Re: more PPG woes?
How did you do that? I can't even reach the site now. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 12:45 PM Jostein wrote: > PPG has gone stale. > I have removed my files from the gallery and requested that my account > be closed and removed. There's no button for opting out. > > Jostein > > Den 15.08.2018 16:04, skrev Daniel J. Matyola: > > Same here. > > > > Last week, I check the PPG site, and the Upload page was still broken. > > When I tried to send them a message through the contact page. the > > "captcha" could not be satisfied, and would not permit the message to be > > sent to Ricoh. > > > > Late last night, I tried again, and received a message like the one you > > got: "Your connection is not Private. Attackers might be trying to > steal > > your information from pentaxphotogallery.com" > > > > Does anyone have a general email for PentaxRicoh that we can ise to try > to > > communicate with them? > > > > It looks like the PPG is dead. :( > > > > > > > > Dan Matyola > > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > > > On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 5:26 AM, Bong Manayon > wrote: > > > >> Tried going into PPG today and my browser/security program would not let > >> me. "Unsecure" site...I tend to trust it so am not going to try...yet. > >> Anything on your end? > >> > >> Bong > >> > >> -- > >> Bong Manayon > >> http://bong.manayon.net > >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: more PPG woes?
Ricoh does some marketing and apparently has deals with B, Amazon and others to promote Pentax products. That’s efficient marketing. PPG is hugely inefficient. It has to be staffed and maintained, and then for it to be effective, it has to be promoted. Not a good way to spend a thin marketing budget. > On Aug 21, 2018, at 11:37 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: > > The PPG was a creature of Pentax marketing, itself a kind of unicorn, at best > an afterthought since sometime in the 70's. RIcoh has aparently contracted > the Asahi marketing disease which seems to amount to if you build it they > will come. Unfortunately if you don't advertise it who will know... > > > On 8/20/2018 2:15 PM, d...@dougbrewerphoto.com wrote: >> PPG went stale about six months after it opened, once they stopped paying >> any attention to it. >> >> Sent from my evil super-villain lair, mobile headquarters >> >>> On Aug 20, 2018, at 12:44 PM, Jostein wrote: >>> >>> PPG has gone stale. >>> I have removed my files from the gallery and requested that my account be >>> closed and removed. There's no button for opting out. >>> >>> Jostein >>> >>> Den 15.08.2018 16:04, skrev Daniel J. Matyola: Same here. Last week, I check the PPG site, and the Upload page was still broken. When I tried to send them a message through the contact page. the "captcha" could not be satisfied, and would not permit the message to be sent to Ricoh. Late last night, I tried again, and received a message like the one you got: "Your connection is not Private. Attackers might be trying to steal your information from pentaxphotogallery.com" Does anyone have a general email for PentaxRicoh that we can ise to try to communicate with them? It looks like the PPG is dead. :( Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 5:26 AM, Bong Manayon > wrote: > Tried going into PPG today and my browser/security program would not let > me. "Unsecure" site...I tend to trust it so am not going to try...yet. > Anything on your end? > > Bong > > -- > Bong Manayon > http://bong.manayon.net > >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> > > -- > America wasn't founded so that we could all be better. > America was founded so we could all be anything we damn well please. >- P.J. O'Rourke > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: more PPG woes?
The PPG was a creature of Pentax marketing, itself a kind of unicorn, at best an afterthought since sometime in the 70's. RIcoh has aparently contracted the Asahi marketing disease which seems to amount to if you build it they will come. Unfortunately if you don't advertise it who will know... On 8/20/2018 2:15 PM, d...@dougbrewerphoto.com wrote: PPG went stale about six months after it opened, once they stopped paying any attention to it. Sent from my evil super-villain lair, mobile headquarters On Aug 20, 2018, at 12:44 PM, Jostein wrote: PPG has gone stale. I have removed my files from the gallery and requested that my account be closed and removed. There's no button for opting out. Jostein Den 15.08.2018 16:04, skrev Daniel J. Matyola: Same here. Last week, I check the PPG site, and the Upload page was still broken. When I tried to send them a message through the contact page. the "captcha" could not be satisfied, and would not permit the message to be sent to Ricoh. Late last night, I tried again, and received a message like the one you got: "Your connection is not Private. Attackers might be trying to steal your information from pentaxphotogallery.com" Does anyone have a general email for PentaxRicoh that we can ise to try to communicate with them? It looks like the PPG is dead. :( Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 5:26 AM, Bong Manayon wrote: Tried going into PPG today and my browser/security program would not let me. "Unsecure" site...I tend to trust it so am not going to try...yet. Anything on your end? Bong -- Bong Manayon http://bong.manayon.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- America wasn't founded so that we could all be better. America was founded so we could all be anything we damn well please. - P.J. O'Rourke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: more PPG woes?
d...@dougbrewerphoto.com wrote: >> On Aug 20, 2018, at 12:44 PM, Jostein wrote: >> >> PPG has gone stale. >> I have removed my files from the gallery and requested that my account be >> closed and removed. There's no button for opting out. >> >PPG went stale about six months after it opened, once they stopped paying any >attention to it. Yep. Maintaining a site like that takes *work*. It was such a good idea, too. Not that there's anything wrong with sites like Flickr, Tumblr, Instagram, etc., etc., etc., where you decide for yourself which of your images get posted, but there's real value in a *curated* gallery. Ten years of editing the PDML Photo Annual has shown me just how many people aren't good judges of what constitutes their own best work. Where the PPG failed was in not finding an adequate way of incentivizing image voting and not promoting the resulting gallery, touting its difference from other online galleries. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: more PPG woes?
