Site maintenance over

I’ve spent the evening trying to work out why “Internal Server Errors” are generated so often when annotations are posted. I’ve tried simplifying the templates Movable Type uses to generate the site’s pages, to the point of reverting to the software’s default, very simple, templates. Although I saw some improvement I was still seeing errors around 10-20% of the time.

Comments

• N TerryF on Fri 30 Jun 2006, 12:54am

  Phil, as far as I’m concerned, the Recent Annotations page can go, if that’s what it takes.

  At the moment the first of 5 (!) identical posts bu Dirk is http://www.pepysdiary.com/archive/1663/06/29/#53418

  I believe I’ll try to post as an experiment.

• N TerryF on Fri 30 Jun 2006, 01:08am

  Phil, I posted fine, as had Robert Gertz.

• N Bradford on Fri 30 Jun 2006, 02:31pm

  And I got the usual Error Message. But what of it? You go back, hit Post again, get refused for trying to Post again too soon, click on The Diary link, return to the Annotations for the entry in question, and there you are, in all your glory. Circumlocutious, but success rewards the persistent.

• N language hat on Fri 30 Jun 2006, 03:18pm

  I would be distressed if the Recent Annotations page disappeared; it’s how I routinely navigate the site. If it’s not there I’ll probably just check the last post or two, and miss a lot of comments.

• N Mary on Sat 1 Jul 2006, 07:41am

  I agree with language Hat.

  If at all possible, I should like to see the Recent Annotations facility restored and fear that we shall lose some really useful information if it has to be permanently suppressed.

• N Paul Chapin on Sun 2 Jul 2006, 04:01am

  Add my vote for keeping the Recent Annotations page, if possible.