Author Buzz | Help and Support | Activity https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/help-and-support/ Activity feed for the group, Help and Support. Sun, 19 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 a305144b0a722161627fad359bc99419 Matthew Brown posted an update in the group Help and Support: I'm about to live-test something. Possible disruption should […] https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/17972/ Mon, 30 Mar 2026 06:08:45 +0100 I’m about to live-test something. Possible disruption should last about 5 minutes.

]]> 1 d610a3ad1b992aa0c7c4d362913887a6 Matthew Brown edited the blog post Website improvements in the group Help and Support https://dev.authorbuzz.co.uk/2026/03/29/website-improvements/ Sun, 29 Mar 2026 08:40:52 +0100 Website improvements A big old feature update today. The activity feed for the site now runs from the same dynamic system as the rest of the site. Which means: You […]

]]> 9351319d412ad1c754c20a2e6cf4e52c Jason Latnar commented on the post, Changes and updates, on the groupblog Author Buzz Developer Blog https://dev.authorbuzz.co.uk/2026/03/15/changes-and-updates/#comment-13702 Sun, 15 Mar 2026 18:19:09 +0000 Ace!

]]> 61f42eb6e59b80a114a228fd982f8657 Matthew Brown edited the blog post Changes and updates in the group Help and Support https://dev.authorbuzz.co.uk/2026/03/15/changes-and-updates/ Sun, 15 Mar 2026 18:17:14 +0000 Changes and updates Some of you have noticed some changes being made in Author Buzz UK. Under the hood, this is not a big change, but I hope it will go some way to making […]

]]> 930585c31fcb15064849fd86b1522bfb Matthew Brown commented on the post, Time for a fresh coat of paint?, on the groupblog Author Buzz Developer Blog https://dev.authorbuzz.co.uk/2026/03/09/time-for-a-fresh-coat-of-paint/#comment-13697 Fri, 13 Mar 2026 15:27:32 +0000 Mostly just forums, groups, and blogs. Groups having a blog and a forum to group them. That is something else I could look into making clearer.

]]> 720e7115913de17a04104134e7d551bb Danny H commented on the post, Time for a fresh coat of paint?, on the groupblog Author Buzz Developer Blog https://dev.authorbuzz.co.uk/2026/03/09/time-for-a-fresh-coat-of-paint/#comment-13696 Fri, 13 Mar 2026 15:08:45 +0000 I think I’ve said this before, but there’s so much going on here I sometimes get confused as to how I’m supposed to do something. You’ve got forums, groups and blogs, and I don’t know what else you might have […]

]]> afc83cac7979d0e2987642c6337148e8 Matthew Brown edited the blog post Time for a fresh coat of paint? in the group Help and Support https://dev.authorbuzz.co.uk/2026/03/09/time-for-a-fresh-coat-of-paint/ Mon, 09 Mar 2026 19:34:10 +0000 Time for a fresh coat of paint? I am seriously considering redesigning the Author Buzz UK site with a fresh new theme built from scratch. The site has a few broken bits that no […]

]]> f6bf1d217270f628852b5e77becdc46f Matthew Brown commented on the post, This is why the forums don't syndicate to Mastodon, on the groupblog Author Buzz Developer Blog https://dev.authorbuzz.co.uk/2025/12/16/this-is-why-the-forums-dont-syndicate-to-mastodon/#comment-13581 Tue, 16 Dec 2025 20:36:23 +0000 Slowly improving is still improving

]]> 63d041bacfb9e531c19c77334c4b4294 Matthew Brown commented on the post, This is why the forums don't syndicate to Mastodon, on the groupblog Author Buzz Developer Blog https://dev.authorbuzz.co.uk/2025/12/16/this-is-why-the-forums-dont-syndicate-to-mastodon/#comment-13580 Tue, 16 Dec 2025 20:33:26 +0000 Opt in and potentially moderated.

