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salestuff
04:07 PM - 03/02/2018

The topic: Well, my store is gone

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Back in January, the domain that hosts my store was hacked. I ended up pulling the store and the photo gallery for Brian's website.

After a month of no problems, I reinstalled the photo gallery, although I made it accessible with a login name and password. It's right there, out where everyone can see it, but you can't access the actual gallery without logging in. I didn't privatize it for people who wanted to view the pictures, I privatized it because of the crawler bots, who slammed the pages. There are ways that they should stay out, a couple of different ways to block them, but when their IP address is spoofed or they ignore the code that tells them they're not welcome, to move along and they don't, well, my options were pretty limited. I'm not talking about crawlers like googlebot or yahoo slurp, but these unknown crawlers that are searching for pages and files that never existed. They're looking for a way in.

Making that folder private has really stopped them.

I felt safe enough to try to get the store back up.  I uploaded everything and it's all in place and when I go to the store, there's nothing. Just a blank page. No admin, no cart, no catalog.

So I checked out the ecommerce software that is offered by my webhost and made a choice and am in the process of getting the store back up. It looks like I only have one hundred and eleven products, so if I get a couple of them uploaded a day, it shouldn't be too long before it's up and running. And this software is one that is still supported and upgraded. My last one wasn't and safety measures weren't updated. I'll feel safe with this one.

Another fun thing to do. I have catnip to sell.....

to do list    not happy    lvdesigns    hackers    catnip   


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otherstuff
09:25 AM - 03/02/2018

The topic: Much better this morning

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(Spot is stalking Ronnie and I'm ready to punch him in the nose. Ronnie doesn't even realize it.)

My jaw is sore, but the Advil is taking care of it nicely. Since my instructions called for soft food for the first 24-48 hours, Brian went down to the local Mexican eatery last night and picked up a quesadilla and a bean and cheese burrito. We split them both (they're really big).

Unfortunately, I didn't take a Zantac before eating, which I should have or at least taken one right after, because I had hot sauce and that stuff tastes so yummy, but my tummy doesn't like it as much as my taste buds do. Around one this morning, the reflux started. Out of bed, take the Zantac, lay on the sofa (again)...couldn't sleep, posted on Facebook. Finally went back to bed around four this morning. Dozed off an on. This will be a nap day.

But, boy, howdy, I love my Mexican food.

This morning I had a fig bar early so I had something in my stomach when I took the Advil. We had a good breakfast, I got the dishes done, the pain is gone in my face and now, I have no idea what I want to do. If it wasn't so damned cold, I'd clean or something, but it IS damned cold, even with the heater on.

I got a new embosser on Wednesday,  bigger embosser, a Sizzix Big Shot Plus. I got it with rewards points I'd saved up on different websites and it only costed me sixty-six cents. If I'd beern able to hold my water another day  (not been in such a hurry), it wouldn't have cost anything (had an additional six bucks put in an account for surveys taken the day after I ordered it).  I'm really looking forward to using it. I kind of wish I hadn't had Brian cut down those embossing folders I got so they'd fit my original Big Shot, but oh, well. Something more to save up for.

Since my storage space is full, I'm going to have to rearrange things in my cabinet. Maybe put the Big Shots and embossing folders in the open and have more room for the supplies that need to be stored in a cool, dark place, out of the light. Like glue, adhesives, markers, pens and paint.

But it's cold out there. If I think it's cold in here, I'd best not go into the garage.

Paperwork is still caught up!  Yay!

I think I'll watch some of the stuff I recorded last night, then maybe take a nap and catch up on lost sleep. Hopefully by then it will have warmed up enough to actually get something done.

Oh, and I did get stitches. No one told me I got stitches, but there's thread in my mouth. For some reason, this thread was pretty long. If I pushed it just right, it stuck out of my mouth. Small scissors took care of that. I probably snipped off over a half an inch. I also yanked on it a little bit. Bad idea.....

It should dissolve in about a week, so if I can leave it alone that long, it should be okay.

It's supposed to rain later today.

If this entry feels disjointed, it's because I'm having a hard time concentrating right now... So much I want to do, but it's just too damned cold.

Delicate flower, yanno?

 

storage    craftstuff    broken tooth   


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lisaviolet is seventy something, married with no kids, takes care of lots of cats, likes taking photographs, loves Southern California weather and spends altogether too much time avoiding her responsibilities.

In her spare time, she makes pretty things to sell in her store.

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