Resource Page/Update Modifications–v2.612-S

This is a minor modification, that will hopefully make a few things easier with resource pages and posting updates that are made with WSMS.

Securing the Images Folder

It is required to secure any folder that has rights for uploading with locking it down so that coding cannot execute within the folders and subfolders of that directory structure.   The following code should be placed within an .htaccess file at the root of any folder that has access to upload or create files on the server.

Work has begun on a new “Corporate” Web Site

 

DNS Technology Consultants, Inc. has begun a project that involves the restructuring of the corporate website and consolidation of blog sites.   At the moment, the company maintains 10 different blog sites and will be fusing these all under one blog site with different categories feeding the other websites.

Converting from WordPress Blog to Blogger

This procedure will allow you to convert an existing WordPress blog over to Blogger.   The steps are fairly simple; however, can become time consuming and combersome when you have to transfer over the images from the previous blog site.

Security Enhancement Update – v2.610-S

Update v2.610-S brings with it a powerful security update feature to WSMS.  If there is an attempted to log into an account more than 5 times, the account is locked and the IP address is now blocked.

DNSTCWSMS Major Version 2.601 Roles Out

With this new update, there were a lot of changes made to the photo management and photo pages.   This was done to make things much easier to update your website.  Some of these changes include a new drag/drop interface that is not reliant on Java, but uses JQuery to upload a massive amount of photos and resize them as they are being uploaded.  Also, you can now rotate pictures through the photo editing page.

Configuring Word for Blog Posts

Microsoft Word 2003 and higher will allow you to place a blog post to Word Press if the blog server is configured to receive the blog post and if you have a valid username and password in order to make those posts.

In order to make this connection happen, you will need the following:

1. Username:
2. Password:
3. URL to blog site:

Once you have these items, perform the following to establish your blog posting account.

Note: You will only have to establish your account the first time you make a connection. From that point on, Word will store your username and password for you; however, it is a good idea to keep this information someplace in case your computer has to be reloaded.

1. Open Word and select File/New
2. Select New Blog Post
3. Click on Manage Accounts
4. Click on New
5. Select Word Press as your provider
6. Click Next
7. Enter the URL to the blog site (make sure you leave the xmlrpc.php on the end of the document)
8. Enter your username
9. Enter your password
10. Check Remember Password
11. Click OK
12. You should get a message that your account has been established.

From this point on, anytime you wish to publish a new blog post, your account will be configured and you can just type your message, select a category, and click publish when you are done.

We always recommend that you should have at least 1 photograph with each blog post and that you should always choose a category to place your blog post into.