Website Probs finally solved!

So, it took me about 2 weeks of searching and trying many, many, many different things in order to get my website to finally work so that I can post pictures onto my website with Windows Live Writer.

Turns out it was a certain file on my website that is generated by Wordpress, and somehow or other it got messed up during the upgrade I did to version 2.8.

Now, this is NOT a file that can just be downloaded and off you go. Instead, it is a special, un-named file that gets generated when you change your options within Wordpress, specifically the changes in how posts are stored on the site.

And one of the things that this file does is puts photos into their proper folders within my website. Since this file was corrupted, the system had no clue where to put photographs, so it reported an error and refused to post anything that had a picture in it.

But now that I have managed to find that file, make a few modifications to it, and get it back onto the site with the changes, I can now post photos onto the site again!

And since I used a picture of my truck for the test post, I am going to leave it in this post (which is the same post, just retitled and more detail added).

1&1 Webhosting… My 5.5+ Years

I was just online with my webhosting account, trying to find out whether I was using Linux-based webhosting or Microsoft-based webhosting as I was asked which one I used by a friend of mine who wanted to create their own web-site. Unfortunately for me, it was not clearly stated which I was using, so I had to call tech support to find the true answer.

This call to tech support made me realize a few things about my webhosting that I thought I would share with you, in case you want to create a website of your own.

The first thing I realized is that I have used 1&1 for just over 5 and a half years. Since the website was created in early 2002, this means that I only used about a year and a half on Yahoo’s webhosting service before transferring over to 1&1.

The next thing I realized is that during all those years with 1&1, I only ever had to call tech support twice: tonight and once before that I can no longer remember what it was but do remember it was something rather small and inconsequential.

And this made me realize the third item: my website has been going a long time and never really gone anywhere, but during most of that time, I have been paying 1&1 $5 a month and have never had an issue with them.

And to me, that is the mark of a great company.

They’re there, and I pay them for their services, but they honestly do not exist in a physical way on my site. I don’t have ads placed by them on my site (something that I feel is inappropriate for any price), there is nothing in the code of my website that reveals who the host is, and unless I announce to the world who they are you would have no clue that this site is not only hosted by them, but registered through them as well.

They are invisible.

And for that I thank them, and heartily recommend them to anyone and everyone that needs webhosting services.

With that in mind, I have placed them in my links bar on the right of the website. Feel free to check them out. Their prices are great, and the features lists are very extensive, even for their cheapest package.

And even the cheapest package gives you plenty of space for website and services, as well as 600 email accounts, and 24/7 phone support (and literally, it took less than 2 minutes to speak with an actual human being both times I had to call).

So, if you are in the market for a new webhost, check out 1&1 and see if what they offer will work for you.

Major website issues…

Well, I have had a bit of an issue over the last couple of days that have seemed to become really big issues!

I actually wrote the previous post, about my new desktop, late Thursday night, and just got it loaded this morning by removing the picture, then going into my website directly (rather than use Live Writer) to add the picture and link for he picture back in.

For some reason, I am having issues with trying to get photos into my website using Live Writer. As long as there is a picture, I can’t post.

So, I have taken a long time trying to find the reason for my problem, and it is one of two possible files causing my issue, both of which I need in order for WordPress to work properly.

But, it’s nearly 2:30 in the morning now, and I just don’t feel like staying up all night (again!) in order to figure out what the hell is really going on.

Maybe I will be able to get it fixed tomorrow, maybe not. I can work around it if necessary, I am just hoping it won’t be necessary.

My New Mac?

I am one of those Apple anti-fanboys. While I like the design of the Mac computers, I feel that they are over priced for what you get. And come on! $1000 for an update from 4 gig to 8 gig of RAM? Are they smoking crack over there on the Apple compound?

And don’t get me started on the iPod and iPhone! I had an iPod, and I really liked it at the time, but since getting my Zune and using the Zune software, I will never buy another iPod.

But there was one thing I really liked about using the Mac that I own, which is now nothing more than a doorstop since the battery died for the 5th time and it won’t run off the cord: the Dock! (more…)

Being sick sucks!

I’ve not been well the last couple of days, with a headache and severely upset stomach. And the worst part about being sick is that it totally wrecks your sleep schedule.

It’s not quarter to 4 in the morning, and I am awake (yet again).

So, what does one do when they are up at the crack of way too late/early? You uninstall your Windows Live Writer, and re-install it in the hopes that the tagging function will work.

You also spend some time putting a new tag cloud onto your website (you can see it to the right: it’s the swirly cloudy thingy), writing a quick post because you feel like hell, and consider going to Wal-Mart to buy a bottle of Nyquil that can be used to put yourself into a drug induced coma in the hopes of getting some sleep.

Too bad the bars and liquor stores are all closed, as I would get a bottle of Vodka to wash down the Nyquil and really put myself into a daze!

Of course, now that I think of it, I do have some generic Nyquil in the bathroom, I think. I will have to check all the cabinets. I don’t think it’s all gone, but there might be enough to work.

Anyway, going to log off now and try to find someway of going back to sleep.