Reconfiguration
Well, if you haven't already noticed, I recently had to reconfigure my entire site. The reason for this was quite simple (though the means were not). Blogger sent me an email last month that said by the end of March I will no longer be able to update my blog via FTP because they were dropping FTP support. Apparently they have a ton of new things to add to the site, but are unable to add them because the FTP portion of the site is lagging and takes too long to update. Either way, it really stunk for me because I was one of the users who still updates his blog via FTP. According to the email I got, though, there are not may of us left that are even relatively active, so I totally understand the reasoning behind dropping FTP support.
Still, the drop affected me because, while I could keep the old blogs on my site permanently, after this month I would no longer be able to update them. Therefore I decided it was in my best interest to reconfigure. I dropped A Little Deeper because it was an old blog and the only real reason I was holding onto it was all of the poetry it contained. Not that any of that poetry was easy to find, but it was there. If you noticed, I brought with me to the reality of the situation all of the old posts from A Little Deeper that were not poetry related (probably because I'm a pack rat and can't find it in myself to get rid of them). I moved this blog to a blogspot account page, which you already know because you're visiting it on said page. I also rid this blog of all poetry related posts.
The reason for getting rid of the poetry was simple: I decided to add all of my poetry into one location on my web site. I made a Virtual Book of Poetry on my site, which contains, as far as I know, every poem and lyric I've ever written. I figured that I could justify getting rid of a blog that way, which saves time and space, and also makes it easier for my readers to find my poetry, even if most of the stuff that was difficult to find probably wasn't worth finding.
So, where does that leave me? I am left annoyed that I had to do this update, but glad that I did it. I am very happy with the new Virtual Book, especially considering how much time and effort I put into making it. I will be adding poetry directly to this book from now on. Therefore, this blog will now be devoted purely to updates in my life, and not poetry. Also, since Megan's blog was set up through my site as well, I had to move it to a blogspot account. Both of us have decided to keep our blogs and continue updating, even though they can no longer appear on my site.
I'm supposed to add something about how life has been lately, but I have other things I need to get to tonight. I'll try to update next week during Spring Break.
Later,
Joshua
Still, the drop affected me because, while I could keep the old blogs on my site permanently, after this month I would no longer be able to update them. Therefore I decided it was in my best interest to reconfigure. I dropped A Little Deeper because it was an old blog and the only real reason I was holding onto it was all of the poetry it contained. Not that any of that poetry was easy to find, but it was there. If you noticed, I brought with me to the reality of the situation all of the old posts from A Little Deeper that were not poetry related (probably because I'm a pack rat and can't find it in myself to get rid of them). I moved this blog to a blogspot account page, which you already know because you're visiting it on said page. I also rid this blog of all poetry related posts.
The reason for getting rid of the poetry was simple: I decided to add all of my poetry into one location on my web site. I made a Virtual Book of Poetry on my site, which contains, as far as I know, every poem and lyric I've ever written. I figured that I could justify getting rid of a blog that way, which saves time and space, and also makes it easier for my readers to find my poetry, even if most of the stuff that was difficult to find probably wasn't worth finding.
So, where does that leave me? I am left annoyed that I had to do this update, but glad that I did it. I am very happy with the new Virtual Book, especially considering how much time and effort I put into making it. I will be adding poetry directly to this book from now on. Therefore, this blog will now be devoted purely to updates in my life, and not poetry. Also, since Megan's blog was set up through my site as well, I had to move it to a blogspot account. Both of us have decided to keep our blogs and continue updating, even though they can no longer appear on my site.
I'm supposed to add something about how life has been lately, but I have other things I need to get to tonight. I'll try to update next week during Spring Break.
Later,
Joshua
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