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how do I install Java 6 on Mojave

My blog software, Contribute 6.5, tells me I need Java 6 in order to connect to and edit my blog. I can't find a way to get Java 6 for Mojave. Is there a way?

iMac 27", macOS 10.14

Posted on Mar 4, 2019 2:55 PM

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John Lockwood

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Posted on Mar 5, 2019 2:57 AM

Java 6 is unbelievably ancient. It was released in 2006 and official support from Oracle ended in 2013.

Sadly a depressingly large number of Mac software developers are still shipping software which uses it. Software companies guilty of doing this should be shot.

It may or may not help but the latest - last version of Java 6 provided by Apple is available here - https://support.apple.com/kb/dl1572?locale=en_GB it does not mention any support for Mojave but I believe it will work. It is certain that it will not work for whatever version of macOS will come after Mojave and is due to be released this autumn.

You should therefore urgently switch to an alternative solution which does not use such decrepit unsupported software which is known to have many security flaws.

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Mar 8, 2019 11:14 AM in response to grierfrompittsfield

As I said, it is because the web server you use is misconfigured, beginning with an invalid security certificate which does not cover your domain name. Unless that woman has somehow screwed up your data on her server, or whoever's server it is, the data should still be there, meaning all of your blog posts should still be intact. It is just a matter of her straightening out the SSL certificate on her end, and anything else that may be misconfigured. Don't fret just yet.

Mar 8, 2019 8:19 PM in response to WordWeaver777

Hi WordWeaver, I got hold of my blog's creator. She looked at the situation and said she can switch me to WordPress and include my complete archives. It's costing some money, but despite the help you and John gave me, I couldn't make the switch myself.

Again my thanks for your efforts. Grier

Mar 8, 2019 11:34 PM in response to grierfrompittsfield

You are welcome, Grier. I suspect that you are no doubt relieved that you won't lose any of your blog posts. Trust me, I know the feeling.Two years ago I lost five years worth of blog posts on my WordPress blog due to corruption in my mySQL database.

Mar 5, 2019 7:11 PM in response to grierfrompittsfield

If all you need is a HTML editor try BBedit,app from Bare Bones Software | BBEdit 12

Mar 6, 2019 11:08 PM in response to grierfrompittsfield

And Leroy, WordWeaver is right. I don't know anything about HTML code.

Mar 8, 2019 1:10 AM in response to WordWeaver777

Sorry, that one sentence got messed up, and I could no longer edit it. It was supposed to say:

"In other words, you can have all three domain names in the same SSL certificate, if need be."

Mar 9, 2019 7:52 PM in response to WordWeaver777

That's a serious loss, WordWeaver. All those posts down the drain. Maybe we'll be talking again sometime.

Mar 9, 2019 7:54 PM in response to grierfrompittsfield

Well, all one can do in a case like that is pick oneself up and carry on. :)

how do I install Java 6 on Mojave