And then something else

Jade actually did use the HELP button, I notice. But since I’ve been without net access for nearly three weeks I’ve not been able to answer it and clear up the backlog… My apologies, I shall get to that one shortly! Though its sort of superseded now 😉 Steve.

Now that the server is running nicely I’ve had a chance to add a new feature that’s been on the back of mind for some time. If you’re a Plus Account holder, details of your journal will now be posted to www.weblogs.com which is a central site that watches as many updated ‘weblogs’ as possible….

Or, you just get a 403, Forbidden error message… Yeah, sorry. The server was recently compromised by some unscrupulous bots that exploit weaknesses in various scripts that are available on the internet. Usually phpBB, but the list is growing. I’ve therefore tightened up the security settings for the server, but it appears these settings are…

Sorry, I had to take the database down for 20 minutes in order to take a snapshot as the trials and tribulations of yesterday left my backup inaccurate. On counting the number of entries on the system and then on the live backup, the backup machine had one less… Clearly not a situation thats conducive…

Why, in the name of all that is holy, would ANYONE host a PHP and PERL based site on Windows? You wouldn’t choose to, but not because of Windows. That said, both of them under Apache seem to be pretty decent, though PHP has some interesting issues, as usual. It costs more, is more buggy…

I’ve had a bit of fun with the public images, but in doing the things with those, I noticed that for some bizarre reason the PRIVATE images that people had uploaded always appeared in the drop down lists at the bottom… I’ve changed this so they’re listed first… Should save too much messing about… I…