Anybody miss my muse? Attempting to build a
website the last few days reminded me of one of my programming classes in
college. Maybe you can relate dealing with the tenured faculty member who only
gives you 15 minutes of his time and manages to disappear until the last few
minutes of class. Your only hope is the student sitting next to you is willing
to assist you with questions.
Those situations always made me wonder why I was
paying for class and the instructor was getting paid. It seems it should have
been the other way-around. Oh well!
No, it wasn’t that bad until I forgot how to
access the help forums due to forgetting where to find my email box for the application. After
registering again, I still haven’t received the email message with my new
password. So, I turned to my best friend- Google and eventually found a
solution to the problem.
It turns out the drop-down menu option wasn’t part
of the theme I purchased. I found a plug-in to download that should avoid
learning how to change the code in the template. It worked for awhile, then; it
suddenly stopped working. I didn’t know what the actual problem was so for
hours and hours, I deleted pages and rebuilt the menus. I changed relationship
fields hoping something would work.
I thought perhaps I changed some setting without understanding the relationship to the database.
Over and over, I tried to no avail. Searching the
forums for hours, I read where it was advised to deactivate all the plug-ins
one by one to rule out a plug-in or a theme being updated could cause the
failure. Once that didn’t work, I deleted
the plug-in for dropdown menus and
re-installed it. Bingo- it was fixed.
I recalled all the times at college when you
become frustrated and the solution is apparent but you become so fixated on
resolving the issue, we become blind. Unable
to see the forest through the trees!
After the menus and drop-down menus were built I
attempted to test a post on one of my dropdown pages. A (big) problem became
apparent when the posts didn’t appear under the sub-page! This was easier to
resolve by deleting all the beautiful drop-down pages and rebuilding the pages as
categories under the main menu. Walla- works like a charm!
I learned quite a bit and hopefully won’t make the
same mistakes again. After working all night and yesterday on the issues I was
really frustrated. I give my wife credit for bearing with me. My frustration
level was at a peak. Lack of proper sleep didn’t help my cause.
Technology is fun when things go smooth. Letting issues
get the best of you certainly doesn’t have to happen. Walk away, relax and take
a deep breath. Some sleep always helps too.
After all- Today
is only yesterday’s tomorrow!
Until
We Meet Again,
Jim Carver
Jim Carver
Author: The Legacy of David A. Wells- The Lexington High School
“Band of Gold”
Something Meaningful that Matters!
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