I’ll admit, when I managed to figure out how to get this site up and running pretty much all on my own, I felt like the shit. Look at me finding my way around root directories and setting up databases and monkeying around with php code!

Of course, I don’t actually know what I’m doing, so I’m just a teensy bit concerned about today’s omnipresent message: “A new version of WordPress is available! Please update now.”

So instead of the positively brilliant post I had planned on writing today, I’ll be trying to figure out how to update to the new version of WordPress . . . without blowing up my blog.

**Update** Alright, alright. I realize I lost my connection to the database while backing things up and forgot to attend to it right away, but I’m completely upgraded now and the site is still here!  Woohoo!

Day 1: Attend my first Intermediate HTML class. Discover that the final project is building a web site with requirements such as “Must have at least one use of event-based ‘feature’ javascript,” “Must have at least 8 examples of ‘SEOed’ text / markup,” and “Must work in both Internet Explorer 6/7 and Firefox with AND without javascript.” Hyperventilate and consider dropping class.

Day 8: Attend second class. Still in state of shock from reading syllabus. Come out of coma long enough to realize I haven’t done much of anything yet and I’m probably in over my head. Decide to wing it.

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