Planned Server Software Upgrades
A planned server wide software upgrade is on the cards, and if its not done by June 2008 then an automated system will push a part upgrade which could break current web services. 🙁
Server Software which will be upgraded is as follows:
- PHP 4.7.1 => PHP 5.x.x
- Pear 1.7.x => Pear 1.7.x
- Zend Engine 1 => Zend Engine 2.1
- WordPress 2.1 => WordPress 2.3.x
- MediaWiki 1.6.9 => MediaWiki 1.11.x
- MySQL 4.1.21 => MySQL 5.x.x
The process may take a week or more (see comments), and some sections of the web server will be reverted into maintenance mode pages upon err until resolved. The upgrade process will start this weekend from friday (7th-8th March – when all backups are re-aquired, and includes over 500 Meg of databases with less than 1% data, a massive house cleaning mess, etc)
Some KitCAD i3 functions may be affected during the planned upgrades; OOo SXD compression requires PHP Pear, and OpenID logins require OpenIDEnabled PHP scripts. Both these functions are expected to work with a PHP5 enabled web server. The very good news is that a 3D solution could be included with KitCADi3 sooner rather than later.
With the upgrades being completed; Administrators installing KitCADi3 will no longer be confronted with tested working PHP4 scripts and PHP5 installers (most WAMP/Easy/XX all-in-one server packages are now pre-bundled with PHP5 setups).
March 7th, 2008 at 7:36 pm
Installed PHP Version 5.2.5 which includes Zend Engine v2.2.0, and Mysql 5.0.45 in about 5 seconds… (not touching mysql databases yet)
Some additional new PHP5 play things are:
Json 1.2.1.
Bigger and better hashing.
PDO drivers (SQLight)
SQLight library 2.8.17
PHP reflection.c v1.164.2.x
SPL support
Many updated PHP Variables, pcre library (preg_match), and GD 2.0.34 compatible
The PHP5 configure command used was: ./configure’ ‘–prefix=/usr’ ‘–host=i686-pc-linux-gnu’ ‘–mandir=/usr/share/man’ ‘–infodir=/usr/share/info’ ‘–datadir=/usr/share’ ‘–sysconfdir=/etc’ ‘–localstatedir=/var/lib’ ‘–prefix=/usr/services/vux’ ‘–enable-track-vars’ ‘–enable-inline-optimization’ ‘–with-zlib’ ‘–with-openssl’ ‘–enable-bcmath’ ‘–with-bz2’ ‘–with-curl’ ‘–enable-dba’ ‘–enable-sockets’ ‘–enable-dbx’ ‘–enable-ftp’ ‘–with-gettext’ ‘–with-iconv’ ‘–enable-exif’ ‘–enable-mbstring’ ‘–with-pic’ ‘–without-pear’ ‘–enable-cli’ ‘–enable-cgi’ ‘–prefix=/usr/services/vux/php5’ ‘–with-mysql=/usr/services/vux/mysql’ ‘–with-inifile’ ‘–enable-force-cgi-redirect’ ‘–with-db4’ ‘–with-flatfile’ ‘–enable-calendar’ ‘–with-readline’ ‘–with-gdbm’ ‘–with-gd’ ‘–with-jpeg-dir=/usr/lib’ ‘–with-png-dir=/usr/lib’ ‘–with-freetype-dir=/usr/lib’ ‘–with-mime-magic’ ‘–with-dom’ ‘–with-dom-xslt’ ‘–with-dom-exslt’ ‘–with-mcrypt’ ‘–with-mhash’ ‘–with-pspell’ ‘–with-xmlrpc’ ‘–enable-wddx’ ‘–enable-xslt’ ‘–disable-path-info-check’ ‘–enable-fastcgi’ ‘–with-xslt-sablot’ ‘–with-zip’ ‘–build=i686-pc-linux-gnu’
🙂
Mediawiki and WordPress seem un-affected but will be upgraded anyway…
March 7th, 2008 at 9:42 pm
Hello WordPress 2.3.3 with a WP/NS upgraded database 🙂
March 7th, 2008 at 10:27 pm
Pear time.. but Pear 1.7.2 didn’t install… (the update was ignored, 1.7.1 is sok)
Added new packages of Image::Barcode and Image::3D for testing
Barcode test | 3D blocks test
The Pear package (php GD) image test pages above are not included/linked-in with KitCADi3
March 8th, 2008 at 5:26 am
Mediawiki files were updated (re-installed)… Special:version page now shows:
* MediaWiki: 1.11.2
* PHP: 5.2.5-dev (cgi-fcgi)
* MySQL: 4.1.21
The security fix for version 1.6.9 is still being used (no API, its disabled)
Still thinking very hard about upgrading MySQL 4.1.21….
