Fixing the version
About 3 days ago this site stopped. Failed to present any pages. Failed present any login. Strangely specific behavior. The site is underpinned by PHP. The software equivalent of Jenga blocks. You push and you add and you push and you add and suddenly it all falls down. I hadn’t had this for several years so I was unfamiliar with the day-to-day routines of fixing something broken. I mean I knew the theory but I no longer had the tools. And so I called upon the first person available and she got busy on it. Now with a blog you become routine in your efforts. You do not change things that are working and so with a bit of careful reading we learned at the most recent software version had certain problems. Specifically involving a change in the version of PHP. With that we called the support people. The technician was wonderful. After a quick look at the site and the logs he realized that they had done something the software sites should not do. They had updated my software bundle. And with that the jenga blocks fell down. By turning back the version the site returned to life. It does not mean that the the problem has been rectified as I am sure we will see it again but it was good to know that the software was stable enough that it could be repaired. As for me I now know my own weaknesses. I really should keep a better list of how to and where to go. I had become complacent. And now the things are back on track I will try to find a better way to get through the day. In passing I was not ready to give up the whole idea of a blog. Not just yet. I want to wind things down in a more subtle and calm fashion should I decide to make that decision. No suddenly going it’s gone. Just so you know. My content will not be better but it will be available.
