Re: adaic.org; is there a problem?

["Björn Persson" <Bjorn@xn--rombobjrn-67a.se>]

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