The end of Mauve and Yellow Army.

[the other bob wilson]

Re: The end of Mauve and Yellow Army.

I hope you're able to keep going Paul - both technically and emotionally.

Emotionally, I’m fine for writing the match pieces because I’m going to carry on one way or another, but I’m a wreck when it comes to the football.

As for technically, Simon’s promptings persuaded me to have an online chat with the hosting company, but I got nowhere because I was told that they had technical issues that their engineers were working on, so, you never know, that may be the cause of it.

[the other bob wilson]

Re: The end of Mauve and Yellow Army.

I know how frustrating it can be when one's IT work over decades can come to a shuddering halt because of an IT failure.
This has come at a bad time because everyone's enthusiasm (including yours) for things Cardiff City is on the wane.
I would only suggest that you don't make any final decisions until things have settled down.
It sounds that CN has some suggestions to help.
In my own case, while it took many months to revamp my huge website, I see the continued interest in its content every day from the viewing stats and am pleased I kept it going.
Maybe the comments you are getting about how valued your reports are will rekindle your enthusiasm.
I'm a bit older than you, and have reached the stage that I'd like to be remembered for something I've achieved. Perhaps you feel the same way, which may also help you to keep going. And just because there are a limited number of comments about your reports each week doesn't mean that they are not appreciated by many supporters. They are just the tip of the iceberg.

Thanks, I appreciate your comments, but, honestly, my intention was to do the normal quiz today - packing it all in was the last thing on my mind, but I suppose I was more prepared to accept it closing down than I might have been at other times.

[Undercoverinwurzelland]

Re: The end of Mauve and Yellow Army.

Always enjoy reading your post match thoughts, even when the match was appalling!

If you get no joy with Wordpress you could consider switching to another platform, like Blogger for example. I've used it in the past and although the finished product probably isn't as nice to look at it's pretty simple to use (and free).

[Hot Shot Hamish.]

Re: The end of Mauve and Yellow Army.

It’s been a tough enough season to endure for us all, but if you were to stop writing your such well thought out pieces, then that would be the final kick in the nadgers. I hope you can resolve the technical issues and that you find the will to continue, as the week wouldn’t be complete without your commentary to read.

[pipster]

Re: The end of Mauve and Yellow Army.

That site is in wordpress - the critical error you get usually points to a wordpress plugin causing a conflict somewhere.
So FTP to the server - go to the wp-content folder and then go into the plugins folder.
In there you will see all the plugins, rename each one by just adding an 'x' to it. This will effectively mean no plugins will load.

Now go back to your site and login - it should now work - of sorts.
Now start to rename the plugins back to their original name one by one. After each rename go back to your wordpress dashboard and hit F5 to refresh.

One of those plugins will be the issue. When you have post here which one it is and I'll tell what to do next.

[Maurice Swan]

Re: The end of Mauve and Yellow Army.

Bob - just to add my appreciation of your blog...which I look forward to as a mouthpiece of what most fans think.
As for the problem itself....I don't use Wordpress but I do still run a website design company - and often it can be a simple issue with them...or maybe they have introduced something that is no longer compatible with your site (eg..as someone mentioned....a new version of PHP).

Any chance of publishing exactly what the message was? I know that if I get in touch with the hosting company I use and tell them it was ok yesterday but today I get an error.....they would be extremely helpful to find (and resolve) the issue.

run

[the other bob wilson]

Re: The end of Mauve and Yellow Army.

That site is in wordpress - the critical error you get usually points to a wordpress plugin causing a conflict somewhere.
So FTP to the server - go to the wp-content folder and then go into the plugins folder.
In there you will see all the plugins, rename each one by just adding an 'x' to it. This will effectively mean no plugins will load.

Now go back to your site and login - it should now work - of sorts.
Now start to rename the plugins back to their original name one by one. After each rename go back to your wordpress dashboard and hit F5 to refresh.

One of those plugins will be the issue. When you have post here which one it is and I'll tell what to do next.

Thanks, I think you might be right because that’s something I have done in the past when there was something wrong with the blog, but I was able to access the dashboard then. This time it’s not even allowing me to log in. I don’t know if you read earlier in the thread when I said I contacted the Web hosting company only to be told they had a technical issue which meant that they were unable to help me at that time, so I’m hoping that might have something to do with it.

[Maurice Swan]

Re: The end of Mauve and Yellow Army.

That site is in wordpress - the critical error you get usually points to a wordpress plugin causing a conflict somewhere.
So FTP to the server - go to the wp-content folder and then go into the plugins folder.
In there you will see all the plugins, rename each one by just adding an 'x' to it. This will effectively mean no plugins will load.

Now go back to your site and login - it should now work - of sorts.
Now start to rename the plugins back to their original name one by one. After each rename go back to your wordpress dashboard and hit F5 to refresh.

One of those plugins will be the issue. When you have post here which one it is and I'll tell what to do next.

I too think that is likely.....and a sound way forward...but if I understand correctly, Bob would be a bit wary of doing that. If they worked 'yesterday' and he has not changed anything, then it must be something that the hosting company has changed that makes something (maybe a plugin...) incompatible. The hosting company would no doubt have had similar issues reported by other users.

[the other bob wilson]

Re: The end of Mauve and Yellow Army.

Bob - just to add my appreciation of your blog...which I look forward to as a mouthpiece of what most fans think.
As for the problem itself....I don't use Wordpress but I do still run a website design company - and often it can be a simple issue with them...or maybe they have introduced something that is no longer compatible with your site (eg..as someone mentioned....a new version of PHP).

Any chance of publishing exactly what the message was? I know that if I get in touch with the hosting company I use and tell them it was ok yesterday but today I get an error.....they would be extremely helpful to find (and resolve) the issue.

run

I put the message I’m getting in the first message in the thread Maurice.

[Maurice Swan]

Re: The end of Mauve and Yellow Army.

I put the message I’m getting in the first message in the thread Maurice.

yes I saw.....but what were the instructions in the inbox?

[A Quiet Monkfish]

Re: The end of Mauve and Yellow Army.

I too think that is likely.....and a sound way forward...but if I understand correctly, Bob would be a bit wary of doing that. If they worked 'yesterday' and he has not changed anything, then it must be something that the hosting company has changed that makes something (maybe a plugin...) incompatible. The hosting company would no doubt have had similar issues reported by other users.

Yes, I think that could well be the problem - plug it in.
Seriously, I do have the foggiest idea what you are all talking about. Good luck anyway..

[pipster]

Re: The end of Mauve and Yellow Army.

Wait and see what the hosting come back with. WP plugins and WP itself can auto update if it's a serious fix - that could have affected the plugins.

When you get an update from the hosting Co update the thread.
Should be straight forward to fix

[Michael Morris]

Re: The end of Mauve and Yellow Army.

Paul, I'll PM you later.

I've fixed Wordpress plug in errors before, Will need some details from you

[Dave Blue]

Re: The end of Mauve and Yellow Army.

Would appreciate this continuing. I always find myself agreeing with your analysis.

[D. Advocaat]

Re: The end of Mauve and Yellow Army.

Would appreciate this continuing. I always find myself agreeing with your analysis.

And me. About the only place you can find objective analysis of City perormances.