adaic.org; is there a problem?

adaic.org; is there a problem?

[John McCabe]

Hi,

Sorry to ask here; I wasn't sure where else to go, but is www.adaic.org 
ok for everyone? I'm just seeing a mostly white screen with a blackish 
bar at the top on Firefox, Chrome and Edge (Chrome on both Windows and 
Android). It might just be me, but I thought I'd ask in case anyone else 
sees it like that and can prod the right people to fix it or, 
alternatively, just let me know that it's a problem at my end!

Thanks
John

Re: adaic.org; is there a problem?

[Bill Findlay]

On 17 Sep 2024, John McCabe wrote
(in article <vcca73$3jhgp$1@dont-email.me>):

> Hi,
>
> Sorry to ask here; I wasn't sure where else to go, but is www.adaic.org
> ok for everyone? I'm just seeing a mostly white screen with a blackish
> bar at the top on Firefox, Chrome and Edge (Chrome on both Windows and
> Android). It might just be me, but I thought I'd ask in case anyone else
> sees it like that and can prod the right people to fix it or,
> alternatively, just let me know that it's a problem at my end!
>
> Thanks
> John

FOOBAR.
It looks as though a significant part of the HTML is missing.

-- 
Bill Findlay

Re: adaic.org; is there a problem?

[John McCabe]

On Tue, 17 Sep 2024 18:35:16 +0200, Bill Findlay wrote:

<..snip..>

> FOOBAR.
> It looks as though a significant part of the HTML is missing.

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

Re: adaic.org; is there a problem?

[Dirk Craeynest]

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

Re: adaic.org; is there a problem?

[Blady]

Le 17/09/2024 à 19:59, Dirk Craeynest a écrit :
> 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.

Re: adaic.org; is there a problem?

[Luke A. Guest]

On 23/09/2024 19:31, Blady wrote:
> Le 17/09/2024 à 19:59, Dirk Craeynest a écrit :
>> 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.

Re: adaic.org; is there a problem?

[Randy Brukardt]

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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 à 19:59, Dirk Craeynest a écrit :
>>> 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.

Re: adaic.org; is there a problem?

[Lawrence D'Oliveiro]

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?

Re: adaic.org; is there a problem?

[Nioclásán Caileán de Ghlostéir]

Why do persons use Wordpress? Wordpress is inept. Wordpress is buggy 
unlike good alternatives which exist since years before Wordpress became 
created.

Re: adaic.org; is there a problem?

[Randy Brukardt]

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? 

Re: adaic.org; is there a problem?

[Björn Persson]

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