April 29th, 2008 at 11:38 pm
More updates for WordPress 2.5.1 and MediaWiki 1.12.0
September 14th, 2008 at 12:30 am
Updated to:
WordPress 2.6.1 -> 2.6.2
MediaWiki 1.12.0 -> 1.13.1
OpenIDEnabled.php 2.1.1 -> 2.1.2
Pear.HTTP_Request 1.4.2 -> 1.4.3
Pear.MIME_Type 1.0.0 -> 1.1.1
Pear.Net_Socket 1.0.8 -> 1.0.9
Pear.XML_Parser 1.2.8 -> 1.3.0
The Pear Frontend did not update as expected, failed with errors.
PEAR_Frontend_Web 0.7.1 -> 0.7.3
March 13th, 2009 at 10:57 pm
Updated to:
WordPress 2.7.1 (by Auto-update; very cool)
MediaWiki 1.13.1 -> 1.14.0 (with KitCAD i3 Bug)
NOTE: The time-frame for updates to MediaWiki has changed, see KitCAD i3 MediaWiki has Moved.
June 20th, 2009 at 11:33 pm
Split graphics/script at KitCAD.com away from KitchenPages.com URL’s. This repairs 2001 modifications to merge onto a single host, before moving to a bigger server.
The repairs will continue for any affected domains when required. The XML and SSL example page versions will take a bit longer to be repaired (minor bugs).
April 26th, 2010 at 12:43 am
Partly Un-planned maintenance – apart from the Restore 🙂
See wfpaawhtft site security upgrades notice for further details
May 1st, 2010 at 3:26 am
Added Pear.Mail 1.2.0 for codekey email systems
Updated to:
Pear.Net_GeoIP 1.0.0RC1 -> 1.0.0RC3
Pear.HTML_Template_IT 1.2.1 -> 1.3.0
Pear.Archive_Tar 1.3.2 -> 1.3.7
June 25th, 2010 at 9:26 pm
Updated to:
Wordpress 2.x -> 3.0
OpenId 2.1.3 -> 2.2.2 (notes)
Added support for:
QrCode Barcode 0.50i
August 30th, 2010 at 8:50 pm
Updated to:
Wordpress 3.0 -> 3.1
Recoded for OpenId 2.2.2 (See bug fix)
September 14th, 2010 at 7:39 pm
Corrected auth password issues (See bug fix)
December 17th, 2010 at 5:15 pm
OpenId -> Facebook/Twitter AUTH support (notes)
Wordpress 3.0.1 -> 3.0.3
YUI 2.8.0r4 -> 2.8.2r1 (notes)
April 25th, 2011 at 8:43 pm
Re-Tested renderings of some pages for new releases of IE9, Ff4 (with x3dom enabled), As5, Opera10, and Gchrome10.
Updated to:
Wordpress 3.0.3 -> 3.1.1
May 13th, 2011 at 10:45 am
Corrected minor and major bugs with pages for IE9 and KitCAD i3, see bug report
Updated to:
Wordpress 3.1.1 -> 3.1.2
May 25th, 2011 at 9:18 pm
Updated to:
Pear.Console_Getopt 1.2.3 -> 1.3.1
Pear.Image_Barcode 1.1.0 -> 1.1.1
Pear.Mail_Mime 1.7.0 -> 1.8.1
Pear.MIME_Type 1.2.0 -> 1.2.1
Pear.Net_GeoIP 1.0.0RC3 (beta) -> 1.0.0 (stable)
Pear.Net_SMTP 1.4.2 -> 1.5.2
Pear.Net_Socket 1.0.9 -> 1.0.10
Pear.PEAR 1.9.0 -> 1.9.2
Pear.PEAR_Frontend_Web 0.7.4 -> 0.7.5
Pear.Structures_Graph 1.0.3 -> 1.0.4
May 29th, 2011 at 5:52 am
Corrected security issue for KitCAD i3 sign-in’s from framed window applications.
