A WordPress “happiness engineer” and I have had one exchange of views about the comments issue, and I am eagerly awaiting round two.
In the meantime, if you continue to have problems sounding off in this space, the WPHE’s advice is to:
• Clear your browser cache and cookies.
• Make sure Javascript is enabled.
As for me, I recommend trying a variety of browsers. I was able to comment on the DogS(h)ite using the Mac versions of Firefox and Chrome on a 2014 MacBook Pro running the Catalina OS.
Some of you have noticed that the “Leave a Reply” box looks a little different lately, and the WPHE acknowledged that WP “is constantly updating and improving its features (emphasis mine), so it’s possible that recent updates could have affected the appearance or functionality of the comment box.”
O, indeed. “In my Father’s CMS there are many updates,” as the Good Book tells us.
Now, I’m just spitballing here in the absence of evidence or expertise, but it’s possible that my insistence on using WP’s Classic Editor instead of its beshitted Block Editor — curse its name, yes — may play some role here.
Or it may be that the theme I use, the venerable Kubrick, has long since been “retired” and is no longer supported properly. Chances are it’s just gathering dust and being “updated and improved” by mice in the bottom drawer of an Army-surplus metal desk down in storage room B. There may be a Swingline stapler on the desk, right next to a box of matches.
Lotta strands in old Duder’s head, man. And they’re not all plugged into the proper sockets. More as I hear it. Meanwhile, keep those cards and letters coming, and don’t touch that dial.
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It work now. When you first posted this, reply did not work. You could type in a comment. But, it would die there with no way to sign in or use email address.
Jeez, wotta pain in the keister. It’s so random.
I’ve seen one of my replies to a comment take a long time to manifest itself on the site. This one took three minutes to appear. But what you’re talking about sounds like what Hal experienced when he tried to comment on the piece of his I posted.
I guess we’ll just have to wait for a fresh set of tablets from Mount WordPress.
I haven’t had any problems. Perhaps the issue about clearing your browser cookies and files is relevant. I clear my system multiple times a day.
“If POG posts something and readers are unable to login and reply, is the profanity still legible?”
I hope your riding and running has been fine. I just checked and see Lachlin Morton was just hanging out in the gap due north of Big Hatchet Peak. He was probably watching the sunset just before he rolls down toward the border. I bet he’s a happy dog.
Thanks, Shawn. Maybe the happiness engineer is onto something.
That said, my reliance on old tech is proving a tenuous grip indeed. Safari isn’t giving me full value from a number of bells-and-whistles websites (I couldn’t see Lachlan’s dot, for example; had to shift over to Firefox for that). My WP theme has been retired for some time now, and WP would really, really, really like me to stop using the Classic Editor and dive into the Block Editor.
Hey, maybe Lachlan could hang a right at the border and roll on over to Sierra Vista to play some guitar and have a bite with Pat O’B and his pals. What the heck, as long as he’s in the neighborhood. …
Lachlan sets FKT on Great Divide! He’s such a refreshing positive change from the typical elite pro cyclist. Willing to do gravel, bike-packing, etc. that showcases the different cultures of each and his genuine disregard for the UCI establishment and its over-the-top control and governance machinations.
Resourceful, too. The three-speed stick shift he set up using a spoke after his derailleur went wonky on him was ingenious. His EF Cycling team has the day-to-day of it here.
I kinda prefer it when the comments options doesn’t work. I look less stupid that way!
Sent via the WordPress app cuz comments were tits up on the Dog S(h)ite!
I don’t recollect but shouldn’t there be an ashtray full of Chesterfield cigarette butts on that desk in room B?
I just love the double negatives. It’s like thinking in logic gates.
I don’t think Milton from “Office Space” was a smoker. Although there have been rumors that he lit up the Initech building before abruptly relocating to Mexico.
I haven’t replied in a while, so here I go. I get to travel to the Land of Entrapment in a bit to ride the Road Apple there in Farmington. This year marks 40 years since I first pinned on a number after paying to ride and 38 years since I was first paid to work on bicycles. A little later I first set eyes on Mudstud.
Good on ye, Joby. That should be a fine ould time. I still like riding off-road, but I gave up MTB racing after breaking a collarbone at Rage in the Sage. Stacking it in the mud and/or snow in cyclocross was a slower, less painful, and considerably less expensive affair.
Joby, the Road Apple looks fun. Have a great time doing it.
Let’s see, 40 years? Hmm? I guess that’s about 1983. A fine time for racing. Lot’s of Italian steel, some American and French in there, and a bit of American aluminum too. Everything was friction and you had to reach down to shift. Great time !
way less fun than being outside, but pithy comments enjoyed
Outside (the location, not the corporate entity) is always more fun than just about anything.
PS: Happiness Engineer is the dumbest job title that I have ever heard. Who comes up with this shit? Also, why are job titles now anointed with the word engineer when they are not actual engineering positions. Are you a civil engineer I ask. Nah, I’m a sales engineer. WTFO?
Yeah, you’re gonna call me a “Happiness Engineer,” you got to pay me twice as much. Engineering Happiness is quite a feat in these dark days. Heavy lifting, is what.
Still no word from WordPress. I’m thinking my addiction to Stone Age tech is catching up with me. I notice that my aged version of Safari on this MacBook Pro, which is rocking Mojave, won’t even let me test-drive themes to replace my trusty Kubrick, which as a “retired” theme could be a suspect in the Case of the Missing Comments. The other MacBook Pro, running Catalina and an updated Safari, lets me wander around in the theme park, ho ho ho.
But I noticed that a couple of the themes that looked most promising didn’t care for various header images, photos, and other bits of this and that on this blog. Plus I wonder whether shifting to a new theme might consign me forever to WP’s accursed Block Editor, which I despise. I quit playing with blocks in nursery school, f’fucksake.
Well, there’s always the option of subscribing and adding comments by replying to the emailed article or comment you get via the subscription.
For me as big a head scratcher is “build scientist “. I guess if everyone is co-opting “engineer”, then engineers who build structures are gonna reach to even sillier heights to differentiate themselves. Me myself wouldn’t want to spend any time on the ninth floor of a building that was designed by a guy who formulates hypothesis, and builds said hypothetical structure to test its validity, eh?
There’s a lot of obfuscation going on in the dispensation of titles and job descriptions.
I occasionally refer to myself as a free-range rumormonger emeritus. If I keep that shit up I’ma need a bigger bidness card.
Yeah, I’ve been billing myself since retirement as a U14 Soccer Coach and Part-time, Live-in Gardner. Hours are OK but the bennies are a bit light. Oh well- got a warm place the sleep and take a dump as well good food and more than two pairs of shoes. Better than a lot of folk on this weary globe.
I’m thinking of getting a card like Wile E. Coyote – Supergenius only labelling myself as a free-range mad scientist…
lawrd be praised. Today it works. Tomorrow?
O, now you’ve gone and jinxed it. …
“Happiness Engineer” sounds like code for a streetwalker. Yep, that would keep us happy…..until we started getting symptomatic.