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zandyring on "My site's been hacked?"

zandyring — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 02:38:26 +0000

@pikachu -

Can you tell me what the blog in question is?

Cheers!

timethief on "My site's been hacked?"

timethief — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 18:38:30 +0000

@steventesslerq
That's not a site being hosted by WordPress.com. It's a WordPress.org install. You are posting to the wrong support forum and must post to http://wordpress.org/support

steventesslerq on "My site's been hacked?"

steventesslerq — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 18:35:57 +0000

My site at http://www.purchasingthroughonlineauctions.com has been hacked by someone called the Haxorsistz. I've been able to change my password, but cannot delete the Hackers info on my website.

pikachu1958 on "My site's been hacked?"

pikachu1958 — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 09:23:04 +0000

But I'm only helping them out. I quit CP a long time ago though. So, basically I'm searching through the folders and can't find it. I was invited as admin on the site. :S There are about three administrators on the site. I really can't find it. Thanks a lot. :D

raincoaster on "My site's been hacked?"

raincoaster — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 09:20:40 +0000

You probably haven't been hacked. You probably invited someone to be an Admin of the blog who has fooled you into thinking he's your friend. Then he deleted those posts, and lied about it to you. This happens a LOT with CP blogs, because 1) the users are mostly kids, who are easily tricked by nasty adults 2) there is apparently some money to be made by being a "big cheese" on CP, and this guy wants to get it by taking out all the competition 3) CP blogs often have entire teams of Admins, any of whom can delete not just the posts, but the entire blog.

I will flag this for staff attention and they can find out who deleted the posts. In the meanwhile, look in the Trash folder of the Posts page on your dashboard.

pikachu1958 on "My site's been hacked?"

pikachu1958 — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 09:16:52 +0000

Hello there.
I've been helping this website out recently and I find out that all of our posts and data etc has been deleted. We've asked everyone who is on the site about it and haven't gotten a clue who it could have been. The thing is, is it a program malfunction or have we been really hacked and is there anyway to get data that has been permanently deleted be restored?
Thanks.

benpounds on "Blog hosted by iPage hacked"

benpounds — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 16:15:25 +0000

Okay, thanks.

timethief on "Blog hosted by iPage hacked"

timethief — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 00:40:37 +0000

You are posting to the wrong support forum. Your question is about a self-hosted WordPress blog then you'll find help at the WordPress.org forums. http://wordpress.org/support/

benpounds on "Blog hosted by iPage hacked"

benpounds — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 00:32:40 +0000

Complete strangers have gotten into my blog and started posting under the usernames "kolvalsky09" and "kramalooma25." They have not, redirected the site's urls however. I've considered using iPage's own site-cleaning service, but the cost is too high. What should I do?

I've read instructions on this subject, which I found here at FAQ My Site Was Hacked and some of the linked posts. I've changed the password both on iPage and on WordPress, as well as the secret key. Now I'm not sure what to do. I know that I should update my version of WordPress, but beyond that I'm not sure.
I do not have any pre-hack files of my SQL databases. iPage's "Backups and Restore" tool explicitly says "You will not be able to use this tool to automatically restore SQL databases." I have a few other questions:
1. Would it be too complicated just to copy the html code of my posts, delete everything, and then start building over again by pasting the posts to their respective days?
2. Are the hackers' codes usually hidden in the posts themselves or in the themes?
3. Just how useful is the "Backups and Restore" tool anyway?

supportbot on "Blog hosted by iPage hacked"

supportbot — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 00:32:40 +0000

The blog you specified at http://www.benandlarryincumberland.com does not appear to be hosted at WordPress.com.

This support forum is for blogs hosted at WordPress.com. If your question is about a self-hosted WordPress blog then you'll find help at the WordPress.org forums.

If you don't understand the difference between WordPress.com and WordPress.org, you may find this information helpful.

If you forgot to include a link to your blog, you can reply and include it below. It'll help people to answer your question.

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jmulder on "CSS Editor modifies code more than promised?"

jmulder — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:38:55 +0000

I've been working away on hosting a small company blog at WordPress.com and purchases the Custom CSS Upgrade to integrate some of our design elements.

Unfortunately, it seems as if the Stylesheet Editor modifies the inserted CSS quite heavily -- at least more than what it is supposed to do. Specifically, as I have no access to seperate stylesheets for IE, I have to resort to using inline hacks (think star (*) and underscore hack (_)). However, both characters seem to be removed on submitting the revised stylesheet resulting in the property being parsed by all browsers -- not what I was looking for.

On top of that the editor also seems to make too much sense of things it doesn't yet know about. For example, using cross-browser CSS3 gradients results (see code example below) in just a messy and invalid 'background-image' property.

background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #ffe9ad, #fabb52);
background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#ffe9ad), to(#fabb52));

Now, I can live without the fancy gradients, but when (sometimes) necessary IE hacks are removed I don't really have a lot of use for using WordPress.com's services. It looks like I'll need to install WordPress on our own web server, which is a shame as that would leave us without some of the prime advantages (I'd say: managed/secure, speed and uptime not dependant on our own services) of using a hosted solution.

