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There are only a few of you that have ventured into WordPress blocks, aka the Gutenberg Editor. Here’s an initial…Continue readingAre you ready to learn about WordPress blocks?
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Server manoeuvres in the dark
Most of our domains migrated successfully yesterday during the allotted maintenance window. A number needed further nudging and cajoling, and…Continue readingServer manoeuvres in the dark
We’ve set a maintenance window of around 1 hour at 2pm Thursday 13th August. In the run up all website…Continue readingOurlocality Scheduled Maintenance 2pm on Thursday 13th August
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We’re moving platform
Background Since 2010 our hosting partner has been a York based company, Bytemark. We’re planning to move to a new…Continue readingWe’re moving platform
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Intermittent service
Problems, like buses, tend to come one after the other. Over the last week we experienced some intermittent hits on…Continue readingIntermittent service
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Server Fault
We’ve not experienced many problems over the years, but this one meant that we were offline for much longer than…Continue readingServer Fault
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Simpler Payments – Goodbye Paypal
We’ve been asking website owners at OurLocality to make a contribution to the hosting and maintenance costs for a wee…Continue readingSimpler Payments – Goodbye Paypal
You want your own domain, it’s cheap isn’t it? One extreme case I got hired to help out with had…Continue readingHave you just let your domain expire?
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Dunbar from 1970
Provost R H (Jimmy) James set up a committee to consider the question of the celebration of the 6th centenary…Continue readingDunbar from 1970