For information I checked Sundials on the Internet with my Mac (with fewer misgivings about the risks that were mentioned) and found that now all is well and the site states the following.
We much regret the temporary interruption of service from April 10 to 15 due to a hacker attack. Every file on the site has now been deleted and uploaded again, and the site has now been confirmed as clean. Thank you for bearing with us in this trying period. For my part I am pleased that Piers' site is up and running again given that he started way back in 1997. Regards, Doug Sent from my iPad On Apr 25, 2013, at 8:05 PM, rmallett <postmas...@rmallett.plus.com> wrote: > On 21/04/2013 01:51, David Andersson wrote: >> In message <12D149701D2242FA80D214858AC3FF72@DellVista> >> "Roger Bailey" <rtbai...@telus.net> wrote: >> >>> Hello Fabio, >>> >>> I agree with your comment. I should have provided more specific location >>> information. Some years ago I provided these pictures to Piers Nicholson to >>> add to his Camino Sundial Tour I did not provide a link to his site as it >>> was hacked recently. Google "sundials on the internet" and be wary of the >>> warning "This site could damage your computer". I gave away my guide books >>> and maps so it will take a while to get good location data. Check the Fabio >>> Savian's "Sundial Atlas" as I suspect all these dials are on his trail. >>> >>> Roger Bailey >> >> >> Dear Roger, >> >> Are you saying that the "Sundials on the Internet" website is now 'too >> dangerous' to visit, since it has been hacked - and so might therefore >> cause actual damage to any computer, of people who visit that website? >> >> I imagine this is something to do with 'viruses', or similar "nasties". >> >> >> I had notified Piers Nicholson (about 10 years ago), that his website >> did not comply with the internationally-agreed "W3C" standards for a >> properly 'validated' website - but he said that he could not (or would >> not) correct this, just because it was basically too big a job to do! >> >> As time goes on, unfortunately his "Sundials on the Internet" website >> will simply fade away - unless Piers 'bites the bullet' and corrects >> all of the errors, which make it 'incompatible' with modern Browsers. >> >> >> If you want a good 'ranking' on the Search Engines (such as "Google"), >> then you MUST make sure that your website is properly validated - as >> otherwise this will cause problems for visitors, and so I would advise >> all members to check their own websites via http://validator.w3.org/ >> >> It is fast (and free), plus will tell you how to correct any errors. >> >> >> Sincerely, >> >> David Andersson. > > That's why, in my time as web master of the British Sundial Society, I made > it my priority to take all the time necessary to rewrite it so that it was > W3C-compliant (and optimised for search engines) after it had been previously > written using a variety of free software. As a result, it became (and > remains) the number 1 sundial site according to > http://www.alexa.com/topsites/category/Top/Science/Astronomy/Calendars_and_Timekeeping/Sundials > > -- > -- > Richard Mallett > Eaton Bray, Dunstable > South Beds. UK > > ry to rewrite it > so that it was W3C-compliant (and optimised for search engines) > after it had been previously written using a variety of free > software. As a result, it became (and remains) the number 1 sundial > site according to <br> > http://www.alexa.com/topsites/category/Top/Science/Astronomy/Calendars_and_Timekeeping/Sundials<br> > <br> > <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- -- > Richard Mallett > Eaton Bray, Dunstable > South Beds. UK</pre> > </body> > </html> > --------------------------------------------------- > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial >
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