I bought PHP Galleria last week and plan on considerably improving the site. This is the second post in tracking its progress. (phpgalleria.com)
Malicious Malware
Yesterday I found a major problem with the files of the website. The files had a malicious malware in them. Once I uploaded the files and Google browsed it, the site got flagged and was giving malware warnings to the visitors. This would have destroyed the site and any possible income.
So I talked with the previous owner and decided the solution would be to move the site to a new domain. I agreed to keep the site and finish the escrow transfer if I could get $400 of my money back. It was a bad situation both for me and the owner. Apparently many GoDaddy site (previous hosting of the site) were attacked and that’s where the malware had come from. The owner was understanding and we made the deal.
I talked to one of my friends and he told me to fix the problem and request a review from Google instead of 301 redirecting the domain name. I did that. We’ll see if it produces any result.
Updates So Far
So far I’ve bought a new template for PHP Galleria from Template Monster. I uploaded the template and made the following changes:
It’s late already. I’ll work on the rest tomorrow.