[okfn-help] Help! Front page of The Public Domain Review is broken!

Wed Dec 7 13:35:42 UTC 2011

Dear all,

I am extremely sorry it was me who did cause this mess. I agree with Jonathan about the moral of the story. So I will be extra careful updating any plugins or themes in the future. Nevertheless they have to be updated frequently because not updating them might cause risks.

All the best
Daniel

On 07.12.2011, at 14:29, Nils Toedtmann wrote:

> Jonathan is right.
> 
> Although i think the real lesson is that you do not upgrade plugins
> yourself, but you make a ticket and ask the wordpress admins to do it
> for you.
> 
> /nils.
> 
> PS: See also http://trac.okfn.org/ticket/911 and
> http://trac.okfn.org/ticket/912
> 
> 
> On 07/12/11 14:08, Jonathan Gray wrote:
>> Okay we've now resolved this.
>> 
>> Daniel (or someone else) upgraded the 'meetup' - which caused most of
>> the Wordpress sites to break, even where it wasn't enabled. Elf zapped
>> the plugin and now everything is back to normal.
>> 
>> THE MORAL OF THE STORY:
>> 
>> *Please* don't upgrade anything on the multisite unless:
>> 
>>  * You ping okfn-help to say what you are doing first - even with
>> relatively small upgrades/changes
>>  * You check that people who know how to fix things are on hand to
>> help if something goes wrong - especially if you aren't going to be
>> around
>>  * You are prepared for everything to break
>> 
>> And after an upgrade:
>> 
>>  * You check sites to see that everything is normal
>> 
>> J.
>> 
>> On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 1:29 PM, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org> wrote:
>>> Okay, blog.okfn.org is down, science.okfn.org is down,...
>>> 
>>> Any ideas?
>>> 
>>> On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 1:21 PM, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org> wrote:
>>>> Did anyone upgrade a theme?
>>>> 
>>>> J.
>>>> 
>>>> On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 1:14 PM, Nils Toedtmann <nils.toedtmann at okfn.org> wrote:
>>>>> Would not be the first time a WP plugin upgrade breaks blogs, that is a
>>>>> candidate cause. Daniel, which plugins did you upgrade?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Can anyone check whether other blogs are affected as well?
>>>>> 
>>>>> @elf-pavlik, @koolhead: do you have time to look into this?
>>>>> 
>>>>> /nils.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 07/12/11 13:08, Jonathan Gray wrote:
>>>>>> The front page of the Public Domain Review is broken:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> http://publicdomainreview.org/
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> We just noticed this this morning. Adam hasn't done anything to the
>>>>>> site today and we're trying to figure out what has gone wrong and how
>>>>>> to fix it.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> We thought this might have been an upgrade breaking a plugin, but we
>>>>>> can't see an upgrade as far as we can tell. Daniel upgraded some
>>>>>> plugins, but this seems unrelated.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Anyone have any ideas what could be wrong?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> We're on IRC now...
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> J.
>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> --
>>>>> See http://nils.toedtmann.net/ for contact details.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> --
>>>> Jonathan Gray
>>>> 
>>>> Community Coordinator
>>>> The Open Knowledge Foundation
>>>> http://www.okfn.org
>>>> 
>>>> http://twitter.com/jwyg
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Jonathan Gray
>>> 
>>> Community Coordinator
>>> The Open Knowledge Foundation
>>> http://www.okfn.org
>>> 
>>> http://twitter.com/jwyg
>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> See http://nils.toedtmann.net/ for contact details.
> 
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