Had a little drive failure thingy going on there.

Should be fixed now. And we'll be moving to new servers next week and leaving the old and poopy servers behind, so that will be good.

Update: If your site has gone screwy, just click on the Rebuild Site option in Movable Type, and select Rebuild Indexes Only.

That should fix it.

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1 My blog is still screwy. None of my posts or my archives are showing. This makes Baby Jesus cry.

Posted by: Ryan at August 30, 2006 04:21 PM (b4JBG)

2 Never mind. All is well now. Baby Jesus has ceased crying.

Posted by: Ryan at August 30, 2006 04:37 PM (b4JBG)

3

Our main page and archive posts are still missing! Will they reappear shortly?

 

HELP!!

Posted by: Rhodey at August 30, 2006 04:54 PM (ou8Qn)

4 My blog is still down. No rush, I know you're busy, just thought I'd tell you.

Posted by: Bou at August 30, 2006 08:39 PM (iHxT3)

5 I went in and did a rebuild, and this jumpstarted the blog somehow. All main page and archived posts showed up again.

FYI.

Posted by: Rhodey at August 31, 2006 01:15 AM (FTfK6)

6 Yep. If you tried to post or someone tried to comment while things were screwed up, it could leave your front page also screwed up. Rebuilding will fix that.

We'll be moving to new servers next week - I'm taking some time of work to get it done. This disk has screwed us up at least twice, so we need to get away from it.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 31, 2006 02:37 AM (FRalS)

7 I still can't get into MT3 to do a rebuild....

Posted by: Ozguru at August 31, 2006 03:57 AM (rmPSV)

8 That's odd.  I just logged in and I'm running a rebuild for you now.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 31, 2006 05:10 AM (FRalS)

9 Thank you. I cannot get in at all (at the moment) -

504 Gateway Timeout
The following error occurred: [code=DNS_TIMEOUT] A DNS lookup error occurred because the request timed out during the lookup.
Could not open error file.

This has been happening a lot lately. Other munu pages are fine.

Posted by: Ozguru at August 31, 2006 05:26 AM (rmPSV)

10 Okay, that's weird. I'll look into that.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 31, 2006 10:35 AM (oFrbW)

11 Thanks dude, all fixed.

BTW, my link in the blogroll still has a /mt3 on the end of it (which leads people to an old copy of the site) - any chance of switching that to just the normal URL (ozguru.mu.nu).

Thanks again.

Posted by: Ozguru at September 05, 2006 12:30 PM (a8M/v)

12 Ah.  Now that one I can fix.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at September 07, 2006 04:39 AM (FRalS)

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Hello All,

It's that time of year again! I have set up another league for the annual Blogger Fantasy Football tournament. There are as of right now three signed up to play, and 10 spots overall. That means the first seven are in so sign up asap!

Visit this link or go here and join by using the following info:

ID# is 584932
Password: gotime

Good luck!

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Slight server bloopage there, but we're back online again.

Greg redeemed himself by alerting me to the outage. Thanks Greg. :)

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1 Okay, here's another idea:

Since Minx has its own WYSIWYG editor, instead of having it produce valid markup, it could produce somethine else, such as 8!*- -*!8 instead of angle brackets, which would be transformed by the server to what they should be. Then you could disallow markup in comments - cutting out the spammers.

...just a thought.

Posted by: David Boxenhorn at August 21, 2006 09:14 AM (fvnMS)

2 The outage yesterday evening my time (Eastern), happened less than an hour after I was Instalinked! Augh! Ah well. Still getting good residual traffic, so I can't complain. But sheesh, what timing!

Posted by: Steve Janke at August 21, 2006 06:16 PM (pFrk8)

3 Test comment...

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 24, 2006 07:08 AM (FRalS)

4 Test spam xxxxxxxxx

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 24, 2006 07:08 AM (FRalS)

5 Bum.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 24, 2006 07:09 AM (FRalS)

6 Got it! That should slow those particular spammers down.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 24, 2006 07:16 AM (FRalS)

7 Time to get the flea comb out and delouse the comments at Munuviana....

Posted by: Susie at August 28, 2006 02:35 PM (I8uqK)

8 Deloused!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 29, 2006 08:16 AM (FRalS)

9 Master Pixy, this is off topic, but recall I am from the techtarded flock. My question is: once a post is deleted, is there any way to kill the page entirely, even if pulled up by the archived entry number? (Google still points straight to it in other words...)

