I was all waxing poetic about the purple plates yesterday, and got some interest that faded to nothingness pretty quickly. One kind soul Marie in Maine told me that the registration page was returning an error message.

Thanks, Marie. She is sending me a paypal payment and I will process the order directly. If you have had the same problem, you can paypal me directly at psychicgeek at gmail dot com. Be sure to include proper shipping.

I can see that I have my day weekend life cut out for me. I am php challenged, and the entire site is php. It was done as a school team project, and although the code was clunky and I couldn’t alter it without getting a saucy error message about php functions, it worked okay until the hosting server didn’t bill me for renewal, so the domain name and everything went bye-bye. I had some backup files on my blog server, the host of which is an awesome guy. If you want web hosting, Rob is the bestest evah! Ask Ree.The other guy? Not so much.

So, now I have to modify my files that exist on the blog server. That means if you are viewing it in IE6, it will look wonky, because I coded it for IE7 and Firefox. The defunct one with the working admin pages and database was coded for IE6.

I really wish I could code it so that you didn’t have to register and log in. That part of the school team project (read: total nightmare) was designed so the kids could create a forum, which I eliminated because it was promptly filled with p0rn spam.

If you don’t hear from me, it would be because I am tearing out my hair.

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12 Responses to “Oh, Snap”

ABB Says:

P0rn sp@m. lol Yup I remember those days.

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Kristabella Says:

Good luck with that! I would probably end up throwing the laptop out the window in frustration!

Kristabellas last blog post..Yes, I Am Cultured

teeni Says:

You work for a school? What’s all this school team project stuff about? That plus all the technical stuff and I have no idea what this post is about. Am I in the right place? This is Witchypoo’s site, right? ;)

witchypoo Says:

Teeni: I went to geek school, but didn’t take php in any of the programming languages. The project is one I entered into with a class at the geek school, with myself in the role as a client. They were arrogant, hard to work with, and it was not a pleasant experience. I coded all the CSS and provided all the content for the site.

mp Says:

I actually understood about 88% of what you said!!

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Talina Says:

Is your cart in php? I use mals-e as my shopping cart.. Works well and is in a language I understand! Sorry about the hair pulling! You know if you join the QFLEA group (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/QFLEA/?yguid=271534508) you can get help from fellow small business owners. I bet someone there knows php!

Talinas last blog post..Again I am experencing the infamous 2 week wait…

The Over-Thinker Says:

I wish I knew what PHP means…
It’s sounding like an ointment.

The Over-Thinkers last blog post..Hot Damn! I have a blog!

Ree Says:

I can definitely vouch for Rob. He’s the greatest. And so is witchypoo for turning me onto him. ;-)
Rees last blog post..…We got a thing…Going on….

Marie in Maine Says:

I’m so excited! I have a sinus headache today from the rain, will they work for stuff like that?

Marie in Maines last blog post..What’s for Suppah, Redux

witchypoo Says:

Marie in Maine They do for me. I cut the leg off a pair of pantyhose and inserted the plate. I use the overhang to tie the plate to whatever body part wants it most. Looks stupid, but it works.
However, the neti pots gets rid of sinus headaches even faster.

Heidi Says:

All hail the neti! Love, love it.

Minnesota Matron Says:

See how bad the Matron is? She tries to be up to date and all that, but she can’t even understand your problem. Isn’t php something to do with alkaline in the skin?

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