User:Alvonruff

Founder of the ISFDB.

Large Projects

• 2022: Update LAMP stack to latest version (except Python) and enable HTTPS. DONE
• 2023: Update site to Python3. User/Alvonruff/Python3_Conversion
• 2024: Update charset to UTF-8.

Python3 Status Trackers

• Debugging Remarks
• Per-File Status: Python3 File Status
• ISFDB2 Status: ISFDB2 Per-Script Status
• Mod script test plans and status: User:Alvonruff/Python3 ModTests
• Formal Tests: Formal ISFDB Test Status

System Upgrade Notes

Details on how to bring up a LAMP stack (on two different OSs), and how to setup https:

• User:Alvonruff/ISFDB_Move - Our old hosting service was bought out by a larger hosting service, and they are pushing off our ancient server onto something up to date. We've already been staging such a move at isfdb2.org for a few months, and have most things operational on the new server. The actual move will start sometime after Labor Day.
• User:Alvonruff/ISFDB On Ubuntu 20.04
• User:Alvonruff/ISFDB2_Notes - Another Fedora Core variant.
• User:Alvonruff/HTTPS Notes - Notes on moving to https on isfdb2
• User:Alvonruff/Link Tests - Combinations of http/https www/no www links.

Other Loose Notes

• Development/HTTPS - Discussion area.
• User:Alvonruff/The_Charset_Problem
• User:Alvonruff/Notes on MySQLdb
• User:Alvonruff/Test_Pages

Articles Concerning Lee Mandelo

• User:Alvonruff/A_Post-Mortem_on_the_Lee_Mandelo_Name_Change
• User:Alvonruff/An_Open_Letter_To_The_SF_Community

Obituary Sources

• https://sf-encyclopedia.com/timeline.php?rip
• https://ansible.uk/ - (R.I.P. section)
• https://www.sfwa.org/category/excluded-categories/in-memoriam/

Reading List

• User:Alvonruff/ReadingLists