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Forum: Beginners Area 19th December 2017, 06:03 PM
Replies: 94
Views: 4,654
Posted By sylviad
Re: Advice on the easiest online business to start earning money as soon as possible

You could offer your services as a researcher. What subjects interest you? Find out which businesses deal with those subjects. Offer to do their research for them. If you can write, put that info...
Forum: Beginners Area 19th December 2017, 05:56 PM
Replies: 94
Views: 4,654
Posted By sylviad
Re: Advice on the easiest online business to start earning money as soon as possible

Affiliate marketing was my best online venture, using only article marketing to promote my sites, which provided info on the topic and a link to the affiliate site. I was using a good article...
Forum: Beginners Area 19th December 2017, 05:34 PM
Replies: 94
Views: 4,654
Posted By sylviad
Re: Advice on the easiest online business to start earning money as soon as possible

I can attest to this. Despite my proven writing talents, my success online has been stymied by my apparent inability to get a good handle on marketing. Most of my success has come from doing WSOs...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 19th May 2017, 12:26 PM
Replies: 50
Views: 1,074
Posted By sylviad
Re: how do you actually earn money online?

You simply promote your affiliate link, which will take people directly to the product site. For instance, you can write articles, submit them to article directories and include your affiliate link....
Forum: Programming 19th May 2017, 09:27 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 293
Posted By sylviad
Re: How the heck are they getting in?

Thank you Yukon.
So they somehow gain access to MySQL? Would that be a weakness with the host provider?

What commonly happens is they are getting into all of my blogs (yes, they're hosted on...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 19th May 2017, 08:52 AM
Replies: 0
Views: 84
Posted By sylviad
What benefit is there for someone to post your material?

Hi,
I just discovered a site that has posted all copies of my magazine, which is copyrighted, without my consent. While I don't appreciate them doing this, I can't help wondering what benefit there...
Forum: Programming 6th January 2017, 01:41 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 259
Posted By sylviad
Re: Screwed up WP Dashboard... help!

I can't believe I started this thread Nov. 21. Success, however, thanks to all of your suggestions and ideas. They're still getting in and changing things in my sites but Wordfence is doing a good...
Forum: Programming 23rd November 2016, 10:55 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 293
Posted By sylviad
Re: How the heck are they getting in?

Thank you jbyte. I found how to turn on hidden files and found the htaccess files for all my sites. I did a new WP install on one empty domain, and that .htaccess file looks like copy below. Is this...
Forum: Programming 23rd November 2016, 10:19 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 259
Posted By sylviad
Re: Screwed up WP Dashboard... help!

Thanks for the follow-up, Clarence. I'm not sure what I did... went into myphpadmin (I think) and reset my password... went back to Softaculous/Installations... and was able to backup the database...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 22nd November 2016, 04:05 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 103
Posted By sylviad
Re: Looking for an opinion re: starting a blog

First question... Why did you have 'second judgement' about the assignment? Was it because you weren't interested in the topic of the articles? If so, you probably shouldn't go into that as a...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 22nd November 2016, 03:52 PM
Replies: 63
Views: 1,128
Posted By sylviad
Re: O.M.G. -- Please help - need new hosting company ASAP!!

After reading these posts, I'm feeling quite fortunate. My host initially said they don't offer assistance with WP. But eventually, they started helping me and were quite respectful about it....
Forum: Programming 22nd November 2016, 03:33 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 1,360
Posted By sylviad
Re: How do I stop hackers from attacking my WP blogs?

I've discovered that when they got into my sites, they loaded tons of files, modified index files and did something to the htaccess file... according to a resource I found online. But I can't get to...
Forum: Programming 22nd November 2016, 03:12 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 293
Posted By sylviad
Re: How the heck are they getting in?

My computer seems fine... using Norton and Malware Bytes to root out any malicious files, etc.

The problem is coming from a file I can't get to... htaccess. Clearly, it's a hidden file, and...
Forum: Programming 22nd November 2016, 03:04 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 259
Posted By sylviad
Re: Screwed up WP Dashboard... help!

