#wordpress 2022-06-30

2022-06-30 UTC
jacky, [jamesg483], jsbach, angelo, jeremycherfas, [grantcodes], [snarfed] and [hollie] joined the channel
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[hollie]
I'm feeling so frustrated. Last night I wrote a big +/- list between micro.blog and WordPress, and happily decided I wanted to host my domain at my micro.blog. So last night I changed the DNS with my domain host. I woke up this morning and...hollie.micro.blog is literally gone. It just goes to a page that says "Not Found". I have no idea what happened - or that this was a thing that even could happen.
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[hollie]
I've written to the help email but I think I'm just going to get that paid WordPress.com account and put the blog there. It's $15/month which is only $5 more than micro.blog, and at least then I can have a comment system that I don't have to know code to install and operate. My question is: can I still do things like IndieAuth while my blog is hosted at WordPress.com?
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GWG
[hollie]: Manton at micro.blog will get back to you
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[hollie]
Oh! Manton just fixed this a few minutes ago, I just saw the email.
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GWG
I'm positive
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GWG
Too late
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GWG
He's in the chat sometimes
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[hollie]
Now I have to figure out why my domain doesn't work. I just want things to work. I told my husband this last night and he said, "If that's what you want, I'm not sure getting into coding will make you happy." Ha. Ha.
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[hollie]
I am still curious about the IndieAuth question - is that available to WordPress.com users?
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GWG
I'm not sure...can they install plugins?
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GWG
I haven't looked since they changed the plans
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[hollie]
Unfortunately I can't look without buying a year's worth of hosting.
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GWG
If they want your money, a support person should be able to answer if you can add plugins before you buy.
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GWG
Otherwise it's bad customer service
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[snarfed]
yes wp.com allows almost all plugins, that's in their docs
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GWG
Wonder if anyone has used indieauth on it due the header pass through issue where some providers filter login headers
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[hollie]
I got a response in the forums. They said there is no free trial, but you can cancel for a full refund within 14 days. I'm still not sure what I will end up doing.