On The Road Again
A fresh start; A new focus and a new attitude….
After a few weeks of dealing with a compromised (i.e. ‘attacked’) blog I am very pleased to be ‘On the Road Again’.
Without going into detail – because I don’t understand it – there is no clear indication of the method of attack. Some hosting companies put the blame on outdated versions of the WordPress application however many compromised blogs were running the latest WordPress version.
Stolen FTP or blog admin passwords, a vulnerability in the WordPress blogging platform or a bug in a popular WordPress plug-in are valid possibilities. So as my technical guru – aka my son – has advised….make up a complicated password; change it often; don’t install too many plugins and finally…..get reliable backup. Since he salvaged my site and all of my hard work I’m going to heed his advice.
What about this new focus and attitude? Well, an associate of mine gave me some sage advice during my blog ‘down time’. He suggested to:
• add more op-ed content (I am the editor however more opinionated – but balanced – content may be warranted in some posts; let the reader agree or disagree;
• maintain – despite the previous suggestion – a genuine, humanistic touch whenever possible; readers like good general information expressed with sincerity and understanding;
• go beyond the current focus (i.e. to communicate relevant Ontario municipal core public works related information) to a larger – say perhaps ‘global’ perspective. Many of my past posts contain ‘out of Province’ information; that’s a good thing because many organizations in the public works business have national and international interests and therefore stories.
These are all great suggestions coming from someone whose input I respect, however I’ll tread lightly for now – I’m not ready to strategically ‘go global’ quite yet – and make an effort to add more balanced opinion, maintain relevant content and finally have a larger perspective on some public works related issues. Sounds like a plan.