Category: The Q Tree

Wolf’s Phony AMA (Ask Me Anything) Which is More Like an SLHO (Super-Limited Hang-Out) But is Actually a Front for an RFC (Request For Comments) Which is Really Both an FFM (Fact-Finding Mission) and a PUHD (Pop-Up Help Desk)

YEAH. You have problems with this wonderful new site. We know that. But you are hesitant to bug THE WOLF any more than you already have.

We respect that. But we need you to tell us what is happening and why, because if we don’t, THIS WONDERFUL SITE may end up being destroyed by WordPress. Errrr – I mean WordPress.com.

Speaking of which, how many people here have been LOCKED OUT for “commenting too fast”?

Yeah. That was a beauty.

Thank you, all who reported that. Please SPEAK UP here and REMIND US if you got that red-box warning – I want to DOCUMENT IT HERE.

OK? Please let me know if you got that pop-up, and particularly if it kept you from commenting.

I want to hear it AGAIN. Right here.

I AM COLLECTING EVIDENCE.

You see, my definition of site security is less about who is watching us or how they are watching us, and more about ARE THEY TAMPERING WITH OUR GOOD THING?

SOCIAL HACKING is what I’m most concerned about.

WordPress.com – which kicked Sundance and CTH off its platform for political reasons, is not as big of a social hacker as Twitter and Facebook, but thanks to their AXEY-METH (Akismet) POST-RANSOM CRIMEWARE / MAFIA-PROTECTION RACKET MALWARE, they are close to it. The WordPress scam works a bit differently from the Twitter scam, but it works.

By my being the ONLY administrator / moderator on this site, and having (at present) ZERO moderation filters other than “PRIVATE_MESSAGE_TO_WLOF” (spelled correctly), I can “see through” all the games and all the con jobs that are foisted on honest patriots by the outside world, OR by the platform itself.

Anyway, a bit more about the “red box scam”. The pop-ups telling people they were posting too fast, and then BLOCKING them from commenting.

This was due to a setting in WordPress, as part of WordPress.com’s “JetPack” plugin, which supposedly prevents brute force attacks on the site. I want to thank grandmaintexas and her DH for helping me out there, with the critical insight that this censorship problem actually stemmed from that very particular setting.

Turning it off – BOOM – problem GONE.

Now – I’m not going to show WordPress.com all my cards here, but trust me – that setting did not initially block people from posting. The censorship SNUCK IN LATER. It was also very specific WHO it went after. I do not believe that it was accidental, either. I believe the targets were INTENTIONAL. But even if I’m wrong about that, it’s a lot like the China Virus. WordPress – and specifically JET PACK – is responsible.

Now bear in mind – JetPack is also responsible for the “bar-bell” notifications. That is primarily WHY we have JetPack installed as a plugin.

I want to ask people here – do you TRUST the notification system? The “black bar, white bell, and orange dot”. Do you trust that it always reports everything to you faithfully and without any kind of bias?

I may or may not be suspicious of JetPack’s notification behavior at this very moment, but it is my job, being in charge of security, to trust it exactly NEVER. I am faithful NOT to the software, nor even to its possibly long and glorious history, but rather to its INTEGRITY OF FUNCTION AT THIS MOMENT – an ephemerally correct thing which may or may not be true, but can never be assumed.

I am faithful to PRINCIPLES and to those who – like me – strive to UPHOLD THEM.

More about trust.

I most assuredly DO NOT TRUST WordPress.com not to #### with us again, via JetPack and WordPress.com authentication (meaning when you log in using your WordPress password and identity).

I want to IMPART THIS SUSPICION on all who enter here. I want you ALL to be my EYES AND EARS – so that not IF but WHEN WordPress.com decides to mess with us again, ALL OF YOU will be prepared. We almost lost some of your BEST FRIENDS HERE to the last scam.

So LOOK SHARP.

And NOW go ahead. Ask me anything!