Exactly what I had in mind. I did an install on an unused domain folder and plan to move the admin files from it to my active site.

I also found several backups of my entire CPanel which look...
Forum: Programming 20th November 2016, 06:14 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 259
Posted By sylviad
Re: Screwed up WP Dashboard... help!

Thank you, Clarence.

I don't think I was in myphpadmin, so I'll check there. I didn't recall having to supply my password/usernme before when I backed up other databases.

Sylvia
Forum: Programming 20th November 2016, 10:54 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 210
Posted By sylviad
Re: Help with GetResponse

Sorry... all I can offer is that you contact GetResponse Support, if you haven't already. They might be able to help you. In my experience, they've been good with their help.

Sylvia
Forum: Programming 20th November 2016, 10:49 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 259
Posted By sylviad
Screwed up WP Dashboard... help!

Ok. So I've been trying to delete and fix a bunch of hacked files on one of my sites. In the process, it looks like I did something bad, because now I can't get to my WP Dashboard. The site itself is...
Forum: Programming 20th November 2016, 10:39 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 293
Posted By sylviad
Re: How the heck are they getting in?

Hi Jeff,

It's more evident now that they are getting into CPanel... cz I discovered that uploaded zip file throughout all my sites, and even in one of my static html sites. They modified the...
Forum: Programming 17th November 2016, 06:34 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 293
Posted By sylviad
How the heck are they getting in?

Without giving a hacker ideas... can someone explain how hackers gain access to your wp blogs? I notice they don't seem to bother with static html sites.

I just found 2 zip files that they...
Forum: Programming 29th October 2016, 11:25 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 203
Posted By sylviad
How do I optimize my WP blog site for mobile?

It appears that one of my blogs is not optimized for mobile. Can someone tell me how to make it so? ... (yes, I'm a Trekkie fan :D)

I've upgraded WP to the latest version, but I do have an older...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 29th October 2016, 10:52 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 775
Posted By sylviad
Re: You can't give $1 to get $100, or can you?

All I can say is "Wow!. Here I thought the question had a simple answer... you don't have to spend a ton on your business in order to make money. Who would have thought there was so much to say on...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 29th October 2016, 09:45 AM
Replies: 41
Views: 450
Posted By sylviad
Re: Do you discuss the PRICE at the BEGINNING or at the END?

You've heard the saying... "You can't please all the people..." Some will want the price up front while others want to hear your offer. Both have advantages: price up front enables both of you to...
Forum: Programming 29th October 2016, 09:13 AM
Replies: 41
Views: 1,360
Posted By sylviad
Re: How do I stop hackers from attacking my WP blogs?

:D Ya got me, blackli0n... how do I do that?
Forum: Programming 29th October 2016, 09:03 AM
Replies: 0
Views: 53
Posted By sylviad
Can someone advise re this WP code?

Hi,

Wordfence just notified me of a change to a couple of my WP pages. In the "see how the file has changed" link, it shows some teeny changes that I don't believe are a problem... but not being...
Forum: Programming 29th October 2016, 08:49 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 642
Posted By sylviad
Re: My WordPress Sites Keep Getting Hacked. :( What Options Do I Have?

Did you set up Wordfence, or just install it? There are some things you need to do to make it work as you want. The free version is pretty good, but if you want more security from it, it's not that...
Forum: Programming 25th October 2016, 09:31 AM
Replies: 41
Views: 1,360
Posted By sylviad
Re: How do I stop hackers from attacking my WP blogs?

Hi
I'm not really running scans when I browse... Norton, which I thought just protects my computer, just does that on its own too to prevent me from accessing dangerous sites.

But... fantastic...
Forum: Programming 17th October 2016, 01:29 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 1,360
Posted By sylviad
Re: How do I stop hackers from attacking my WP blogs?

Sorry, I didn't make it clear...

These files are in the wp-content/uploads folder.
Forum: Programming 17th October 2016, 12:57 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 1,360
Posted By sylviad
Re: How do I stop hackers from attacking my WP blogs?

