David100351

Thanks for the suggestion, but I eventually came to the conclusion that I can’t run multisite on a shared hosting subdomain, as two levels of subdomain aren’t liked.

So what I did, and it took me a couple of hours only, is to completely reinstall wordpress as a single site installation, and then to import the individual sites into the single site, after modifying their categories as e.g. site1 site2 etc.

In order: Backup! Recategorise the blogs in site1, and export them to a downloadable file. Repeat with each site. Then delete the installation and do a fresh install. Then reimport the site blogs one at a time.

So in effect, I’m using one blog, and sorting the former different sites as categories within that site, each with its own category featured image. (use weaver xtreme theme, or a plugin, for that functionality.)

It’s not as pretty, but its a hell of a lot more straightforward.

• This reply was modified 7 years, 1 month ago by David100351.

Update: I’ve sorted out the database issues by creating a new user, and also renaming the database, and filling the new information into wp-config.
That allowed me into the admin panel, where I’ve checked the .htaccess and doublechecked the wp-config settings.

so now I just can’t get into the subdomains, e.g. bolton.nwfederation.org.uk

Hi, and betatest 4.3 is working fine for me, thanks.

I notice that you didn’t implement this suggestion yet… hidden problems?

I quote from the Opera site:

No privacy worries

Even while using Opera Turbo, secured connections do not go through Opera’s servers. This means that when you are using your bank or transmitting sensitive data, you are talking directly with the website.

The plugin therefore has access to the original IP address, would be my guess. when doing the login. My recollection is that it whitelisted the correct IP when I hit the options page.

You are a star. Ty.

d

Solved.
I was using Opera Turbo, which routes inward and outward pages via the opera servers to compress them and save bandwidth. Obviously some spammers had been doing the same.

Turned it off, and problem solved. A hairy hour or two. I won’t be making that mistake again.

I’m adding a note to the rejection page, just in case it’s happening to real people.

Just while i WAS LOOKING AROUND, i NOTICE THAT THE DUSTBIN TOOLTIPS in the good and rejected ip, and rejected email lists on the history page all show “delete from black list”

Here’s a good one. 3.5.1 and v4.2. I have been using the plugin without inclident, until: I got logged out again today. I altered the plugin name on c-panel, got in, then checked my IP address in the plugin.
result:
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Reason code: SFS, 2013-02-19, 5
ip: 80.239.243.112
server uri: /wp-admin/network/settings.php?page=adminstopspammersoptions
MU blog number:
HTTP_REFERE: https://aerist.org/wp-admin/network/settings.php?page=adminstopspammersoptions
User agent: Opera/9.80 (Windows NT 6.2; WOW64) Presto/2.12.388 Version/12.14
Accept head present: 1

Your current configuration reports that you will be denied access as a spammer.
Do not use this plugin until you can resolve this issue. If you are not a spammer, please copy the information above and leave it as a comment at https://www.blogseye.com
This message is from the ‘stop-spammer-registrations’ plugin
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I couldn’t see where to leave the comment on blogseye, so I’m leaving it here.

Anyway, the thing is, that my IP address is, in fact, 2.101.202.138, and not as the plugin thinks.

Also, although I have the “check credentials” box ticked, they weren’t.

Any ideas?
I’m afraid I cleared the cache as part of trying to sort it out.

I will be continuing to use the plugin, I’ll just disable it from the server when I want to login. It doesn’t take long.

d

Thanks!
If we could stop dictionary attacks being profitable it would save a lot of server time, webwide.

It was as you said. No difficulties.

thanks.

NP.

I meant on the captcha support forum (if that was what it was).

I’ll do it, linking to this.

This appeared today when I installed bestwebsoft’s captcha. https://www.ads-software.com/extend/plugins/captcha/ on an existing working setup. It went when I deleted it.

I think (based on what happens on my other sites) that it doesn’t mix with User Spam Remover. https://www.ads-software.com/extend/plugins/user-spam-remover/ . Sites which don’t have that on, don’t have the problem.

But it could be another plugin: it’s just that seems the most likely.

If you agree that’s the likely cause would you put a link in the appropriate place!

I believe that making a change to the wordpress core to store registration ip and last login date is pretty high on the feature request list over “there”.

Perhaps there is room for 2 plugins: one which adds this functionality to wordpress, which can then be dropped/incorporated-into-core when automaticc decide to sort it themselves (possily after seeing how many downloads you will get), and your stop spammers plugin, which will detect the presence of the first plugin, and offer these options if available.

I should imagine multipress implementation would be a nightmare.

I know there are a few plugins which already do what I’m suggesting, cos I use one of them (DRP WordPress User Management), but if it is to integrate with yours I guess an in-house one has to be better.

I have this installed on one multisite and two standalone wordpress installations (now 3.5), and have not had this issue.

Where do you see this?

Admin Username Changer has currently some issues with Multisite which need a bit of care, but it worked well for me:
documented on
https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/using-on-a-multisite-installation?replies=1