]]> 602ab9bd4a66d515f2c51a83bc2193a3 Danny H commented on the post, This is why the forums don't syndicate to Mastodon, on the groupblog Author Buzz Developer Blog https://dev.authorbuzz.co.uk/2025/12/16/this-is-why-the-forums-dont-syndicate-to-mastodon/#comment-13577 Tue, 16 Dec 2025 10:34:36 +0000 Don’t have a solution to your problem, but I think in all cases federation should be opt-in

]]> 2e8d6d3490f1db6a627321554ef79442 Matthew Brown edited the blog post This is why the forums don't syndicate to Mastodon in the group Help and Support https://dev.authorbuzz.co.uk/2025/12/16/this-is-why-the-forums-dont-syndicate-to-mastodon/ Tue, 16 Dec 2025 07:34:53 +0000 This is why the forums don't syndicate to Mastodon Twice, in the past, I have thought it would be nice if everyone’s stuff made it out onto social media. Both times, I have enabled syndicating forum […]

]]> de8f362c74fddaad64ab302b77c14275 Matthew Brown replied to the topic Display bug: Front page in the forum Help and Support https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/help-and-support/forum/topic/display-bug-front-page/#post-5056 Fri, 05 Dec 2025 16:25:20 +0000 Thanks for checking, Danny. I think that means I can relax again.

]]> 0 01d753b1e7aff6fc4f851dd73455874f Danny H replied to the topic Display bug: Front page in the forum Help and Support https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/help-and-support/forum/topic/display-bug-front-page/#post-5055 Fri, 05 Dec 2025 16:23:00 +0000 Looks normal now, thanks Matt

]]> 0 582f6e430ede52214174ba49e256032c Matthew Brown replied to the topic Display bug: Front page in the forum Help and Support https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/help-and-support/forum/topic/display-bug-front-page/#post-5053 Fri, 05 Dec 2025 16:19:09 +0000 It was some CSS jank from an update. Should all be working now.

Let me know if you see any other layout bugs.

]]> 0 2bb260d97892ea51b0cc32ff75e1825e Matthew Brown started the topic Display bug: Front page in the forum Help and Support https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/help-and-support/forum/topic/display-bug-front-page/ Fri, 05 Dec 2025 15:53:39 +0000 Some users are experiencing an issue when viewing the front page. Although it is purely cosmetic, I am actively looking into it.

]]> 0 96d9ab3b85c4356abc7d6ccbe7a33fe6 Matthew Brown replied to the topic Login page changes? in the forum Help and Support https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/help-and-support/forum/topic/login-page-changes/#post-5049 Fri, 05 Dec 2025 15:52:09 +0000 Great news

]]> 0 9d5e6a5fea325bfb4395809493623b77 Danny H replied to the topic Login page changes? in the forum Help and Support https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/help-and-support/forum/topic/login-page-changes/#post-5048 Thu, 04 Dec 2025 20:04:53 +0000 May have been a glitch in my password manager, things seem back to normal now

]]> 0 4007aea067ca7ef490f332fc24ced2fe Danny H started the topic Home page changes? in the forum Help and Support https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/help-and-support/forum/topic/home-page-changes/ Thu, 04 Dec 2025 20:03:22 +0000 Is it my imagination or has the layout of the home page changed?

]]> 0 7fd61d642b4b7c557735d9dea43b78aa Matthew Brown replied to the topic Login page changes? in the forum Help and Support https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/help-and-support/forum/topic/login-page-changes/#post-5014 Sun, 02 Nov 2025 11:02:21 +0000 That is slightly odd. The subscribe box is clearly marked up for an email address instead of a username and password for the login box.

Which password manager are you using? Perhaps we can file a ticket with them for a bug fix?