Hi,
I found a file in my site's program section, wflogs/config.php that as far as I can tell contains junk. It goes on for screens and screens and is nothing like any config file I've ever seen....
Forum: Programming 17th October 2016, 12:27 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 1,360
Posted By sylviad
Re: How do I stop hackers from attacking my WP blogs?

Thanks Patrick. I truly appreciate your kind offer. My host is doing whatever it is they do, so let's see what they come up with first. :)
Forum: Programming 17th October 2016, 11:22 AM
Replies: 41
Views: 1,360
Posted By sylviad
Re: How do I stop hackers from attacking my WP blogs?

Patrick,

Thank you for the great list. Fortunately, I"m already on top of most of them... still need to delete the unused themes .

3 years ago, I stopped all my online work which left my sites...
Forum: Programming 15th October 2016, 09:34 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 1,360
Posted By sylviad
Re: How do I stop hackers from attacking my WP blogs?

Thank you. I think I can find that.

Almost midnight here, so will look into it tomorrow.

Thanks again for all your help.

Sylvia
Forum: Programming 15th October 2016, 03:09 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 1,360
Posted By sylviad
Re: How do I stop hackers from attacking my WP blogs?

Ok. The tables all show with the start of wp or wpt or wpc variations.

Where do I find the config file? I dont' see it in this file listing the tables.
Forum: Programming 15th October 2016, 02:45 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 1,360
Posted By sylviad
Re: How do I stop hackers from attacking my WP blogs?

I used their installer from CPanel/Softactulous

Will take a look and see any tables... not quite sure what to look for but during a browse, I did notice something about Tables.

Where do I find...
Forum: Programming 15th October 2016, 12:52 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 1,360
Posted By sylviad
Re: How do I stop hackers from attacking my WP blogs?

Yes, I did try that... so I got fed up trying to figure it out and deleted WP and reinstalled it properly. I did save the database and copied it into the new database created by the reinstall, but...
Forum: Programming 15th October 2016, 11:47 AM
Replies: 41
Views: 1,360
Posted By sylviad
Re: How do I stop hackers from attacking my WP blogs?

Mmmm... can't get into wp login to dashboard, only to an unformatted version of the main site.
Forum: Programming 11th October 2016, 04:30 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 1,360
Posted By sylviad
Re: How do I stop hackers from attacking my WP blogs?

Actually, only 2 of my sites have been hacked. The others are still ok... several are static pages, not WP or blogs. They seem to prefer the blogs. Working to install Wordfence on all of my blog...
Forum: Programming 11th October 2016, 03:02 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 1,360
Posted By sylviad
Re: How do I stop hackers from attacking my WP blogs?

Also, while reinstalling WP, I made the mistake of creating a secondary directory and WP went into that. This wouldn't work because the domain then required that extra directory in the URL if...
Forum: Programming 11th October 2016, 02:57 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 1,360
Posted By sylviad
Re: How do I stop hackers from attacking my WP blogs?

You are right, they are. Not sure I have a pre-hack backup since I switched computers recently.

I opted to deleted the entire folder for the new site after just copy/pasting all the content into a...
Forum: Programming 11th October 2016, 02:52 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 1,360
Posted By sylviad
Re: How do I stop hackers from attacking my WP blogs?

Thank you rdilipk1 (http://www.warriorforum.com/members/rdilipk1.html) . I installed Wordforce and it's great. Set the Firewall option. Ran several scans but no problems other than themes and plugins...
Forum: Programming 10th October 2016, 08:25 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 1,360
Posted By sylviad
Re: How do I stop hackers from attacking my WP blogs?

DRAT! I just found out they've hacked another one of my sites. It's barely been used yet, which is a good thing I suppose. The threat on this one is shown by Norton as:
...
Forum: Programming 10th October 2016, 07:20 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 1,360
Posted By sylviad
Re: How do I stop hackers from attacking my WP blogs?

