There's nothing much happening here - I'm still rootling around, enjoying that it's quieter now, trying to catch up on my backlogs (there are several, email being one of them) and trying to fix those small but pesky issues that had cropped up here and there.
The pallia newsletter subscription was one of those. Since starting the English newsletter in addition to the regular German one, I needed some way for new subscribers to choose which one to get (or if they want to get both).
That seemed not to be possible, at least not for somebody like me with no php skills whatsoever. So, as a workaround, I made a new list to subscribe to, which was supposed to automatically send a "Welcome"-Mail with the choice in it (thus also serving as the double-opt-in thing). Unfortunately, this did not work as intended either. To top everything off, the "subscribe to newsletter"-Checkbox appeared twice, once in the registration form for the shop and once in the checkout, and it only worked if checked in the checkout process. (You do not want to know how many test users I have subscribed to the newsletter trying to find out what goes wrong. And how many fake orders I put in...)
Since support was not willing to help, I've now solved the problem in a roundabout way. There is no more "subscribe to newsletter" checkbox in the registration or checkout anymore; instead, there are opt-in links in the email you will get after ordering.
I've also decided to finally switch to a different bank account, since my old bank has changed their terms and conditions in a way that totally does not suit me. So that is coming up in the next few days as well - hopefully transferring everything to the new bank will go smoothly.
It definitely feels very nice to get all those niggly things sorted out!