Updated to:
Wordpress 3.1.2 -> 3.1.3
July 4th, 2011 at 3:39 am
Un-planned maintenance by hosting provider (19th-26th June 2011)
Updated to:
Wordpress 3.1.3 -> 3.1.4
July 31st, 2011 at 1:18 am
Increased WebServers Scripting Memory maximum upto 32Meg. Enabled php.ini WebServers security settings, and removed PHP version stamp from header information. Updated licenses and other smaller standalown files.
Updated to:
Wordpress 3.1.4 -> 3.2.1
October 1st, 2011 at 6:46 am
Notice : 2011 maintenance and page removals
March 25th, 2012 at 4:33 am
Host side FTP Security, and general software upgrades. Some error pages may now resolve to http://www.networksolutions.com/support/
Updated to:
WordPress 3.2.1 -> 3.3.1
Akismet 2.5.3 -> 2.5.5
Pear.PEAR 1.9.2 -> 1.9.4
Pear.Archive_Tar 1.3.7 -> 1.3.9
Pear.Image_Barcode 1.1.1 -> 1.1.3
Pear.Mail_Mime 1.8.1 -> 1.8.3
Pear.MIME_Type 1.2.1 -> 1.3.1
Pear.Net_SMTP 1.5.2 -> 1.6.1
Pear.Archive_Zip 0.1.1 – not upgraded
Did not download optional dependencies: pear/PHP_Compat, pear/System_Command, pear/Auth_SASL, use –alldeps to download automatically
OpenId Enabled (Janrain) updates are pending but will not be performed as there is very little change. The updates are as follows:-
3 months ago, code cleanup revisions – /Auth/Yadis/ParanoidHTTPFetcher.php
1 year ago, changes made for php 5.5 compliance – /Auth/Yadis/Manager.php
July 28th, 2012 at 6:29 am
Fixed minor security issues with rpcl 3.0 sample kgraphic http get svr file, more information.
Updated to:
Wordpress 3.3.1 -> 3.4.1
Akismet 2.5.5 -> 2.5.6
August 27th, 2012 at 1:43 am
Allowed 2 JPG folders for KitCAD i3 KGC (online) to have Access Control for Cross Site permissions – All KP user stored JPG files have the same permission level enabled via an updated KitCAD i3 KGC got.cgi script.
See x3dom Access Control headers for more information about the added server response headers. See x3dom testing result for localhost (offline) work-arounds.
September 14th, 2012 at 9:03 pm
Standard maintenance was performed.
Updated to:
Wordpress 3.4.1 -> 3.4.2
October 16th, 2012 at 4:55 pm
While correcting the RPCL Qooxdoo v1.1 bugs for Firefox 16 (patch release notice); Other minor security issues were also corrected, example as follows.
Added a .htaccess file into the /library/i3/RPCL/ and /library/i3/qooxdoo/ folders. This update will not be included in any KitCAD i3 KGC downloads until they are next upgraded.
The .htaccess needed only one line of text :-
Options -Indexes
October 31st, 2012 at 10:11 pm
The servers uploading system has been upgraded; for use with SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol).
November 17th, 2012 at 7:35 pm
Updated to:
X3DOM 1.3.1-dev -> 1.4.0
See update notice for more information.
December 13th, 2012 at 3:46 am
Performed server wide limited SEO revision, and corrected other minor issues inclusive of DNS record updates.
Updated to:
Wordpress 3.4.2 -> 3.5.0
December 20th, 2012 at 9:59 pm
Re-Tested.
Updated to:
Akismet 2.5.6 -> 2.5.7
January 11th, 2013 at 5:52 pm
Updated root .htaccess security;
CVE-2012-1823
CVE-2011-3192
For more information; See StopMalvertising.com.
February 11th, 2013 at 4:32 am
Updated root .htaccess security; Performed minor server maintenance; Extended web cache values on some JavaScripts to 1 year (for RPCL)
Updated to:
Wordpress 3.5.0 -> 3.5.1
April 1st, 2013 at 3:29 pm
System and Server maintenance; starting in April – Review of DNS records and NameServers; see notice for more information.
June 25th, 2013 at 10:14 pm
Updated to:
Wordpress 3.5.1 -> 3.5.2
Akismet 2.5.7 -> 2.5.8
September 22nd, 2013 at 12:10 pm
Retested auto-permission change script; See reported issue for more information.
Updated to:
Wordpress 3.5.2 -> 3.6.1
Akismet 2.5.8 -> 2.5.9
October 25th, 2013 at 8:49 pm
Consolidated entry URL’s for hosts using htaccess 301’s redirects.
