The problems with problems

Posted on March 22, 2009 by Bill Wren

Time and attention. Those are the problems with problems. It takes time to fix them and distracts you from what you should be doing because, often, you can’t do what you’re supposed to do until they’re fixed.

Fixing them is often not very hard. The difficulty is in figuring out what they are. Currently, this blog won’t show in IE (Internet Explorer 7.0 something). I don’t know why. But here’s what has happened recently:

  • I upgraded to WordPress 2.7.1
  • I made theme changes – I’m using Thesis (1.4.1 or 2, I think, but it’s hard to tell because I can’t see where in Thesis it shows what version you’re using)
  • My host, Bluehost, made some changes (not exactly sure what – moving data on servers or something) and my sites blew up – I had to reload WordPress, reinstall plugins etc.

So which of these is the culprit and, if I figure out that, what is the specific problem and what is the best (quickest, easiest) way to fix it? This problem has been lingering for over a week now, I think, and I simply haven’t had the time to figure out what the problem is.

My guess is I’m going to have to go back to square one and redo everything. Reinstall WordPress. Reinstall Thesis. Hope the plugins remain but probably have to reinstall those as well.

Honestly, I wouldn’t bother because I never use IE and have little patience for it (though I have seen someone saying they like IE8). Unfortunately, a lot of people I know still use IE. In fact, they’re the ones who alerted me to the problem when I “shared” a post on Facebook.

Yes, I’m annoyed. It’s not like I get paid by the hour to manage my own blog.

About Bill Wren

Writer, editor, social media practitioner and observer of how and where people connect and engage online.
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  • http://writelife.net/ Bill

    And I should probably mention, I’m not a tech guy. I’m not a program. I muddle through and can figure out simple things in code and so on, but it’s not like I’m coding and what not all day long for a living. So that means it takes even longer to figure out where problems are.

  • http://writelife.net Bill

    And I should probably mention, I’m not a tech guy. I’m not a program. I muddle through and can figure out simple things in code and so on, but it’s not like I’m coding and what not all day long for a living. So that means it takes even longer to figure out where problems are.