Saturday, December 2, 2017

A Time for Change

I have had Tricorn Publications, a domain on the internet, for many years. The hosting company, Netfirms, just jacked up the price by over 50 percent, so, I am ending the relationship with Netfirms. The site is scheduled to go dark as of January 9, 2018 (I've made up my mind).

I had a blog for my book, Get Happy, Write Away, that I started in 2009 that gathered 135,000 readers. It was hacked on Netfirms servers through no fault of my own and a backdoor was placed on every file. Netfirms' solution to the issue was to sell me their security services. That was the first thing to taint our business relationship.

My reaction was to pull the entire WordPress blog from the site and upload a hard-coded, HTML based site like the one I originally created for Tricorn Publications in 2001 when I sold books directly to the public.

Netfirms "salesman" was shocked when I rejected their offer and did what I did to my website, but, I made it virtually hack-proof in the process. Take that!

Since the time of the hack I have had this blog on "Blogger" (thank you Google) and everything is running smoothly. I have other blogs, too.

What's In Store...


I will gradually move all of the content from Ukulele Player Magazine to a dedicated blog on Blogger.

I will move all of the old DSLR-MAG site to a dedicated photography blog on Blogger.

I have switched my e-mail address to a newly created one on my Earthlink account and I have also converted the old "Magfly" site to an author page to promote my books and connect people with all of the various blogs.

You will be able to download the Ukulele Player Magazine issues via the blog and will eventually find new content there.

I believe that positive-thinking and positive action is always the best course to take. All of these changes will, in the end, be better for my readers, better for me, and will save money.

Positively Mickey