Performed minor Search page and result corrections.
Updated to:
X3Dom 1.4.0 -> 1.5.0 (update notice)
Wordpress 3.6.1 -> 3.7.0
December 24th, 2013 at 1:18 am
Merged external CSS into HTML files; for Multi-screen display.
Updated to:
Wordpress 3.7.0 -> 3.8.0
February 21st, 2014 at 7:45 pm
Server-wide security enhanced by naming out-of-date/historic SWF files to an un-used 8.3 file extension name of ._
Corrected example for KitCAD i3 KGC users entering /library/i3/ as the URL; See Issue #79 for more information
Updated to:
X3Dom 1.5.0 -> 1.5.1 (update details)
Google Apps -> Google Cloud (more information)
kitchenpages.com -> networksolutionsemail.com
JQuery 1.10.2 -> 1.11.0
JQuery Mobile 1.3.2 -> 1.4.1
March 7th, 2014 at 7:17 pm
Using the uploaded API for Google Cloud (see above); Updated i3 OpenID Sign-in (KP/i3 online) to accept the uri of plus.google.com for using Google developers Cloud API to sign-in to Google and allow access to a KitchenPage/s user if successfully verified.
The r30 and r35 support sub-domains for older web browser clients will not allow OpenID Sign-in’s (default).
See OpenID comments/thread for release information and updates.
1 minor update to OpenID was pending but has not been committed to build status at the time this post was made.
March 21st, 2014 at 4:41 am
Updated to:
Akismet 2.5.9 -> 2.6.0
April 18th, 2014 at 11:05 pm
Added support and performed limited tested for mobile/tablet browsers to CSS affecting viewing result of main site pages on ALL devices/platforms.
Performed some simple tidy-ups on old image files, and; Also re-compressed using new methods and software.
Checked Pear updates but decided to postpone taking action for upgrading user install versions of KitCAD as the PHP Pear packages have been moved into other packages or restarted as a new PHP Pear project – there is very little change. The only required packages for KitCAD i3 KGC is a Pear.File_Archive package (for SXD / OOO converter) that will not be updated in preference of the SVG converter and the Pear.Image_3D package that will not be updated in preference of the VRML97/X3DOM converter. Pear packages and projects are used by KitchenPages.com to run or maintain an online interface and web site presents may/will be updated if required (PHP5).
Updated to:
Wordpress 3.8.0 -> 3.9.0
Akismet 2.6.0 -> 3.0.0
Silverlight.js 1.0.0 -> 5.1.20125.0
Pear.go-pear 1.1.6 -> 1.1.6 (no change)
Pear.Archive_Tar 1.3.9 -> 1.3.11
Pear.Archive_Zip 0.1.1 (beta) -> 0.1.2 (beta)
Pear.File_Archive 1.5.4 -> 1.5.5 (use pecl/zip instead)
Pear.Image_3D 0.4.1 (alpha) -> 0.4.2 (alpha)
Pear.Mail_Mime 1.8.3 -> 1.8.8
Pear.MIME_Type 1.3.1 -> 1.3.3
Pear.Net_SMTP 1.6.1 -> 1.6.2
Pear.Net_Socket 1.0.10 -> 1.0.14
PHP Pear notes:
Did not download optional dependencies: pear/System_Command, pear/Cache_Lite, and pear/Auth_SASL - use --alldeps to download automatically.
pear/MIME_Type can use package "pear/System_Command"
pear/File_Archive can use package "pear/Cache_Lite" (version >= 1.5.0)
pear/Net_SMTP can use package "pear/Auth_SASL" (version >= 1.0.5)
May 4th, 2014 at 6:49 pm
Updated +500 image files to modern web standards. Metadata and comments were removed on modified files; Some compression was performed. Added Expires header tag to server response for client Browser catching.
May 10th, 2014 at 3:25 am
Added HTML5 Internet Explorer support where required – using HTML5shim (original HTML5shiv).
Updated to:
X3Dom 1.5.1 -> 1.6.0 (update details)
May 17th, 2014 at 11:13 pm
Enabled advertisements on KitCAD developers blog (this) – Index and search result pages; Individual posts at time time do not include advertisements.
