All is well, after some stormy passages where it looked like this blog was heading for Davey Jones’ locker! This started with a simple message about old, slow PHP. Then I noticed I could use SSL and get rid of the scary browser messages about being a potential threat to humanity. Too bad clicking that button caused a bad redirect for the entire web site. Chaos!
The A record is re-pointed to the correct IP, the incompatible CDN is gone, a plug-in running amok is deactivated, SSL reinstalled, propagated, and all is well. The post images are back (make page sticky et voilà!), the site now has a static home page and dynamic journal page. And it’s all been converted to WP 5.x block formatting from classic.
After all that, I kept going. Issues with the previous theme requiring sticky posts for images (really!). So, new theme, new static landing page, new menu structure and widgets. More control over graphic design, too.
Hope everyone likes the changes!
Yes, this stuff is really for geeks!
The more you look, the more complicated everything gets, the thicker the jargon – and worse: the more bugs and UI glitches crawl out of the cyberspace woodwork!