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Points: 16715 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 09 2010 at 17:53
Originally posted by M@X M@X wrote:

Originally posted by Henry Plainview Henry Plainview wrote:

Oh, that's what happened. Just out of curiosity, what were the problematic websites?

According to GOOGLE TOOLS, multiples, not tracable from their logs, so I decided to remove them all and only allow uploaded avatar.

Major advantages of this solution:

  1. Better page loading times since all files are from the PA server
  2. Prevent attack from wise hackers
  3. I will be able to use the avatar in the site in homepage reviews, genre reviews, artist reviews , album reviews without affecting the loading time , this will create more and more value to the avatar you use
It's a necessary step, since GOOGLE was preventing some pages of the site to be indexed , and in no time would have drop the value of the site all-together and affecting our positions in GOOGLE SEARCHES.

I can't take that chance

Again, sorry for the inconvenience.

M@X

It's not a big deal, I'm sure I have my avatar lying around here somewhere, I'm just too lazy to find it at the moment, I was just curious what image hosting websites even exist that are dangerous. I'm wondering if it was maybe my imgur avatar, because while I'm pretty sure imgur is safe, it's also full of porn because it doesn't censor like some other websites, so that's what may have freaked Google out.


Edited by Henry Plainview - July 09 2010 at 17:53
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Points: 4489 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 09 2010 at 16:49
Yes,Thank you M@X! Clap 
 
And the whole time I thought it just coincidence that everyone changed their avatar on the same day I changed mine (a few days ago).  Glad I saw this thread, I was going to submit a bug/error question. Thumbs Up
    
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Points: 14258 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 09 2010 at 09:51
Originally posted by Epignosis Epignosis wrote:

I just want to say thank you, M@X, for looking after us and keeping the place (prog) rocking!  Thumbs Up  I appreciate all you do!
 
 
I agree with this M@x you are to be commended for the hard work you have put in to make this a safe environment. 
 
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Points: 4028 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 09 2010 at 08:59
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Points: 32524 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 09 2010 at 08:58
I just want to say thank you, M@X, for looking after us and keeping the place (prog) rocking!  Thumbs Up  I appreciate all you do!
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Points: 4028 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 09 2010 at 08:55
^ You are right.

There is still the issue of SIGNATURE IMAGES hosted on another server. This may still be creating some issues. Report theses pages, I might try to find a solution for this too. Geek
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Points: 31169 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 09 2010 at 08:52
That explains it - a while back Chrome would warn me about malware when viewing some threads here.
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Points: 4028 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 09 2010 at 08:44
Originally posted by Henry Plainview Henry Plainview wrote:

Oh, that's what happened. Just out of curiosity, what were the problematic websites?

According to GOOGLE TOOLS, multiples, not tracable from their logs, so I decided to remove them all and only allow uploaded avatar.

Major advantages of this solution:

  1. Better page loading times since all files are from the PA server
  2. Prevent attack from wise hackers
  3. I will be able to use the avatar in the site in homepage reviews, genre reviews, artist reviews , album reviews without affecting the loading time , this will create more and more value to the avatar you use
It's a necessary step, since GOOGLE was preventing some pages of the site to be indexed , and in no time would have drop the value of the site all-together and affecting our positions in GOOGLE SEARCHES.

I can't take that chance

Again, sorry for the inconvenience.

M@X
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Points: 14258 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 09 2010 at 03:21
i would be sad if my avvy disappeared - i have become quite attached to it...
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Points: 3252 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 09 2010 at 01:41
ok,let me see if my avatar dissapearCry
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Points: 16715 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 08 2010 at 22:16
Oh, that's what happened. Just out of curiosity, what were the problematic websites?
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Points: 682 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 08 2010 at 20:01
Luckly I have all my cool images saved on computer, just to fill the PC with a lot of useless humor.
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Points: 3196 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 08 2010 at 16:17
I didnt even know that you could URL an avatar... LOL
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Points: 4900 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 08 2010 at 15:41
I thought I had uploaded mine, but apparently I thought wrong. 

Re-uploaded, though, and all is well. 
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Points: 32995 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 08 2010 at 15:37
Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

This is bad news. No more Avi for me.

I'm fickle I guess.
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Points: 4006 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 08 2010 at 15:06

No, I don't think it can be that as I've just added a few pics. Anyway you seem to have the magic touch. Cheers! Tongue
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Points: 22989 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 08 2010 at 15:01
That's strange. Do you have many pictures uploaded already? I don't know if they can be erased, maybe your allocated hosting space is used 100%...

LE: cool! Star


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Points: 4006 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 08 2010 at 14:59
Alex, you're the main man! Thumbs Up
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Points: 4006 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 08 2010 at 14:57
^^ Alex, thank you... although I tried that twice already. OK, will try again.
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Points: 32995 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 08 2010 at 14:50
This is bad news. No more Avi for me.
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