July 11th, 2014 at 10:14 pm
Updated to:
Akismet 3.0.0 -> 3.0.1
X3Dom 1.6.0 -> 2.0.0-dev (update details)
July 25th, 2014 at 6:40 pm
Updated to:
X3Dom 2.0.0-dev -> 1.6.1 (update details)
August 6th, 2014 at 8:48 pm
Maxmind’s GeoIP are now known as GeoIP legacy (2014). An update is required before use of new GeoIP2 database format can begin, see release notice.
NOTE: The PHP Pear Net_GeoIP package and use of GeoIP2 databases will be deferred to user selectable options, and current GeoIP legacy along with link-back will be removed when and where it is possible to do so. Support and link-backs for GeoIP2 may be included at a later time (unknown).
August 10th, 2014 at 6:00 am
Made changes to the majority of pages served for supporting and allowing responsive designs to function (via CSS or JavaScript).
Some out-dated non-required and now obsolete security measures from past pages have been disabled by the changes, and may be enabled again in the future using more advanced security methods which are not able to be configured by a client (instead will use preset behavior from server – that may be ignored by a client).
Corrected other minor issues; including /dev missing images.
August 23rd, 2014 at 11:39 pm
Updated to:
Akismet 3.0.1 -> 3.0.2
October 5th, 2014 at 2:37 pm
Updated to:
Wordpress 3.9.0 -> 4.0.0
October 18th, 2014 at 4:57 pm
Discontinued use of several non-used domain names. Made .htaccess changes to park the netsolhost domain {via Kitchen Page host service}, and redirect empty sub-domain requests of main hosts onto the sub-domain of www; Eg: “kitchenpages.com” will now be “www.kitchenpages.com”
November 6th, 2014 at 12:00 pm
Disabled the majority of PHP Pear Net_GeoIP package (Maxmind GeoIP database) testing services but have kept it coded as a secondary service. The existing code has been updated to include PHP support for the appropriate IP2Location.com LITE databases.
Updated to:
Akismet 3.0.2 -> 3.0.3
November 15th, 2014 at 9:18 pm
Updated Kitchen Page api template, html-auto-user-scripts and editor meta tags for mobile support (existing files will not be regenerated).
Updated Kitchen Page/s, KitCAD, KitCADi3 and other web sites from
urchin.jsandga.jsto useanalytics.jsNovember 29th, 2014 at 9:47 pm
Updated Kitchen Page/s, KitCAD, KitCADi3 and other web sites Perl CGI security script entries where required.
December 12th, 2014 at 5:32 pm
Updated to:
Akismet 3.0.3 -> 3.0.4
December 20th, 2014 at 4:38 pm
Added option of online language translations for select pages {rX/language related}.
Updated to:
Wordpress 4.0.0 -> 4.1.0
February 20th, 2015 at 8:38 pm
Updated to:
Wordpress 4.1.0 -> 4.1.1
X3Dom 1.6.1 -> 1.6.2 (update details)
March 20th, 2015 at 11:02 pm
Support for KitCAD i3 KGC source description and bug list (at kitcad.googlecode.com) will end January 25th, of 2016, see notice for more information. The wiki and issues will be moved to a new location.
Updated to:
Akismet 3.0.4 -> 3.1.1
April 19th, 2015 at 8:20 pm
Updated expired ad code to new versions where required and updates/uploading of non-landing pages will occur at a later date.
Updated KitCAD i3 KGC server CGI security script entries where required for KitCAD i3 KGC rX development testing (more information).
April 21st, 2015 at 5:52 pm
Updated Account and Project/s on Google App Engine (moving ‘kitcadi3’ to a HRD application, and then deleting it); As of this post – Project ‘kitcadi3’ (alpha) is scheduled to be deleted after 4/28/15, 5:45 PM; The remaining Project named ‘KitCAD i3’ was checked for any required changes (none) and continues to provide OAuth 2.0 communication too and from Google hosted servers when requested by web site sign-in scripting methods. For further information see :- Google App Engine, database thanks for all notice ;
http://googleappengine.blogspot.com.au/2012/04/masterslave-datastore-thanks-for-all.htmlMay 12th, 2015 at 6:00 am
Updated to:
Wordpress 4.1.1 -> 4.2.2
June 14th, 2015 at 6:00 am
Updated to:
Akismet 3.1.1 -> 3.1.2
June 27th, 2015 at 2:36 am
Started initial limited deployment of +50kb web pages scripting supporting base 64 images (using recycled rX scripting; deployment targeting app’s landing pages first – then rolling out to other pages depending on client Browser histories). Previous web pages were about 38kb in size uncompressed; New web pages include a +10kb-15kb size addition depending on requirements. These html pages while larger will then be compressed for receiving by most modern web Browsers and are approximately 25kb in size when transmitted. Having graphics encoded within the html saves the process of at least +5 round trips triggered by the client which waits for the server response before any graphic files are rendered. The new pages will render faster and display as intended with most 3rd party provided (or below the fold) content rendering after page load.
