Apology

Posted on April 22, 2020 by Sue Vincent

It has come to my notice that none of my replies to comments on the blog have been published for the past few days.

I have answered all comments. But the replies are not showing.

Apparently, replies show if I answer from the post directly, but not from the notifications bar that I usually use… so most are simply not there.

WordPress is looking into this, but so far have found no answer but for me to change to a newer theme, which I am reluctant to do, having neither the desire, time nor the ruddy energy at the moment to tackle such a move, with the best part of fifteen thousand posts to move. Quite apart from the fact that I happen to like my blog the way it is.

I hope this can be resolved, but repeat my apologies to anyone who feels I have ignored their comments.

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About Sue Vincent

Sue Vincent was a Yorkshire born writer, esoteric teacher and a Director of The Silent Eye. She was immersed in the Mysteries all her life. Sue maintained a popular blog and is co-author of The Mystical Hexagram with Dr G.M.Vasey. Sue lived in Buckinghamshire, having been stranded there due to an accident with a blindfold, a pin and a map. She had a lasting love-affair with the landscape of Albion, the hidden country of the heart. Sue  passed into spirit at the end of March 2021.
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79 Responses to Apology

  1. Ritu's avatar Ritu says:
    April 22, 2020 at 20:06

    These things happen, Sue. Please don’t apologize 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

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  2. peNdantry's avatar pendantry says:
    April 22, 2020 at 20:07

    Well, that sounds like it sucks.Hope it gets sorted soon!

    The Internet: facilitating miscommunication at the speed of light since the late twentieth century — Me

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  3. Mary Smith's avatar Mary Smith says:
    April 22, 2020 at 20:09

    Pesky wee WordPress gremlins at it again. No need for you to apologise – or change your theme!

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  4. Chris The Story Reading Ape's avatar The Story Reading Ape says:
    April 22, 2020 at 20:20

    As far as I know, if you change theme, all your posts and pages are automatically changed to suit, Sue. (You can preview how new themes look before changing) 🤗❤️🤗

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    • Sue Vincent's avatar Sue Vincent says:
      April 22, 2020 at 20:24

      Thanks, Chris… but you lose all the bits the new theme doesn’t support and have to re-do them, somewhere and somehow. Like all the book widgets…
      And I’ll be damned if they are forcing me to use the new editor before I’m ready 😉 x

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    • TamrahJo's avatar TamrahJo says:
      April 24, 2020 at 01:24

      Sue – are your book widgets capability part of the ‘theme’ you use? there are some tools available via plugins that allow you to make ‘widgets’ that will transcend themes – if done right and only need tweaking to properly layout – but then, not sure which WordPress.com theme you’re on, or what theme you’re using and whether or not you might have time to investigate the ‘things bundled with theme’ that need to be separate so you can update theme whenever you like – :). Email me if I can be of any service at all –

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      • Sue Vincent's avatar Sue Vincent says:
        April 24, 2020 at 06:38

        Thanks, Tamrah Jo… at th emoment, I amdigging my heels in. I don’t want to ‘have’ to changea service I pay for because ‘they’ won’t let me use it right 😉

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  5. Jen's avatar Jen Goldie says:
    April 22, 2020 at 20:27

    I’m frankly amazed at how you manage to handle so many! If you missed one of mine, I’d understand. 😊💜

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  6. pensitivity101's avatar pensitivity101 says:
    April 22, 2020 at 20:40

    It’s happening to me too Sue. I’m not on the new editor (have reverted back to classic twice) but it’s also some of the comments made on my posts that are absent as well as my replies.

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    • Sue Vincent's avatar Sue Vincent says:
      April 22, 2020 at 20:45

      I can only post comments direct from a post at the moment, and with comments coming in every day on posts sometimes years old, that is a pain. I know your theme is similar, if not the same as mine, Di. It would be worth letting the Happiness Engineers know. Apparently, while the older themes are still available to use, they are not necessarily supported after a while. We will probably have more of these problems and be forced to change theme to avoid them. But just at the moment, I think we have enough on our plates.

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  7. Sadje's avatar Sadje says:
    April 22, 2020 at 22:04

    You are not alone. I see comments on the posts but not in notifications. It is weird.

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  8. beth's avatar beth says:
    April 22, 2020 at 22:05

    No worries, word press and tech happen

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  9. renardmoreau's avatar Renard Moreau says:
    April 22, 2020 at 22:24

    🙂 Sue, glitches do take place on WordPress blogs; so there is no need for you to apologize.

    In my case, I am not getting notified whenever someone comments on my blog posts (That only started today. So, I will wait a while to see if the problem persists and if it does, I will bring it to the attention of the Happiness Engineers).

    Do enjoy the rest of your day!

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  10. D. Wallace Peach's avatar D. Wallace Peach says:
    April 22, 2020 at 23:19

    Oh, WordPress. Sigh. I have an old theme too, Sue, and have stuck with it for the same reasons. It appears that your comments are now showing up. Yeah!

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  11. Chatter Master's avatar Chatter Master says:
    April 23, 2020 at 00:16

    The comment issues….oh my. My problem is the comments are NOT showing up in the notification bar. Just my email and the blog itself. So the ‘convenience’ of having comments in one place is not so convenient. I hope they resolve your issue soon Sue.

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  12. memadtwo's avatar memadtwo says:
    April 23, 2020 at 00:31

    No apologies needed. WordPress, on the other hand…(k)

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  13. floridaborne's avatar floridaborne says:
    April 23, 2020 at 01:37

    My replies are doing the same thing today. Some of the comments and likes aren’t showing up on the notification bar. I wonder if WordPress is changing the format?

