I’m finally done remodeling my cyber crib! Welcome to the new and improved thisisabrowngirl.com!

I’m working on my website layout. In the process, I have decided to merge my three WordPress blogs into one, thus things are all over the place at the moment. Please bear with me, and check back soon.

Thank you, drive thru.

Update as of 11:06 pm - I was able to successfully merge all three blogs without losing anything. However, I still have to update some of the sidebar links. I have no idea why the links from the other two blogs did not export. It seems like I’m going to have to do them manually :-/

Update as of 1:48 am June 18th - As I was trying to move stuff around, I learned that JS-Kit, formerly known as Haloscan, has completely wiped out all of the comments in my former blog, the one I had before I moved here. I am really upset at this.

Update as of 2:57 am June 18th - I tried logging in to my Haloscan account, but it won’t let me. It’s saying I don’t have an account, what the frick? I hate you, JS-Kit, you and your stupid migration procedure. I paid for that account, and I had it for six years. Now it’s gone, all gone. Fags.

I’m going to bed. I’m too pissed right now. You suck, JS-Kit.

Update as of 10:36 am - Added a new div tag to see if the footer will display properly. Still waiting for screenshot results from BrowserShots. Cross your fingers.

Update as of 11:37 am - Sadly, the new div tag didn’t do anything. The layout is still a mess when viewed using older versions of Firefox (any OS) and all versions of Safari (any OS). This is beginning to frustrate me. I need to take a break.

Update as of 10:53 pm - I resumed work on the layout. I retained the new div tag I added this morning, and moved some div tags around. I am currently waiting for BrowserShots to allow me to submit another request, since I have already reached the maximum for the day. If this still doesn’t work, I don’t know anymore.

Update as of 2:06 am April 1st - Fixed it, finally! No more cross browser issues! I still have to fix the other pages within the site, but I am already tired and I still want to watch Heroes before I pass out.

A winner is me!

It’s like this, I’m sitting here at home admiring my website, while someone, somewhere, is on their computer, viewing this website, thinking, “What is this sh*t?!” I’m having cross browser issues, people, and I didn’t even realize this until I saw the screenshot of my website from someone else’s web browser. I mean, the layout is a mess. It’s terrible.

Apparently, my website looks like crap when viewed on Safari and other older web browser versions. However, if you’re using current versions of Firefox and Internet Explorer, everything should be fine. If you want to know what I’m talking about, check out the screenshots below.

Firefox 2.0.0.19 on Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon)

Safari 3.2.1 on Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)

Safari 4.0 on Windows XP

So if you happen to read this post and things are a bit wonky, as if a tornado has hit it and everything’s ugly, please bear with me. I’m working on the issues. I would also appreciate it if you could tell me if you’re viewing the site just fine or not. If not, tell me which web browser you’re using and the version. Kthxbai.

This is what really happened.

Some time last year (I would say March), Freewebs, my former blog host, began running these stupid scripts within their users’ free websites. I tried my very best to defy their lameness, but failed. The scripts they forced upon me were messing up the scripts I had installed within my blog. It just got to the point where Freewebs was just too annoying to deal with.

At the same time, I started working on my final paper for my Master’s degree, which required a lot of time and effort. I had to focus on it in order to finish the degree. (And I did, by the way.) I ended up neglecting my VillagePhotos free accounts (which I regret to date) as well. Because I wasn’t able to log on for sixty days, VillagePhotos terminated all of my accounts and deleted all of my images. This explains why all the images in my former blog are gone. All of this eventually led to my blogging hiatus.

Then came January of this year. While surfing the web, Felix stumbled upon an article from Lifehacker about this awesome web domain and hosting offer for a really cheap (and I emphasize CHEAP) price. We couldn’t resist signing up for it, so we did! Finally, I said good bye to Freewebs, and hello to my new cyber crib.

End.