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Just to update, I have now solved this problem.
I removed the code that shares the users and roles with the buddypress sub-site, so the wp-config.php and capabilities.php are back to the wordpress originals. Then I logged in with the admin account (the only user that was created when the wordpress was installed) and i managed to run the update wizard.
Then I changed the wp-config.php and capabilities.php files back to include the code used to share the users from my main wordpress site.
All is back to normal
I use Login Ninja , time to time I ban them with “yearly ban” bad IP’s , I have about 30 banned IP’s till now , it is not too much work to ban them , because spammers use only one IP to create in 1 run 100’s accounts (maybe using XRUMER ecc. read it on http://www.blackhatworld.com , in Ninja login log you will see that spammer during the night tried to create another 100’s accounts with banned IP) . So my advice is to ban every new bad IP and you will avoid 90% of spam , your only work is to ban every first new account with new IP which is in my case 1 ban in 2 weeks. Spammers will notice (probably using scrapebox – hrefer) that their run didn’t work and scrapebox or another tool will automaticaly remove your address from their lists. If this works some of them share your address on SEO blackhat websites all over the world , then your chances to get a spam rapidly increases.
P.S – I am not a spammer
, I like white-grey hat SEO but I read a lot about blackhat SEO techniques to avoid the spam on my websites@1. Okay, thanks! I’ll try to see if that works later on today. I’m on an iPad right now…err actually i might be able to just search the plugin & install that way instead of manually uploading like i usually do. I’ll report back and letchu know how that works
P.S. I didn’t provide a username/pass test account, but i will if it doesn’t work.
@2. ohhhh, i didn’t know i needed multisite installation :p thanks for that
@3. No i didn’t see a link, haven’t went to the “groups/create” URL, and i have group forums, and didn’t see “create new topic” though i shall check again.
@mercime Thank you so much for responding
At first no one responded, so i basically gave up on anyone responding :p Anyways, thanks a bunch, i’ll try to respond a bit later.You’ve got both options covered there.
Firstly i would most definitely implement an email sign up form on your site anyway. Link it up with an autoresponder so that people receive a nice email, or sequence of emails from you when they sign up, so that they build trust and open your emails in future.
In terms of importing your list. When you do that, Mailchimp, Aweber (who ever you go with) records how the list was implemented.
It’s perfectly allowed, BUT if you get spam complaints they will ask you to remove the entire list, or close your account.
I had this once, where I had a list from a trade show I exhibited at.
First mailshot went out to 2000 people, not ONE complaint.
I thought cool, I’ll drop another one a few weeks later.
About 6 weeks later I sent out another mail (only 2 mails in 6 weeks), and 11 spam complaints.
Shows how unpredictable it is. Mailchimp asked me to remove the list or leave.
HAD that list all been double opt-in i.e. they sign up, get a confirmation which they then have to click a ‘yes sign me up’ link on, then Mailchimp wouldn’t have been bothered. We simply cleanse the list of the complainers.
Email marketing and list building is a very tricky business, as you always get the idiots reporting spam which ISN’T spam. This is either thorough laziness or through ignorance of not knowing what that ‘spam’ button does in their email client.
Most people think it just deleted the email, not knowing it actually sends a complaint to their ISP, which thus gets forwarded on to the client that sent it.
You could import the list, send out what looks like an email confirmation link to sign them up to your newsletter that then actually migrates them to another list.
That’s possible, then they WOULD actually be opted in.
You could only send that ONE email to the list you import though, and even then you may get a few complaints.
Other than that, create a blog post that you could make members aware of asking them to sign up, or direct them to the widget sign up form you are implementing.
Not gonna happen overnight but the quicker you dod it, the quicker your list builds.
