The Real Blogger Status

On June 4, 2013, Blogger retired their Blogger Status blog . This blog has been retired. The latest information on Blogger service availability will now be displayed on the Apps Status Dashboard . Now, The REAL Blogger Status has become, by default, The ONLY Blogger Status. For your convenience, you may find a link to the Apps Status Dashboard , in the Peer Resources gadget, in the sidebar of this blog.

Blogger Support reports resolution of a problem where A fraction of old Blogger blogs are returning 403 Forbidden errors. All template images served from blogblog.com are also returning this error, resulting in broken templates. Oddly, though, more reports of this symptom keep being posted in the forums. The primary symptom noted is inability to post anything but titles. Subsequent advice in the forums is, for folks continuing to report the problem, to clear cache and cookies . But several questions remain, in my opinion, unanswered. First, when should cache and cookies be cleared? Before publishing? Or after publishing, but before viewing? If the former, then all affected blogs have to be republished, after the owner clears cache and cookies. If the latter, then the owner can simply continue publishing, but all folks who recently read the affected blogs now have cached corrupt content, and must clear cache and cookies. Second, should we clear cache, cookies, or both? Cache is mer...

Numerous Bloggers, in various threads, are reporting inability to connect with Blog*Spot. This is similar to previously observed problems in China, Pakistan, and other places . The problem is affecting various ISPs in multiple, widespread areas of the UK geographical region - all areas - England, Ireland (Northern and Southern), Scotland, and Wales - appear to be affected. The problem, as reported, only affects access to "blogspot.com", not to "blogger.com". One Blogger in the UK has done a connectivity test, which appears to rule out an outright traffic block . The problem has been seen by Blogger staff, and has now been acknowledged . For more information, and a master thread list: Problem Affecting Many - Access Blogspot From UK For those who cannot access Blog*Spot, this page may also be available as http://www.pkblogs.com/bloggerstatusforreal.blogspot.com/ 2007/03/connectivity-problems-with-blogspot.html or as http://w1.hidemyass.com/index.php? q=http%3A%2F%2...

It's not just a migration, it's now a stampede . The option disappeared today , leaving in its place Move your account to use the new Blogger No "Please", no "Soon". So how did I get here, to post this? Well, there are two possible web site addresses . Use the one, wisely. Nope, there's only going forward , now. I have to update all of my newly migrated blogs with the shiny New Blogger template features, when I'm not busy helping with the stampede , that is. (Edit 1/26 13:00): Here is the first and only acknowledgment, to date , by Blogger. We are beginning to require a portion of Blogger accounts to switch to the new version of Blogger. This is necessary in order for us to soon be able to retire the old version of Blogger. The first time you see this message, you will have the option to skip it and access your blog on the old system, but after that you will be required to switch. (Edit 1/26 15:00): Publicly published instructions, in Blogger He...

I don't know what to say about the name Blogger Status - except that it must have been named that way on purpose. Or did it become that way because of the acronym? The chicken, or the egg? Who will ever know? I've been writing about Blogger Status for months. One of the problems with Blogger is The Silence . And The Silence never goes away . This is merely the episode of January 23, 2007. It would appear that some Blogger employees are at the beach this week. So the server outage of January 22 Where to chip in money... Help, I'm getting 502 errors... What is going on with these servers? never even made it onto Blogger Status . (Edit 1/24 12:30): Bet you saw this a bit too? Not even a day up. What we see is Blogger is undergoing unscheduled maintenance this morning. We hope to resume service shortly. and when it finally comes up, the BS Message of the day New Blogger has had troubles this morning, which you may have seen with slow requests and 502 error pages. No shi...