As many of you have pointed out, there have been some extremely annoying changes happening to the site this past week. Yes, I was fully aware. Thank you.
Most of the problems are cosmetic, but a couple are not. Comment numbering, I’m looking at you.
This week was a perfect storm of massive security updates, starting with the machine that hosts our server, huge WordPress updates, a theme update and plugin updates because of the WP updates.
All of these updates probably did make things more secure. But they also broke tons of stuff.
I’ve been spending 18 hour days fixing all the new problems for my actual paying clients, so I apologize for not getting everything here at this labor of love straightened out yet.
There will undoubtedly be ongoing, random issues as I address things here in my “free time” over the next few days. So, just be happy that the site still allows articles and commenting. And stay tuned.
This concludes this Public Service Announcement. I now return you to your regularly scheduled snark.
Thanks for all your work!
Hear! Hear!
There! There!
Thanks SP. I think it’s fine but I’m not as high maintenance as the rest of these bitches.
Same SP, thank you. I have a difficult enough time typing on a phone. *tips top hat*
No problemo here either. No big deal at all except I need to wear my glasses to read the “reply” “post comment” button and that makes me feel old. I also go to the wrong side of the page to scroll up since it reverted back to original. I would make a good trained seal in another life.
Yes, thanks very much. Regardless of the site oddities recently, I still frigging love this place. Lots of great content. Now, the commenters…
Thank you for all you do, SP!
Also, I have a question for you because I know the site is hosted on DreamHost: do you have a VPS? They’ve been nagging me about a couple of the sites I have that are running WordPress. When I researched it seems to be because of the plugins I have installed. I’m kind of cranky because I don’t have all that many plugins and they’re pretty basic—nothing on the level of the fanciness going on here. I’ve done all I can to optimize and they’re still bitching at me that I should upgrade to a VPS. They always qualify it with, “But if you don’t mind the way your site is running then that’s fine!” so I feel like it’s a money grab. I’d be interested to know your opinion.
Thanks Tulpa!
We can comment. We can snark. We can read posts. We have workarounds, so we’re good. Take care of the paying customers first, we appreciate any attention and time you’re willing to spend on us.
I appreciate what you do SP, While I would like everything perfect, Shit happens, and we are still here,
Thanks!
As long as the server squirrels aren’t post duplicating and post eating assholes like at TSTSNBN, I’m happy as a clam. Thanks for the update SP, and sorry that the server squirrels decided to dump a metric ton of shit in your lap.
As a lurker and very minor commenter, we thank you!
Stop lurking Man, Your Freaking me out!
/looks over shoulder, sees You, runs off ……
Shut up, Tulpa!
*wonders why more lurkers don’t come out*
As in Quit lurking and Come out, Tulpa!
We’re here! Tulpa were talking amongst ourselves and got distracted. *looks around at vast wasteland* Are we late?
And we all thank SP for the heroic work.
Mahalo SP! Your work on the site is much appreciated even if it is all tossed chicken bones, ox entrails and FM to me.
I learned that CSS is ‘cascading style sheet’ or something like that (I was pretty loaded last night), and the V is for “ventilation”.
This site is like a GED-prep course for me!
You dreamed up the V thing, TC, otherwise, you get a 5 gold stars.
Laudanum is a hell of a drug.
I also dreamed of V last night.
Funny, I dreamed of Y and T.
Like this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RGQSBGaJS8
That’s a dream worth having.
I dreamt I went to Manderley again.
Man, I thought V meant venereal, now I’m going to be wondering how people caught ventilation disease.
They let Yusef work on their ventilation systems.
Thanks for all your work, SP, and good luck! I hate that WordPress can be merciless about how it updates, and God help you if you customized any plugins.
You managed to keep core functionality going, lack of post numbers and occasional style shift are minor quibbles.
Thank you, SP.
You and your work are appreciated.
I don’t really care how things look. Well, I care how the edit faeries look, I guess
The site is fine, SP. Sorry if I bitched too much, it was all in good humor. Hopefully there’s a way you can protect the styles from being trashed. Posted earlier about that in reply to OMWC, but I don’t think you were around at the time.
