Testing Bugfix 1

If you mail a request to support, or abuse, PLEASE make sure you mail from an address which can accept mail from us… I am writing this entry in response to a bounce message from AOL after someone wrote to abuse@deardiary.net asking us to investigate a rather inappropriate diary, and now I can’t mail the…

Test on new version of MySQL

Hello all, w.bloggar interface is now back up and running using a totally rewritten class and as a result I’ve fixed a long standing bug with it whereby updating an entry would always send out the new entry notification rather than the update notification – or the other way round, I forget which way it…

Just a quick update on system performance issues on the server. We have spent a chunk of time today ironing out some performance issues on the server. Steve has already spoken about the ShowMyHits resolution so I won’t go in to that one. We have removed the AccessWatch reports that would give you a five-minute…

Apologies for the downtime, it was scheduled to take about half an hour and then the server blew up… Over the next few days the service in the mornings (US time) will be intermittent as we prepare and implement the move to the new server. This will mean that the evening speed and performance will…

So, after migrating the enormous mess that calls itself DearDiary.net to a new host the other day it became apparent the hosting plan it was on was completely unsuitable for such a massive site. There’s over 3000 diaries registered on the new system (contrast that with around 60,000 on the legacy site though!) and they…