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lately I’ve found myself making use of http://creativecommons.org/image/. There are links (on the left, down a bit) to sites that have pools of images that are free even for commercial use. And there’s a search box right on the page I linked. Check the licence specific to each image of course.

whooami. I am not asking anyone to give me access to their website. I have no reason to make my information public, and have never asked one of the installers to make their information public. You are out of line posting a link to my website.

mods, whooami has published a link to my website as some sort of point. I feel that this is out of line, and would like you to remove it please. It’s in this post http://wordpress.org/support/topic/79287/page/2?replies=54#post-411232

lady, I am not demanding anything. I’m just asking questions. Please, I beg you, keep this forum peaceful.

I’ll say it again. If anyone can respond to some of my concerns, I would appreciate it.

well, what I’ve said works for me. without more information, all I can suggest is you go to the source (the author). perhaps you could run through the install instructions again. maybe something was missed. I’ve installed it about 6 or 8 times, and it’s worked properly each time. maybe you have a conflicting plugin?

There’s nothing heated about anything I’m discussing. Just for the record.

In order for me to be comfortable advocating that someone give their password to a stranger, I need more confidence in the accountability of the service providers, and their system. It’s not just about the identity of the person providing the assistance, although that is part of it.

It appears right now that everyone involved can read the password of the requester. (If that’s not correct, please clarify). The problem with that is obvious (I hope, ask me to explain if not). I would personally prefer it if only a single individual could read the information. And I would also prefer it if the requester had a say in who they will accept help from. They may already trust one individual, and it would be great if they could select that one. As I haven’t gone all the way through the process, I don’t really understand how it works. Perhaps some of what I’m talking about has been implemented. I would welcome some clarification on that.

Colso, I’m glad it served your need. Thanks for explaining how it was a good solution for you. I appreciate reading the feedback from people who have actually requested the service.

Again, the discussion is focused on everything but the service and how it works. I would hope we could discuss points of the service instead of whether or not I’m allowed to express my concerns here. I think this will be the last time I respond to whether or not I can speak my concerns. I’ll get back to discussioning relevent points at the end of this post.

whooami, You didn’t ask what my intentions are in the post you refer too. You suggested my intentions should come into question, which is something very different, and quite acusatory. My intentions have been stated, but I’ll state them again. I’m trying to decide if I should advocate the service or not. I have assisted a great number of people with installing their wordpress blogs, none of whom have ever come to this forum.

I don’t understand why you say I’m not an interested party. Of course I’m interested. Am I not allowed to have concerns or opinions? An announcement was made in this forum. Do I, or do I not have a right to discuss the announcement and address some concerns that may be also felt by those who choose not to speak? I guess I shouldn’t ask you that, as you are not a moderator.

Lady, I have read some of the archives, but certainly not all of them. I was not aware of the discussion for this service until the announcement was made. I feel this is the appropriate place to raise concerns, as this forum is being used to announce the service. Should something I might raise have already been addressed in the archived discussions, I would welcome you or someone else stating as much, and providing a link to the point. I believe that fits the spirit of this forum, rather than just telling me to go read everything before I’m allowed to speak up.

Lady, you quoted me, and then gave a rather lengthy response. Are you still addressing me when you refer to the naysayers getting nasty? If you read this thread, you’ll find I was never nasty. You’ll also find I’m not a naysayer. Go back and read my original comment. http://wordpress.org/support/topic/79287?replies=39#post-409670. I state quite plainly that I hope it’s successful. You’ve admited making generalizations. How are we supposed to make progress in a discussion when you generalize and ultimately acuse me of things I haven’t done. Is it possible for you to address my points directly? I would personally appreciate that to the alternative of whether or not I should make any points in the first place.

I have also never assumed the worst of anyone, or that anyone involved is untrustworthy. I have made no ‘assumptions towards the negative’ as you state. I have also made no assumptions towards the postive, and I think that’s what many people seem to have a problem with. Please correct me if I’m wrong in that assumption. I’m just trying to understand why my thoughts and concerns for how to make this a workable system do not seem to be tolerated by some people.

I’m glad to hear the Matt is supporting the project. As this thread progressed, the nick’s of the installers was made public on the site, but only after Matt suggested it be done. That page had previously stated that their identities would not be revealed, which was very likely was spawned *someone else* intially raising this concern. A brief discussion in this thread effected a change in policy. Obviously, the maillist discussion was insufficient to address the concerns *of everyone* to a sufficient degree. This forum is a terrific place to hear the concerns of many more people. That is a good thing.

More eyes and more concerns heard can only help improve this service. I’m not trying to derail this service. If this is your opinion, I would ask that you reevaluate it, as it is an inaccurate assessment of my purpose.

And now back to some relevent issues. I’d like to hear some opinions on putting the request for the installation behind an SSL certificate. The SSL certificate has a verified owner, and would represent the ultimate person you would choose to trust and who will vouch for your installer. You will personally earn some of my respect if you discuss this point instead of addressing whether or not I have the right to make the point itself. I’m interested in hearing from the actual installation crew, as well as those who might use the service.

edit: I should add that I’ve looked through that maillist, and haven’t found mention of an ssl certificate from an appropriate authority. If I’ve missed it, I would appreciate a link to the appropriate place.

Well, you can put pictures in posts of course. Just click the little picture icon on the right of all the visual editors icons. You can upload a new pic, or browse from previously uploaded pics. Follow the prompts to put an image in a post.

If you want to view the entire album, you can visit http://yourdomain.com/wordpress/album I’m not sure if that needs permalinks on or not. Also, the styling of it may need to be adjust in your css.

start here and look for spam related plugins. best be putting a stop to it.

http://codex.wordpress.org/User:Matt/2.0_Plugin_Compatibility

Doesn’t solve your problem though does it! I mean, for at work.