Dave Cross tag:blogs.perl.org,2009-11-03:/users/dave_cross//8 2012-09-04T06:40:38Z A blog about the Perl programming language Movable Type Pro 4.38 Broken MT Update tag:blogs.perl.org,2011:/users/dave_cross//8.1902 2011-06-24T09:35:08Z 2012-09-04T06:40:38Z The installation of Movable Type on this site was a couple[1] of versions behind so last night I decided to update the site to version 4.37. Unfortunately, while carrying out the update, I skipped a vital step. I forgot to... Dave Cross http://perlhacks.com The installation of Movable Type on this site was a couple[1] of versions behind so last night I decided to update the site to version 4.37.

Unfortunately, while carrying out the update, I skipped a vital step. I forgot to copy over the many site specific plugins which are installed here. This meant that for approximately ten hours overnight (UK time) the site was broken and it was impossible to create new blog entries or to post comments.

I think the problem has been fixed and the site should now be back to normal.

Apologies for the problems. I'll be more careful next time.

If you see any problems with the site, please report them over on github.

[1] For embarrassingly large values of "couple".

]]> Text Entered Was Wrong tag:blogs.perl.org,2010:/users/dave_cross//8.505 2010-04-26T13:02:59Z 2012-09-04T06:39:40Z Many people have been seeing the cryptic error message "Text Entered Was Wrong" when trying to use this site. It was caused by MT expecting to see the response from a CAPTCHA which wasn't being displayed. It's taken us a... Dave Cross http://perlhacks.com Many people have been seeing the cryptic error message "Text Entered Was Wrong" when trying to use this site. It was caused by MT expecting to see the response from a CAPTCHA which wasn't being displayed.

It's taken us a while to get to the bottom of this problem, but we think that we have fixed it now. We think that the CAPTCHA will now be displayed in all of the circumstances when MT thinks it has been displayed.

Sorry for the inconvenience this has caused. Hopefully this will allow a larger selection of people to use the site successfully.

As always, please let us know if you are having any problems with the site.

]]> blogs.perl.org Feedback tag:blogs.perl.org,2010:/users/dave_cross//8.194 2010-01-19T09:33:49Z 2012-09-04T06:38:32Z This site has live been on the new hardware for a while now and things seem to be a lot more stable than they were previously. There are, however, still a few issues that are left over from the old... Dave Cross http://perlhacks.com This site has live been on the new hardware for a while now and things seem to be a lot more stable than they were previously.

There are, however, still a few issues that are left over from the old system and which are causing problems for some users (and some potential users). One particular problem that we keep coming across is that of accounts that were half-created on the old system. If you think you set up an account but you can't log in here or if you log in successfully but the system says you don't have permission to post a blog entry then your account is almost certainly in one of several possible intermediate states.

Most of these issues are really simple to fix. But we can't fix them unless we know about them. We have a ticket tracker on github where you can tell us about these problems. There is a link to this tracker at the bottom of every page on this site.

So if you have a problem of any kind with the site, please use the tracker to left us know about it.

]]> What Can We Improve? tag:blogs.perl.org,2009:/users/dave_cross//8.90 2009-12-11T11:20:02Z 2012-09-04T06:37:15Z Ok, so it seems that the memory allocation errors on blogs.perl.org are finally behind us and we're working our way through the list of users who were semi-signed-up during the bad old times.That means it's probably time to start looking... Dave Cross http://perlhacks.com
That means it's probably time to start looking ahead and discussing what improvements we can make to the system. The project team have an internal bug-tracking tool (er... ok... spreadsheet) which we'll make public very soon, but we're keen to have your ideas too.

We want to hear about two types of things. Firstly there's the actual bugs that you find - what's broken when you use the site. And secondly, what can we improve? What features are missing from blogs.perl.org? We want blogs.perl.org to be a first class blogging platform for the Perl community. What, in your opinion, does it need in order to reach that goal?

Please leave suggestions in the comments on this post.

Oh, and we're also hoping to get the MT templates that power this site onto github over the next few days. So if you're an MT hacker (or want to be one) there will be an opportunity for you to make your own fixes and enhancements and feed them back to the site.

Update: I've created a github repo for the site. Over the weekend that will be filled with the templates that we use to build this site. Whilst you're waiting for that, feel free to use the issue tracker to register your problems and ideas.
]]> Migration Issues tag:blogs.perl.org,2009:/users/dave_cross//8.85 2009-12-10T13:39:33Z 2009-12-10T13:44:17Z It looks like something didn't go quite as planned in the migration yesterday and now we seem to have lost some of the most recent posts. It looks like we're missing stuff from about midnight on 8th December to just... Dave Cross http://perlhacks.com
Sorry about that. We now have a database back-up strategy in place that means we'll always have far more recent backups available. I'm sure this was a migration glitch and nothing more serious.

I'm so glad I put that "Beta" tag on the logo :-)
]]> Live(ish) tag:blogs.perl.org,2009:/users/dave_cross//8.21 2009-11-20T11:48:39Z 2009-11-20T11:52:53Z Over on Perl Hacks this morning, I announced the existence of this site. Ovid followed up with a mention on his use.perl journal. Which means, I suppose that we're live and can expect people to try to register, log in... Dave Cross http://perlhacks.com announced the existence of this site. Ovid followed up with a mention on his use.perl journal. Which means, I suppose that we're live and can expect people to try to register, log in and actually use the site.

All of which is slightly problematic if the site decided to throw dozens of resource allocation errors which turn into generic web server errors by the time they get back to the user's browser.

Sorry about this. We are working as hard as we can to resolve this issue. I'll let you know when we think it's fixed.
]]> Test Test Test tag:blogs.perl.org,2009:/users/dave_cross//8.14 2009-11-10T16:20:20Z 2009-11-10T16:20:51Z Always test stuff. Testing is good.... Dave Cross http://perlhacks.com ]]> A Blog Post tag:blogs.perl.org,2009:/users/dave_cross//8.9 2009-11-06T17:23:16Z 2009-11-06T17:24:22Z Introducing blogs.perl.org. I'm so happy!... Dave Cross http://perlhacks.com blogs.perl.org. I'm so happy!
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