matt weighs in

I mentioned on the main page that changing the look of catnamedpig.com actually wasn’t as bad an experience as I thought it would be, nor did it take as long. However, there was about an hour where I just stared at the screen, trying to figure out what to do. During this hour, there were 3 lines of error messages on a white screen where our website should have been. This is what prompted the swearing to Laura.

I had deleted a bunch of old files that were going to be replaced (which is what my Support Forums suggested to do, as not all files would overwrite correctly). What I didn’t realize was how much harder it would be to upload the new files to our new theme template. I thought I could just upload the files in their folders, but this was not the case.

I had to remember which folders and files I had deleted and then upload the new folders or files to their correct locations in the new theme template, which was my problem. My handwritten notes should have been sufficient for me to recall where files went, but if you’ve seen my handwriting before, you’d understand the flaw in me trying to follow what I had written. I’m a typer, not a writer.

Thanks to those of you who commented or e-mailed us with fixes that needed to be made. Upcoming additions God-willing to the site are a widget in the sidebar linking to our Flickr account (catnamedpig), an expansion in the number of categories we have, so posts can actually be sorted together (is that an oxymoron?) and, possibly, getting me my own URL on this site, instead of a Page, which is an absolute b*tch in which to write. I won’t get into that here.

Finally, sports talk – I love all the activity in the NBA before the trade deadline. The West is now even more loaded, and I’m not so sure the Celtics will be the team to come from the East. My prediction now would be Lakers-Cavs. More to come on this.