W

DEAR KAG: 20201211

The Wolf’s Head Pub is open for business. It’s Free-for-All Friday and your first well drink is on the house. Tonight’s special is the English classic, Gin and Tonic. If you want to get fancy, add a star anise to the bottom of the glass. It adds a hint of licorice and blends beautifully. And lime. Always lime and never lemon.

Here’s a Brief History of Gin. Let’s just say juniper is the Thing when it comes to gin. My favorite is good old Beefeaters Gin, although nowadays you can find some really delicious gins from boutique distillers.

Speaking of England, let’s take a trip to The Eagle and Child, also known as The Bird and Baby, a pub in Oxford, England that was frequented by Tolkien and Lewis of 20th century literary fame. It has been a pub since the 17th century.

Lewis, who was known to drink three pints of beer for breakfast, spent a great deal of time in the Rabbit Room there, reading from his manuscripts and critiquing the writings of his group of friends known as the Inklings.

The featured image above is the Rabbit Room. I can almost hear Lewis reading in his booming voice…

“In fighting those who serve devils one always has this on one’s side; their Masters hate them as much as they hate us. The moment we disable the human pawns enough to make them useless to Hell, their own Masters finish the work for us. They break their tools.” — That Hideous Strength

Do we not see this in action this very day?

The human tools of the NWO, globalists, communists, socialists (whatever you want to call them) are in the process of being disabled. Broken.

Before I get to the good news, civility is what keeps the Qtree a place of sanctuary and intellectual inspiration. Cutting completely loose belongs over at the UTree, not here at the QTree. Civility is king. Rules here if you need a refresher or are new. Thank you in advance for giving our burly bouncers nothing to do. Play nice and say a little breath prayer for our great President and his cabinet and family, and all patriots.

Okay, now to the good news. WE ARE WINNING.

* The State of Georgia’s feckless Gov. Kemp, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and their cronies are being absolutely crushed by public opinion and the unfolding truth of their involvement in election fraud. DISABLED.

* The States of Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Georgia are in a tailspin ever since the State of Texas (and about 19 other states at last count) sued in the Supreme Court for relief from the unlawful changes in voting laws in the battleground states. Their responses have been limp.

*Meanwhile, Fox News has committed suicide. So sad. Not. FTA:

“Trump broke every other news entity even before he took office in 2017. CNN, MSNBC, the Washington Post, the New York Times, and the rest have always been left-wing, only with an illusory veneer of neutrality. Trump smashed the veneer, accurately calling them “fake news” amid their swirl of lies about him…”

* Zuckerberg is being sued by the DOJ! Couldn’t happen to a nicer robot. Can the other Tech Giants be far behind?

* Lin Wood is a pit bull in the best sense of the word. He will go down in history as one of the heroes of our Republic.

* Hunter Biden and his Laptop from Hell are back in the news (they never should have left).

* Nancy Pelosi, obviously in the Twilight of her intellectual capabilities, sputtered “Q” during yet another encounter with her propaganda team (aka the MSM). BROKEN.

* Eric “Bang Fang” Swalwell is watching his career being torched by his exposure as a China tool. BROKEN.

* Even the Senator of the Week, Ted Cruz got in on the Swalwell action:

* And that scoundrel, Rep. Adam Schiff, is being dragged into the Fang Fang vortex. How sweet it is!

https://twitter.com/RichardGrenell/status/1337065486069231625
“Prominent” liberals are calling for her resignation. Wink. Wink.

* The ancient Diane Feinstein, who honest to God is beginning to look Chinese in a Skeletor sort of way, is being dragged back into the picture now that Chy-Nah! is being exposed in all its dragonish glory as a greedy, immoral, power hungry serpent with its claws in American politicians. DISABLED.

* The Fake News can now be officially labeled LAUGHABLE. Watching the crappy acting of creatures like Mika Brezinski just brings a smile. Here she is at the start of War Room Pandemic, Episode 576. Trust me, you will laugh. BROKEN.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfcA3sl8lTw&feature=youtu.be

* Gruesome Newsom is going to be recalled! AHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

* Elon Musk has left the chaotic Newsom LaLa Land and moved to Texas!