July 9th, 2015 at 10:48 pm
Added support for base64 changes onto developer blog and information pages (as above).
Closed the comment function on the majority of developer blog post/pages made before 2010, some maintenance related posts will remain open due to activity. Corrected other minor issues.
Moved and modified content from deactivated
kitcad.googlecode.comservice back onto KitchenPages at http://www.kitchenpages.com/dev/sdk/KitCADi3KGC ; 144 files are required to service requests, Minor corrections may still be needed and may be performed at a later date. All example links in this dev blog pointing to the former googlecode hosted content have been updated where required.Corrected issues from previous .mobi versions for use with
m.kitchenpages.com,mobile.kitchenpages.com,m.kitchenpages.com.au, andmobile.kitchenpages.com.aurelated pages. The latest DNS changes may take a few days to become active.Added extra check lines removing text into 19 files of
/cgi-bin/*_security.cgi,/cgi-bin/*_security_words_en.cgiand/cgi-bin/*_security_words_javascript.cgiUpdated to:
Akismet 3.1.2 -> 3.1.3
July 28th, 2015 at 6:26 pm
Corrected other minor issues with various hosted web pages; for viewing with other devices.
Updated to:
X3Dom 1.6.2 -> 1.7.0 (update details)
September 6th, 2015 at 9:44 pm
Performed required updates and rechecked previous corrections.
Added the lang attribute into html web page elements where required for easier language translations and SEO compliance.
Updated to:
WordPress 4.2.2 -> 4.3.0
February 6th, 2016 at 12:44 pm
Added mime types for mobile application interaction.
Applied system wide security enhancements (headers for cors/nosniff).
Updated to:
WordPress 4.3.0 -> 4.4.2
Akismet 3.1.5 -> 3.1.7
March 5th, 2016 at 4:53 pm
Performed very minor changes to kp cgi security files.
Updated to:
Akismet 3.1.7 -> 3.1.8
March 23rd, 2016 at 7:40 pm
Applied updates to search pages, where required and correcting ‘space’ bugs (x2).
Performed minor security review of file uploads, correcting mime types.
March 29th, 2016 at 6:33 pm
Updated to:
Akismet 3.1.8 -> 3.1.9
April 4th, 2016 at 6:28 am
Updated to:
Akismet 3.1.9 -> 3.1.10
April 14th, 2016 at 2:01 am
Minor DNS changes enabling CutUp Machine-It for KitCAD in Web Store; To resolve conflict.
Performed SEO housecleaning and made adjustment removing legacy pages from indexes.
Updated to:
WordPress 4.4.2 -> 4.5.0
May 15th, 2016 at 9:02 am
Performed minor changes and updates where required, corrected help file issue resolved by replacing .net error page default with .com redirector.
Appended privacy statement with additional term/s at item number 30.
Updated status page for current SSL/HTTPS issue, of connection time-out error/s; See below for information about solution and deployment of HTTPS / SSL protocol proxy service.
Updated to:
Akismet 3.1.10 -> 3.1.11
May 27th, 2016 at 4:28 pm
Added and Enabled HTTPS / SSL protocol Proxy Service/s via 00481d1.netsolhost.com/{sitename} to replace the disabled and discontinued secure.netsolhost.com/{sitename}; See release notice for more information.
Made multiple changes to configure to new proxy as required, web apps were effected – see release notice comment/s for further details of changes.
Completed (30th May) changes to DNS entries for multiple sites to align with Name Server given addresses.
In setting review; As of 14th June 2016, the API key for Akismet is no longer valid and any future updates of the Akismet Plugin will/may not be applied.
June 25th, 2016 at 12:12 am
MySQL 4 databases will no longer be supported on server after the 11th July 2016. This WordPress blog has already been updated to use a MySQL 5 database.
Performed backups where required for keeping off-line storage up-to-date with online media content.
Updated to:
WordPress 4.5.0 -> 4.5.3 (manual part-installation on the 26th)
August 20th, 2016 at 9:57 pm
Updated to:
WordPress 4.5.3 -> 4.6.0
September 30th, 2016 at 8:44 am
Will be retesting/editing some server/site/s and pages/code over the weekend, or as required and if available. Planned maintenance from 31st September 2016 to 1st October 2016. See reported issues for more information.
