There’s more fun coming, but until then, OPEN THREAD!
Updates Done, Please Report Issues You Encounter
Folks,
The updates are all done, and there’s still some customizations to apply and some font/design tweaks. Mostly stuff you won’t notice.
So, this post is here for you to report issues. I’ll make another post tomorrow morning to get the day crew’s answers as well.
I have addressed many of the issues reported in the previous posts, but many are not yet addressed. Some will remain unaddressed at this time.
Most importantly, due to the great help of the Hosting Matters team, we’ve now fixed the update mechanism to take care of some pesky file permission issues and built a failsafe so future updates will result in at most a 5 minute permission limbo.
Tonight/tomorrow, I hope to go back in and retro-add Adam’s National Security posts to the new Silverman on Security Quicklink category, and I hope to convert many past recipes into the new widget.
I may or may not respond tonight to comments in this post, but they will most assuredly be read and considered tomorrow!
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Mercy, you know you signed on that dotted line
Yes, but Hillary used inappropriate emoji in one of her emails:
The allegations of a quid pro quo between Trump and Florida Attorney General, improper use of the charity for personal benefit, and employment of the charity for political purposes have serious penalties beyond mere campaign optics—the possible consequences range from hefty fines to jail time.
[….]“This reaches above a distraction for them due to the legal implications of it and long litigation possibility,” a former senior aide to Trump said. “Look, Donald signed those checks… he’s on there. He’s liable.”
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Monday Evening Open Thread
(via Huffington Post)
Been a busy day around here already, so have a musical interlude. Miley Cyrus spent her childhood performing on a Disney soundstage, and even ‘Little Princess Froggy Dimples’ is smart enough to know Trump is a menace who must be defeated. Also, major Boomer nostalgia, per the YouTube description:
Music guest Miley Cyrus performs Odetta’s rendition of Bob Dylan’s “Baby, I’m in the Mood for You” for the Tonight Show audience.
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Apart from warm nostalgic fuzzys (I love Odetta!) what’s on the agenda for the evening?
Prepare For Turbulence: Site Update Rolling Out Soon
ETA: Site was updated with the excellent help of Hosting Matters’ excellent support folks, our procedure is fixed for the next time. I’ve still lots of tweaking to do. Recipe widget coming live soon.
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I’m still puttering about trying to figure out why the Read More links don’t create the anchor like they’re supposed to, but I will be launching the updated files, new plugins, etc. shortly.
I’m using a software repository to apply changes already working on my test server, but last time I did this, there were some permission issues. If they re-occur, I will note them and will have the Hosting company fix it as that is out of my control. Their script, made after the last update/twitch, resets permissions on files, so finger-crossed, there should be no issues.
Worst case scenario, the site is wacky for five minutes. Hopefully that won’t happen.
Once the new files are all good, and the dust settles, there should be a few welcome tweaks:
- A recipe plugin to make using them, copying them, finding them, etc. much easier.
- Adam has his own “Silverman on Security” section from Quicklinks.
- Bare link issue should be solved.
- This should mean that editing comments going into moderation is solved. If not, speak up!
- I made the video add force HTTPS so no more security warnings about mixed content. This may break some work-arounds, so if it is an issue, make sure you’ve adjusted your filter to https
- Fixed mobile site icons being “vertical columned”
- Once main site updates hit, I will update the mobile sit and plugin so that will be a bit later this pm.
- Amazon ad will be added to mobile site and I will make a few tweaks to it.
- Blogroll opens in same window because if it forces a new window, many devices block popups. So error reports galore, not to mention bad user experience. Deal with it or shift-click to open it in a new window/tab!
- Looking at adding CAPTCHA or such to Contact FrontPager form; we’ve been getting too much crap.
- Arrow controls on main site – there are hovering arrow controls to jump to top/bottom and prev/next post on the main desktop site. They are great tools, so please use them if you don’t already.
- There are no arrow controls on the mobile site but you can us links to jump to comments, and there are visual controls for next/prev post. The one thing missing is arrow to jump to top of screen, but for mobile devices, there are simple built in shortcuts:
- iOS: double-tap top of screen and it will jump to top of browser page
- Android:
There is a simple technique.I was wrong, the technique I read about was BS. There is no jump to top outside of some apps that you can get, but I can’t recommend them as I do not know them. Apparently you can swipe to top of window much faster in Android than iOS. I will get some solution soon for the mobile site.
- I plan a few slight font tweaks and such, but that’s pretty much it.
Hope the changes are good to you all, but please feel free to use this post to complain, troubleshoot, etc. I hope to push the changes about 3 Eastern. Be well.
ETA: The site is secured using HTTPS, using an SSL certificate from the Let’s Encrypt initiative. I have one Opera user reporting some errors about the certificate authority, but I am mentioning this in case anyone else gets weird certificate notifications. We’re legit, and I suspect that the Opera version is old, or that the list of CAs that install is using is outdated but not updated. Similar issues may occur to users of other older browser versions or OSes without recent builds. But please do report any SSL/certificate issues.
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President Obama to Deliver Statement from NYC (Updated)
It hasn’t started as of 11:39. Here’s a link to a live feed. Here’s a C-SPAN link in case you missed it.
Also, WaPo is reporting the suspect in the bombing is now in custody.
ETA: Holy shit, if this report proves true, it might behoove wannabe terrorists to move their operations to someplace where people are less likely to immediately pounce on and ransack unattended packages:
There are still conflicting reports surrounding a second explosive device that was found Saturday night on West 27th Street in New York, but reports indicate that individuals looking to pick up an unattended suitcase may have inadvertently thwarted a second explosion.
NBC News reported that surveillance video showed “a man leaving behind a piece of luggage before two other people come along, take a device out of the bag and walk away with just the suitcase”
According to DNA info, two people saw a suitcase on West 27th Street, opened it up and took a pressure cooker out “before placing the explosive into a garbage bag and walking away with the rolling suitcase.”
According to DNA info, “investigators believe they inadvertently disabled the explosive.”
It was the first, but not the last scavenging incident that may have actually saved lives in New York and New Jersey over the weekend. According to other reports, two men were also responsible for locating explosives in an unattended backpack at an Elizabeth, New Jersey train station Sunday evening. There, two men found a backpack, walked some distance with it before stopping and discovering it was filled with wires.
In that incident, police were notified and five explosive devices were found.
Terrorist 1 – Scavengers 2. Also, I heard that the bomb that did go off exploded in or under a dumpster, which absorbed much of the impact. Could it be that our heroic bag-grabbers placed it there after determining that there were no valuables in it? If so, thanks, guys!
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Clinton to Hold 10 AM-ish ET Press Conference (Updated)
The press conference is taking place at Westchester County Airport. TPM has a link to a live feed here.
ETA: Conference concluded. Here’s a C-SPAN link in case you missed it.
My favorite part was when Clinton called out Trump about his “secret plan to destroy ISIS” — pointing out that he has no plan. The truth of that was illustrated when Trump responded to Matt Lauer’s question about the secret plan in this exchange, courtesy of TPM:
That’s such absurd, dog-ate-my-homework level bullshit. It would have ended just about any other campaign.
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