* Even that Trudeau fellow has been playing footsies with China, allowing Chinese Military to train on Canadian military bases. He is being taken to task:

* And lest you missed it, here’s an erudite Chinese professor giving the low down on the power structure in the USA to his communist audience. The CCP IS BEING OUTED EVERY WHICH WAY BUT LOOSE. DISABLED:

* And speaking of C. S. Lewis and witches:

Michiganders are teaming up to defeat her tyranny!

* Our Greatest President Ever continues the juggernaut of PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST. Just in time for the start of Hanukkah. Our President is a peacemaker!

* Here’s Rand Paul giving that Neocon dud Liz Cheney the what-for:

Get a load of her low-class response to Sen. Paul:

* Our beloved Ron @CodeMonkeyZ is OUTING ALL THE BAD GUY/GAL governors. Here’s just one:

https://twitter.com/CodeMonkeyZ/status/1337187113264062470

We could go on and on and on. Hard times are ahead, but there is light at the end of the tunnel. THEY ARE NOT GOING TO GET AWAY WITH IT. WE ARE WINNING.

Remember the pub scene in Waking Ned Devine, when the evil witch meets her just end while everyone is celebrating in the pub? That’s how it feels just now. God bless us and keep us safe as we get ready to fight another day! Oh heck, the second round is on the house, too!

Video Overload! Let’s Celebrate and Test Out the New Embed Plugin

(With a Massive Assault of Videos, Tweets, and Everything Else We Can Throw at the Software!)

Will it do Gab?

https://gab.com/markzilla/posts/105239317742587904

Almost!

Will it do a Gab video?

Well, let’s see if that shows up!

What do you think?

I have a great story related to this song, but not now. Some other time!

But if you’re looking for some romance now, how about…..

Or how about some SCIENCE FICTION NOT FICTION?

https://www.bitchute.com/video/PBtAd9MZZgIJ/

Doesn’t work here – try it in a comment!

Will it embed a WordPress post in WordPress?

Dear KMAG: 20201207 Open Topic

WOO-HOO!

Will it embed a site within a site post?

https://wqth.wordpress.com

Nope! Just a link.

How about Vimeo? They’re getting weird and insular, but I found this:

Note that BitChute is being deplatformed!

“BitChute needs your help! We have been deplatformed by service providers and we are in the process of moving providers. If you experience an issue this is likely the cause. Please consider helping at this critical time.“

Another BitChute video about YouTube:

https://www.bitchute.com/video/tBxHOLaMsm0/

Well, try it in a comment!

I direct you to the list of possibles:

Description

wpDiscuz Embeds supports lots of content providers. Video, audio, photos, products, and more—embed the content your users crave.

Video Embed

Embed full videos anywhere. Let your users on your discussion area watch content from dozens of video providers. Video providers include: Youtube, Vimeo, Dailymotion, Rutube, Vevo, Vesti, Metacafe, Liveleak, Funnyordie, Dotsub, Scribd, Citytv, Snotr, Wat, Novamov, Youku, Putlocker, Veoh, Zappinternet, Dalealplay, Zkouknito, Allocine, Break, Vzaar, 4shared, Movshare, Shiatv, etc…

Image Embed

A picture is worth a thousand words. Don’t just tell users what you are talking about; show them. Image providers include: Flickr, Instagram, GettyImages, Mobypicture, ymlyFrog, etc…

Audios, Social Networks and others

SoundCloud, Twitter, Facebook, WordPress.com, Reddit, PollDaddy, etc…

So give some a try, and let’s see if they really work.

Cheers!

W

OUR FIRST VIDEO!

Dear KMAG: 20201207 Open Topic

This Stormwatch Monday Open Thread is VERY OPEN – a place for everybody to post whatever they feel they would like to tell the White Hats, and the rest of the MAGA/KAG/KMAG world (with KMAG being a bit of both: Keep Making America Great).

Yes, it’s Monday…again.

But it’s okay! We’ll get through it.

