The anti-spam solution is working again and the ‘Wizard’ has combed the site and removed approximately 400-500 spammers from our midst. I’ve also setup an automated process (with human verification) which will go through and check recent signups and mark them as spammers if it considers them so. If you’re browsing the site and come…
Hi all, Currently there’s no ‘penalty’ for a Supporter when their subscription expires because the system doesn’t actually do anything when a subscription runs out. In the next few days (possibly a week or so) this will change. In a few days, if your Supporter status has expired any plugins that your diary uses that…
For all those who celebrate Christmas, may we wish you a very merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. With any luck, 2013 will see us getting on top of the spam blog problem and able to open the door to new subscribers again! Thanks for all your support during 2012, and for your support…
If your diary exists and contains links to businesses, and appears to have been setup purely for business purposes, it’s not welcome here. This is a diary site. Not a blog site. It’s intention is for you to chronicle your daily life and let others share your experiences. I don’t know how to be any…
If you’re struggling with the new system, not realising how much you can do with it, then fear no longer. One of our users (MissTick) has posted some tips and tricks and I just felt they really needed sharing! At some point we will come up with some video tutorials which cover how to use…
Plus Account expiries on the archive system have been run tonight. If you are a Supporter on the new system but the old system has expired you and you wish to keep on using the old system too, please let me know. You do NOT have to pay twice, but the old system will not…
We have found an alternative hosting solution for DearDiary.Net (and .org) and associated hostings. It appears to be faster, definitely better customer service so far, and it’s half the price… With that in mind, over the next couple of days (exactly when is presently unknown!) the sites will be moving (yet again, I know… But…
I have received emails today that indicate somewhere approaching 50 spam diaries were set up today. Clearly that’s just ridiculous. As such, despite still being in mid-exam fever, I have taken some time out to implement the Terms and Conditions system. When you next login (if you haven’t done so already) you will be presented…
In a fairly major oversight on my part, I realised that the current incarnation of DearDiary.Net does not require you to agree to any T&C’s before letting you loose on your diary. This will be rectified over the next couple of days (when the code is ready), otherwise I leave myself open to all sorts…