Posted by: Key at August 30, 2006 10:10 PM (MQ9qx)

10 Yeah, but you have to use the CPanel file manager.  Or let me know which post it is and I'll zap it for you.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 31, 2006 05:08 AM (FRalS)

11 Oh, dear...the lice are back again! Methinks the flea dip needs more cowbell!

Posted by: Susie at September 06, 2006 03:51 PM (I8uqK)

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When I click on my comments section, over on the sidebar is an old bitmap that was on my old dotcom site. The url listed for that one is: http://www.gmroper.com/archives/elephanthandand%20flag-2.bmp. When I go to the "archives" for the old site (which really no longer exists, it was via an old host http://livingdot.com) I get a "bandwidth exceeded" message... interesting in that there is no more site to exceed!

I've looked at all the templates I currently have to see if I can dig out the missing picture and replace it with the one I have on my main page but I can't seem to find it anywhere.

Does anyone know how to get rid of a bitmap that doesn't seem to reside anywhere? LOL, I know it really is somewhere, I just don't know how to find it. Suggestions welcome... and thanks if you can tell me how to do it....

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Multi-talented blogger seeking supplemental income is willing to trade design skills for cold hard cash - or some electronic equivalent! Because I wouldn't expect anyone to buy design services sight unseen, wander over to this site to take a look at my resume and portfolio.

No job is too small, no budget too large.

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Sorry about the hiccupage there. Just making a few database enhancements, and Movable Type didn't like a couple of them.

Fixed now.

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update: With about three weeks to go, they still need some 1,000 more bloggers to reach the target. If you already have, thank you. If you haven't, go see what this is all about.

2996 is a project to have bloggers post a tribute to each person killed on 9/11. With just over a month to go, they need many more bloggers to sign up and help out.

Check that link and consider pitching in. Spread the word too.

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Spent a few hours today whacking the comment system over the head with a large hammer.

The result will - I hope - be less spam. It will certainly help me to track how the spam is getting in. We've got three comment systems running now; two copies of Movable Type, and Minx. I know it's not Minx that's the main problem, so what I need to find out is which of the two copies of MT is having problems - or if there's something else that I've forgotten.

Anyway, any posts more than about a month old have now had comments closed, very very forcibly. There's nothing worse than looking up an old post to find twenty screenfuls of porn spam attached to it.

I still have to clean up the existing mess, but I've started on that, and I'm going to add some comment management tools to Minx that will also work on your MT comments.

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1 So did you whack the bug? I was once told the trick is to scoop em up from the front, since that's the way they like to take off when they fly.

Posted by: David Boxenhorn at August 16, 2006 07:56 PM (KnYNz)

2 So that's the noises I was hearing earlier. Good to know you're knocking things into shape.

Posted by: michele at August 17, 2006 06:49 PM (BN/Fu)

3 Grrr. Die, spammer!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 18, 2006 01:58 AM (FRalS)

4 Test test...

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 18, 2006 02:03 AM (FRalS)

5 TEST!!!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 18, 2006 02:04 AM (FRalS)

6 Test, dammit!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 18, 2006 02:08 AM (FRalS)

7 Bah.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 18, 2006 02:10 AM (FRalS)

8 Let's try again.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 18, 2006 02:15 AM (FRalS)

9 Whoops! And again.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 18, 2006 02:17 AM (FRalS)

10 YESSSSSSS!!!!!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 18, 2006 02:17 AM (FRalS)

11 So what was it?

Posted by: David Boxenhorn at August 18, 2006 02:23 PM (0BVlt)

12 I think it needs some more whacking with that hammer...

Posted by: mookie at August 22, 2006 06:52 PM (+OVgL)

13 Yeah, there's no end to the whacking around here.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 23, 2006 07:47 AM (FRalS)

14 Will this enable me to nuke old S_P_A_M comments en masse, or should I continue just going through and deleting each one of the several thousand manually?

Thanks!

