I had some serious blog issues last night. I got the brilliant idea that I should set up a web hosting account outside WordPress. I repointed the name servers, and it was all downhill from there! My apologies go out to all of you who tried to view my blog while it was unavailable, which was damn near all night. And thanks to Mark at blogitude.com for suggesting that I put everything back on the WordPress servers until I know what the hell I’m doing.
I have imported all my old posts and comments from Blogger, which was quite a task. I ended up with two of every single post, and I had to manually delete the duplicates. Oy. I’m now in the process of categorizing the posts. I should be able to finish that tonight. Then I need to work on the sidebars, which is no doubt going to be troublesome. I have no idea how to access the code. And though I am decently skilled with HTML, I have no idea what PHP is. And apparently I need to use it. This is going to be quite the learning experience!
Thank you to Perry and Mike, fellow members of KnoxBloggers, who emailed me this morning and offered to assist this poor girl who is drowning in a sea of geekdom.
As far as WordPress goes, I have been checking out all the features, and I am quite impressed. There are so many options! It’s a blogger’s dream come true.
Speaking of blogging, I’m going to sign up for Blogathon 2007, which will be held in July. You may remember my posts about Barry’s participation last year. I really enjoyed staying up all night and reading his posts right as they came off the presses! For those of you who are unfamiliar with Blogathon, it is a 24 hour event in which bloggers come together and blog for a variety of charities. Participating bloggers must post at least every 30 minutes for the full 24 hours.
Stay tuned for more blogging mishaps.
May 15th, 2007 at 11:24 am
Count me in for Blogathan 2007, too, if I’m available.
And Tish I’d be glad to help if you have any computer problems, too.
What happened to your web cam pics? They were here and then they were gone……
May 15th, 2007 at 11:25 am
Oh I remember that 24 Blogathon. Maybe I’ll be working midnights then and can keep up!
Glad you are back with us, I didn’t know what happened to your site that disappeared.
May 15th, 2007 at 2:58 pm
I commend you for the attempt. Hope you figure it all out!
May 15th, 2007 at 3:30 pm
I bet I could get it all working correctly for you.
May 15th, 2007 at 3:35 pm
Flat Coke ~ I sure hope you’ll be able to hang out with me all night for the Blogathan!
Os ~ Thanks! It’s going to take a while!
Mike ~ I bet you could. But I wouldn’t ask you to. Maybe I’ll just have a little question every now and then.
You rock.
May 15th, 2007 at 4:32 pm
I tried to comment earlier and it never showed up…
I’m ready to do Blogathon 2007 again! Sounds like fun. This time I’ll blog from the tub…
May 15th, 2007 at 7:44 pm
wow…sounds like alot of work…but you seem to love doing it!!!
May 15th, 2007 at 7:56 pm
Barry ~ I assume you’ll have on the webcam, right?
Jan ~ I do love doing it! Maybe I should get out more! hehe.
May 15th, 2007 at 11:33 pm
this is it? wheres the flavor? wheres the art? i like the colors and i know youre not done with it yet so…
looking good so far though.
May 16th, 2007 at 12:52 am
Sorry it was an issue. Yeah, php can get pretty hairy. I’ll look for some friendlier resources and send them your way.
May 16th, 2007 at 2:14 am
I just upgraded to Wordpress 2.2 earlier … heh
May 16th, 2007 at 2:15 am
And I’m pretty friendly.
On that note … G’nite.
May 16th, 2007 at 12:39 pm
Tish – I’ll do it if you will too
(I think you’d get more traffic)
May 17th, 2007 at 3:13 am
Brico ~ Thanks. Be patient. This takes time!
Lecram ~ Thanks! I’ll look for a book on PHP this weekend.
Mark ~ Great!
Mark ~ I agree. Have a great night!
Barry ~ Don’t tempt me. You know how much I love my baths! Blogging from the tub would be awesome! That might actually be more than I can handle! *LOL*
May 17th, 2007 at 7:59 am
Cangrats on completing the move!
Once you get the hang of where everything is, and how it all works, you will never look back at blogspot.com.
May 17th, 2007 at 10:18 am
There are definite advantages to blogging from the tub. But only if you have a wireless keyboard…
And my kids might wonder what I’m up to…
May 18th, 2007 at 12:52 pm
Bucky ~ Thank you! I don’t quite have the hang of where everything is, but I do know that I’m never looking back at blogspot.com!
Barry ~ *LOL* Make sure you set up a live video feed on your blog.
May 18th, 2007 at 9:40 pm
Barry ~ Your first comment just showed up – in my spam folder! I identified it as spam, so hopefully you won’t have more problems with it. So glad you’ll be doing Blogathon this year! If you would like to split a 24 hour shift, let me know. I’d be honored to blog with you. hehe. Or, we could both blog for 24 hours straight. hehe.