Comments on: Has WordPress been banned in Kazakhstan? http://www.neweurasia.net/media-and-internet/has-wordpress-been-banned-in-kazakhstan/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:53:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Chris Merriman http://www.neweurasia.net/media-and-internet/has-wordpress-been-banned-in-kazakhstan/comment-page-1/#comment-16985 Chris Merriman Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:39:36 +0000 http://www.neweurasia.net/?p=6986#comment-16985 Just realised that the article meant that the website wordpress.org itself was apparently blocked, not any site that was running their software. @Michael Hancock - When you say it depended on where you were, could you clarify? If you mean your physical location effected (affected?) whether a certain website would load, then this points to issues not on the server hosting the site at all. If you mean it depended on which site you were visiting, then I doubt people would install WordPress on their server, see it didn't work and then just leave it there? Just realised that the article meant that the website wordpress.org itself was apparently blocked, not any site that was running their software.

@Michael Hancock – When you say it depended on where you were, could you clarify? If you mean your physical location effected (affected?) whether a certain website would load, then this points to issues not on the server hosting the site at all. If you mean it depended on which site you were visiting, then I doubt people would install WordPress on their server, see it didn’t work and then just leave it there?

]]> By: Chris Merriman http://www.neweurasia.net/media-and-internet/has-wordpress-been-banned-in-kazakhstan/comment-page-1/#comment-16983 Chris Merriman Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:12:28 +0000 http://www.neweurasia.net/?p=6986#comment-16983 I'd love to know how exactly wordpress.org is being banned? Just to clarify, wordpress.org is simply the site that web site owners can download the blogging software from, to then install on their own server. wordpress.com is the site where you can start your own free blog, hosted on /their/ server. For 'wordpress.org' blogs (that is any website using the WordPress software on a private server) to be banned would require a reasonable amount of intelligence in the blocking procedure. I've not yet noticed any problems accessing websites that simply use the WordPress software on their own server. For 'wordpress.com' blogs (that is blogs that normally have wordpress.com in their URL, or at least hosted their) to be blocked is a lot easier, for example the technical problem that some Kazakh ISPs have LiveJournal could easily be accidentally replicated. FWIW, I can access Kuanysh's blog via my (virtual)ISP here in Astana, they used MegaLine's connections I believe. I’d love to know how exactly wordpress.org is being banned? Just to clarify, wordpress.org is simply the site that web site owners can download the blogging software from, to then install on their own server.
wordpress.com is the site where you can start your own free blog, hosted on /their/ server.

For ‘wordpress.org’ blogs (that is any website using the WordPress software on a private server) to be banned would require a reasonable amount of intelligence in the blocking procedure. I’ve not yet noticed any problems accessing websites that simply use the WordPress software on their own server.

For ‘wordpress.com’ blogs (that is blogs that normally have wordpress.com in their URL, or at least hosted their) to be blocked is a lot easier, for example the technical problem that some Kazakh ISPs have LiveJournal could easily be accidentally replicated.

FWIW, I can access Kuanysh’s blog via my (virtual)ISP here in Astana, they used MegaLine’s connections I believe.

]]> By: Michael Hancock http://www.neweurasia.net/media-and-internet/has-wordpress-been-banned-in-kazakhstan/comment-page-1/#comment-16712 Michael Hancock Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:52:15 +0000 http://www.neweurasia.net/?p=6986#comment-16712 When in Almaty this summer, I noticed it was more an issue of where I was, which points to individual servers just being incompatible, too old, without the proper software to handle today's websites. This isn't banning, and it isn't the direct result of government policy. Yet. When in Almaty this summer, I noticed it was more an issue of where I was, which points to individual servers just being incompatible, too old, without the proper software to handle today’s websites. This isn’t banning, and it isn’t the direct result of government policy. Yet.

]]> By: KZBlog http://www.neweurasia.net/media-and-internet/has-wordpress-been-banned-in-kazakhstan/comment-page-1/#comment-16707 KZBlog Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:45:24 +0000 http://www.neweurasia.net/?p=6986#comment-16707 No problems right now on KazTransCom. The inconsistency makes me wonder if the websites themselves are having issues. No problems right now on KazTransCom. The inconsistency makes me wonder if the websites themselves are having issues.

]]> By: Mirsulzhan http://www.neweurasia.net/media-and-internet/has-wordpress-been-banned-in-kazakhstan/comment-page-1/#comment-16655 Mirsulzhan Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:24:14 +0000 http://www.neweurasia.net/?p=6986#comment-16655 Oh, gosh! Stop Banning! Kyrgyzstan also suffers! Oh, gosh! Stop Banning! Kyrgyzstan also suffers!

]]> By: yudha http://www.neweurasia.net/media-and-internet/has-wordpress-been-banned-in-kazakhstan/comment-page-1/#comment-16654 yudha Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:11:49 +0000 http://www.neweurasia.net/?p=6986#comment-16654 I think that is inconsistent. I think that is inconsistent.

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