]]> 0 4ff754c77be4790e8bd16df2117fb1a5 Danny H replied to the topic Login page changes? in the forum Help and Support https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/help-and-support/forum/topic/login-page-changes/#post-5012 Sun, 02 Nov 2025 10:28:47 +0000 Well I figured it out, my password manager is putting the username in the ‘Subscribe today’ box, though I’ve no idea why

]]> 0 66b6ebf127d7f8379e893dc2a5d61359 Matthew Brown replied to the topic Status update is bugged in the forum Help and Support https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/help-and-support/forum/topic/status-update-is-bugged/#post-5010 Tue, 28 Oct 2025 10:17:53 +0000 It looks like the system flaged the updates as spamn for some reason.

I’ve unspammed them and am looking into it.

]]> 0 477a174a28834cc6ae8e78e042283552 Sam Smith replied to the topic Status update is bugged in the forum Help and Support https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/help-and-support/forum/topic/status-update-is-bugged/#post-5009 Tue, 28 Oct 2025 10:12:22 +0000 me too

]]> 0 994aac322c0156aca7ac572a1ff509f8 Sam Smith joined the group Help and Support https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/17115/ Tue, 28 Oct 2025 10:12:10 +0000 0 68ece7f8835a7f9c63cf25a642af4a79 Matthew Brown replied to the topic Status update is bugged in the forum Help and Support https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/help-and-support/forum/topic/status-update-is-bugged/#post-5008 Tue, 28 Oct 2025 10:03:24 +0000 It’s working for ne.

I will look into it. Hang tight.

]]> 0 5a03932f5e3d73658a7aaa9c11b607b4 Acorn Boi started the topic Status update is bugged in the forum Help and Support https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/help-and-support/forum/topic/status-update-is-bugged/ Tue, 28 Oct 2025 10:02:24 +0000 I can post it but then it vanishes

]]> 0 ab8d5a42b4caa8192355f2f51c5f9886 Adam Bassman replied to the topic Login page changes? in the forum Help and Support https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/help-and-support/forum/topic/login-page-changes/#post-4970 Fri, 17 Oct 2025 20:06:41 +0100 I’ve not noticed anything.

]]> 0 eb4a9afd03f9b5c8cefdfd22a1ff8264 Matthew Brown replied to the topic Login page changes? in the forum Help and Support https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/help-and-support/forum/topic/login-page-changes/#post-4967 Fri, 17 Oct 2025 18:14:20 +0100 There are no changes that I’ve made. It should still be as vanilla as it gets.

Mine works fine, which is no help at all for you.

]]> 0 48dec9828066965d5b89ca5c97272ca8 Danny H started the topic Login page changes? in the forum Help and Support https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/help-and-support/forum/topic/login-page-changes/ Wed, 15 Oct 2025 09:45:50 +0100 Have you been tinkering with the login mechanism?  My password manager used to fill in both username & password, but now I have to add the username separately

]]> 0 2b6601ade05fbeb2a442372928d237c3 Matthew Brown edited the blog post You subscriptions page bug fixed in the group Help and Support https://dev.authorbuzz.co.uk/2025/08/16/you-subscriptions-page-bug-fixed/ Sat, 16 Aug 2025 14:41:20 +0100 You subscriptions page bug fixed As you might know, you can see all the things you have subscribed to on https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/ – I found a “fatal error” bug there today. […]

]]> 504fd785c403625f28b725f06ce9723a Matthew Brown commented on the post, Policy update: Google's gmail is now banned due to spam, on the groupblog Author Buzz Developer Blog https://dev.authorbuzz.co.uk/2025/08/05/policy-update-googles-gmail-is-now-banned-due-to-spam/#comment-12487 Tue, 05 Aug 2025 10:47:37 +0100 It has been at least a year since a genuine signup with Gmail.

]]> d56101dc35530b7be4984d6cb5133cf0 Matthew Brown commented on the post, Policy update: Google's gmail is now banned due to spam, on the groupblog Author Buzz Developer Blog https://dev.authorbuzz.co.uk/2025/08/05/policy-update-googles-gmail-is-now-banned-due-to-spam/#comment-12486 Tue, 05 Aug 2025 10:46:54 +0100 Existing accounts using Gmail will be safe, but new accounts will be rejected. I’d be open to adding an exception for someone if they message me on Mastodon.