 

Free Speech is practiced here at the Q Tree. But please keep it civil.
Discussion of Q is not only allowed but encouraged. Imagine that! We can talk about Q here and not get banned.

Please also consider the Important Guidelines, outlined here. Let’s not give the odious Internet Censors a reason to shut down this precious haven that Wolf has created for us.

Our President is fighting for us night and day…please pray for him.

Wheatie’s Rules:

            1. No food fights.
            2. No running with scissors.
            3. If you bring snacks, bring enough for everyone.

For your listening enjoyment, I offer the ‘Carol of the Bells’ with lyrics:

The people at the Trump Rally tell President Trump: “Do Not Concede!”

https://youtu.be/IE5FVZ1oEvE

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The insufferable Democrat crapweasels continue to be annoying at the least…but mostly infuriating. We would like to go all Hulk smash on them:

But for the time being, we will have to continue to endure their annoying provocations.

Wheatie’s Word of the Day:

Vaurien

‘Vaurien’ is both a noun and an adjective…meaning a good-for-nothing or worthless person; a scoundrel, reprobate or villain. As an adjective, it is used to describe such a knavish varmint.

Used in a sentence:

There must be a way to rid ourselves of the Democrat vauriens who are infesting government bureaucracy; there should be no such thing as “can’t be fired”.

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Welcome to TheQTree.com Techmania Stand-Up

As much as I utterly DESPISE “process over people”, I always found MEETINGS OF ACTUAL GEEKS WITH MINIMAL MANAGEMENT useful when there were too many people to look over one person’s shoulder comfortably in a GEEK CUBICLE. So – “declared meetings” have their uses. Here, if only to consolidate suggestions so I can find them later.

My mission in moving us to a WOKE-FREE SITE was so I could quickly get back to WAR in the immediate future. That is where my next posts will be going – back to POLITICS and away from I.T.

*** WAR ***

However, right now, we do have a lot of good geeky thoughts flying around. I want to capture them, even if I am going to INFO-GUNS right away (because THE BUSINESS is ultimately WHY WE ARE HERE).

Thoughts can go here. Including:

  • whether we want to STICK WITH THE NEW COMMENTING SYSTEM
  • whether I should get the tweet and video plugin extensions NOW (answer to above being YES)
  • features that we absolutely need NOW to FIGHT
  • features we need to add – but which will probably be LATER
  • tips and tricks for others to get online and FIGHTING
  • anything GEEKY

OK? GOOD! Have at it! Just remember – we FIGHT FIRST and repair the broken weapons LATER, when there is a break in the fighting.

So we STAND NOW!

W

Actors Henry Fonda and James Coburn on the set of Universal Studios movie ” Midway” in 1976. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

The Q Tree Member Roundup! Calling All Q-Treepers!

THE Q TREE CALLS ALL ITS TRUTH WARRIORS TO COME HOME AND ASSEMBLE FOR BATTLE!

Come inside!

Relax! Have a seat!

Or sit out on the deck!

Please check in and let your friends know that you FOUND our new home. Lurkers, former members, old friends from CTH, and everybody else – you are welcome to make that first post right here! Introduce yourselves!

W

We just ask that you BE-HAVE!!!

Dear KAG: 20201204 Open Thread

The Wolf’s Head Pub is open for business. It’s Friday and I don’t know about anyone else but I am ready for some camaraderie and shoulders to lean on. Thank our good God that the pub is full of fellow patriots who pick each other up off the floor, whether we’ve had too much of this dire situation afflicting our republic or too much madeira.

Madeira you say? I always wondered about this interesting drink. Turns out madeira is of Portuguese origin. Wine is subject to spoilage from heat, light and air (ask anyone who has tried to drink a week old bottle of opened wine).

