Home page update attempt two didn't go well

[Tony (admin)]

Wow this is really crazy. I thought I was ready to deploy the new home page updates as a surprise this evening, which would be even more fun with “other” site not being even functional. I made the cutover and it all looked good. Then at the top of the post list was a spam post about viagra or some such thing. The INSTANT I cut over to the new version, spam bots had found a security hole. In another few seconds another viagra post appeared.

SO, I rolled it back again.

It looked like the new features were working, but somehow there’s a hole that allowed anonymous, non-members to post. And that also proved that the site is CONSTANTLY being attacked by bots just waiting for a hole to get into. That’s kind of scary actually.

So I now have to look through my code and find the problem in my new updates.

Bummed.

[zeous]

Automated testing is your friend…

[Tony (admin)]

Automated testing is your friend…

Yep. I do that at the day job. Might need to figure that out for here.

[RedLine]

And this is the level of commitment and competency you want from an admin. UteHub!

[Anonymous]

So holes hmm?  Is that what she said?

[Tony (admin)]

I found one of the holes, so to speak.  I’m working on fixing it.  Tonight is still possible…  For sure by tomorrow morning.

[Utah]

Thanks man. 

[Tony (admin)]

Ok attempt 3 is now live. Let’s see if anything blows up.

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