I upgraded the site to the latest version of Wordpress about 3 days ago and since then it seems I’ve had nothing but woes… Oh WOE IS ME indeed. Actually I’m only writing this post because I’ve realised I really like the word woe. I don’t know what it is about it - or maybe it’s because since becoming an English teacher I’ve rediscovered my affinity and love for languages and words.

Anyways, the upgrading itself wasn’t too tricky, but everything that came after it has been a bit of a headache - from weird changes like the handling of links (hence the change to the formatting of the sidedar) to a very weird way of treating div tags and other geeky things like this. All meaning that while Wordpress 2.1 is an improvement on the previous versions it’s also a pain in the neck, especially if you’re not too technically versed and start wondering what the fu*k happened to all the sensible things you were used to.

On the plus side the upgrade meant I got round to tidying things up and adding some nifty plugins like the Sidebar Widgets and brankspanking new gallery (see the link in the main navigation bar for that). I’ve also started tweaking the CSS and changing the look of the site - albeit very slowly and carefully. I’m still learning. Being a geek does have its good sides. And then it’s also got its downfalls like maybe you reading this and thinking ‘what the hell is he on about’.

Edit - I wrote this post and things messed up even more. I don’t know if I’m laughing more out of tiredness or desperation… :-S

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written by Laurent