Hopefully there’s a way you can protect the styles from being trashed.
What did I do?? ;p
I don’t know. I thought it was WordPress vendor updates that did this? Is there a custom override for the styles?
Twas just a joke. I have no idea how WordPress works. My exposure to the innards of this site goes no further than F12 will take me.
Annoying changes? What did Eddie come back? Seriously though, and in no way a blatant sucking up, I haven’t noticed a thing, and can’t believe some uncultured ingrates would whinge about one of the best run sites on the intertubes.
Oh shut up, you kiss ass! We are Glibs, nothing less than perfection will do! If anyone even sees a squirrel, it should be blasted into flying bits of fur by automatic weapons with scary black things that go up! No excuses!
Look, it’s not ass kissing. As an design professional and one who has created untold websites his own self, I have the training and sophistication to recognize and appreciate outstanding work in the field, which obviously you philistines can’t even begin to understand.
I do this for a living. I have no idea how people like you script/code/programming monkeys make it through a week w/o hanging yourselves. But I’m very appreciative that you dont. THANKS SP!
https://postimg.org/image/d24a3th1r/
These are minor annoyances, SP. The site is fine, and thanks again for what you do to keep it going.
As a token of my appreciation, here’s a SHOCKING investigative video. It seems nearly all Hollywood actresses are trannies according to this guy.
“So, just be happy that the site still allows articles and commenting.”
Don’t tell me what to do. OK. I’m happy again.
Needs MOAR “fuck off, slaver”
If the joes aren’t bitching, something’s wrong.
/what I learned from the Army
Seriously, thank you SP for all of the hard work in keeping things running here.
Jeez, don’t you know that this unpaid work should take precedence over your paying clients? I want my money back.
There are articles?
Yes Tulpa, there are, no one reads them, but they exist, and even have pictures!
As long as Q Continuum continues to do his thing here every day, we should all be thankful, yes?
Cheers SP.
SP is the hardest working woman in libertarianism. Three cheers for the woman who makes this all possible!
Well, I mean since she’s the only real female libertarian, I’m giving her a break.
If everyone is watching and working on the Glibs website who is building the damn ROADS?
In Balmer, apparently no one. You can fall into a pothole and never be seen again.
Look as a paying customer, I expect… oh wait, that’s right… uh, never you mind, and thanks ever so much for all you do.
How was the brewery today? Sorry I couldn’t make it, looks interesting, we should plan something.
It went off well – I think the weather really helped. Good crowd. I knocked back a couple of pilsners and then a dunkel, came home with just a scrap of chili.
The Dice are up and down today, Damn
Does anyone here post?
Yes. Yes we do.
Damn it. Here’s the link that was supposed to be there
I’m sorry I don’t have any orphans who can help you fix the site, SP.
Dude, you haven’t trained your orphans in CSS? I suppose they can’t even make a good tear barrel?
They got uppity and learned blink and marquee.
Site’s great, SP. Thanks for all your hard work.
E! did you see this from last night? Right up the street from my house,
https://photos.app.goo.gl/gRjBWW7jI9z7zxUJ3
Who’s the old dude that looks like he just huffed a jug of chlorodifluoromethane?
The pix are Chronological, look at our faces at the Bottom compared to the Top, The BigHorn Sheep! in SoCal!
Airstrikes pound Syria’s Afrin as Turkey launches ‘Operation Olive Branch’. Yes, you read that correctly.
“The YPG said the strikes killed six civilians and three fighters. One of the fighters belonged to the YPG and two were from its all-female affiliate, YPG spokesman Birusk Hasaka said. The attacks also wounded 13 civilians, he said.”
If you want a quick security check, hit me at my email.
I used to comment on truck stop toilet stalls in my own spinal fluid.
Spinal fluid! well, lah-dee-dah, Mr “me and my limitless supply of spare bodily fluids”
Thank you!
Amen.
A little late to this thread, but wanted to say Thanks for your work on this site. I read it daily and occasionally post a comment.
Look, SP. Even Tulpa is thankful for all the work you do!
Thank you for the site, I’m sure things will get sorted out in soon.
We really are not worthy.
Thanks for all the volunteer work!