It all started when the primary domain connected to my hosting expired. I was using freckleface.org when I first purchased the account (years ago), so the only thing I used it for was to manage my hosted domains. When I realized it had infact expired, I decided I did not want to waste another $10 to renew it when I don’t even really use it.

So I got a wild hair up my bum and decided I wanted to transfer the primary domain from freckleface.org to boogher.com, since I know I will always blog here. I hopped on their live chat to figure out if it would be a complicated process, and was directed to a link explaining how to do this myself. I am usually really good at figuring things like that out, but it made no sense to me. So back to the live chat I went, hoping for either an explanation of the step I was stuck on, or to have someone do it for me.

He did get everything switched over for me, but somehow a lot my files were lost. Cue panic. Yes, I backed everything up but was having major issues getting my WordPress entries imported back in. Everything I tried was not working, I would get MySQL errors left and right. Finally when I no longer got an error, boogher.com was nothing but a white page.

I could see that everything was loaded into the database, I could see my blog info and entries, comments, everything… but nothing would load. Finally I decided to pull up my wp-admin and sure enough, it had me update my database. But still, nothing. Once I got logged in, I upgraded my WordPress install and TA-DA!

All fixed I’m so happy to be up and running again, as well as not having to pay for a useless domain. I should’ve switched them forever ago!

I also hate it when a site is using a teeny tiny font that requires a damn magnifier to even read what it says. I admit my current font isn’t as large as it could be, but you can generally pull off small font sizes with san serif fonts. If I were using Times New Roman for example I doubt you could read a word.

I’m just so attached to it’s old layout, and I’m not sure why. Oh well… I will try to refrain from switching it back like a little pansy.

Note: this is a sticky post meaning it is stuck at the top to act as an announcement and more recent entries are underneath.

After a lot of hard work and frustration I finally completed kelleyroo.

I really wanted to make the switch because I liked the name a lot more and it has meaning so I decided to go ahead and go with it. I didn’t want to just let this blog go to waste though, so I will continue to use it for random things I feel like sharing and Payperposting. My more serious and seldomly somewhat thought out posting will be done at kelleyroo.com, although I can’t promise anything juicy or life altering — I’m trying.

Please visit and show me some loves. Please come back here too, I know I’m pretty ridiculous at times but if nothing else at least I’m really easy to make fun of.

www.kelleyroo.com

Spanks!

I am no longer participating in these web sites or any other comment exchanges. Not because I don’t think it’s a good concept. I believe it really is, it is just a shame that it is overflowing with crap. I stopped leaving my assigned comments when I realized that all of the comments I was receiving were normally the result of someone coming to my blog, reading a line or two, and making up some bullshit and clicking submit. This was only the case most of the time and isn’t necessarily fair to say for everyone. And I am also willing to admit that every now and then I’d stumble upon a jewel of a site, but lets face it, Internet, that was rare.

Honestly, I left bullshit comments as well. I would pull up some lame-o blog and think, “Do I seriously have to put myself through this?” and the answer is no, no I do not. I don’t need Exentrique or Despair to gain visitors, especially not ones who are forced to participate in my site and pretend they like it. Most of which did a terrible job. I will just go back to getting little to no comments, but at least I know people will leave them because they want to and not because they have to.

Long story short: If you downloaded WordPress 2.1.1 within the past 3-4 days, your files may include a security exploit that was added by a cracker, and you should upgrade all of your files to 2.1.2 immediately.

I thank, Jordan for this news. Had I not gone to her site I never would have noticed cause I’m dumb like that. I actually managed to upgrade both my site and Les (VISIT HER. New url, new layout. It’s hawt.) ERIC – You have 2.0. Your install is safe.

Tomorrow I’m going to look at more houses. Keep your fingers crossed for better luck and a smoother day, oh god. Please.

EDIT: I dunno if it’s the upgrade or if I did something wrong, but my FAQ and Photos page currently aren’t working. I’ll fix that tomorrow, time for bed.

In other news, my car may be fixed tomorrow. Now that we’ve racked up another couple thousand in repairs, I’m sure. Since I last mentioned, the people that are working on it magically keep finding major things wrong. My timing belt, clutch, etc. Yeah, thanks guys. Feel free to fix the other 9,823 things broken while you’re at it.

I added a shoutbox to my sidebar tonight. I wanted to point out that both columns of the sidebar are EXACTLY the same length, I so did that on purpose. (edit: It was for a minute, anyway) I can thank my job for that. I can also thank my job for making me feel a little more attached to InDesign. It was the outcast of Creative Suite in my eyes, I did not feel very fondly of it. But the more I use it the more excited I get to layout TEXT!