The code has been reworked (man that code is so old its scary) and the dodgy query (which looks like it might have been responsible for half the problems on the server in the last year!) has been redone in a somewhat better fashion. The recent updates list is therefore back on the system and…
The 10 Recent Updates has had to be removed from the front page temporarily due to it killing the entire database server. The query it was using was locking the database, unfortunately bringing everything down (including other sites running at AtomIC). It has therefore been temporarily removed until I can recode it to be more…
This entry should clear up any confusion regarding the image crisis cleanup for DearDiary 3. Hi all, Thanks for the comments folks. To clear up the easy one first; Jumping to someones diary if they leave a comment would seem like a good idea so I’ll get that one added to the list 🙂 On…
We were unaware until today that Reader Comments were broken – at least in some cases. I’m not sure how long it had been wrecked but I think it was certainly wrecked in most cases! Its now fixed, sorry for the problem.
Work has begun on DearDiary 3.0, the long awaited upgrade to the site. However, in considering the radical changes to the site, and the overblown amounts of cruft that DD2.x has laying around, I have almost decided that with the introduction of DD3.0, it its likely that we will destroy everyone’s current diary configuration. I…