Back from Scratch
Having an own website/blog is a little complicated. It’s not just about getting a domain. You need to find a host too and get enough understanding on how to make your blog like your own. Good thing I started to be a computer and Internet slave when I was in middle school so I only have to go through minor adjustments only. I thought I’m gonna be okay. Not more than two weeks now, I’ve decided to redesign my blog – this blog. Old template was just okay but I feel like it’s so dull because it’s just white and nothing more (Oh well, except for the text that’s colored blue and black). I wanted to modify my sidebar too because there’s too much margin, indention, and space that I’m not using properly. So I went out of my blog to check some template that would suit me. I still want the majority of the template white because I see it neat, clean, and would prolly suit the eyes of anyone who might be reading it. It was hard to find a good template so I just focused on looking for a wonderful sidebar. I want a two-column sidebar but I prefer it to be visible on one side only. Fortunately, I got one. I downloaded it and slowly, I customized it. I opened Adobe Photoshop to customize each part of the template that I’ve downloaded including the bookmarks and with some understanding on how PHP, HTML, and XHTML works, I changed majority of the codes so end-product would appear more like me. Everything went smooth not until I reached the footer section which will be the last item that I would have to edit. My blog crashed after saving the changes I’ve made in the footer settings. This is the message that appears every time I attempt to access my WP Dashboard:
Click Image to ZOOOOM
Unfortunately, the only way to access my account and replace back the original settings for footer would be to connect through FTP (File Transfer Protocol) Server. I am aware on how to use it because I have one on my other blog. Sadly, I don’t have an FTP access on this blog because my host was not able to provide me one. I’ve tried requesting but I never got one. Anyway, this is my fault because I’ve seen an instruction already that no modification should be made under footer settings but I still did so I got into a very big trouble. I informed my host first about what happened and I was promised that we’ll do it later after work which I never got. So after two days, I talked to another friend who’s hosting Nurses Notes and I asked if it’s possible to transfer and include my blog (ajsanpedro.com) under his hosting so I can have an FTP too. He said that it’s possible but all my entries cannot be retrieved. I was instructed to get an FTP access to my current host so I can download them before I switch under his hosting. Since his advice does not seem to be possible/granted, I told him that it’s ok if I’ll be losing the content. It’s 2010 already and this might be a sign of making a new beginning.
Sadly, I have to start again from scratch.
