Hooray! Hooray! I’ve updated Wordpress
Cats: Uncategorized|All by myself!
Geeks will laugh at this supposed triumph. But this stuff is not easy for a geek wannabe like me. It involves things like roots, wp-admin, php files. htaccess, wp-config. Some of these things you have to delete and some you don’t. It’s all very hard on the head and it makes you want your blankie.
Last time I attempted this without an adult or guardian present, the whole freakin’ blog went up in a puff of smoke and I had to go crawling to my excellent host Zipium to beg for help. Definitely an undignified “Waaa Waaa” moment.
There were a few fatal errors blinking back at me this time. But I ruthlessly tracked down the funny little .php files that were showing up in the warning and fatal errors. I found the little bastids in my downloaded unzipped version and then transferred them over again by FTP.
And lo! It worked.
Now I have to get familiar with the new dashboard etc. Right now I’m going to celebrate with a nice crisp glass of New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc.
April 19th, 2008 at 9:31 pm
testing 123
April 19th, 2008 at 9:34 pm
Since I totally did not understand anything in that post I am terribly impressed. I do enjoy your way with words Gifted Typist.
April 19th, 2008 at 9:38 pm
I am very impressed.
Wordpress people seem very happy with their sites. They can make beautiful things happen on the screen. But it seems like a ton of work with constant updating and lots of stress.
Yeah, I’m a Blogger girl, even though I envy Wordpress people.
April 19th, 2008 at 10:43 pm
Typist battles the phps! Your geekness is growing!
April 20th, 2008 at 1:11 am
I’m in love with Blogger Beta (technically no longer “beta”), it’s fairly easy and it doesn’t eat posts…though comments still slip into the Internet ether.
April 20th, 2008 at 5:48 am
Its taken me awhile to get used to the new Wordpress, but I couldn’t imagine having to do all the little sorting out on my own via a .com. Kudos to you!
April 20th, 2008 at 8:36 am
toccata, since blogging back and forth with you, I now know what toccata means! So thank you.
Megan, I started on blogger and that was great. The Wordpress enterprise was a way for me to learn how websites work etc.It’s scary but I’m getting there.
BB, great title for a B horror flick. Just seeing the letters .php causes me to break out in a cold sweat.
WP, I still have a couple Blogger Beta blogs. They work well.
Allison, I was thinking about starting a .wordpress.com blog to see how they work? Do you have to do your own updating? Or is it like Blogger and it updates for you?
April 20th, 2008 at 10:29 pm
Congrats on the blog self help….It looks good to me, though I’m not even sure what’s different. I’m not very visual.
April 23rd, 2008 at 7:17 am
Chance, it’s mostly administrator panels that have changed, nothing really noticeable on the front end