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"Other Journals" Edit Problems
Frank, author of "On Whining Well" got in touch with me after being referred by Andrea (author of "Unhinged") who has been kind enough to plug this journal. Seems that his "other journals" entry had disappeared into thin air. In looking at the site, I noticed that indeed there was something amiss in Journal Land. The bottom of the cell/table was gone, possibly offered as a sacrifice to the posting goddess.
First, the low down:
The problem doesn't appear to have anything to do with Frank or you (if you're trying to add/remove from this area of your journal). It apparently has to do with a coding error the techs left undone when making some changes. I've notified John (Scalzi) who, at this point, is my only contact to the netherworlds of Tech Land. Hopefully it will be read, passed along and resolved within the next 48 days.
Oops! Did I say "days"? I think I meant hours. Well, either way...
Here are some suggestions: Save journals you like to visit (and refer others) to your favorites. I create a folder first titled "Other Journals" then add to that (making a distinction between journals I want to return to, but aren't sure I want to add them to my journal as of yet, etc.). Do whatever your heart desires. Another way is to email the link to the journal to yourself and save it to your filing cabinet (you may want to set your preferences to save mail you've read once it's "offline."). This way, if you ever lose your information from your journal, you're not left out in the dark.
While we're on this subject, if your entries are something you couldn't bear to lose, then save them to a text file on your hard drive (takes up less space in a text format) and back them up to a floppy/cd every now and again (you are regularly backing up your computer, right?). Whenever you are working directly off a server, you are at that server's mercy. Nothing in CyberLand is 100% absolute, so it's wise to keep a backup just in case. And even if you don't think the entries are that important, it's just good practice to save them anyway. Consider it a bit of foresight offered through a personal experience of hindsight.
Write on!
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Update: John emailed me to let me know he was forwarding my "find" to the PTB (powers that be) and would get back with their findings. Keep your toes crossed (after all, you need all your fingers for poking out an entry, right?).
3/17/05 11:58 AM
I've injoyed your journals and have learned much. And sorry to hear your going and not helping us anymore.
I don't know how to put my journals on a disk to back them up. How do you save an entry or how many entries will fit on one disk. ...and so forth...
Do you black it out and save to mail and then copy from there? (cut/paste)
...and some of my entries have disappeared. I think I did it by editing and deleting the one entry and then rest below it followed. Am I right?
How do I put them back if they are on my pc. I think I saved the one I took out to delete. It gave me the option to save it somewhere on the page then.
And how can I combine journals and delete the other? Sorry to many questions
Just pick one to answer Thank you
Happy St. Patrick's