Security
The internet is a double-edged sword. On one hand, it’s a great way to stay connected and network. On the other hand, it can easily facilitate every writer and artist’s worst nightmare: people stealing ideas and passing them off as their own. I want my friends and other writers to be able to keep up with my ideas, but in the interest of protecting those ideas, I’ve equipped this blog with some basic security.
Many of my entries will be public, meaning anyone that happens across Nightphoenix.com will be able to see them. When I review a book or a movie, or just have something general to say, this will be public. However, the entries that contain ideas I don’t want to be stolen will only be visible to registered guests. Also, you will not be able to comment unless you are registered and logged in.
Anyone can register…just go to the Admin sidebar at the bottom right, click on the Register link, and follow the directions. It will prompt you to choose a username and ask for your email. Your initial password will be sent to the email you specify. (The email will be from fidesnet…make sure your spam filter doesn’t eat it). Either click that link in the email or go back to the page you were on, and log in with the username you chose and the password that was sent to you.
If you are using the visiting_writer login to initially view the page, and you want to create a user of your own, the process is similar to the one above. You will want to log out (it should be the second option in the Admin sidebar), and then either click the Register option in the Admin sidebar, or find a protected entry and click the link there. From there, just follow the directions like above.
The place to change your password is down towards the bottom of the profile page. The Nightphoenix link at the top will take you back to the blog. Once on the blog page, the link called Site Admin in the Admin sidebar will take you back to your profile page. (On my side, it takes me to my editing tools.)
On your profile page, you can put as much or as little information you want. However, I suggest that you put something in your profile that tells me who you are, and where I know you from. If I see a new user that I cannot identify, I’m going to run their email through a spam checker. If a red flag comes up, I delete them. If not, I leave them alone…though I wouldn’t mind knowing a bit about you and what brought you here. I like meeting new people. I don’t like spam bots.
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