PPG went stale about six months after it opened, once they stopped paying any attention to it. Sent from my evil super-villain lair, mobile headquarters > On Aug 20, 2018, at 12:44 PM, Jostein wrote: > > PPG has gone stale. > I have removed my files from the gallery and requested that my account be > closed and removed. There's no button for opting out. > > Jostein > > Den 15.08.2018 16:04, skrev Daniel J. Matyola: >> Same here. >> Last week, I check the PPG site, and the Upload page was still broken. >> When I tried to send them a message through the contact page. the >> "captcha" could not be satisfied, and would not permit the message to be >> sent to Ricoh. >> Late last night, I tried again, and received a message like the one you >> got: "Your connection is not Private. Attackers might be trying to steal >> your information from pentaxphotogallery.com" >> Does anyone have a general email for PentaxRicoh that we can ise to try to >> communicate with them? >> It looks like the PPG is dead. :( >> Dan Matyola >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >>> On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 5:26 AM, Bong Manayon wrote: >>> Tried going into PPG today and my browser/security program would not let >>> me. "Unsecure" site...I tend to trust it so am not going to try...yet. >>> Anything on your end? >>> >>> Bong >>> >>> -- >>> Bong Manayon >>> http://bong.manayon.net >>> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: more PPG woes?
The Pentax gallery is like the hotel Hollywood. -Original Message- >From: Jostein >Subject: Re: more PPG woes? > >PPG has gone stale. >I have removed my files from the gallery and requested that my account >be closed and removed. There's no button for opting out. > >Jostein > >Den 15.08.2018 16:04, skrev Daniel J. Matyola: >> Same here. >> >> Last week, I check the PPG site, and the Upload page was still broken. >> When I tried to send them a message through the contact page. the >> "captcha" could not be satisfied, and would not permit the message to be >> sent to Ricoh. >> >> Late last night, I tried again, and received a message like the one you >> got: "Your connection is not Private. Attackers might be trying to steal >> your information from pentaxphotogallery.com" >> >> Does anyone have a general email for PentaxRicoh that we can ise to try to >> communicate with them? >> >> It looks like the PPG is dead. :( >> >> >> >> Dan Matyola >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >> >> On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 5:26 AM, Bong Manayon wrote: >> >>> Tried going into PPG today and my browser/security program would not let >>> me. "Unsecure" site...I tend to trust it so am not going to try...yet. >>> Anything on your end? >>> >>> Bong >>> >>> -- >>> Bong Manayon >>> http://bong.manayon.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: more PPG woes?
PPG has gone stale. I have removed my files from the gallery and requested that my account be closed and removed. There's no button for opting out. Jostein Den 15.08.2018 16:04, skrev Daniel J. Matyola: Same here. Last week, I check the PPG site, and the Upload page was still broken. When I tried to send them a message through the contact page. the "captcha" could not be satisfied, and would not permit the message to be sent to Ricoh. Late last night, I tried again, and received a message like the one you got: "Your connection is not Private. Attackers might be trying to steal your information from pentaxphotogallery.com" Does anyone have a general email for PentaxRicoh that we can ise to try to communicate with them? It looks like the PPG is dead. :( Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 5:26 AM, Bong Manayon wrote: Tried going into PPG today and my browser/security program would not let me. "Unsecure" site...I tend to trust it so am not going to try...yet. Anything on your end? Bong -- Bong Manayon http://bong.manayon.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: more PPG woes?
At 03:44 PM 8/16/2018, Mark Roberts wrote: >The net effect is to penalize small, independent web sites compared to big, >corporate sites. (Which is probably one of the goals, anyway.) Fortunately I do not depend upon search engines for traffic. My domains are highly specialized and most of the traffic comes from links from other highly specialized sites or from my signature on message boards or lists other than this one. Dale H. Cook, many years as 35mm SLR photographer, now Pentax K-70 w/ Pentax-DA 18-270mm walking- around lens or SMC Pentax-A 50mm/f2 lens -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: more PPG woes?
