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LifestreamSo, I had recurring database problems and then some additional script problems, leaving the site down and out for almost two days. Now that is a little unsettling for someone who is used to perfection and having the daily cathartic effect of writing something really choleric.
Well, it would seem the system is up and running [...]
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Had to disable the Last.fm feed temporarily. Something is definitely wrong with the way Nucleus fetches data from plugins. Especially plugins that are designed to process data feeds from external sources. Perhaps something times out before the plugin has done its thing. As other people have reported, the likelihood of the problem occurring increases as [...]
For once I’m at a loss. Though I am sure it is only temporary. The conundrum in question revolves around how to best backup your MySQL database. With emphasis on speed, automation and server load / security. Solutions would have to be free or easily crackable. Restoration of the database is of no concern since [...]
The Gallery2 install (latest stable build) over at Silent Nation just gave up some time last week. Maybe because of something that happened when phpsuexec was activated. No way to be sure really. Nothing I did though. The error was the infamous ERROR_PLATFORM_FAILURE and something about templates (I think). So, I proceeded to clean out [...]
I did some improving on NP_LatestComments again. As I may have mentioned, the plugin in its original form is strikingly simple and at first glance it seems unnecessary to meddle with the operation. But alas, time after time I’ve been forced to mend the plugin with little bits and pieces of code in order to [...]
I was looking over Silent Nation and decided it was finally time to move to Wordpress 2. Just because I wanted some stupid “now reading” book plugin. Ouch. The biggest hurdle so far was Gallery2 which also required an upgrade. Originally I had used Fantastico to install the damn thing so I hadn’t a clue [...]
I’ve had a problem with PHP all day that I haven’t been able to track down. “Fancy” Permalinks have been disabled for the time being. Also, some pages aren’t included properly. I don’t think it’s related to phpsuexec per se though.
My hosting company just turned on phpsuexec this morning, much to my dismay. See this guide on how to re-enable your Nucleus blog with fancy urls. Basically the htaccess ForceType directive needs to be changed to SetHandler or you will get 500 Internal Server errors.
I’ve been fiddling with a number of different RSS Feed Aggregators, trying to simplify diving into the scores of unpleasant, but necessary, news items that invariably turn up every day.
So far I’ve tested Gregarius and Lylina. Unfortunately the latter seems to be having difficulty with parsing most feeds that I’ve thrown at it. Could be [...]
What a nightmare. I was working on the a new version of pangmusik.se needed to do two things that Wordpress wouldn’t let me. One: displaying only one post on the front page. The other: letting guests view posts dated to the future.
The first problem was solved by creating a special home.php template file and calling [...]
