Suntana's Blog Trek

Ohhh, THAT! I guess as Desi Arnez used to have to do ...
I have some 'Splaining to thoo.
Uhhh, Ummm ... "Revamping" is NOT exactly the word.
The word, the phrase that would fit this situation would be ... a Colossal, Monumental, Mammoth, Texas-sized Screwup! That is what I committed earlier this evening.

Oh, the Welcome Sticky Post's content is exactly the same. Here's what went down. When I put up my MOTW Sticky Post, it replaced my Welcome Sticky Post at the top. Okay, so that was Okay the initial days. But, I really want my Welcome Sticky Post at the top. So, I wondered, "Hmmm? How shall I do that? Should I ask someone how to do it?" Then I thought I got an easy, brilliant idea. I decided that all I had to do was Copy my Welcome Sticky Post's content, which I have Backed Up anyway on an MS Word Doc as I do all my Posts. I would subsequently Delete my Welcome Sticky Post. Then I would create a NEW Welcome Sticky Post. I would of course insert all the original content.

So, I excecuted the Plan. My NEW Welcome Sticky Post was now in place at the top, just like I wanted it. That excitement was shortlived. I did a quick scroll and immediately saw the "NO COMMENTS" staring me in the face! I knew immediately what had happened. Boy, I sure executed something ... my Comments.

It happened so quickly and thoroughly that I really had no time to Freak Out. I didn't even get that warm, weak feeling all over the body that one gets when one encounters disaster. I sorta just went, "Oh well, I really FUBARed that one. The Comments are GONE! Freaking Out isn't gonna help, isn't gonna bring them back."

Therefore, I have no choice, but to start my Welcome Sticky Post Comments from scratch. You had to do that recently, Peppermint. And you had awesome results. I almost assuredly won't match that, but what's done is done.

Thanks for leaving your NEW Comments to start my Welcome Sticky Post Comments Sequel.

Well, Carol, as Maxwell Smart would say, "Missed it by THAT much!" In hindsight, I should have obviously asked. But, when my stupid idea popped into my mind, it sounded sooo like it would work.

Hmmm? But, wait a minute, Carol. I just thought of something, a possible fly in the ointment. Okay, I can certainly see how removing the Sticky status from my MOTW Post would make my Welcome Sticky Post pop back up to the top. The thing is, I wanted to keep my MOTW Post as a Sticky Post, just in the 2nd position. How would that work? If I again assigned Sticky status to my MOTW Post after having removed it, it would pop back up on top? How could I have moved my MOTW Sticky Post to the 2nd position, while keeping both Sticky Posts - Sticky?

Yep, I use Opera Browser.

Yes, Peppermint, I'm bummed that I lost all those priceless Comments from you and everyone else. But, it was an educational experience. On VH1, there is a Show titled - What Not to Wear. Maybe they should have a TV Show on there - What Not to Do on Your Blog.

Carol, that sounds like a very good suggestion ... in theory. In reality, I don't know if it'll work. It's easy to see how the OC functionality would delay the posting up of a NEW Post to a date of your choosing. But, can and will the OC functionality actually allow for editing of an existing Post's posting date? I could be wrong and maybe it does work. I'm just at this second, thinking that for the sake of keeping things running smoothly in order, the OC would NOT allow that. It would probably cause chaos if the OC made it that easy for us to start manipulating existing Posts' posted date.

But, what the heck. It's worth a shot to verify. I wouldn't want to let a piece of knowledge go by if it can help in the future. Let's ask the Opera Master, the Wizard of Opera. Tamil ... Oh, Tamil! Are you around, Tamil? Paging Tamil.

So, Tamil ... CAN we edit an existing Post's posted date to manipulate its chronological order in a series of Sticky Posts?

Carol, IF I had set my original UnFUBARed Welcome Sticky Post to Private ... I wonder if the OC would have allowed me to create a NEW Post with the same title of "Welcome?"

Yes, Tamil ... Lana, we do have s here on the Enterprise. Hmmm? I wonder if that should be the Suntanaprise or maybe the Chuckprise? And even if the fridge were to be out of Bananas, I'd just let y'all go over to the Holodeck for a fantasy experience in a Banana Tree forest!

Well, alright! Awesome!

Thanks for verifying that, Tamil!

And thanks for bringing up the suggestion, Carol!
You reminded me of an episode of Seinfeld. Jerry helps out his Pakistani friend with something. Jerry's friend then goes, "Ooooooo! You're very smart! You see EVERYTHING!"

I learned some Do's & Don'ts between yesterday and today, albeit at the expense of having lost all my original Welcome Sticky Post Comments. The ole saying says that "We learn by our mistakes." Well, after yesterday's Comments FUBAR stunt ...
I made some strides towards becoming a Genius.

Whoa! Wow, Mette, that's certainly the most interesting Thank You that I recall ever receiving. Yesterday the image didn't want to display, but it's up today.

Darko, in the 2nd Band I used to play with, that used to be our Intermission Song. Yep, after the last song of each Set, we'd immediately break into that song to signal it was intermission time. The Party Animals would know it was time to leave the dance floor and go back to their seats. A few of the people would sometimes engage in some semblance of attempting to dance to it.

Bunny wagging tail ... very appropriate for me, Peppermint?
I ... I ... Ay Caramba! In the legendary words of the Lion on the Wizard of Oz ...
"Huh Huh Huh! I'm speechless."

And you did that very well, Mette!
You seem to have experience. You've done this before.
You'll fit in. I think we'll keep you.

I never met a Mette I didn't like. Okay, so I had never met a Mette previously. But, the first one I've met is one fun, funny, razzing-ready, Cool Norwegian!

Mette ... Lana has been a great friend of mine for years over on the AOL Message Boards.

Opera was developed in Norway and that's where Opera HQ is, Peppermint.

Zaph! I see you have a photographic memory. You remember your 1st Comment you left on my Blog. You remember everything. Uh Oh! That could be scary. Blackmail Alert!

Yeah, Zaph, we were ALMOST there. And then someone in the backseat misbehaved and as parents do when on a roadtrip ... I had to turn the car around back home. Then I had to start the roadtrip ... my Welcome Sticky Post all over again. But, it's beginning to take shape again, thanks to y'all!

WHAT? "Mette" is pronounced "Met-ta?"
But, but ... if so, that'll throw my "I've never met a Mette I didn't like" Comment off.

Alright, then, Mette. Here on my Texan Blog, you're gonna be Mette ... pronounced - Met.