Posted by: Bravo Romeo Delta at August 26, 2006 11:49 PM (Qa0Pn)

15 I'm working on something to help zap the old spam as well as block incoming spam.  So don't invest too much time in it in the next month or so, because after that it will be much easier to deal with.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 29, 2006 08:00 AM (FRalS)

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Recently at Rocket Jones, I've been asked to review a couple of new podcasts, done in the style of old-time radio serials.

Check out the reviews and follow the links to the shows.

Silent Universe (SciFi)

Second Shift (Fantasy/Adventure)

Fun stuff.

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Okay, I've been noticing this today: my posts before Friday, Aug. 11 aren't showing up on my blog. When I go to look at my page, there's nothing there past last Friday!

Is it me? MuNu issues?

I just want to make sure I haven't fooked around and messed something up.

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1 Um, I can see posts on the 13th and 14.

???

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 15, 2006 01:49 AM (FRalS)

2 Me too.

Posted by: Mad Mikey at August 15, 2006 06:47 AM (RfMA1)

3 Umm, didn't he say the post before Aug 11th were missing??

Posted by: 6pence at August 25, 2006 02:52 PM (CwVm0)

4 Yes, but I can't read...

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 29, 2006 07:55 AM (FRalS)

5 Well, I just hopped over there again and checked, and the posts before the 11th are there as well.

So whatever happened has sorted itself out, it seems.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 29, 2006 07:57 AM (FRalS)

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Trey Givens has a fresh batch of IPs from Comment Spammers:

59.20.123.120
213.151.115.239
210.7.74.140
200.88.223.98
211.141.77.194
59.9.40.141
211.115.230.93
218.75.87.37
221.208.173.84
125.245.166.2
62.7.244.103
220.118.183.50
202.146.67.238
165.229.47.125
61.61.248.9
211.191.147.114
219.250.26.156
192.104.37.16

He also has a category on his blog called "banned" in case anyone is interested in blocking more comment spammers and/or obnoxious peeps.

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I've posted a new post, but it won't display. (The RSS feed has the new post, though.) Another, and perhaps related, problem is that I can't seem to reset my password on CPanel. When I go to the new site on Collosus I just get a time out. When I attempt to reset my password on the old CPanel I just get a new message to reset on Collosus.

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1 I'm trying a rebuild on your blog, and we'll see if that works.

Then I'll take a look at CPanel.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 15, 2006 02:28 AM (FRalS)

2 Um, did you by any chance make a few... changes to your main template? Like Minxy sort of changes?

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 15, 2006 02:30 AM (FRalS)

3 I've reset your template and your blog is back.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 15, 2006 02:42 AM (FRalS)

4 The only change I made was the one suggested to stop comment spam from coming in, so I'm hoping that ordeal doesn't start again. So far so good.

I did save the version of the template that you suggested, under the name you suggested. (Can't recall what it was, frankly. Thanks for your help.)

Posted by: Demosophist at August 15, 2006 03:09 AM (MRvoO)

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Off Topic and not related to MU.NU stuff necessarily, but many of you know that I have been fighting lung cancer, and many of you don't. OK Guys and gals, beloved friends and casual acquaintences. I just got the CT scan results and
it says "NO EVIDENCE OF METASTATIC DISEASE" as well as
other medical jargon but the bottom line is that I've
won the battle and am on to winning the war against
this damned disease. And though it is not necessarily germain to this blog, it is in fact one of the reasons I was proposed for membership in this great group and am oh so very proud to be a munuvian.

Many of you have offered prayers and support and I'm very, very greatful.

Thanks, from the bottom of my heart.

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I have an audio file I'd like to upload to my site, but the username and password I use for CPanel is, apparently, not the same as the CPanel username and password I need to use for FTP.

Can you help, Pixy or Jim? I'd like to upload the file but FTP won't let me/

Thanks!

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If I wanted the maximum information about a comment posted to the blog, what do I do. I can run the IP address, of course. Do we have any logs that can be used to view more information?

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Brought to you by Greg of Rhymes with Right.

(Glares at Greg. Grrr.)

DO NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, BLACKLIST AN URL CONTAINING SQUARE BRACKETS. THESE THINGS: [ ]. IF YOU DO SO, YOU WILL BREAK THE BLACKLIST FOR THE WHOLE OF MU.NU AND NO-ONE WILL BE ABLE TO COMMENT.