Some time in the 1400s, the Portuguese discovered that fortifying fermenting wine with distilled spirits results in a wine that is safe from spoilage and extremely long-lasting. From Wikipedia:

“When added to wine before the fermentation process is complete, the alcohol in the distilled beverage kills the yeast and leaves residual sugar behind. The end result is a wine that is both sweeter and stronger, normally containing about 20% alcohol by volume (ABV)”

Madeira can be dry or sweet depending upon the distilled spirit used and the time of fermentation. Other fortified wines include marsala, sherry, port and vermouth. Incidentally, for those who make homemade bone broth, use a dry vermouth instead of wine or vinegar to help dissolve the calcium in the bones. The resulting taste is vastly superior.

How did our evil leaders know that pubs and taverns are ground zero for popular uprisings? Well, that was the case during our first Revolution…

Before we get too deep into our conversations, just a reminder that civility is what keeps the Qtree a place of sanctuary and intellectual inspiration. Cutting completely loose belongs over at the UTree, not here at the QTree. Civility reigns in this august public house. Rules here if you need a refresher or are new. Thank you in advance for giving our burly bouncers nothing to do.

Now, shall we fortify ourselves with a glass of madeira and get down to funny business?

https://twitter.com/RexChapman/status/1334329330076409857

The truth is out there.

Mayor Rudy Giuliani, attorney Jenna Ellis (was she was completely disrespected at the Michigan hearing Wednesday night, or what?), Lin Wood (viciously attacked by Breitbart shills for Cocaine Mitch) and Sidney Powell (holding up well under the immense pressure of The System bearing down) are the champions of this hour.

I was up until almost 3 a.m. the other night catching up on all the news happening. Find a listing at the end of this post of those videos and links that may have been missed, what with all the stuff happening.

Things are narrowing to a point now.

It is clear that the corrupt Republicans are being exposed. This has to happen. The trick, I think, is to expose the width and depth of their corruption without hurting our President as he fights to retain the White House and the Senate.

Georgia is RINO Ground Zero. The Breitbart attack on Lin Wood is showing the cracks in the UniParty Republican cadre. War Room Pandemic, episode 557, has a great discussion about the Georgia Republican Situation:

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxxBwVBKvgQ&w=560&h=315]

The feckless Republican senators who have betrayed the American worker highlights the quintessential tension between Wall Street and Main Street. It is things like this that causes patriot blood to boil:

Big Tech Giveaway. FTA:

“The Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act has been called the greatest corporate welfare program for Big Tech in recent memory. Lee has persistently sought to pass the corporate giveaway, with previous attempts to eliminate per-country-caps being blocked by Democrat Dick Durbin and Republican Rick Scott. Neither Senator objected to the unanimous passage of the modified S386 legislation on Wednesday afternoon.

Big Tech monopolies such as Apple, Google and Microsoft have fervently lobbied in favor of eliminating per-country caps, seeking to replace their American workforces with de facto indentured workers who accept lower wages and worse working conditions. The pervasive use of the H-1B visa in the American technology industry has displaced countless American workers from their careers.”

And then there was this, a Republican Deep Six Gang meeting Thursday regarding immigration with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and George Soros toadies. FTA:

“Republican Senators Marco Rubio, John Cornyn, Susan Collins, and Thom Tillis will attend a Thursday “summit” meeting hosted by the “American Business Immigration Coalition,” a pro-amnesty group consisting of big business donors, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, as well as the George Soros-funded United We Dream organization.”

Cozying up with Democrat amnesty advocates, these bought-off Republicans care nothing for the American worker, our sovereignty, and the safety of citizens. They are selling us out! They are like vultures, waiting for the death of the Trump presidency when they can fully undo all that President Trump has done on behalf of the Forgotten Men and Women of this great nation. It’s positively Potteresque:

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rczQBIhLXrk&w=560&h=315]

The lovely and brilliant Candace Owens puts the Georgia situation in perspective:

But evil, greedy politicians have underestimated us and President Trump. Our President will not allow China, Soros, and sold-out, seditious politicians to destroy our republic. As Gen. Flynn (#FightLikeFlynn) says, “The president has clear paths to victory.” Paths. Not path. Oh yes, indeed. Keeping the faith here with you all and millions of Americans. We will prevail.

And did I tell you that we’ve got a new dartboard at the back of the pub? Unlimited darts! Enjoy!

