a few available.

I've had glitches with Network List from the start and I still don't appear properly on the Symbiostock Network Page.

Click my Sitelink or Avatar and if you'll go to my site's homepage rather than my Author Page. Click on "Author Page" and you'll still get taken to my site and not my Author Page. So, AFAICT, no-one can directly access my Symbiocard.

Now I've disappeared from Cascoly's List except for one mention.

My obvious concern is that because of the Symbio Network problems that seem to have affected me from the start, my content continues to appear inconsistently, if at all, in searches.

If other Network Members don't realise I exist, I'm also not going to have any incoming links (should someone want to link to me).

There may also be other problems that I am not aware of.

Any ideas?

not yet, but when if I get into the realm of Mr Locke then sure, I will.

On the other hand, perhaps you'll never reach the heights of Mr Locke if you delay it for much longer.

Aha, I thought my memory as playing tricks on me. My dummy registrations end up on my File Management/Download Page (Client Page on my site) but I'm sure in the past that they landed on the Profile Page. Thanks for bringing this up.

But here's the thing - I've written my "Welcome" email as if the User lands on the Client Page, giving instructions on how to get to the their profile and encouraging them to change their password. And I've written my Client Page with caveats in case they're a new User.

Let us know how the plugin goes. I've had a few days of plugin hell so I've raised my threshold for installing new plugins the time being.

Just a side note, you really need to get rid (or change the appearance) of that cookie banner on top. It hurts the design and functionality and it's hard to recognize since it has the same color as the browser bar.

Thanks Redneck. As Tinny says, it's a European legal requirement to warn users of a website's use of cookies so it has to be there. Once the use of cookies is accepted, the bar goes and only reappears if the visitor clears their cookies.

But I take your point about its colo(u)rs and will make the text more visible. I'll also move it to the bottom of the browser window.

Thanks for the useful feedback.

Russell

Please insert swear words of your choice.

It looks like a combination of WP Super Cache and BulletProof have rewritten my .htaccess files so that I, or rather you, can't get at my content. I did fiddle a bit with the code to change compression and mod-rewrite parameters and this got rid of the 330 Error that I was getting.

Instead, I'm giving you a HTTP 403 Forbidden error.

But here's the thing. The BulletProof plugin rewrites its own .htaccess files and doesn't allow Options to be set as +Indexes which is why I am serving you up 403 Forbidden errors. The BulletProof .htaccess comments say, "Using the setting <<Options +Indexes>> will break your WordPress site". Insert more swear words here.

So, I've temporarily disabled BulletProof and you can now get at my site through the Symbiostock Network Directory Page, albeit getting my homepage rather than my Author page. The Contact link seems to be working though.

The upshot is that I'm uninstalling BulletProof and will have a rethink about how I deal with the Sitelock's advice to spend money with them, especially in light of Cascoly's helpful links and comments above. It's been a useful learning exercise though, even if I have been up all night.

Never mind, I should get some good Editorial stock today, out and about in town when an Arts festival is on.


PS to Leo - I've disabled Akismet and am using Disqus for comments and I installed "Bad Behavior" at the start.

Hi Russell - I was going to try and register on your site but unable to (can't find login form for one) and when I click on a picture to get to it that way it tells me, I don't think you have a contact form either ?

Content Encoding Error
     
                  The page you are trying to view cannot be shown because it uses an invalid or unsupported form of compression.
       
  Please contact the website owners to inform them of this problem.


PS - seeing one of your hobbies - have you tried cheese and ham or chocolate and raspberry ?  I made both today, we have lots of raspberries so thought I would try something new with them

That's odd. Using my wife's laptop, everything seems OK. The Login/Register link and the Contact link are both above the search box (but they were under the Cookie warning banner initially) at top right of the browser window.

And clicking an image takes me to the correct image purchase page.

Oh, but hold on. Here we go again. I can't access my site from the Symbiostock Network Directory Page. I'm now on there but there are errors on every link including my profile pic.

And I only started appearing on the network page yesterday. *Invokes Khaaaaaaan meme*

As to bread, I'm vegan so cheese and ham are out. I've tried all manner of dried fruits along with the usual grainy/nutty/seedy additions but I've not yet tried a sweet fruit like raspberry. I'm going to give that a go.

BTW, you're a registered user on my site already Tinny - you kindly tested it out when I initially set it up.

Ja, and thats terrible , and you have to realize that women are half of the worlds population and they are more litterate and can better express themselves, while we men are better at nowadays unusefull tasks like swinging swords and find our way in woods.

I agree. And the next step in the evolution of us men is to be able to do both at the same time. But don't hold your breath.

...and their charge for their Firewall is 500USD.

Can I have the views of the panel please.

When I set up my JustHost account, I added in Sitelock for security (I though that with it being WP, a belt and braces approach to security was wise).

I ended up going for the middle ground package (costs ~90USD) and a scan last night picked up this --

For the newest issue that you have having with the XSS (Cross Site Scripting) vulnerability. That is caused by a weakness in the code of the Wordpress in itself. On your site you have the search bar on the top right. The code weakness is in there. Cross site scripting vulnerabilities is a quite serious issue as that is where hackers can steal anything they want from your visitors. Even though you might not be asking for customers information on your website, they can trick them into getting whatever information they want. This is where phishing attacks start as well.

The solutions to get this fixed are:
-If you are good at coding, you can get into the code and try to fix the code weakness
-We can fix it with a one time solution.
-You can get a web application firewall that won't fix the coding issue but will block people from being access it.

I've emailed Sitelock back to ask if this would affect the whole raison d'etre of Symbiostock, namely the ability to search across sites/the Network.

Also, I suspect the "fix with a one time solution" option would incur yet more outlay of shekels.

What are the panel's thoughts?

Ta

Russell

ETA: I have the Wordfence plugin installed which includes a firewall but will this be enough?

For the time being, I'm doing much the same thing.

Exclusive RF images to my Symbio site, no other RF uploads anywhere, and RM images to Alamy.

It's a tough choice because I'm having a remarkable few months* on SS but I need to resist temptation, so that I can build my Symbio site.


*NB: "...a remarkable few months..." for me is probably equivalent to a "what?" for you but hey, it's all relative...


EDIT: I typed something other than "what?" but the Leafinator wants to keep things clean.

Hearts, unicorns and rainbows Tinny - you are a star!

That worked! If only I'd thought to look on the JustHost help pages (duh...)

Now, to be completely done and dusted, all I need is to appear on the Symbio network directory because my site hasn't appeared on there yet...