Hey guys, just to let people know, there won’t be any new posts until server migration onto another webhost has completed.
Cheers. : D
I’ve had a few problems with my site this weekend, as some people know. I’ve been with hostnine for two years, and I got in contact with them because Wordpress just died. And wordpress doesn’t die. It has fatal errors; it’s PHP goes loco with code errors. Not just a white screen.
So, let me say this:
- This problem, on closer inspection, bears striking similarity to what happened when hostnine’s servers momentarily went offline, breaking the upload I was putting up at the time (which was a plugin)
- You do not tell your customers that they are on their own with a product in a service that you provide as a perk and a selling point.
- It did not take 28 minutes for my support ticket. It took 3 hours to be effectively told I’m on my own.
- You modified my server files without my permission. ‘Dropping a test file’ that was difficult as all hell to get rid of to make way for my blog.
So we’re done. When my contract runs out, I will not be renewing it. I’m looking at alternative hosting now. Glad to see I’ve seen your true colours. You’re fine when things run, but when they don’t, you may as well not have support.
Been a while since I did a cosmetic refit, and I’ve never gone back to a theme. Summary:
- Gone back to K2, although this time I’ve gone for a stable 1.0.2 version compared to using 1.0 RC7. There’s a few changes, most of which I like.
- Changed the logo drastically. As much as I like the ‘defused’ font, there was no way that I’d be able to reproduce what I had in any sort of template for me to use to make more headers. So I went with a cleaner font, with less effects, and it actually looks better for it (viera.nu once again supplied me with inspiration on the logo).
- Lifestream is still present, but on the sidebar rather than as a main portion of the page. As much as I liked irresistible’s frontpage, doesn’t change the fact that half the code was locked down, and the other half I couldn’t decipher properly.
In short, I cleaned it up. Not all the links are working right now, but the major ones (Blog, About Me and Archives) are working. I missed K2’s Archive’s page.
via YouTube - Mass Effect 2 Music Video – Tali and Shepard – Space Age Fairytale.
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Since my lifestream has now ceased to function, I’m putting this on my website. It’s an awesome video, and you should watch. By Asharan1985 and found via truffle@twitter.
It’s been a month since I last posted. I’ve neglected this place, because, quite simply, I’ve been relying on my lifestream for new content. As much as I appreciate using the lifestream to get some instantly generated content on the site, it’s made things difficult. Every blog entry I write I have to write an excerpt for; I have to essentially put it on display like I’m proud of it. A quip, a summarisation of the post, or something else. My frontpage is good, but it requires people to click through to a blog entry. In other words, the primary function for my site is being hidden behind a flashy frontend. Not good.
In short; I’m going to go back to a modified k2 theme soon. Probably by the end of the week, with a few fresh headers and redoing the sidebar. Again.
SO. Onto better things.
KAECY.US is the blog of Allan 'Kaecyus' Bowden-Smith, that has gone under so many cosmetic refits it is the Katie Price of the blogosphere. 