Stuff you might have missed:

President Trump Speech

Bards of War Convo with Gen. Flynn

Georgia Senate Committee Hearing with Rudy (the now famous video evidence is introduced here and by the end of the hearing the state senators are falling all over themselves to get to the bottom of the steal.)

Presser/Rally with Sidney and Lin

Nevada Hearing on Voter Fraud Evidence

Fifteen Signs You are in an Abusive Relationship with Your Government

Here’s the cabal’s electoral battle plan used to steal our election:

And here is the CDC with our Covid vaccination card:

Here is DNI John Ratcliffe revealing that our leaders are being blackmailed and bribed by Chy-Na:

Here’s the great Texan Louie Gohmert speaking plainly.

And the Senate does not want to get rid of Section 230, a matter of national defense. President Trump says, VETO to the Defense Bill! He’s not playing around.

Where are those darts? It’s my turn!

We’ve MOVED to TheQTree.com!

UPDATE: The move is complete, and we are now ON THE NEW SITE – RIGHT HERE!!!

At 1:30 AM Eastern Time on December 4, 2020, the old site (wqth.wordpress.com) closed behind a “Coming Soon” banner, and two hours later, the NEW site opened HERE:

https://theqtree.com

Having shut down comments on the old site, I will slowly decommission it, possibly keeping it as an archive and “back-up”, but all activity will shift to the new site.

We were ready WELL before 6 AM.

There will be some minor fixes over the next day or two.

Right now, I need some sleep!

Thank you for your patience!

W

Welcome to TheQTree.com

Welcome, all Patriots and other loyal friends and supporters of American Independence!

This is the new site (theqtree.com). We HAVE moved here permanently and completely. This is our new home.

Bookmark it!

https://theqtree.com

The old site (wqth.wordpress.com) remains up, with a “GO TO THE NEW SITE” message at the top, but has been closed to comments, and will be decommissioned later, at some future date and time.

If this is your first visit to the site, please visit our WELCOME THREAD!!!

If you are interested in understanding our approach to QAnon, please visit out ABOUT PAGE.

NEWS will continue be posted BELOW.

Thank you, God bless you, and God Bless America!

W

JetPack News

You know the little bell at the right end of the black bar from WordPress? The one that gives you notifications about likes and replies to your comments? The one that makes it very easy to have a conversation with somebody – or to check if people have replied to your comments?

That “bell notifier” is powered by a plugin called JetPack, from WordPress.com (DOT COM). While we are moving OFF WP.com, we are still using both WordPress itself, from WordPress.org (DOT ORG), and the JetPack plugin (free version).

If you want those notifications, you have to allow WP.com to link to your account here using JetPack. I have done everything I can in settings to make that simple yet reliable, based on our early testing of the new site.

If you want to get “bell notifications” for posts here, you just need to do the following:

  • WHITELIST this site, or allow it to use ALL COOKIES, particularly for wordpress.com
  • REGISTER on this site here: https://www.theqtree.com/wp-login.php?action=register
    • Use your WordPress username
    • Use your WordPress email
    • If you are already registered, LOG IN instead
  • Your confirmation email may be in SPAM or JUNK – be careful.
  • LOG IN on this site here: https://www.theqtree.com/wp-login.php?action=login
    • Be sure to have your browser remember your login username and password
  • Find JetPack in your SETTINGS, and LINK TO WORDPRESS.COM
  • If your first comment gets moderated, wait for approval, then try another comment
  • Get my attention if you have problems. Others may offer some help.

If you have done all this correctly, you will start seeing “bell notifications” of replies to any comments on this site.

Right now, 23 of our 56 registered users have JetPack notifications working!

There is another notifier on any page with comments – the “green circle with orange numbers”. That is a “new comment” notifier in wpDiscuz, the commenting plugin. That plugin is separate from JetPack, even though the two plugins both handle the same comment data. Likes in JetPack are not reflected in the “+1 / -1”, like / dislike system in wpDiscuz.

