Category: About this Blog

Seems I was runinng php74 for quite longer than it was supported. Accidently updated to php8x and the blog failed.

Unfortunately fixing it took more than 5 minutes, so we are back on php74 for now

After updating some ports suddently nothing worked…

1. Caddy + Letsencrypt.
   Caddy again changed the syntax of the caddyfile without providing proper documentation or proper error messages

   I finally managed to get TLS working again but then struggled with PHP. So in the end I decided to switch to nginx/certbot.
   Let’s see how reliable this works. Most likely I broke certificate renewal for dovecot but this is less critical

2. WordPress is a PITA
   • The sqlite integration does not support PHP 8, so I downgraded to PHP7.4.
   • WordPress again removed the old default theme, and the new default theme looks worse than the old one.
   • I couldn’t post, so I tried Tools->Site Health. Well this page uses deprecated functions that have been removed in php 7.0. So no site health for me.
   • The default editor isn’t able to save posts, and categories are also broken. (Install the classic editor to fix it)
   • Permalinks are broken. This could be a side effect of the migration to nginx. Will fix later

Welcome to WordPress. Yes, it looks like MovableType is no longer OpenSource, so time to switch to WordPress.

I am considering dropping maintainership, since i will not have much time the next months.

Another major release of Movable Type. This is the obligatory testposting.
The webfrontend seems to look more clear, but it feels again very slow and bloaty.

If everything works, port will be upgraded in a few minutes.

Testentry. If it works, the FreeBSD port will be upgraded soon.

New version of MT 4.21

This blog has been on the internet for 5 years.
Unfortunately it is quite easy to spot in the monthly archives, when i switched to my current job. It looks like it is absorbing all my creativity.