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  14. Eliza Waters's avatar Eliza Waters says:
    April 23, 2020 at 01:59

    I’ve noticed the same. Another glitch to work through!

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  15. Marilyn Armstrong's avatar Marilyn Armstrong says:
    April 23, 2020 at 03:36

    I’ve had that problem intermittently for months. It comes, then it goes and I figure they finally got it fixed. They didn’t. It has popped up over and over again for the past 8 years and they never know what’s causing it. I say “bad software.”

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    • Sue Vincent's avatar Sue Vincent says:
      April 23, 2020 at 06:37

      It is usually missing notifications on mine… but this has really annoyed me. I don’t spend my time writing replies, trying to politely acknowledge comments and hold conversations, on a blog I pay for, just for a software glitch to decide not to display said comments, paint me as impolite… and then have them tell me I should waste even more time redesigning my blog to solve their problem!

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  16. robertawrites235681907's avatar robertawrites235681907 says:
    April 23, 2020 at 06:07

    I sometimes miss comments too, Sue, and you have so many posts in a day. I do about three a week on each of my blogs and that is an effort to maintain.

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  17. Dave's avatar Dave says:
    April 23, 2020 at 06:20

    It is ok!! Really no worries 😀😀

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  18. janesturgeon's avatar Jane Sturgeon says:
    April 23, 2020 at 07:31

    It’s being pressurised to make a theme change to solve a problem they have created by tinkering/updating!! You have enough on your plate right now. I have been having the same issues and the term ‘Happiness engineers’ is a misnomer. ❤ flowing to you, Sue. Much ❤

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    • Sue Vincent's avatar Sue Vincent says:
      April 23, 2020 at 07:32

      Thanks, Jane. Yes, that really annoyed me, I’m afraid.
      And now I noice that not all readers comments are being published either…

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      • janesturgeon's avatar Jane Sturgeon says:
        April 23, 2020 at 08:35

        Yes, I noticed that too. What is wrong with us staying with old themes that we are comfortable with? I strongly dislike being dictated to. I’ve played ball and switched to the new editor, so me thinks this is not a level playing field. It’s not just WP that is doing this and as more people shift to working from home, the pressure will mount on the software companies to raise their standards and remember who they are serving.

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  19. Hugh W. Roberts's avatar Hugh W. Roberts says:
    April 23, 2020 at 10:23

    I changed my blog theme last weekend, Sue. It took me about an hour to do, although much of that was spent deciding which theme to choose. The reason why I changed theme is that I had a few problems with my blog. Nothing serious, (like the problem you’ve had) but when I contacted the Happiness Engineers about the issues, they informed me that the theme I was using had been retired and was no longer being supported.

    As you can imagine, I wasn’t best pleased to be told that the theme had been retired and asked why they hadn’t contacted all users who use that theme to inform them that it was being withdrawn. They couldn’t give me a reason, other than they’re bringing out new themes all the time, so have to retire some of the older themes that have a smaller uptake.

    As Chris mentioned in his reply, all my blog posts and pages were automatically transferred over when I change theme. Plus, so were my widgets and everything else on my blog. After changing the theme, I decided then was as good a time to do some general housekeeping of the blog (like updating my ‘about Hugh’ page and my ‘my books’ page. This threw up some broken links and even one link that went to another blog that displayed a message declaring that it had been removed due to violation of terms and policies.

    I spent about an hour on the housekeeping, and all the problems I was having with my blog are now resolved.

    Of course, it’s up to you whether you want to change themes or not, but I just wanted to inform you of how changing theme worked for me. Now I just need to hope that they don’t retire the new theme I’ve chosen.

    I hope they’re able to sort the comments problem out for you.

    I’ve got a new post coming out today regarding what I found out about themes being retired, just so as to warn other users.

    Hope you and Ani are both well?

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    • Sue Vincent's avatar Sue Vincent says:
      April 23, 2020 at 14:39

      Thanks, Hugh, I know it is supposed to be a straightforward switch, but I do not like being forced to change something I am perfectly happy with because someone else has screwed something up without mentioning it. Particularly when I pay for the blog… and especially right now, when I am not only working seven days a week, but working twice as long, being the only contact Nick has with the outside world…and as he is unable to get any delivery slots for his shopping.

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      • Hugh W. Roberts's avatar Hugh W. Roberts says:
        April 23, 2020 at 14:44

        I fully understand, Sue. I just wanted to let you know what happened when I found out that my blog theme had been retired.

        With regards comments, have you tried going through the old method of accessing comments via the WP Admin button on the dashboard of your blog? I still use this old method of responding to all comments. Not only are they all in one place, but I’ve never encountered any problems with this method (unlike I have with the notifications bell icon). It’s just a thought I had after leaving my original comment.

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  20. Jim Borden's avatar Jim Borden says:
    April 23, 2020 at 13:43

    I’ve been having problems with the comments feature as well; hopefully WP will resolve the issue soon…

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  21. itsgoodtobecrazysometimes's avatar itsgoodtobecrazysometimes says:
    April 23, 2020 at 13:44

    Its happening to a few of us at the moment

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  22. Adele Marie's avatar Adele Marie says:
    April 23, 2020 at 17:20

    A lot of people are having problems with WordPress at the moment, mine is not receiving comments or going to someone’s page and finding the link is broken. (sighs) they’ll sort it in time, I guess. xxx

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  23. dgkaye's avatar dgkaye says:
    April 24, 2020 at 01:42

    No worries Sue. Plenty of us have been having very weird WP crap going on the past week. They must have done a big update. Comments are weird, share buttons missing, it didn’t post one of my scheduled posts. Must be the planets. 🙂 ❤

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