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Enjoy the free videos and do let me know (rhastings@nekls.org, as always) if you have questions! Categories KLOW News WordPress 4.4 and Ninja Forms both have updates Post author By NEKLS Tech Team Post date December 10, 2015 Most of you have automatic upgrades to the new versions of WordPress set up – but if you notice that your site hasn’t updated yet and want to do that now, feel free. This site has already updated and no problems have been noticed, so yours should be fine, too! Ninja Forms, a plugin that is commonly used to create contact and registration forms for library websites has been updated as well – that one you’ll have to update manually (by clicking the “update” link on the plugin page – the rest is done for you by WordPress), but I encourage you to do so. I also am encouraging everyone to make sure they have the Wordfence plugin installed and running on their sites. I’ve been talking to the system techs over the past weeks to help them make sure the plugin is there and working – there is a rash of pharma spam attacks going on that you might not notice (nor will your patrons, generally, unless they are using VERY old browsers – the attack is meant to improve the spammer’s link counts, not necessarily to actually advertise the pharma products to your patrons) that Wordfence can help find and root out. Talk to your system tech person if you have questions about those plugins, the upgrade or anything else – or you can, as always, contact me at rhastings@nekls.org if you run into problems! Thanks!! Categories KLOW News Another WordPress Issue Post author By NEKLS Tech Team Post date September 18, 2015 Hello and welcome to yet another edition of WordPress vulnerabilities! Today’s edition consists of a fairly nasty hack that is outlined at http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/09/active-malware-campaign-uses-thousands-of-wordpress-sites-to-infect-visitors/ (at the very bottom is a link to the Securi website scanner that will help you find out if your site is compromised). In case the article is more than you want to read right now… the general idea is that there is a hack that is suspected to use vulnerable plugins that hijacks a website to make it deliver malware to visitors. There is no information on what the vulnerable plugins might be or whether they are the latest version, but it’s always a good idea to make sure yours are up to date on a *very* regular basis! Please let me know (rhastings@nekls.org) if you have any questions or concerns! Categories KLOW News WordPress 4.2.3 Post author By NEKLS Tech Team Post date July 23, 2015 There has been a new version of WP released overnight. Some of you who have already been moved to our new server might already have had the update automatically applied to your site. If you log into your WP dashboard and see the version is 4.2.3, you are fine. If not, however, this is a pretty major security release, with lots of bug fixes thrown in, so it would be a good idea to log in and do your updates as soon as you can. Details about the update are at https://wordpress.org/news/2015/07/wordpress-4-2-3/  if you want more information. So far, no issues have cropped up, but please let us know if something happens to your site!! Categories KLOW News Library News Akismet – Getting your own license Post author By NEKLS Tech Team Post date June 8, 2015 Janelle from SWKLS wrote: I *think* when KLOW first started several sites were sharing an Akismet key, but I could be wrong in this thinking. I think this key may have been set up when the sites were installed. I just thought I would give you a heads up in case other sites have issues. Although, it may just be us. I am working on getting these two sites setup with their own private akismet accounts… Thanks Janelle, as an admin who isn’t always in the know, your message prepared me for when I received a call about the same problem. If you are having this issue your library will want to head to your plugins in the WordPress dashboard, from there, open the Akismet Settings page and choose “Disconnect This Account”. Follow the prompts to set up your own license key by entering your own email address. You will create an account and then after donating ($0.00 and up), you will be given a key that you can enter back into your Aksimet plugin. -D Posts navigation ← Newer Posts 1 2 … 12 Older Posts → Recent Posts WordPress Security Center WordPress 4.4 and Ninja Forms both have updates Another WordPress Issue WordPress 4.2.3 Akismet – Getting your own license Archives Archives Select Month December 2015 September 2015 July 2015 June 2015 May 2015 April 2015 February 2015 December 2014 November 2014 September 2014 July 2014 May 2014 February 2014 December 2013 October 2013 July 2013 December 2012 July 2012 April 2012 December 2011 August 2011 July 2011 May 2011 March 2011 October 2010 August 2010 July 2010 March 2009 February 2009 October 2008 August 2008 April 2007 March 2007 February 2007 January 2007 December 2006 Search for: © 2021 My Kansas Library Powered by WordPress To the top ↑ Up ↑...