What’s up with The Unknown Screenwriter…

Okay… Here’s the scoop. Too many hackers trying to infiltrate my server. The server’s only a couple of years old but because some of the modules on the server are old, some of the things I’ve attempted to do with the server to upgrade the security haven’t worked.

Got a new server with all kinds of bells and whistles and a hell of a lot more security.

Tried migrating the site over and the database was not only way too large but the new version of WordPress wouldn’t take all the tables.

So I am having to download each table to my computer and then upload it to the new server. But wow, WordPress 2.5.1 is a huge improvement. My spam has gone down from literally a couple of thousand comments a day to several and I haven’t even entered any blacklist info.

Unfortuntely, the OLD theme design wouldn’t work with 2.5.1 and the ONLY reason the site looks like this now is because I already had this theme laying around. Never really liked it that much so it could definitely change.

For those of you with feed readers… Apparently, some or all of you are receiving information from completely different sites i.e., NOT The Unknown Screenwriter.

I also subscribe to my own feed so I can see what happens and as it turns out some of the sites that showed up were sites I am hosting for a friend of mine while a couple of others must be sharing my IP address because I sure as hell don’t know where they’re coming from.

I’m sure once the site is fully migrated over and everything is working, all that should subside.

I’m also considering taking the site PRIVATE. I’m just in the “thinking about it” mode. I don’t have the time nor the inclination to deal with all the email and the bullshit. The site was simply supposed to help those fledgling screenwriters that felt they needed it.

Now… If I take it private, what the FUCK does that mean?

It means exactly this… It means I have to approve you for you to get inside and poke around. It means I will have a HELL of a lot more stuff to share with you that I don’t here and I do have my reasons.

No… It ain’t gonna cost anything. LOL. I’m not in this to make money. I truly am in this to get people to write better screenplays and NOT my way but to help you find YOUR WAY.

If that sounds interesting to you… Let me know. If you hate the idea, let me know. If you have suggestions, let me know. My intention was never to let this site grow traffic-wise as much as it has. In fact, I just figured it would be a cool place to talk about what I like to talk about the most.

Screenwriting.

Unk

May 4, 2008 | Filed Under Screenwriting

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