Ramblings On A Multi-Site Textpattern Install

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A while back, after running Textpattern on Place Name Here I got the bright idea to duplicate or syndicate (or whatever you want to call it) the web tech related postings over at the more focused ChunkySoup.net as a way to freshen that place up a bit. Sure, I could have just parsed the Atom feed from the originating site and then drop the results on the homepage of the other one, but what fun would that be… and it wouldn’t be particularly friendly either.

And thus began the Textpattern hacking.

More Downtime… L.A. Related

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Seems Dreamhost’s server farm, where my web and mail servers are housed, went down today for a few hours due to the electric problems out on the other coast. Funny how the internet works sometimes.

But all seems well now.

And kudos to DH for keeping their offsite status page updated almost immediately with a few updates as details came out. Really helps me help keep my clients informed and calm.

11 To The Rafters

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Messier retires after 25 NHL seasons

I can’t say the last couple years have been memorable, but for many other reasons then that I’ll be happy to see Mark Messier’s #11 up in the rafters at MSG come a fitting January game against the Oilers. No complaining from me today about the age of the Rangers, and no jokes about the senior league or photoshopped pics of Mess on the ice in a wheelchair. Just a simple…

Thank You.

Updating The Plumbing

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Sorry for the brief interruption (if anyone noticed), but I needed to update the code and database behind ChunkySoup.net and PNH to the latest and greatest build of Textpattern and since I have done some modifications it takes a little bit more then just unpack and run the updaters. But really, it isn’t too rough of a process and I’ve gotten my hacks to a point where they’re pretty clean after doing it two or three times now.

Anyway, both sites are up now (was only about a half hour of downtime) and seem to be running just fine. If you notice anything odd please drop a comment. Oh, and look for a rundown of what it takes to get Texpattern running on the two sites simultaneously sometime later this week.