Blog Software Upgrade


August 24th, 2004 - 19:59 | 2 comments

I upgraded the software that runs this blog last weekend. It fixed a couple of problems, but I’m still having trouble with ‘rebuilding’ pages with my custom template. I asked my hosts about this and they said the script is exceeding its memory limit and is being shut down. I don’t know if there’s a way round that atm. If you see any older pages looking strange then that’s probably the cause. The other major change I’ve made is to the commenting system. As it stands at the moment you need a typekey account to have your comment appear straight away. All other comments will be held until I approve them. I’m sorry to have to do it that way, it’s just that the insane amount of comment spam was driving me nuts. Trouble is, it all still arrives, but now I have to check it all for proper posts! I’ve definitely got things wrong somewhere :-) Getting a typekey account will enable you to post on any website with a typekey commenting system (which, given movable type’s popularity, will be a fair few), so in my opinion it’s worth doing.

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2 Responses to “Blog Software Upgrade” 

  1. Gravatar Icon 1 Edward 

    Just one quick thought: in the MT.cfg file there’s an option to reduce the number of pages done at a time, I think. If you reduced the number, to say, 5 or 10 pages to be rebuilt at a time, this should reduce the amount of memory used.
    I’ve not checked how much memory it uses to rebuild a blog, but I wouldn’t have expected it to be anywhere near 18 meg? I shall have a look when I have a chance.

  2. Gravatar Icon 2 Krypto 

    That worked! Thanks very much :-)

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