Don’t you just hate things that make you have to do stuff you really really don’t have time to do!?! One of those things happened to me last weekend…
I received a notification e-mail from Google that my website was delivering malware and as such was flagged as suspect. I had a look at the code, and yep, something suspect was going on. So, I ripped it out, saved and looked again. Ach! It came back! Which, in techy terms means that someone did an SQL code inject into the shop’s database so that the malicious code would put itself back if I took it out.
Now, I’m quite a tech savvy girl (You don’t be an IT support tech for 22 years, with lots of mucking about with websites in that without being a tech savvy person!) but finding and removing such an inject attack is beyond me.
So… Nuke it and start again is the best way. Luckily, that I both can do, and seeing as my database got rather mucked about with anyway when I did that upgrade back in October, it’s a good thing that I do it that way. Apart from getting things clear and clean, it also means that I can re-order the way I show the yarns, categorising by yarn weight rather than by name, and using the “Variations” feature to save entries etc etc. This will make things easier to find, which is good for everyone. It also makes a choice I’ve been putting off easier.
As you might now, I also run Fluffenstuff, the website where I have various hand dyed chunky yarns and silver stitchmarkers for sale. I love dyeing, but maintaining 2 websites takes too much time… So, importing the Brand and Products into Fibres Exotica seems sensible. So, the bones are almost back together, and I’ll be re-inputting stock over the weekend
If you are on my mailing list, well, I fancy a bit of a spring sale, so you’ll be getting a 20% discount coupon shortly. If you have any ideas about how you’d like things categorised, or other suggestions, just let me know!
