Attention all mobile and tablet users!
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At the time that I transferred this site to self-hosting just over a year ago, the mobile support available from WordPress was unsatisfactory, so I purchased a Plugin called WPtouch Pro. Now they wish to charge the same amount that I paid originally just to upgrade to the latest version. In the meantime, the WordPress support has been substantially improved. I intend to turn WPtouch Pro off for a trial period, and implement the support provided by WordPress. Please let me know, by leaving a comment on this post, whether it works or, if not, what problems you have encountered. Please don’t forget to add which device you are using and what operating system / version you have installed.
January 28, 2013 – 9:00 am
Big Dave’s Crossword Blog celebrates its fourth birthday today!
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It really doesn’t seem like four years since I set up this blog, with the first post published on the following day. Records continue to be broken and the average number of pageviews now exceeds 10,000.
January 6, 2013 – 8:33 am
Database Restore
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There have been problems on the server which hosts this site, and the SQL database has been restored to Friday morning. I can rebuild the posts for T 905 and DT 27067 from my own Word backups, and the two puzzles published yesterday. I’ll be checking with Gazza, Gnomethang and Crypticsue as to how easy it will be to restore their reviews. It will not be possible to recover comments.
Here is the full text of the email I received from the hosting company.
December 31, 2012 – 1:00 pm
Get Well Soon Pommers!
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While celebrating tonight, please spare a thought for Pommers, who is spending the next few days in a Spanish hospital suffering from pneumonia, pleurisy and a pneumothorax. He was operated on at 2:00 am and had a chest drain inserted.
Add to that a massive chest infection and high fever as well, so he’s being whacked with antibiotics and paracetamol via an IV line. According to Pomette, he is not a happy bunny.
I’m sure you will all join me in wishing him a speedy recovery.
December 25, 2012 – 8:00 am
Merry Christmas to all our readers
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Big Dave and the team of bloggers would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
A special thank you to all the crossword setters, especially to those who have taken the time to leave comments on the blog, and to Phil McNeill and his team at Telegraph Puzzles.
If you are one of several thousand lurkers that visit the site every day – why not break cover and say hello!
November 14, 2012 – 8:48 pm
Cruciverbalists’ Convention
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It’s time once again for a meeting in London, this time to celebrate the fourth birthday of the blog. Come along and join us at The Bridge House, 13 Westbourne Terrace Road, London, W2 6NG on the 2nd February – any time between 12noon and 7.00pm.
All are welcome and, as usual, we have picked a pub that enables you to enjoy a host of real ales. Click on either of the pictures for further details of the venue.
October 11, 2012 – 5:02 pm
BBC CiNA 3D Calendar Puzzle (2013)
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Once again we have the delicious prospect of another BBC CiNA (Children in Need Appeal) 3D Calendar Puzzle. Each day has a clue. Each month has a 3D grid to complete. Some of the best setters in the UK have given of their genius freely to provide us with enough clues to solve to keep us out of trouble for most of the year.
September 12, 2012 – 10:56 pm
Sloggers and Betters (Midlands) 4
Waterfall, Derby – 10th November 2012
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A message from Peter Harvey, known on Fifteensquared as Kathryn’s Dad:
Monthly Prize Puzzle
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Don’t miss our very new Prize Puzzle which is being launched this Saturday!
Win some brand-new crossword books.
Watch out for the puzzle on Saturday morning.
Comments and Mobile devices
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Please could everyone read this post.
There have been a number of problems recently on touch mobile devices, particularly with viewing posts which have a large number of comments, like last Saturday’s Hints post (113 at the time of writing).
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