The website has been moved
24 August 2017
Update: If you can read this the site has been successfully moved and everything should be working again.
Site News: Housekeeping
Moved to a new server
17 May 2015
UPDATE: If you can read this, the site has moved to a new server, and you should be able to log in and post annotations again. There may well be things which are broken or slow or unusually strange… if you spot something, do let me know. Thanks.
Maps are working again
5 May 2014
The maps in the Encyclopedia are back now.
Maps not working temporarily
2 May 2014
Maps in the Encyclopedia section currently aren’t displaying due to some confusion with Mapbox that provides them. Hopefully they’ll be back in the next day or two.
Diary emails and RSS feed fixed
3 March 2013
If you read the diary entries by email or RSS you might have noticed it’s been quiet for the past few days, but it should be back now.
Anti-spam measures
20 February 2013
It only took seven hours after opening up registrations for our first spammer to sign up. I suppose one must admire their speed. So far that account is the only of several spammers that has posted an annotation (since deleted). I’ve disabled those accounts but that doesn’t stop more spammers registering.
Annotations can be posted again
15 February 2013
It’s taken longer than I hoped, but it’s now possible to post annotations/comments again.
Annotations update
18 January 2013
It’s been a little while since my previous post about the new site, so here’s an update.
Annotations switched off
10 December 2012
I’m experimenting with a few things on the site, with the aim of starting it running again in the New Year. To make this easier for me — and because very few annotations have been posted recently — I’ve turned off the ability to post annotations for a while.
Thursday's entry will appear two hours earlier
29 May 2012
Usually diary entries appear at 11pm UK time, sort of simulating the idea that Pepys wrote it at the end of his day. I’m loath to break with this near decade-long tradition, but Thursday’s entry will appear two hours early, at 9pm UK time. This is so that readers in the UK are more likely to be able to read it “live”, should they wish to do so. I hope this doesn’t spoil the routine of anyone too much!