Dale H. Cook wrote: >At 10:48 AM 8/16/2018, Mark Roberts wrote: > >>That just means they're using the standard http protocol instead of https >>(encrypted). I wouldn't worry too much about it unless you're giving the site >>private personal information or credit card numbers. > >This is a phenomenon that has become common. Even though neither of my domains >is engaged in commerce, and there isn't anything in either domain that >requires a login through http, I have converted both to https just to avoid >emails from folks who think that a site is broken if they get the "has >configured their website improperly" message. Same here. I converted my site over because search engines are now penalizing sites that aren't https, even if they don't do e-commerce or anything else that requires security. The net effect is to penalize small, independent web sites compared to big, corporate sites. (Which is probably one of the goals, anyway.) -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: more PPG woes?
At 10:48 AM 8/16/2018, Mark Roberts wrote: >That just means they're using the standard http protocol instead of https >(encrypted). I wouldn't worry too much about it unless you're giving the site >private personal information or credit card numbers. This is a phenomenon that has become common. Even though neither of my domains is engaged in commerce, and there isn't anything in either domain that requires a login through http, I have converted both to https just to avoid emails from folks who think that a site is broken if they get the "has configured their website improperly" message. Dale H. Cook, Webmaster and administrator of plymouthcolony.net and mathomhouseradio.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: more PPG woes?
In Firefox there should be a pop-down banner accompanying the message that allows you to tell Firefox you accept the risk and to go ahead & load the page. On 8/16/2018 10:32, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: This is the message I get on both Google Chrome and Firefox: Your connection is not secure The owner of pentaxphotogallery.com has configured their website improperly. To protect your information from being stolen, Firefox has not connected to this website. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 10:04 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Same here. Last week, I check the PPG site, and the Upload page was still broken. When I tried to send them a message through the contact page. the "captcha" could not be satisfied, and would not permit the message to be sent to Ricoh. Late last night, I tried again, and received a message like the one you got: "Your connection is not Private. Attackers might be trying to steal your information from pentaxphotogallery.com" Does anyone have a general email for PentaxRicoh that we can ise to try to communicate with them? It looks like the PPG is dead. :( Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 5:26 AM, Bong Manayon wrote: Tried going into PPG today and my browser/security program would not let me. "Unsecure" site...I tend to trust it so am not going to try...yet. Anything on your end? Bong -- Bong Manayon http://bong.manayon.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: more PPG woes?
They're using https but their certificate expired two days ago, hence the error message: pentaxphotogallery.com uses an invalid security certificate. The certificate expired on Tuesday, August 14, 2018, 11:43:18 AM. The current time is August 16, 2018, 11:17 AM. Error code: SEC_ERROR_EXPIRED_CERTIFICATE On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 10:49 AM Mark Roberts wrote: > Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > >This is the message I get on both Google Chrome and Firefox: > > > >Your connection is not secure > > > >The owner of pentaxphotogallery.com has configured their website > >improperly. To protect your information from being stolen, Firefox has not > >connected to this website. > > That just means they're using the standard http protocol instead of > https (encrypted). I wouldn't worry too much about it unless you're > giving the site private personal information or credit card numbers. > > -- > Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia > www.robertstech.com > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: more PPG woes?
Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >This is the message I get on both Google Chrome and Firefox: > >Your connection is not secure > >The owner of pentaxphotogallery.com has configured their website >improperly. To protect your information from being stolen, Firefox has not >connected to this website. That just means they're using the standard http protocol instead of https (encrypted). I wouldn't worry too much about it unless you're giving the site private personal information or credit card numbers. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: more PPG woes?
This is the message I get on both Google Chrome and Firefox: Your connection is not secure The owner of pentaxphotogallery.com has configured their website improperly. To protect your information from being stolen, Firefox has not connected to this website. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 10:04 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > Same here. > > Last week, I check the PPG site, and the Upload page was still broken. > When I tried to send them a message through the contact page. the > "captcha" could not be satisfied, and would not permit the message to be > sent to Ricoh. > > Late last night, I tried again, and received a message like the one you > got: "Your connection is not Private. Attackers might be trying to steal > your information from pentaxphotogallery.com" > > Does anyone have a general email for PentaxRicoh that we can ise to try to > communicate with them? > > It looks like the PPG is dead. :( > > > > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 5:26 AM, Bong Manayon > wrote: > >> Tried going into PPG today and my browser/security program would not let >> me. "Unsecure" site...I tend to trust it so am not going to try...yet. >> Anything on your end? >> >> Bong >> >> -- >> Bong Manayon >> http://bong.manayon.net >> > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: more PPG woes?
Same here. Last week, I check the PPG site, and the Upload page was still broken. When I tried to send them a message through the contact page. the "captcha" could not be satisfied, and would not permit the message to be sent to Ricoh. Late last night, I tried again, and received a message like the one you got: "Your connection is not Private. Attackers might be trying to steal your information from pentaxphotogallery.com" Does anyone have a general email for PentaxRicoh that we can ise to try to communicate with them? It looks like the PPG is dead. :( Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 5:26 AM, Bong Manayon wrote: > Tried going into PPG today and my browser/security program would not let > me. "Unsecure" site...I tend to trust it so am not going to try...yet. > Anything on your end? > > Bong > > -- > Bong Manayon > http://bong.manayon.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
