Big Screw Ups Round These Parts

So, if you haven't already noticed, I majorly fucked up my blog. Apparently, it would have been much smarter to just leave it the hell alone, start a new one, or even better, leave it the hell alone. By changing the blog title I've done the following:

• I've now lost every link that was ever made to this blog. In nearly four years. That's hundreds of links, people. Old entries about things that mattered too.
• I've lost the masthead and I can't seem to figure out how to get it back, and the lovely folks at Typepad can't seem to help me.
• I temporarily lost my feedburner so that everyone who subscribed to me through bloglines or google reader or such things lost the feed. This one I managed to correct.
• I set things up so that www.uppercasewoman.com worked, but not http://uppercasewoman. If some of you were having trouble, that might have been why. That's also been corrected.
• I've lost over three quarters of my normal hits, and therefore lost about the same amount of my ad revenue.
• I want to turn back time *insert Cher vocals* and make at least the archives fit the old URL but I cannot find out from the Typepad folks if that's even possible, and if it is, how the fuck to do it.

I just wasn't thinking, folks. My humblest of humble apologies. I am a dumb ass.

PS: I may have fixed it. I republished it under the old name and it's now working again. The old links should now work again (please check, would you, if you linked to me in the past?). Now I'm off to find the dang masthead.

Comments

[Andrea in IN]

My feedburner wouldn't allow the link, but typing in your web address brought me here. Do I try to resubscribe or will feedburner work again for updates to your site. I'm sorry you are having these problems - you must have such a pit in your stomach. Ugg. Hugs!

[medea]

It shows up in Bloglines, but when I click on anything that is http://www.uppercasewoman.com/uppercasewoman that doesn't work. The ones that start with http://www.uppercasewoman.com/wastedbirthcontrol/ do work.

Good luck! You are too addictive for us to stay away long. Your loyal readers will all search you out, I'm sure.

[Stacy]

Masthead is back. I thought it was me this whole time.

[Tater's Mom]

No worries...I was able to fix the link, thank god! I've only had the opportunity to read a little corner of your site but I'll be back often. I'm sure you hear this all the time but you're an amazing person to have been through what you've been through and still be who you are.

Thanks for the inspiration.

[AmericanFamily]

I had something similar happen when I transfered over to my own domain. It was a huge pain in the ass. I actually emailed most of the people who had linked to me and asked them to update their links. Most did it happily. In retrospect it makes me feel guilty becuase my own links are so outdated.

[InDueTime]

Hugs Cec, Happy New Year!

[Sarah]

Whew! That was crazy last night when I saw how messed up things were...so glad you got it fixed! Couldn't even leave a comment at first.

I checked one of my links in my blog to your original address, and it took me here no problem. Yay!

I'm still having Bloglines problems--I saw you had a post up but clicking over didn't work. I had to Google "Uppercase Woman" to get over here.

I'm so sorry you've had trouble with this. How frustrating. Computer malfunctions can be so upsetting.

[dawn]

Back in 2005 (I think?) I had the great drupal debacle and still haven't regained that lost readership. It's thisclose now though. You know, 2.5 years later. May your debacle be less devastating than mine!

[Sarah]

What a pain!

[thalia]

The posts are showing up in bloglines, but you can't click through to this site, the link addresses show "not found". I had to manually edit the addresses to get here.

[carosgram]

Looks like you found the masthead! Congrats!

[Clover]

I'm having the same problem as Thalia, but I found you. I did the same thing on my public site when I switched it from Shamrock to Clover- but luckily my audience there is minimal and I was figured it out before I changed it on the PWPsite.

[Chickenpig]

I feel like a real dumbass because I only understood like half of what you're complaining about. In my (former) career a masthead is...well...a masthead. I guess that's why I don't blog :) Best of luck fixing or finding your masthead. If you need any help finding your topsail or your spanker let me know.

[Stephanie Bertiaux]

Masthead is back, and I checked a link I had to an old post- works fine :-)
Sucks that everything turned out to be such a hassle!!!

[Angela]

Looks like everything is working now. Whew!

[watercolor]

I just have you bookmarked so I'm good. :) I'm a low tech fan. Good luck!!

[Alison]

Well, I'm glad things are working now and hopefully the number of hits will return. I really love the new blog - I love the new name, the new look and the new direction. This is now part of my morning blog routine over tea.

[Ellen]

:( Wow, sorry you're having such issues. I hope things improve! (Sounds like they're getting better, just hoping the uptrend continues.)

[Kathy C.]

I'm pissed; just sent you a long E-mail but it wouldn't go through. Was saying how adorable that video is of Little Miss at the piano. I've played it over and over because I love watching her "wink" and that other unbelievably cute, kind of exaggerated expression she makes in the first minute or so - smiling and winking. What a doll. Then she abruptly picks up the little bear at one point to inspect something on it. You just wonder what goes through their little minds. Something she needed to check out on him. Also, can you please tell me the name of the lady's blog who lost her husband unexpectedly while he was watching the baby for her, lying on the couch. You asked a while back for us to go to her blog and send her support and wishes. I did at the time and want to go back to catch up on her but can't recall the name of it. Thanks so much.

[Laura]

to the commenter above this is the link to the lady who lost her husband ... i read her blog daily as with several others.

http://geepatty.blogspot.com/

i have found a few very remarkable folks on line and have to see whats happening with them often...
like so many i have no clue half of what you are talking about i am just so glad i have your email as i was one in a virtual panic when i could not find your blog the other day!~ you are back in my blog favorites and hopefully wont ever get lost again.
HUGS
Laura ~Peach~

[Mary]

My link in favorites that has worked for years is working again! =)

[Andrea in IN]

Feedburner is still not taking me here... :( I'll keep checking back though. For now, I'll have to just type you in manually. No biggie.

[Elena]

I'm having the same problem as everyone else in Bloglines - the feed shows up but it does not allow me to click through it.

Technology - gotta love it!

[Meggan]

Old (zia.blogs/wastedbirthcontrol) link worked (I clicked on it by accident this morning).

...and your Masthead is up there too!

Looks like things are returning to normal.