If you have come back to the Word Nerds’ website after having seen it before, it looks different (at least today, Thursday, February 8, 2007).
This is due to the fact that we have moved the site to a new server. It will probably be a few days, or even a week or so, before we get the bugs worked out. I have already noticed one thing: European letters that looked fine on our last server have turned to mush, and have caused strange formatting changes. Moreover, all our sidebar links have pretty much fizzled away, because the K2 WordPress theme that was our signature “look” for the past year is not working properly on the new server.
Most importantly, iTunes seems once again not to be able to find our feed. This will be dealt with most urgently before the end of the day today.
Thank you for your understanding. Incidentally, the Word Nerds Discussion forum seems to be working fine. I still have to install our anti-spambot measures, but the forum itself seems to be running without any problem.
The iTunes problem is apparently solved. It had to do with the code generated by podPress. I have updated podPress now, and all seems to be well.
As always, I would appreciate feedback from anyone having any problem whatsoever getting our podcast.
I hope to have our “look” restored in a few days. According to some weather reports, I may be home from school for a snow day or two next week, so I’ll probably hack away during some of that time.
The Word Nerds Forum is working fine, and has now been protected from spambot registrations. If you are a human and you want to register for the forum, you’ll just have to answer a simple visual question.
As of today, Saturday, Feb. 10, iTunes still thinks that yours is not a valid podcast. I know you’re probably working hard to fix this; but just in case you thought it was already done, I thought I’d drop you a line. I’d hate to miss any of your podcasts!
Oops! Strike that. I unsubscribed and resubscribed, and all is apparently well again. Whew!
Thanks for the feedback, Sandy. I’m glad to know it’s working for you now.
I hope this doesn’t mean everybody will have to unsubscribe and then re-subscribe, but in case that’s true, I’ll do another main blog post before we post our next podcast next week.
Moving servers is a nerve-wracking experience, I must say. I’m happy with our new company, BlueHost, but even a move to the best possible hosting service can be fraught with obstacles.
My next goal is to restore the old look of the website. If all goes as planned, that might happen tomorrow (Sunday, February 11). Then I think everything will be back to normal, and I’ll quit spending so much time working on my websites!