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PHP 8.3 Now Available

The latest PHP version, PHP 8.3, is now available for all accounts on all servers. For a detailed overview of the enhancements and features introduced in PHP 8.3, see the official PHP documentation here: https://www.php.net/manual/en/migration83.php PHP 8.1 will remain the default PHP version for new accounts and subdomains on our servers. As always, you can...

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January 30, 2024
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MediaWiki: Missing Thumbnails after Upgrade

After upgrading MediaWiki, it is not uncommon to see this error message: Error creating thumbnail: File missing This can happen when all the images are indeed in the correct locations. One easy way to fix this is to set the $wgCacheEpoch variable as per the manual: $wgCacheEpoch

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September 19, 2023
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Safety Detectives Interview

We were honored to provide an interview for SafetyDetectives. Here it is on their site: How CiviHosting Ensures Web Hosting Security

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September 6, 2023
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Interview on Website Planet

We had a chance to provide an interview for Website Planet, and here are the results: https://www.websiteplanet.com/blog/civihosting-interview-2/

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August 29, 2023
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Miraheze is Shutting Down

As per this statement called Board/Policies/20230615-Statement Miraheze will be shutting all operations. Bottom line is: We will give at least 7 days notice, but between September 1st 2023 and October 1st 2023, Miraheze will cease to exist as a wiki farm. We have begun to transfer wikis from Miraheze to our servers. They also mention...

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June 16, 2023
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Google Search API

A client asked us to fetch Google search results via API for their project. The docs here: Custom Search JSON API have the code ready for Javascript. You must of course enter your API key. The only other point they don't mention is the parameters for the search call. The 'q' parameter is the standard...

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June 12, 2023
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VERP on CiviHosting

Yes, we support sub-addressing, VERP style. Subaddressing allows you to use multiple email addresses as subaddresses within a single e-mail account. Our system supports subaddresses with minus addressing. It works by adding a "-" sign followed by a keyword to the local part of the email address, just before the "@" symbol. For example, if...

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June 3, 2023
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Transfer a Domain to CiviHosting

To transfer a domain name from another registrar to CiviHosting, there are a few steps. First are these two steps: 1. Make sure the domain is unlocked. 2. Get the EPP Transfer Code from the current registrar. Once you have that code, you can proceed to initiate the transfer on our end. To do that:...

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May 31, 2023
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Cron for CiviCRM in Joomla 4

It doesn't work. :( Well that's not really correct. It was broken, but they fixed it as of CiviCRM 5.56 as per the Cron issue with Joomla 4 issue. We ran into this recently -- cron was all set correctly, but it just wouldn't work. The client had CiviCRM 5.54. We just upgraded that, and...

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May 30, 2023
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