achinghead.com

Ouch! I just checked this site in IE. I thought I had done so after the initial layout and it all looked ok. Either I only thought about it but never actually did so, or I changed something since then. Either way, the layout breaks in IE. And to think that was the part of this design I was least likely to change as the design evolved. Oh well. It is probably just as well. As it currently stands, the content comes after all the links and other such clutter on the sidebar in the markup. That really should be switched around so that the content comes first. This is, after all, supposed to be an accessible site. I guess I won't be finalizing the Wordpress template tonight as planned.

On another note: the more observant reader may have noticed that the links in 'of interest' on the side bar are updated more frequently that my weblog entries. You can follow these every day and follow some of my daily browsing if you so desire. I think I found a workable solution for these in Wordpress, so once that is up and running (I pretty much decided I am going with it) you should find even more. Now to find a way to date the entries (I'm listing them as links under separate category in Wordpress, rather than a separate weblog) and decide how to indicate where I came across the link. After all (I seem to like that phrase today), credit belongs where credit is due.

I finally had the time last night to install wordpress on my localhost (which I finally found time to reinstall last weekend) to see how I like it. Wow, that was just too easy. That is, once I figured out how to install it. I understand that it is a fairly new project and more time is spent developing than writing documentation, but why couldn't they post the read me file included in the package on their web site. I would have found it there and read it before installing by trial and error. As it turns out, I did things right and everything seems to work (although I wasted some valuable time).

In case your are wondering; No, this site has nothing to do with headaches. It simply is a metaphor for life. If life as described in this weblog was a migraine and each entry was a throb in that migraine, then you should understand the main navigation. With the help of the titles you should be able to discern that you will find the things that make it all worthwhile under 'meds'. There I plan to expound on the things that serve as a release for the pressures of life. I imagine that section would include, for the most part, my latest mountain biking adventures and photos, etc.

Finally! Unfortunately, my host's server's crashed while I was just starting a redesign of the site and they lost everything. Apparently, they don't do backups because I don't pay extra for that service and I can't complain because it was all in the fine print when I signed up. Oh well. It's my own fault I didn't back things up myself. Actually I did back up the html, php and image files but not the database, so I lost all my content. In other words all I still have is the stuff I was reworking anyway. Just another throb in the migraine of life. ;)