After a series of errors, I have finally upgraded my blog to Movable Type 4.1! *fanfare*
It appeared that the main culprit was a corrupt database. Thank God that I didn’t lose my data and instead, the database was repairable. Phew!
The other cause was improperly uploaded files. As my FTP program kept timing out, I’d quit and re-open the program many times. As a result, the files weren’t necessarily uploaded properly and in the right mode. Even now, if I encounter a new error that’s linked to some MT file, I’ll re-upload it. So far that strategy has worked twice.
I’ve re-pointed my feed back to vantan.org, so my dear subscribers, you don’t have to touch that dial.
The other good news is, since I was using CPanel to sort out my technical problems, I decided to take a look at my AWStats (as opposed to Google Analytics which I normally use). It seems there is a great discrepancy in the number of pageviews and visits from both programs. I would assume AWStats is more accurate as there are some areas of my website that don’t have Google tracking code installed.
According to AWStats, in Jan 2008 I had over 79,000 pageviews. My peak last year was during the SXSW period where I surged past 470,000 pageviews and over 11,500 unique visitors. This was much, much greater than I thought. Eventually, the numbers went back down to normal but now of course I am hoping for a repeat of last year’s response.
The last piece of news is that I’ve been accepted into the Forbes Business Blogging network. I have felt the need to re-focus my angle of writing and my own personal outlook back towards business, and I’m honoured to be part of this community.
Comments
Ha ha! Welcome back! Thank God the new FTP software worked out.
Mike
Congrats on the Forbes gig!
Let me know how AWStats and Moveable Type works out.
See ya.