]]> b6838ba2da183a2b71b47e0dfa36ff47 Danny H commented on the post, Policy update: Google's gmail is now banned due to spam, on the groupblog Author Buzz Developer Blog https://dev.authorbuzz.co.uk/2025/08/05/policy-update-googles-gmail-is-now-banned-due-to-spam/#comment-12483 Tue, 05 Aug 2025 09:45:23 +0100 Have you checked to see how many current / genuine accounts use GMail? I’d suggest a rethink, the fact that GMail is one of the largest email providers around means that statistically a larger proportion of spam […]

]]> 0a3fe055d974d3dbc97ee172c3ddbd91 Matthew Brown edited the blog post Policy update: Google's gmail is now banned due to spam in the group Help and Support https://dev.authorbuzz.co.uk/2025/08/05/policy-update-googles-gmail-is-now-banned-due-to-spam/ Tue, 05 Aug 2025 05:07:18 +0100 Policy update: Google's gmail is now banned due to spam I’ve been resisting doing this, but I have to face facts – most of our spam comes attached to a Google Gmail account. As of today, I have banned Gmail […]

]]> bc551fea87879f81d8916a7ce72ec5cf Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post PHP updates and fixing BuddyPress Follow in the group Help and Support https://dev.authorbuzz.co.uk/2025/08/04/php-updates-and-fixing-buddypress-follow/ Mon, 04 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +0100 PHP updates and fixing BuddyPress FollowBuddyPress Follow is a plugin we use to enable you to follow rather than “friend” each other. Sadly, it is not PHP 8 ready. This was holding us back […]

]]> a19343c9bd863c25837715ab2ec04bb8 Matthew Brown posted an update in the group Help and Support: Testing all done. We are now on PHP 8 and should be slightly […] https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/16565/ Sun, 03 Aug 2025 23:51:32 +0100 Testing all done. We are now on PHP 8 and should be slightly faster now.

]]> 1 1cb24d57fc00c5b7655b9c6f3c9f7db8 Matthew Brown posted an update in the group Help and Support: I'm about to do some testing with the error messages turned […] https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/16562/ Sun, 03 Aug 2025 23:21:50 +0100 I’m about to do some testing with the error messages turned on for the main site. I expect things could be a bit funny for an hour or so. Hopefully, all of our regulars are in bed and not on the site.

]]> 2 4a4c294b4f7af948210a8ac8d892e4cc Matthew Brown commented on the post, Fixes and tweaks, on the groupblog Author Buzz Developer Blog https://dev.authorbuzz.co.uk/2025/06/15/fixes-and-tweaks/#comment-9963 Mon, 16 Jun 2025 21:05:21 +0100 I thought I’d fixed that. I’ll take another look.

]]> d855b80dd12c48ab4aa26cbdfe356237 Danny H commented on the post, Fixes and tweaks, on the groupblog Author Buzz Developer Blog https://dev.authorbuzz.co.uk/2025/06/15/fixes-and-tweaks/#comment-9929 Sun, 15 Jun 2025 09:17:46 +0100 The register button is still huge and pushes the login button into the corner

]]> 5cb80c78344dab4c89e666d26dee8a76 Matthew Brown edited the blog post Fixes and tweaks in the group Help and Support https://dev.authorbuzz.co.uk/2025/06/15/fixes-and-tweaks/ Sun, 15 Jun 2025 07:45:14 +0100 Fixes and tweaks In this morning’s dev notes, we have a patched potential security vulnerability and some CSS tweaks to do with sign up. First, the scary-sounding […]

]]> c42a8b38d07626d21a671533ac76ec93 Acorn Boi commented on the post, FAIR package manager, on the groupblog Author Buzz Developer Blog https://dev.authorbuzz.co.uk/2025/06/12/fair-package-manager/#comment-9859 Thu, 12 Jun 2025 12:44:59 +0100 Me like privacy

]]> 4c88c349e9c031567945bff23a2d93ac Matthew Brown commented on the post, FAIR package manager, on the groupblog Author Buzz Developer Blog https://dev.authorbuzz.co.uk/2025/06/12/fair-package-manager/#comment-9852 Thu, 12 Jun 2025 06:27:19 +0100 Not really. Most active users set a custom avatar anyway. I’m testing with one of my personal projects to see if I even notice the difference.

