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"Luke A. Guest" <laguest@archeia.com> wrote in message news:vcucuf$3767a$1@dont-email.me...

On 23/09/2024 19:31, Blady wrote:

Le 17/09/2024 � 19:59, Dirk Craeynest a �crit :

John McCabe <john@nospam.mccabe.org.uk> wrote:

Thanks for that Bill; at least I'm not going mad then :-)

I noticed the problem with adaic.org as well, and have informed
Randy, its webmaster, yesterday already. Stay tuned until he kicks
the server back into action... ;-)

Dirk

I noticed a similar problem with www.ada-auth.org?
Pascal.

Yup both down, just tried them.

In case anyone is interested:

AdaIC.org was failing because a PHP update borked the Wordpress "theme" that it uses. We had to pay the hosting company to figure out the problem; they rolled back the PHP and all seems well. This is the bane of using "standard" tools for webhosting; they make it easier to create posts, but also are much more attackable and thus get updated and break a lot more often. (I prefered the old mostly Ada+Html version, but that wasn't my choice.)

Ada-Auth.Org was down because a water main broke near my office building and flooded the entire lower level with 14" of muddy water. (This of course shorted out most of the electrical things; luckily all of the computers themselves were high enough to escape damage.) All of the tenants had to
move out immediately (the building had to be gutted to eliminate mold and
rot problems). I ended up moving all of the computers to my living room, and had to get the business internet and phone moved as well. (That was a major mess, still not quite cleaned up.) Everything appears to be working properly now.

Today is the first time I've managed to find time to look at comp.lang.ada since mid September. Someday I might catch up again, but probably not fully until next year.

Randy.


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On Fri, 1 Nov 2024 22:39:35 -0500, Randy Brukardt wrote:

AdaIC.org was failing because a PHP update borked the Wordpress "theme"
that it uses. We had to pay the hosting company to figure out the
problem; they rolled back the PHP and all seems well.

That’s not “figuring out” the problem though, is it? The next time you retry the PHP update, won’t it just just happen again?
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Why do persons use Wordpress? Wordpress is inept. Wordpress is buggy
unlike good alternatives which exist since years before Wordpress became created.
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My understanding is that the tech tried to fix the problem but couldn't
figure it out and gave up and rolled back instead. I agree that isn't a real fix, but that's definitely not something I can do anything about. (I have no interest in figuring out PHP!)

Randy.

"Lawrence D'Oliveiro" <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote in message news:vg4dlc$3lq2a$1@dont-email.me...

On Fri, 1 Nov 2024 22:39:35 -0500, Randy Brukardt wrote:

AdaIC.org was failing because a PHP update borked the Wordpress "theme"
that it uses. We had to pay the hosting company to figure out the
problem; they rolled back the PHP and all seems well.

That's not "figuring out" the problem though, is it? The next time you
retry the PHP update, won't it just just happen again?

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Randy Brukardt wrote:

My understanding is that the tech tried to fix the problem but couldn't figure it out and gave up and rolled back instead. I agree that isn't a real fix, but that's definitely not something I can do anything about. (I have no interest in figuring out PHP!)

Randy.

"Lawrence D'Oliveiro" <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote in message news:vg4dlc$3lq2a$1@dont-email.me...

On Fri, 1 Nov 2024 22:39:35 -0500, Randy Brukardt wrote:

AdaIC.org was failing because a PHP update borked the Wordpress "theme"
that it uses. We had to pay the hosting company to figure out the
problem; they rolled back the PHP and all seems well.

That's not "figuring out" the problem though, is it? The next time you retry the PHP update, won't it just just happen again?

Does anyone maintain that Wordpress theme? Has the problem been
reported to the maintainer? Apparently the theme needs to be updated to
work with the latest PHP, because upgrading PHP will become unavoidable
sooner or later (unless Wordpress and PHP are replaced with something
more reliable).
Björn Persson
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