Post updating update
After updating my three WordPress websites, one of them today has been reporting back information at StatCounter.
That’s a bit of a relief. Now I know that something is working even though I know for a fact that my website has seen more traffic than what was reported and I still would like to know other critical pieces of information. This is a good start even though it still needs further investigation.
Let’s see if this works.
On my quest to get StatCounter working correctly, the best advice I could find was to make sure that my version of WordPress was in fact the most recent version. As you could probably guess, mine was not.
I initially built this website and my two other WordPress ones at the same time and used the same version of WordPress, which at that time was 2.6.3. I had received notices about upgrading to version 2.7 for a while now, but when looking at the documentation to do so it looked more complicated than it was. Rather than risking losing my websites during the upgrading process, I just didn’t upgrade.
Joy of new software
The rain is falling outside and we’re experiencing our first real blast of cold air for the Fall season. Inside the climate-controlled environment I’m busy installing and configuring new software for my websites.
Most of the website software that I’m using is open sourced, that is, most people are encouraged to modify parts of its code and make attachments / modules / plug-ins / modifications to it. The good news is that most of the software has forums where people can post comments and discuss ways around design problems and other issues. The bad news is that not everybody speaks English or knows how to say things clearly. It’s easy to pull out half your hair trying to figure out how to make simple changes in the programs.
It’ll be nice once my sites are up and running and I only have to worry about basic security backup procedures and adding new content.