Irony: A definition

Irony a Nosceres World definition:

Irony; When it takes you nearly two month of blood, sweat, tears and random temper tantrums to install Wordpressmu and Buddypress, then when you finaly figure it all out you cause them to crash/delete your entire public_html folder by trying to change some of the scripting not once but three times.

Ironic: I can now install the above mentioned website thingies from beginning to end in about two minutes flat.

Forethought: Remembering that you know squat about CSS, PHP and SQL coding and scripting before you try to modify a file.

This time however is the last time (fingers crossed) that I will have to do this. Just in case though I have backed everything up so that if Sods Law strikes again, all I need to do is delete everything and replace it with my backup. At least thats the plan. (What is it in the saying “best laid plans of mice and men”)?

I still have a few things to do to get everything back to relative normality like get my posts back, which luckily I have on a small data stick which is sat safely in my pocket.. Just checked my pocket and its still there. I have a couple of posts which are over on my Wordpress.com blog which I need to copy over and then Im all done. Funny thing is I had a feeling today was going to be one of those days.

The moral of this post is this; if you want to change something on your blog and when you get to the place were the change is to take place, you look at the page in front of you and your head is full of ???`s STOP! Go to Plugins> Add New and look for a plug in to do it for you, chances are that a boffin somewhere has made one just for you. If you dont find the plugin look for a theme or template which already has this change included. If you cant find a theme remember these words.

God grant me the serenity
To accept the things I cannot change;
Courage to change the things I can;
And wisdom to know the difference.

Or as I would put it:

God grant me the serenity
To accept the things I cannot change;
Use a plugin to change the things I can;
And wisdom to know when modifying a file is a bad idea,
no matter how good it might seem at the time.
Oh and one more thing God,
Grant me the peace of mind
given in knowing this post is not going to come back
and bite me in my arse.