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#Fix the images etc. (they seemed fine... ok, when I edited a page a few went missing otherwise there weren't any issues)
Research Computing Configuration (view source)
Revision as of 13:00, 9 February 2021
, 13:00, 9 February 2021→Changing the blog url
Note: Don't change the DocumentRoot to the blog, as this will destroy the design of the wiki. The last rewrite rule will decide the default site!
===Changing the blog Wordpress url===
It seems likely that some Reddit bots are automatically blocking postings with the word blog in their URL. So I decided to move my blog Wordpress installation from /blog to /journal.
Note that I briefly tried 'article' (singular to save letters). I also considered 'paper', which is shorter but not quite right. Likewise study, etc. Also digest (which was a close second), review, bulletin, and pub (which was just too ambiguous). The problem with article is that although it looks good for article URLS, the landing URL is then www.edegan.com/article. A collection word is better. And journal appeals to the academic in me.
#Fix aliases in apache and the default subdomain for landing (see below)
#Fix the permalinks (update the .htaccess file)
#(Create and) load up a new icon image (it is set under Appearance -> Customize -> Site Identity)
#Run any updates etc.
#Reconnect Google site kit
#Fix the links hardcoded in menus
I also needed to:
#Perform a backup (I really should have done this before moving the site but hey...)
#Fix the images etc. (they initially fine... but I came to suspect that they were cached and an HTML inspected revealed the wrong urls)
To fix the main alias in apache:
