It’s the fear you felt as a child when you were certain someone was hidden in your closet or under your bed. The kind of fear that made you pull the blankets up over your head until you felt like you were suffocating.
Only this time I couldn’t hide under the covers. All I could do was refresh repeatedly.
I was the Boogie Man who broke my blog. I killed myself, or at least the professorly persona I emit from this site.
I’m not really sure what I was attempting to do or how I jacked up the site. Yes, I’m pretty sure that’s the term for it, “jacked up.”
I was tinkering with the site’s innards on Bluehost. I should know better. I’m not Dr. KRG. I’m Prof KRG. I shouldn’t be messin’ with people’s insides.
The next thing I knew – Fatal Error.
I wanted to cry. I saw my life flash before my eyes – hours I should have spent doing other things when I procrastinated by updating my blog instead.
Thank goodness for Nate and online tech support at Bluehost. He brought Prof KRG back to life, without losing any functioning or content.
It was touch and go for awhile. We almost lost her… umm… me.
I’m not sure what I was going to do about that. What does one wear to her own funeral?
Let’s Talk Nerdy!
Have you ever had a “near death” experience with files you neglected to back up properly?
Real Nerds Read:
Here are a few posts on blog backups that you may find helpful.
Mickmel says
It’s been about 10 years, but I nearly lost a ton of data from a site of mine when I was playing with the database. I thought I knew what I was doing, but I clearly didn’t. Fortunately, the host was able to bail me out in that case.
Now I’m a bit more diligent about backups, though still not perfect, and I always worry something might slip through at the wrong time…
profkrg says
@Mickmel That’s exactly what happened with me. It seems like the only way to really learn how to develop is to practice. It’s a bit of trial and error. However, now I will make sure to back up my site before I start those types of trials. It was a terrible fright.
Thanks so much for the comment!
TentBlogger says
thanks for the link!
TentBlogger says
thanks for the link love! glad you got it back!
Prof KRG says
Me too! You are so welcome. I appreciate your tips. I will follow them!
NathanAltadonna says
I break things all the time, but normally only when I’m working inside my CMS which has some built in fail safes. Thanks for the reminder on the importance of back ups, I didn’t realize how long it had been since I backed up the church’s website.
profkrg says
@NathanAltadonna I thought the host server automatically backed up the site. Apparently it does on their main servers, but not on anything you can access unless you set it up. I’m going to back it up several places. I started it in 2004. I don’t need to lose everything.
On a somewhat unrelated note, I forgot how long the design process and “working out the kinks” takes. It’s very rewarding when it works, but frustrating when it doesn’t. So I have determined that you have a rewarding, yet frustrating, job.