I’m just saying…

Ok, here’s some funny for you based entirely on my own idiocy.

As I’ve mentioned on an almost continuous basis, the spam on this thing has gotten securely out of hand. I’m working on some other methods, but in my mind upgrading the software seemed like step one. I tried to get some of my partners to help me out with the software upgrade, but alas: They were busy. I don’t blame them. They certainly accomplish more than I do. But for the most part, they had to tell me that they would do it for me when they got a chance.

So time passed, and the upgrade never got done. Again, not blaming them because I really can’t expect them to put their own lives off for me. I’d be embarrassed (and of course, grateful) if they did. But the passage of time occurred.

Now most of you might be asking, “But Phil, why didn’t you just do it yourself?” To which I reply, “Because I’m incompetent, and I refuse to put the site at risk by the hands of my own lack of web skill.” I know little more than below-basic HTML to get by. And I’m not going to move files around or anything, risking the destruction of Biscuit Press not only as a site, but as an entity. Surely, if Biscuit Press and I’m Just Saying had souls and could feel pain, they would tremble at my advances. Likely shouting something along the lines of “What did we ever do to you?!” or “All we wanted to do was love! Love!”

Nevertheless, the spam has gotten out of control. So I needed to get this software upgraded, or changed if the case needed. So I poked around the cPanel on our server (A GUI, I can deal with. Code… not so much) and looked at the Wordpress feature of Fantastico! Which I think is some sort of software package. And what did I see?

A nice, friendly little button that said, “Upgrade.”

I prepared myself for this daunting click, afraid it might actually be a “Fuck your shit up nine ways to Sunday,” button in disguise. It could happen.

But I gathered whatever courage I had in me and clicked. Waiting nervously, as the little dotted wheel on my FireFox window danced in cryptic circles. Much like a demented Wheel of Fortune. Would the day be saved? Would my shit get fucked up nine or more days to Sunday?

It worked.

With much rejoicing, here I am. Sitting happily and admiring the shiny new admin interface, waiting to explore new features and the like. In celebration, I’ve switched to one of their pre-packaged design templates until I find one that better suits my tastes. The older one was both ugly and difficult to read. And making the site simply look nicer has always been on my to-do list. So yes, here I am.

But the spam… it still comes.

Ah well. Step one’s out of the way. I think I’m going to look into that Typekey business that Eric has going on. Seems like a secure and simple way to go about it. Not simple, of course, to Internet Explorer users for commenting. Then again, you people should be using FireFox anyway.

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