Well, I knew it was too good to be true. We have some teething problems with the upgrade. The video galleries are currently giving a Page Not Found 404 error due to a change of plugin. Don’t fret, they are still there. It is just that the right link is no longer being called. I have discovered how to solve the problem but it means a far bit of work. Before I do it the hard way, I am seeing if there is a quicker and easier solution. If I don’t find one very soon, I will re-install the old plugin until the modifications are complete. Thus, the only loss of service should only be a day or so while I wait for a reply from the plugin’s authors.
This is what went wrong. As part of the process of streamlining the site for the server upgrade, I uninstalled UUGallery, the plugin that was being used for photo and video galleries. Whilst it had a lot of unique features that are useful for a conventional porn site, it was not as full-featured as more mainstream plugins. It also deactivated the visual editor, which I find fairly helpful. with my limited technical ability. After uninstalling, I checked the galleries and saw that the photo galleries still worked so assumed all was fine. If I had stopped and thought, I might have realised that displaying a photo is one thing but a video another. Doh! Demonstrably, a simple link is not good enough for videos. UUG does something clever in between. Normal service will be resumed shortly.