This week we have done a lot of work which probably nobody has noticed. Which is good because we were upgrading software on our servers. On Wednesday we have applied a major upgrade to our PostgreSQL database and data replication and today we migrated all our web servers from Apache to Lighttpd (which required a major redesign of the Wikidot software too and is so far the biggest change in our structures).
The operation was certainly non-trivial and we had been planning it for some time, but the total network outage for Wikidot was just seconds. After migrating to Lighttpd there were a few server hickups — a few icons were not working, printer-friendly view was not displayed properly and SSL was broken… but these were really minor problems and resolved quickly, within minutes. Hopefully there should be no other problems — if you encounter any, let us know!
We hope that after this upgrade Wikidot will be even more responsive, scalable and secure.
Also this week the Bloo theme has been improved to remove minor imperfections and a new variant Bloo - no side bar has been created just for members not using a side bar.
Last but not least, we would like you to welcome a new member in our team! Łukasz Tarka (
Squark) is joining us as the new Community manager. He will be responsible for maintaining support, being in contact with the Community and providing help and cooperation between you, the Community, and Wikidot Developers.
Michał Frąckowiak @ Wikidot Inc.
Visit my blog at michalf.me
