I haven’t worked on the few websites I “own” in a while. However, I missed the regular writing of posts. I missed the struggle and positive resolution of “outwitting” WordPress. I missed feeling “young” again. Enter “Life is What Happens.” Coding, manipulating files, understanding techspeak and successfully creating an interface that works give me Joy.
In my last post I noted that I was able to transfer almost 1,500 posts from Blogger to WordPress using the plugin BtW. I was amazed at my ability to do this. OK I know it wasn’t me. It was the ease of the plugin, but I will still claim the victory because I could read, understand and follow the instructions. I then added pages to my site. They were the usual – About Me, Contact, Books etc. The pages did not accept the global formatting of the posts pages. I took on the challenge of making my site look at least integrated. Several hours later and after many google inquiries all the pages have the same formatting as the posts.
Everything worked on the desktop version of the site, however, the mobile version was a mess. There were incorrect pages, posts weren’t showing and the menu was something from a “mess-hall.” More google inquires with fewer direct answered ensued.
- I purged the cache in my browser – Safari
- I installed another browser – Duck Duck Go
- I fiddled with the choices in “customize.”
- Finally I unchecked and rechecked as many options as I could find anywhere and filled in blank spaces with repeated options.
Number 4 worked. I now have a decent looking site on a mobile as well – Persistence thy name is Pride. I now feel very proud of myself for working with my fractured logic to correct some technical issues on a website. I do miss going directly into the HTML which I used to build several sites long ago. I’ll accept graciously what I can do now. However, I do need to have the timer sound on my phone so I stop making hard boiled eggs for soft ones……Nicholas, I need some help here!!
The picture? Winter persists. I did walk 10kms to The Brickworks and back last Friday after a magnificent snowfall. I would have taken more pictures, but the battery died on my phone because of the -12C temperatures. (It was fully charged when I left home.) Alas!