]]> 69d73ac66a9d2b9f489eed15b79b2ef0 Toni McHadden commented on the post, FAIR package manager, on the groupblog Author Buzz Developer Blog https://dev.authorbuzz.co.uk/2025/06/12/fair-package-manager/#comment-9851 Thu, 12 Jun 2025 06:25:50 +0100 Is this a big change?

]]> 7a9829f464a032f26c5da9694f9de284 Acorn Boi joined the group Help and Support https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/15979/ Thu, 12 Jun 2025 06:24:48 +0100 0 d843c8db9404df27b7b322712427b0f9 Matthew Brown edited the blog post FAIR package manager in the group Help and Support https://dev.authorbuzz.co.uk/2025/06/12/fair-package-manager/ Thu, 12 Jun 2025 06:23:53 +0100 FAIR package manager The Linux Foundation has announced the FAIR package manager for WordPress. This will be an independent and neutral plugin and theme package […]

]]> 8040496cb62717e9f3f6d660b36a97b6 Matthew Brown replied to the topic Register button in the forum Help and Support https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/help-and-support/forum/topic/register-button/#post-4604 Mon, 05 May 2025 09:22:56 +0100 I’ve spotted that too. If I can’t figure out exactly why it changed, I’ll hit it with some targetted custom CSS later.

]]> 0 84cfd7bedb221fc9fd2bd870d59225a9 Matthew Brown commented on the post, A few small display bugs, on the groupblog Author Buzz Developer Blog https://dev.authorbuzz.co.uk/2025/05/05/a-few-small-display-bugs/#comment-9376 Mon, 05 May 2025 09:20:55 +0100 Update: The problems all seem to be from the latest core WordPress update. I’ve managed to get the forums under control by forcing an early forum update. The other bugs might require something a bit more custom.

]]> 57214e8615895ce24f5c097be750e7e3 Matthew Brown edited the blog post A few small display bugs in the group Help and Support https://dev.authorbuzz.co.uk/2025/05/05/a-few-small-display-bugs/ Mon, 05 May 2025 08:40:53 +0100 A few small display bugs I’m currently tracking a few small bugs with the site. The register button needs to go on a diet (not-logged in view). Forum topics (but not […]

]]> 4f402c711723c1e2694e4489dccea41a Danny H started the topic Register button in the forum Help and Support https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/help-and-support/forum/topic/register-button/ Sat, 03 May 2025 08:41:57 +0100 Not a biggie, but if you’re not logged in and on the home page, the Register button seems to have put on a lot of weight.

This is on Firefox 138.0.1

]]> 0 cfa44bc5ad0c530c182fe21b0b0bb496 Matthew Brown commented on the post, The Online Safety Act 2023, on the groupblog Author Buzz Developer Blog https://dev.authorbuzz.co.uk/2025/03/13/the-online-safety-act-2023/#comment-9051 Thu, 13 Mar 2025 16:13:33 +0000 There are over 450 million WordPress blogs alone. They want it to apply world-wide and that’s just too many to deal with.

]]> 46ef5920802523c1b8ba8b8aed3c63a1 Danny H commented on the post, The Online Safety Act 2023, on the groupblog Author Buzz Developer Blog https://dev.authorbuzz.co.uk/2025/03/13/the-online-safety-act-2023/#comment-9050 Thu, 13 Mar 2025 16:08:16 +0000 In all honesty, there must be thousands of UK based / managed blogs. I don’t see how Ofcom would be able to police all of them

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