Because this issue effects some forms of processing (like that of KitchenPage.com to publish) – The ability to process new information has been disabled until further notice or another method of processing is designed and deployed to replace LWP usage within code that generates the processing results. Users can still access accounts and delete information; The server ability to publish edited or new information has been disabled (only blank pages will be published)
Some PEAR applications are also effected by changes and may no longer function.
Proxy services (via HTACCESS redirects) have also seen issues and as such some changes have been made that ‘revert backward’ to the underlying structure which is continuing to resolve client browser requests and is expected to provide a suitable workaround until another form of proxy is deployed (where required). The ‘pretty’ URL/URI’s will result in 302 redirection in the place of a proxy result until a suitable replacement is deployed. This HTTP Proxy services issues differs to the one with HTTPS / SSL Proxy Service that has also been disabled however it was disabled by the hosting provider moving services to a new provider.
October 8th, 2016 at 12:01 am
Performed maintenance to the JavaScript search and results page, detail is as follows:
– Added JQuery support, for accessing AJAX supplied feeds/rss.
– Added a KitchenPage.com RSS proxy service for KitchenPages.com access (as opposed to enabling CORS for KitchenPages.com to use KitchenPage.com content).
– Removed Google API for feeds/rss (service due to be discontinued at end of 2016).
– Removed historic CGI interfaces from background service provision.
– Updated server directives to support the changes.
– Updated mobile interface htaccess directives from P to R302 and L
Depending on Web browser cache settings – It may take a week for cache to update and reflect any changes, which is normal and provides time to allow for further testing/corrections.
April 9th, 2017 at 8:04 pm
Updated to:
WordPress 4.6.0 -> 4.7.3
July 2nd, 2017 at 4:40 am
Minor changes to KitchenPage.com related pages, and correcting minor bug when user has no published pages that caused php script to go about returning no results – effect seen on KitchenPages.com main page where search result failed to display correctly.
Minor change to search results page, removing results for .au domain extension and redirecting to the default of KitchenPages.com
Updated to:
WordPress 4.7.3 -> 4.8.0
January 10th, 2018 at 7:13 pm
Added “No data sent” error message to KP2 file save CGI, for the diagnosis of security issue.
Updated to:
WordPress 4.8.0 -> 4.9.1
February 7th, 2018 at 7:52 am
Updated to:
WordPress 4.9.1 -> 4.9.4
March 31st, 2018 at 2:49 pm
1:00 a.m. – 4:00 a.m. On April 7 of 2018; the database/s serving this site will be offline during this time; some pages may not render correctly.
May 21st, 2018 at 12:04 am
Updated to:
WordPress 4.9.4 -> 4.9.6
June 6th, 2018 at 8:45 pm
Maintenance of kitchenpages.com.au domain, from 6-2018 to 8-2018 (estimated time).
Addition of HTTPS SSL on 9 June 2018; See update notice for more information.
July 2nd, 2018 at 3:55 am
Enabled HSTS Policy; See update notice.
July 26th, 2018 at 6:30 pm
Updated to:
WordPress 4.9.6 -> 4.9.7
January 30th, 2019 at 4:56 am
Updated to:
WordPress 4.9.7 -> 5.0.3
September 23rd, 2019 at 9:58 pm
Updated to:
X3dom 1.7.1 -> 1.8.0
See update notice for more information.
NOTE: WordPress 5.0.3 can not be updated any further due to PHP version in use.
March 31st, 2020 at 4:21 pm
Made changes to KitchenPage.com
Re-enabled page publishing and removed several scripting bugs. The PHP rewrite of the backend processing has been fully completed and tested on multiple platforms.
Page publishing works 98% of the time, 2% of the time it returns a blank page for which there is no reason as to this result found online with this server. Running the same tests offline showed page publishing is working at 100%. The only work-around for a blank page result is to re-edit the page and re-publish.
Another issue exists if a user deletes a published page and then attempts to re-publish the same page – a 301 page may be returned to the users web browser and no publishing will occur as a result. A 302 page is now issued to replace the 301 page function (and cancel the auto-forwarding). The only work-around at this time is to attempt another publishing of the page.
Several smaller issues existed in CGI code, and some client side javascript but these have also been resolved.