But before I do that I thought I'd come here and ask around. I fear there's no solution to the problem right now, but hopefully there will be at some time in the future?

Note: the blog I am working on is not linked to this account and currently in private mode. I can provide more code examples if required (though shouldn't need to).

supportbot on "CSS Editor modifies code more than promised?"

supportbot — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:38:55 +0000

You did not specify a blog address or reason for posting when you created this topic.

This support forum is for blogs hosted at WordPress.com. If your question is about a self-hosted WordPress blog then you'll find help at the WordPress.org forums.

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stocksting on "Some Stole My Content!"

stocksting — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 23:51:09 +0000

thanks

feartheseeds on "Some Stole My Content!"

feartheseeds — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 19:54:51 +0000

Undoubtedly, but you won't find it here. If your original work has been stolen try contacting the ISP hosting the site which did the stealing. WordPress.COM (where you are now) has nothing to do with your site, or the one stealing your work. WordPress.ORG only supplies themes for blogs / websites, they don't control or monitor content.

I believe the host you want to contact is BlueHost.Com, and if this person is stealing your work they're probably breaking the TOS contract they agreed to when they signed up.

Good luck.

stocksting on "Some Stole My Content!"

stocksting — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 18:48:21 +0000

but listen i still need help!

sambauers on "Some Stole My Content!"

sambauers — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 18:46:37 +0000

You did not specify a blog address or reason for posting when you created this topic.

This support forum is for WordPress.com hosted blogs only. If you have a self-hosted WordPress blog you need to seek help at the WordPress.org forums, not here.

If you don't understand the difference, you may find this information helpful.

stocksting on "Some Stole My Content!"

stocksting — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 18:46:36 +0000

Somebody on WordPress.com made a site which copyrighted my website! His site (Cpguding.net) has copied almost all of my stuff! My website is Stockstinghacks.do.am, and go to http://stockstinghacks.do.am/news/2009-04-11-20 for a few examples of how he copyrighted me! Please help! I even warned him but he just deletes my posts. WordPress, please ban him! Also, if this influences your decision of banning him, his name is Josh Ortiz and he is only 11 years old! Oh, and remember, Cpguding.net copyrighted ME (stockstinghacks.do.am). Thank you for your time!

vivianpaige on "What's your favorite WordPress.com how-to/tutorial/tips & troubleshooting site"

vivianpaige — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 03:36:51 +0000

And then there's always the FAQ and support links at the top of the forums.

thesacredpath on "What's your favorite WordPress.com how-to/tutorial/tips & troubleshooting site"

thesacredpath — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 03:34:54 +0000

A good source on a wide variety of blogging topics with a general focus toward wordpress.COM, is http://onecoolsite.wordpress.com/ .

johnvrooman on "What's your favorite WordPress.com how-to/tutorial/tips & troubleshooting site"

johnvrooman — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 03:25:48 +0000

Hi All,

I'm new to WordPress.com

Now that I'm starting to get into it a bit, I'm discovering some of the limitations and issues that we WordPress.COM users have to live with or workaround in some way.

I'm guessing that some of you have already found some websites and blogs or other places where WordPress.com users can find good (and hopefully organized) WordPress.COM tips, tricks, how-to's, tutorials, videos, detailed discussions on issues, etc.

Thanks in advance for sharing links to other places to find good WordPress.com information.

johndenner on "Put backgtround-image in Neat theme!!!"

johndenner — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 16:40:13 +0000

Great tip..

I'm looking to change up my background image.
http://www.johndenner.wordpress.com

boblets on "Put backgtround-image in Neat theme!!!"

boblets — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:16:01 +0000

This is all very nice, but stop upping your post!
Seriously - as far as I can understand you have no question, and just want to share. Well and good, but the best way would be to give your posts some sensible tags. Upping is annoying.

raul008 on "Put backgtround-image in Neat theme!!!"

raul008 — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:04:55 +0000

Up.

raul008 on "Put backgtround-image in Neat theme!!!"

raul008 — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:07:16 +0000

Up.

raul008 on "Put backgtround-image in Neat theme!!!"

raul008 — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:17:14 +0000

See this image:

http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/2291/wpexmaplesu1.jpg

Background image in NEAT theme!

raul008 on "Put backgtround-image in Neat theme!!!"

raul008 — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:15:21 +0000

See: http://imagensdistantes.wordpress.com/ (wait please, background image is loading)

Cool! ^^ The code is based on DIV.

1. Create text widget in Admin> Design> Widget e put this code:

Explications:

In http://www.YOUR BLOG.WORDPRESS.COM/IMAGE put the adress of your image in ''.

Height and width is the size of image :).

Atention: image in JPG in 84% of quality.

;)