Blog Stuff

Blog Testing

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Update 3/29: I have found the source of the problem. It is in the original Sunspot Theme. 🙁 I built my child theme using it. I am looking to see if I can find the problem. That requires digging through the code that runs that theme. If I cannot find the problem or an easy fix, … Read more

WordPress  Lost Connection Problems 2015

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You may have noticed odd behavior and changes in the blog over the past days and probably in coming, days. I’ve been running into performance problems with this site. If you notice it on your side, it probably appears as a delay before a page loads. On my side the Admin pages are horribly slow and I see a lot of: Connection lost. Saving has been disabled until you’re reconnected. We’re backing up this post in your browser, just in case.”

Timeless Memories 2
Timeless Memories 2 by .:: Designer Circle ::. since 2010, on Flickr

It may take a few seconds or over 10 minutes for that connection issue to clear. During that time I can’t save a draft or publish an article. Very frustrating.

Pings and route traces to the server are fine. Researching the problem I find other WordPress users are having similar problems. So, it is unlikely a network problem.

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Blog Stats

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THE CLOCK TOWER
THE CLOCK TOWER by RAFTWET Jewell, on Flickr

A key to knowing what people are interested in reading about are the search terms people use to find a blog. But, things have been changing. Posted by Worldpress:

UPDATE: In September 2013 Google started to rapidly expand the number of searches that it encrypts, which results in a higher proportion of “Unknown search terms” in your stats.  According to some sources, this expansion will eventually result in encryption of all Google searches.  This is being done for privacy reasons by Google when someone searches at Google.com, before a visitor arrives at your WordPress.com site.  Therefore we don’t have any way to unhide the search terms.  We recognize this means a loss of stats information for you and we will look for other ways to show you how users arrived at your site.

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Second Life and Flickr Images

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There are so many gorgeous images on Flickr. If you look through my favorites, you see the stuff I like. I think it is somewhat diverse. If you want to get your images on my blog or to understand why I use some people’s images and not others, read on.

"Intrigue Co. - Plushie Pals: Friendly the Snail"
A fun Torley Linden Image

Being short on time for writing my blog using images from Flickr saves me time. You have probably noticed lots of my images no longer relate to the article, other than they are from Second Life. Some I do take the time to find a related image. Even then it can be tenuous relationship. I suspect sometimes only my warped mind makes the connection. 

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Blog Moved

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THIS HAS BEEN A FRUSTRATING FEW DAYS. But finally (1/9) it looks like the blog and my other sites have successfully moved to the new server.

Loss

Articles from 12/16 to today have been lost (about 4 posts and a couple of comments). the 15th was my last backup… I probably have drafts of some of them in Word files on my computer. But as most are news and the news is old, I won’t bother to restore those.

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Busy

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I’m busy with RL Work. I probably won’t get to blog much between now and the end of the year. There doesn’t seem to be much going on in SL development. So, I won’t miss much. Developers are busy, but through the holiday season things seem to move slowly. We should see a Firestorm release … Read more