Thanks everyone for your great tips. It's true... I've been using free themes, two in particular that I love but they are no longer being updated. I just deleted them, but my Norton still gives me a...
Forum: Programming 9th October 2016, 04:16 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 1,360
Posted By sylviad
How do I stop hackers from attacking my WP blogs?

Hi guys,

I've been having problems as above and found this post, but it only talks about excess traffic/bots.
...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 15th August 2013, 04:41 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 1,003
Posted By sylviad
Re: Has Clickbank lost it?

Thank you, Harvey. It would have helped if the service rep had told me that.

Now if I could just find out why I can't navigate the site in a timely manner, I'll be *almost* a happy camper. :cool:...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 15th August 2013, 04:20 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 1,003
Posted By sylviad
Re: Has Clickbank lost it?

When does that happen, Harvey?

Sylvia
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 15th August 2013, 03:51 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 1,003
Posted By sylviad
Re: Has Clickbank lost it?

It's okay, Alexa. I've missed tons of stuff - :p

With the confirmation email she sent was a link if I still have problems. I can send a support request. Guess where it goes? The same page that...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 15th August 2013, 03:35 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 1,003
Posted By sylviad
Re: Has Clickbank lost it?

Alex,
Yes, I did... see OP. She wasn't terribly forthcoming with solutions, but did supposedly reactivate my product - even though it's still not showing in the marketplace searches.

I should add...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 15th August 2013, 03:17 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 1,003
Posted By sylviad
Re: Has Clickbank lost it?

What a surprise, Alexa. Here's me thinking, these guys are getting WORSE. They were better for awhile, but I don't know what's happening now.

I'm giving up. I still can't send a support request....
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 15th August 2013, 02:55 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 1,003
Posted By sylviad
Re: Has Clickbank lost it?

I believe that's how Commission Junction works. I've been kicked off there several times for lack of sales and activity. Each time, they made me jump through hoops to get reinstated with a different...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 15th August 2013, 02:45 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 604
Posted By sylviad
Re: What are Authority Sites?

Authority sites are those that are written by people who specialize in that particular topic and in many cases have degrees to prove it. So if you wanted information on mental illness, you might go...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 15th August 2013, 02:32 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 1,003
Posted By sylviad
Re: Has Clickbank lost it?

So I tried using IE and it was a teeny bit faster, but still several minutes to donwload a page. I tried to go to Support and noticed at the bottom of the browser an "error on page" alert. This is...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 15th August 2013, 02:20 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 1,003
Posted By sylviad
Re: Has Clickbank lost it?

Thanks, Alexa. Are you using Firefox or IE?

Yes, I knew about this rule from day 1, but it doesn't make a lot of sense. I once had about $50 in there from sales of my product, but it soon vanished...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 15th August 2013, 02:16 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 1,003
Posted By sylviad
Re: Has Clickbank lost it?

Thank you. It is odd, to be sure. I wonder why it works for you and not for me. I'm using Firefox, if that makes a difference. Maybe I'll try IE.
Sylvia
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 15th August 2013, 02:09 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 959
Posted By sylviad
Re: What resources for high quality and original articles?

You could be right, but you could be wrong. I do a lot of prep work at the library to be sure that what I read is not duplicated online. If I find it online, I figure other people will too, which...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 15th August 2013, 01:51 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 1,003
Posted By sylviad
Has Clickbank lost it?

Has anyone been on Clickbank today?

I just spent an entire afternoon trying to get from one page to another. Each page took at least 5 minutes to download. The Support button didn't even work....
Forum: Website Design 12th August 2013, 04:02 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 584
Posted By sylviad
Re: How do you make your URL show same on different pages?

Yes, I heard that years ago - stay away from frames cz of spidering issues.

Sylvia
Forum: Website Design 12th August 2013, 03:57 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,150
Posted By sylviad
Re: Website Look - we are getting close to launching site - which looks better??

Whoops! That was wrong. I meant Proposed Ezead New Look and Feel (http://www.ezead.com/index.html)

Unless you swapped the pages around after I posted. :D - if not, I'm losin' it.

This is the...
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