In order to create this site there are many html files. There’s one that governs the way the index works, which itself links to lots of other files. These files govern how the top image works, how the sidebar works, how the footer works. There’s a file for archives, and for individual pages, there’s a file for the ‘about’ page and any additional pages I create. There’s a file for the general look and feel which lets me change settings for all these files at the opportunistic punch of a key. It’s really easy, in an odd sort of way, to get things up and running with the system because as long as you’re vigilant you’re safe. My problem for the last couple months has been that I forgot something.

I forgot a file that governs how the pages I create for individual months are organized. I completely forgot it and there was a problem with it. I have a fancy little thing on here that means that the top little image on the left hand side of the ‘sortroom.net’ name changes each time you come to the site. It means that if you, for some strange reason, return, you’ll see something new. I like it because, even though I chose the images, it makes the site feel fresh. It feels especially fresh because I’ve abolished a problem that was occuring with Windows-based visitors. Internet Explorer is rubbish for complicated CSS and so, not being a major expert in the development of websites, I had a problem. It’s now gone but it used to be very annoying. It may be a little unrecognisable but this site is based, on the underlying code of the ‘Connections’ theme that I saw and loved from the Alex King WordPress theme competition. It’s a great one and very slick. To be truly honest, the biggest thing I liked about it was the way the date was displayed. I didn’t know how to do that so I thought it was very impressive.

I then had a problem with overlaying a link back to the homepage ‘sortroom.net’ because the CSS code was being annoying, until I realized I could do it in a much more interesting, simple and all-pervasive way. I was going about the whole thing wrong, and sorting it out took all of 20 seconds. Understanding what I’d been doing wrong took about a week and a half to get to that point. What can I say, I’m a complete idiot. It takes me until 3 AM on a Sunday morning to actually look at the code so I can make it better. At 3AM there are few other people awake to distract and it means I can get a lot of work done, oddly enough.

Now I only have one thing to fix and this is another odd one. Most people’s blogs don’t let you comment without moderation. That’s pretty common on mine too, especially if you’ve not posted a comment before. The good thing is that it learns so that once you’ve posted once, it should know that you’re not an annoying spamming computer nerd and are actually a nice contributing human being. It lets your comments through unmoderated. I see them and then go ‘oooh!’ and just carry on. If someone wants to put lots of links in a post, then those comments are held up because that’s a common way that spammers use comments. They put links to casinos and viagra stores thinking that because they talk about loving my writing and how they’re really looking forward to seeing the movie I’ve written about, I won’t notice that the links they add are to spurious cash-generating sites. I don’t like those kinds of comments.
Still with me so far?
The problem that I still ahve to fix is that my comments don’t go through. My comments still need to be moderated. So if I ever reply to someone with a comment, I then immediately have to go into the administration software to approve it, even though I’m the owner and author of the site! It’s insane and makes me feel like a fool, even though I have no idea what’s going wrong. I’ve looked into it rather half-heartedly a couple of times but never worked out what’s going on. Perhaps I never will.

Anyway, it’s been a day. I’ve worked, not worked, slept properly (for the first time in ages!) and then saw an unintentionally hilarious Leeds University dance societies show. What a giggle. Some of it was amazing, some of it was a hoot. For afters, muffins and hot water with one of my housemates. That was desperately needed after the nipple-hardening walk home. It’s cold in England tonight!

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