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VW over at One Happy Dog Speaks tried to post a comment on my blog and got the following:

Invalid [] range "s-1" in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/0-apr-credit-card-a.blogspot.com|007.sh|00rapredittedit.finance4u.us|010.allineare.com
|014.guerredellastella.com|015.ambrato.com|01pgnz1w.itarezzo.info
|021c.pitri.be|03.bruciarsi.com|030.allineare.com|036d250d.com|04.
guerredellastella.com|04c94314.com|069.imparilo.com|07.accettazione.com
|095.ambrato.com|09c4a6c0.com|0adult|0cartoon.com|0casino|0catch.com
|0creditcardtoday.com|0hentai|0manga|0printing.com|0sesso|0sex-toons.com|0sfondi-desktop.com|0sfon
at extlib/jayallen/Blacklist.pm line 3098.

GRRRR. The growling is from me. Help! (Twas not I in the MT Blacklist...)

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1 Not again!!!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 09, 2006 02:44 PM (dluiY)

2 Ah, not again.

Already fixed!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 09, 2006 02:45 PM (dluiY)

3 Thank you Pixy. GRRR. This so makes me nuts.

Posted by: Bou at August 09, 2006 05:15 PM (iHxT3)

4 Am I no longer blacklisted?

Posted by: physics geek at August 13, 2006 03:11 AM (fWkeE)

5 Yahtzee!

Posted by: physics geek at August 13, 2006 03:12 AM (fWkeE)

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Pixy,
Apparently this doesn't exist in Movable Type, but it would probably be useful to the sysadmin to be able to broadcast a message to all blogs simultaneously.

Maybe it could be saved as a draft post to each blog so it'll be seen when the blogger logs on or as an actual visible post that the blogger will have to physically delete, thereby garaunteeing that the person saw it.

Munuviana was supposed to serve this function, but obviously many Munuvians don't visit. Posting blacklist instructions here again and again doesn't help if the folks who need 'em never see 'em.

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1 I think that's a pretty swell idea, Ted. It merits some further-lookin'-into in my book, anyone else agree?

Posted by: kyer at August 09, 2006 01:51 PM (4LLbh)

2 ...And if creating a "post that needs to be deleted" isn't ideal, then maybe some sort of "message inbox" that is difficult to ignore that would serve the same purpose?

Email can be overlooked, but if it ("it" being this "inboxy thing") is in close proximity to the link/button you'd click to create/edit/post an entry, then maybe it would work.

If you have a box that says, "You have a message", it tends to make the user feel pretty special and loved - making it hard to resist reading it hehe

(...waiting for Pixy to say he's already done all this in some fashion hehe)

Posted by: kyer at August 09, 2006 01:57 PM (4LLbh)

3 Yep!

The next feature I was going to work on was private messaging.  Look for it next week.

As Kyer notes, we have to get people over to Minx so that the messages hit them in the face when they log in. 

Hmm.

Okay, as soon as the user interface is at least partly working, I'll pull a switcheroo so that the existing login page takes you to Minx first, with a link from there to the MT system.

That should do the trick!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 09, 2006 02:51 PM (dluiY)

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Comment issue:

An error occurred:

Invalid [] range "s-1" in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/0-apr-credit-card-a.blogspot.com|007.sh|00rapredittedit.finance4u.us
|010.allineare.com|014.guerredellastella.com|015.ambrato.com
|01pgnz1w.itarezzo.info|021c.pitri.be|03.bruciarsi.com|030.allineare.com
|036d250d.com|04.guerredellastella.com|04c94314.com|069.imparilo.com
|07.accettazione.com|095.ambrato.com|09c4a6c0.com|0adult|0cartoon.com
|0casino|0catch.com|0creditcardtoday.com|0hentai|0manga|0printing.com
|0sesso|0sex-toons.com|0sfondi-desktop.com|0sfon at extlib/jayallen/Blacklist.pm line 3098.

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Horde hasn't worked for me for some time (which picked up gmroper@gmroper.mu.nu), I used to have gmroper@gmroper.com which I always used via Outlook. Nowadays, I've got gmroper@yahoo.com and gmroper@gmail.com. I'd like to go back to gmroper@gmroper.com or gmroper@gmroper.mu.nu can this be done without Horde? If so, how can I go about setting it up?

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