Lovely Weekend, and Website "Fun"
Apr. 27th, 2010 04:52 amFirst off, for those who haven't noticed, my website is down. Why? Well, the short version is, I somehow botched a Commit operation with SVN (version control system that helps with development). I'm not entirely sure how I managed to do this, but I imagine it had something to do with the fact that my last commit on that project was at least 8-10 months ago, if not longer. I just haven't had time to work on it, and on the occasions I did, it was just little quickie edits I made directly on the server.
Anyway, when I hit the commit button after a large series of edits, SVN decided that I had told it to basically empty the whole directory, and the only files that survived were ones in a conflicted state. In addition to losing a bunch of extra files I didn't care about, it also took out most of the content files, a few system files, and at least one stylesheet. Self-contained applications like the gallery were unaffected, so I left them intact initially, but when I realized how many 404 errors were occurring (and I still don't have a good 404 handler written), I decided to just redirect all requests for the entire virtual host to a "temporarily down" file.
I can recover it, since the only thing I truly lost was the work I did that day (and even some of that survived in various places), but it'll take some time to get everything in one place and rebuild the repository. Plus, even though I have other things to work on right now, it's very tempting to take this opportunity to rebuild the site like I've been wanting to do for a long time now. Among other things, I'd really like to deploy a CMS, since keeping track of hundreds of individual content files is painful regardless of how streamlined the process is. I'm still proud of the fact that I wrote a system where a plain text file needs only one line of code to wrap a fully-dynamic feature-heavy site around itself, but it'd be so much easier to manage content if I had it all in a database.
Unfortunately, I really need a new layout; mine was impressive when I was new to CSS, and it's still acceptable, but I've stretched it to its limits for new features and dynamic-ness. I'd pay for someone's help if I could, but I can't right now, so if anyone has graphic design skills and is interested in a pro-bono project for an artsy photography/writing/personal site, let me know :-)
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Aside from that, I had a pretty nice weekend. My friend Dusk decided to come down for a bit, and even though our original hiking plans were cancelled because of Shroedinger's Rain, we had a great time. Among other things, we went to see How to Train Your Dragon in 3D, which was loads of fun; I'd seen it twice prior, but in 2D, and he hadn't seen it at all. Definitely an awesome movie, and 3D really added to the experience in a nice way. It's always fun to have visitors :-)
Anyway, when I hit the commit button after a large series of edits, SVN decided that I had told it to basically empty the whole directory, and the only files that survived were ones in a conflicted state. In addition to losing a bunch of extra files I didn't care about, it also took out most of the content files, a few system files, and at least one stylesheet. Self-contained applications like the gallery were unaffected, so I left them intact initially, but when I realized how many 404 errors were occurring (and I still don't have a good 404 handler written), I decided to just redirect all requests for the entire virtual host to a "temporarily down" file.
I can recover it, since the only thing I truly lost was the work I did that day (and even some of that survived in various places), but it'll take some time to get everything in one place and rebuild the repository. Plus, even though I have other things to work on right now, it's very tempting to take this opportunity to rebuild the site like I've been wanting to do for a long time now. Among other things, I'd really like to deploy a CMS, since keeping track of hundreds of individual content files is painful regardless of how streamlined the process is. I'm still proud of the fact that I wrote a system where a plain text file needs only one line of code to wrap a fully-dynamic feature-heavy site around itself, but it'd be so much easier to manage content if I had it all in a database.
Unfortunately, I really need a new layout; mine was impressive when I was new to CSS, and it's still acceptable, but I've stretched it to its limits for new features and dynamic-ness. I'd pay for someone's help if I could, but I can't right now, so if anyone has graphic design skills and is interested in a pro-bono project for an artsy photography/writing/personal site, let me know :-)
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Aside from that, I had a pretty nice weekend. My friend Dusk decided to come down for a bit, and even though our original hiking plans were cancelled because of Shroedinger's Rain, we had a great time. Among other things, we went to see How to Train Your Dragon in 3D, which was loads of fun; I'd seen it twice prior, but in 2D, and he hadn't seen it at all. Definitely an awesome movie, and 3D really added to the experience in a nice way. It's always fun to have visitors :-)