Site performance, Server errors, outages and tunings

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I'm going to upgrade the forum software. Check the progress on Twitter: https://twitter.com/like_ra

Source: https://twitter.com/like_ra/status/1667666300162781184

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The easiest part has been completed. The software has been upgraded from: 1.8.30 to 1.8.31, then to 1.8.32, then to 1.8.33, then to 1.8.34.

Next steps:

o- Hack WEBP support back in.
o- Update all changed templates
o- Fix bugs

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Some "too visible" errors have been fixed.

Let me know if you notice something weird.

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New kernel, new MySQL, new ad-column placement (the iDevices issue has been fixed, see https://www.likera.com/forum/mybb/Thread...3#pid62483).

Action items:

o- Upgrade MyBB (new version is out)
o- Replace the current menu system with a mobile-friendly "sandwich" one.

The latter is very important. Also, from the Google point of view (less mobile issues).

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New Ruffle Flash player in the Games section. SuperDeepThroat loads without errors now! It even works in the standalone version. So there is a hope, that it will work online (now sooner, rather than later!)

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Temporarily switched the blog theme to one of the standards. Got fed up with the plugin bugs...

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New package source, new kernel, new libraries, new patches. The server is rebooted.

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New PHP, new MySQL.

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Hm... I disabled inlining of JS and CSS and forced outlining - the load time decreased by 10 (the forum index) and 20% (thread)!

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New WordPress, new WP/blog theme (needs work).