Fixes and tweaks
In this morning’s dev notes, we have a patched potential security vulnerability and some CSS tweaks to do with sign up. First, the scary-sounding one. I patched a possible security hole. Some core site functionality was being provided by a deprecated and retired plugin. A patched version exists, but it …
FAIR package manager
The Linux Foundation has announced the FAIR package manager for WordPress. This will be an independent and neutral plugin and theme package manager. One of the features of FAIR is the ability to deactivate Gravatar avatars, which means a slightly reduced privacy leak (depending on how much you trust Gravatar). …
A few small display bugs
I’m currently tracking a few small bugs with the site. I do not have an ETA on fixing all the bugs because I am yet to figure out what caused them.
40 spam accounts purged
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.
Fediverse changes
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 …
Adding libraries: A choice to be made
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 …
Stand by for updates
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.
A few potential bug fixes and spam defences
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 …
CSS error on the front page
Something has gone screwy with the CSS for the front page. I’m already working on fixing it.
I am considering a radical redesign
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 …