I'd Slap It Silly, But It Already Is

Writing a blog post is fun.  Making changes to the blog is a Pain. In. The. Ass.  Ok, for some of you, it's second nature.  Not so for me.  I'm not stupid.  No.  Really, I'm not.  I've had that tested.  But this technology stuff totally kicks my ass.  See?  I've already cussed twice in this post because of it.  I decided to add a Paypal widget, an operation described as "easy."  So how come that easy operation messed up my sidebar content?  Things I did not touch went kerflooie.  I've just spent the last couple hours trying to fix them.  I didn't succeed.  See over there the two listings for "Bunnies" and "Bunnies for Sale"?  All that writing in the second version is supposed to be visible only after you click on the album.  Not listed separately and duplicately.  But nothing I've found changes the fact that there it is.  So I decided to let it sit there for now.  You know, ignore it.  Ignore it long enough and it will modify it's behavior to get attention, right?  Ok, so perhaps a good sleep overnight will magically change it back to the way it were.  Well.  I'm still not stupid, so I know that's not going to happen.  But maybe my subconscious will figure this shit out. 

All the other changes to the look of the blog?  Well, the widget size is not changeable at this time.  If I want it to fit and not look grotesquely overweight, I have to choose 1) a format designed  to fit the widget, or 2) manually resize the column to fit the widget.  Uh huh.  You did read that sentence up there about technology and my ass, right?  So I took the coward's way out and chose the format that fits the widget.  But.  Ya know?  I like it. 

Except that all this time I spent working out what I could meant I didn't fully load the widget.  It's there but pitifully low on inventory.  I'll work on it.  After a good night's sleep.

Comments

[Christine]

Typepad needs to make a banner that is yellow with black type that says "Demolition". Those widgets and do-hickeys are a pain in the buttocks. I practically cried with relief when I got the weaving webring in my sidebar to work.

Good luck!

[Marcia Cooke]

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but that widget still doesn't fit, at least in the view on my computer screen! Have you tried 2-column? Or a Help Ticket?

[Cookie]

I second the idea of a Help ticket. It's part of the service you're paying for, sweetie. Might as well get the TypePad geeks to help you.

[Laurie]

I suppose no one notices that all I've done is post, and not blog clean up for a very long time? I hope I'm the only one who cares.

[DebbieB]

I like your blog redesign, and I enjoyed reading the stuff about the bunnies, even if it wasn't supposed to be automatically visible. ;) I suppose I should do something about my languishing blog - my lack of updating skills is what originally kept me from starting one in the first place...