I will discuss the wpDiscuz plugin more later.

wpDiscuz News

We seem to have settled on a new comment layout manager, known simply as [COUGH] “Number Two”. This one has nice vertical lines to show indentation, but it also has fairly wide text. We were using “Number One” at first.

More Information: https://wpdiscuz.com/docs/wpdiscuz-7/customization/comment-layouts/

Number 1

Number 2

Number 3

We have CHANGED the voting method from “up/down” to “standard likes”. That was a fairly easy decision by our members!

We have also ENLARGED THE FONT and MADE IT BLACK – this got almost entirely POSITIVE response.

There will be more technical discussions – stay tuned!

New Site Status Report 20201201

OK – here is an update on the new site. I’m putting it here ON the new site, so people can start getting used to commenting over here.

I have decided to go for SMOOTHNESS OF TRANSITION rather than CLEAN FAST BREAK.

PATIENCE. It’s a virtue.

Most of the posts transferred. We only have about a week at the end of November, plus whatever days in December before we move, to be moved later. Almost all our images have transferred. If we’re not OCD and/or perfectionist about things, the copying of the sites has been 99.9% successful.

On the PLUS side, we can use more modern commenting systems that use modern technologies like REST and AJAX to avoid reloading entire pages for EVERY SINGLE COMMENT. In particular, we are now using the wpDiscuz plugin, which is a bit like Discus for WordPress.

https://wpdiscuz.com/

The main NEGATIVE, however, is that we are having a LOT of trouble getting comments to integrate with the WordPress-dot-com notification system which is part of their “JetPack” – what most of us refer to as “The Bell” or “The Bell Icon”, located in the “WordPress.com Menu Bar” – a.k.a. “The Black Band”.

While I was able to get SOME notifications about replies on the new site to propagate in the “bell notification system”, most people saw either spotty or no performance this way. This may be a function of whether individuals have properly identified themselves to JetPack on the new site – something that is frankly too tenuous to be trusted. We cannot count on this to communicate.

Bottom line – we no longer have “bell icon notifications” on this site. I will keep trying to get them, but they’re not likely to happen soon.

I do have some good workarounds that I’ve been using. The WordPress-dot-com comment page is actually a pretty good ticker of posts as they are happening. I’m not sure if everybody can see it, or how much they can see, but it may be a start.

https://wordpress.com/comments/all/www.theqtree.com

I did get the “Home” and “Contact” links to appear in the top menu. See above!

I will have the sidebar updated to match – ROUGHLY – the sidebar on the old site, very soon.

All our categories and key words transferred. All our old comments. I *MAY* lock the older posts, but not yet committed to this. WordPress has a setting for closing commenting after 14 days. It’s something I plan to consider.

During testing, we ran into some interesting capacity for EDITING OF COMMENTS that looked like a bug. Turns out that this capability has always been there for AUTHORS on their own posts. Daughn actually found and used this capability to deal with a flame war on one of her posts, once, in the early days of this blog. Otherwise, she followed my preferred practice of NOT editing things, but rather letting the record stand – 100% sunlight – no deletions except under extreme circumstances – KEEP THE EVIDENCE – DON’T DESTROY IT.

This is why we count on authors to show EXTREME integrity, and not everybody is an author here!

Now – one more point.

What would you think about actually becoming a FORUM? Or just ADDING ONE?

I found a plugin that we may REALLY like. It is a plugin for WordPress that creates a FORUM.

https://wpforo.com/

This is open source software, and is featured on WordPress-dot-org, too.

https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpforo/

There is even a forum USING the software, for discussion OF the software!

https://wpforo.com/community/

SO – if we wanted to actually become a FORUM – we could do it. We could even ease into it, by keeping our current model, but creating a “forum next door” with a link on our main page.

Something to think about.

Bottom line – there are MANY possibilities awaiting us. My first step is simply to get the new house ready for occupancy! From there – who knows?

Have a great week!

W

American actor James Coburn (1928 – 2002) smoking a cigarette. (Photo by Harry Benson/Getty Images)