We Now Resume Our Regularly Scheduled Blogcast
If you’ve been wondering where An American in Lima has been for the past month — I’m pleased to say the site’s back and running fine. I didn’t know how much I loved blogging until a temporary software glitch prevented me from doing so.
A number of emails and queries built up in my in-box over the last 30 days while I was trying to fix my blog. If you sent me a contact form and I haven’t gotten back to you yet: My apologies. I will be answering messages over the next two weeks. Thanks for your patience.
What sent this site into hibernation was a bug in a recent version of WordPress software that I installed in late March. I update my blogging software regularly but something in WordPress version 2.7 made it impossible for search engines to find any of my posts. All of the URLs that I had created over the last year suddenly were broken, much to my (and readers’) frustration.
I spent weeks on WordPress forums, posting questions and driving the programming experts there crazy as none of their suggestions could actually solve things on my end.
As a random last resort, I upgraded again to an even newer version of WordPress, and for a reason that no experienced person can tell me, that new install turned everything back to normal again.
I don’t know who the Patron Saint of Blogging is, but my thanks to him or her. It’s good to be back.
6 Comments
Margaret
Great news! I discovered your site while you were off in WordPress limbo and am glad you’re back on track… I’m looking forward to reading more about your insights and experiences in Peru.
Angela
Barbara; I was wondering as I tried to view your site the other day….glad you are okay and doing well.
Stuart
Welcome back Barb!
Pico
WOW! Does it mean I can shoot WordPress questions to you if I am in a pickle?
Talking about technology, did you hear the one from previous Peruvian president Toledo? Apparently he said knew how to use a computer, but since he always portrayed himself as a nationalist, he said used a ‘cuy’ instead of a mouse.
Have a nice weekend.
Saludos
Barb
Thanks, guys, it’s nice to be back […hugs…]
Stu, thanks for trying to help me with the .htaccess file. That things wasn’t the problem, it turned out. It was the version of WP, which had a bug in it.
Pico, you can throw any WP questions my way, but I feel totally humbled by the technology and why it’s working now, I don’t know. I should have done a “passan el cuy” with it.
LOL re Toledo. I can’t believe he said that.
Pico
Barb,
Can I shoot you an offline message? It is about WordPress and multilingual setups and maybe you have some ideas.
Saludos