November 06, 2003
MovableType problems
Wow, I've been having a lot of issues with my site recently. My comments broke on me (Jesse had similar issues at one point), and I was no longer able to log in to post any more entries.
In order to get my site working, I had to re-install MovableType from scratch. This included deleting my previous database -- so I had to re-enter all of my posts (copy/paste to the rescue!). It was a tedious process and took me a few hours to complete... The good side is that I recovered every post successfully. The bad side is that every single one of my comments has been lost! Doh!
So... it looks like I'm good to go again. The moral of the story is to make sure you always backup your data! I'll be doing weekly backups from this point out, just in case.
And.. it looks like the problem was directly related to my host switching configurations on me (moving from Windows 2k to Windows 2k3), and in the process upgraded versions of "DB_File.pm." Because of the upgrade, my old database became unusable. I found out only too late that there is a process you can go through to upgrade the database as well... I wish I would've found this link before I already deleted everything and started re-entering the information.
Either way... I'm back. Expect something cool tomorrow!
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