It looks like there was a fat old spam run at our site recently. The spam accounts have now been removed. If I missed any, let me know.

I’ve had to make a change to the way Author Buzz syndicates content to places like Mastodon. We used to have forum topics and replies in the syndication stream. I have now pulled it back to only posts to the main blog. The reason for dialling it back was I …

I’ve finally gotten to the point of working out how to import all libraries in the UK. This will allow authors to (one day) list which libraries carry their books; and other things like that. The choice before me now is do I make each library a type of post/page …

I have started the process of revising the themes on offer to our bloggers. In particular, I want to remove themes that hide their best features behind a paywall and themes that have not been kept up to date. I will do my best to make sure there are some …

The news is that WordPress released a performance plugin that could offer “Near-Instant Load Times”. Danny pointed this one out to me. It looks good. WordPress released an official plugin that adds support for a cutting edge technology called speculative loading that can help boost site performance and improve the …

I’ve got a couple of bits to take care of today. Here’s to a smooth update. Update I guess, two out of three ain’t bad.

I’ve been looking into two seemingly unrelated bugs that I now suspect share a root cause. This evening, I added some new directives that control cache expiry. In both cases, this is for JSON content which is what the cache shows you when you want to see a post and …

Something has gone screwy with the CSS for the front page. I’m already working on fixing it.

I am considering a radical redesign of the site. This change will aim to bring user content (forums, your blogs, groups, etc.) to more prominence on the front page. It will also aim to make user profiles much more dynamic. My thought is to make all content a block (main …

I have been made aware of a rare bug that may only impact Safari users. The exact cause is unknown but most likely cache-related. It can cause JSON to be served up instead of HTML for new posts. I believe that 99% of users will most likely never see the …