I feel certain that I could have made my website live this afternoon, if not for the near catastrophe that befell me and caused me to lose almost two hours of valuable time.
I thought that I had lost two months worth of work with just the press of a button!
I had contacted my host to get some advice on changing my domain name, but he failed to give me all the information (not his fault), so I followed the link that he provided and found the instructional video, which I watched and followed to the letter.
Then I pressed 'enter'.
Everything GONE.
A big fat 404 error.
Page not found.
Nothing.
I spent an hour trying everything I could think of. I scoured both my host's website and the Wordpress website trying to find some answers.
Just as I was feeling the terrible effects of hyperventilation, I decided to ask for help.
Thank goodness my host has a fabulous chat function on their site, so I contacted them again and pleaded for assistance.
A gentleman by the name of David H (different from the first man), was incredibly helpful, investigated fully, explained exactly why it happened and then took ten minutes to restore my website to it's 'pre-disappearance' glory.
When he was finished, he sent me an email with a copy of our discussion and a link to my website.
I clicked on the link.
WAHLAH!!!
There it was on the screen. Just as I remembered it.
I could breathe again.
At that point, I decided that I needed a break. Too many hours in front of that screen over the last three days was crossing my eyes and frying my brain and causing me to make unnecessary errors.
I don't want this to be a stressful experience. The whole idea of the website is to bring me joy and happiness! Today, it did NOT do that.
Luckily, tomorrow, I have a booked engagement, so I will be away from the screen all day. Just what I need. A social outing to help me relax and recuperate.
I'll be fresh and ready to finalise the site on Thursday!
It will be an early night for me - 10pm - and I'm off to bed.
Nite all.
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