Last night Kammy Burleson, founder and president of Fair Oaks web design firm YNot Web, was elected to the executive officer position of Board Secretary for the Fair Oaks Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. Ms. Burleson will be sworn in as an officer of the board at the upcoming Fair Oaks Chamber general membership meeting on Thursday, December 10, 2009 and will serve in this position for the chamber in 2010.

YNot Web founder and president, Kammy Burleson, an established Fair Oaks business owner and Fair Oaks Chamber member, was recently appointed to serve on the Board of Directors of the Fair Oaks Chamber of Commerce. Ms. Burleson was elected by the current members of the board to fill a recently vacated position beginning December 1, 2009.

YNot Web founder and president, Kammy Burleson, has been selected to be a featured expert at the 4th Annual Latina Business Woman Conference presented by the National Latina Business Women Association (NLBWA). Ms. Burleson will be one of the web marketing panelist speaking about using social media for business visibility at the afternoon session entitled “How to get explosive results from the use of social media.”

The day-long NLBWA national conference will be held Thursday, November 19th at the Sheraton Grand Sacramento Hotel.  For more information about the NLBWA and the Latina Business Woman Conference, please see the conference website at http://nlbwa.info/conference.

For more information about Kammy Burleson, please read her NLBWA conference bio or call YNot Web at 916-436-1638.

I recently was invited to speak at the upcoming national conference for the National Latina Business Women Association (NLBWA) and I’m really excited to announce that it is confirmed.  I am scheduled to speak on “How to get explosive results from the use of social media.” The conference will be held here in Sacramento on November 19th.  Details coming soon.

Kammy Burleson, YNot Web’s founder and president, recently agreed to chair the Fair Oaks Chamber’s 2010 Golf Tournament event and fundraiser.  This will be the Chamber’s 19th annual golf tournament.  The tournament is open to all, with a discount to Fair Oaks Chamber members.

If you are interested in participating or volunteering for the 2010 event, please contact Kammy at 916-436-1638.

For up-to-date details, sponsorship and registration information, please visit the Fair Oaks Chamber of Commerce website.

(The information is  from an email warning sent earlier this week to all our clients using the WordPress platform.  If you are a past YNot Web client from 2006 or later and did NOT receive this email, PLEASE contact us at 916-436-1638 to confirm whether this information pertains to you.  Email or spam filtering may have kept you from receiving this vital information.)

Over the holiday weekend, information went out that there is a worm virus making its way across the internet looking for old, unpatched versions of WordPress.  Only the last two versions of WordPress- 2.8.4 and 2.8.3 (released in the last couple of months) are immune to this worm.

Most of YNot Web’s websites since the beginning of 2007 are built upon the WordPress platform.  Our recommendation to each project client was to plan on upgrades once or twice per year.  You can see your WordPress version by logging in to your Dashboard- it will display your installed version on the first screen.

If your site launched prior to August of this year and you have not upgraded or had someone else upgrade your site, I urge you to do so now.  Please also, make sure that you fully back up your files and the database before an upgrade is started.

Rest assured, if you have a monthly maintenance/retainer agreement with YNot Web, you have already been upgraded or been notified that your upgrade needs to occur this week.

Upgrades can be fast & simple, especially if done on a regular basis, but grow in complexity the more plugins (added features) you have and the larger the difference in versions (there were major changes at versions 2.3, 2.6, and 2.7).   Also, your hosting company choices can ease the complexity of upgrades.  If you are hosted with HostGator, our top recommended host since mid-2007, their backup system and Fantastico application control facilitate a smooth transition.

Again, if you do not have version 2.8.4, I urge you to make plans to upgrade now.  Please let me know if you need assistance with this- either by scheduling the work with us or if you need login/hosting account reminders to provide to someone else.  Attached below are some basic steps/best practices for anyone who wants to manage the upgrade on their own.

How to Backup-Update WordPress on HostGator Hosting

YNot Web will once again support the Fair Oaks Dog Walk by sponsoring the event as a “Canine Champion”.  This Fair Oaks Chamber of Commerce event for local families and dog owners will be held Saturday October 3rd.  Get more information about participating in this event at http://www.fairoakschamber.com/fair-oaks-dog-walk.