For a while now, I’ve wanted to redesign the layout here. I was using a javascript script to make the 2 sidebars the same length as the main column so that I didn’t have to use tables (tables are EVIL for layout … fine for data). But it never seemed to work right. One column was always shorter or something … due to the outside javascript stuff in the sidebars. That, and I just got tired of it. So I started on a new design. I also decided it was time to upgrade. I was still using version 2.1 of Wordpress. I’ve now got version 2.3.2. I’m using some new plugins as well.

I love how easy it is to upgrade WordPress. Just upload the new files and run the upgrade script. Wham bam, thank you maam. LOL

I’m gonna zoom around to make sure everything is all happy. If you happen to run across an issue, please let me know so that I can fix it.

AND … I wanna know what you think of the new layout. Is it better than before? Or worse? Is it easy on the eyes? Are the sidebars too cluttered? I just wanna know your opinion. That doesn’t mean I’m gonna change anything though … LOL. I happen to like it. But I still wanna know what you think.

I just wanted to let you know that I added a link up top to my photo gallery. I migrated most of the albums from my other website. I wanted to have it here since I’ll be doing more with this domain and gradually phasing out the other one.

I also (finally) uploaded the pics I took of my new laptop when it arrived. If you’re interested, go check it out …

Click the image to go directly to the photos

I decided to sign up for Twitter tonite. Might as well jump off the cliff that everyone else has … LOL. I figure I can use that to rant or just small comments that don’t really warrant a full blog post. We’ll see how it goes. I know of 2 people who are on Twitter, and I’m already following them (Mace and Christine). Is there anyone else out there who’s reading this who is on Twitter and would like to be friends there … or follow each other or whatever it’s called? Check out the widget at the top of the sidebar on the right (look … over there –> ) to find me. They wouldn’t let me use my full ‘HighTechRedneckWoman’, so I’m just ‘HighTechRedneck’.

Now I’m off to find out what other cool things I can do with Twitter. It’s either that or fall asleep since there’s nothing on tv. :zzz:

I feel bad. I’ve been neglecting my websites for quite some time. I used to be able to unwind and spend hours working on my websites. Now, after working on someone else’s website all day at work, I just don’t feel like doing anything with my own when I get home.

But lately I’ve started getting the itch to work on things again. I haven’t updated my racing websites since April. But with Jr’s sponsor and number announcement, I’ve gotten the itch to work on my racing sites again (I even fiddled around with a header image last nite) … consolidate them into a single site for all my favorite drivers.

At work, we have php5. I’ve gotten so used to working with it, I thought I’d finally bite the bullet and switch to php5 for my own sites. I checked out the forums for my host, and it turns out that all I needed to do to switch over to php5 was put the following in my .htaccess file:

AddHandler application/x-httpd-php5 .php

Talk about easy. So I am now running my websites on php5. I looked things over, and everything looks like it’s working. This blog is working … my photo gallery is working … and even the crappy guestbook script I wrote several years ago still works. Woohoo! But if you happen to run across any issues while visiting, please let me know so I can fix things.

I have several things that I want to do:

• write a database connection class (I already wrote a basic one, but I want to expand on it)
• write a recordset class
• update and improve on my guestbook script (who knows … maybe I could even make some money on it)
• update and improve my weather script … expand it to get the forecast as well as the current conditions

When I do dive back into my sites, I’m going to have to transition working with MySQL again. At work, we use mySQL. I have gotten so used to it, it’s going to be interesting working my MySQL again.

Now that I’ve actually put my plans in writing, hopefully it’ll be motivation to stick with it. And I’ll hopefully have techie stuff to post about (since I am a High Tech Redneck Woman … LOL). So stay tuned …

As I mentioned in my last post, I upgraded my WordPress install to version 2.1. I only had one real issue. The More Smilies plugin that I use made my install blow up. I went to the website for the plugin and found an updated version. Once I installed that, everything was happy. Everything else was small. The Post Comment plugin that I use was counting the pages that I created as posts. I just had to modify the sql statement to only grab posts, and then everything was happy there.

So … all in all, upgrading was painless … as I expected it to be. I ♥ WordPress.

I found out over on Matt’s blog that WordPress 2.1 is now available for download. I downloaded it already, and I plan on upgrading tonite after I eat supper. So … The site will be down for a bit while I’m upgrading. But fear not … I shouldn’t be down for long. It’s always been easy to upgrade WordPress in the past. And I’m sure things will be the same this time … as long as I don’t do something stupid. I’ll let you know when I’ve got the shiny new version up and running. I know … you just can’t wait, can you … :G-razz2:

Hey there. How ya doin’? Thanks for stoppin’ by my new place. While this IS a new blog, it’s not my first. I do have one on another domain, but I felt the need for a change. So I decided to start up this place.

The first thing that I had to do was come up with a domain name. You know what I decided upon (obviously … otherwise you never would have found the place … :G-grin: ). I tried to come up with something fun. I think I came up with a pretty good one. I am a little High Tech … I’m a web programmer and a geek … LOL. And I am a little Redneck (but then again, I think everyone has a little redneck in ‘em). And I’m ALL Woman … :G-razz3:

You’re probably wondering what kind of place this is going to be. Well … as the name suggests … I’m going to try to post techy stuff. But you can count on there being some redneck stuff too. I hope you’ll stop by to visit every now and again. And don’t be afraid to leave a comment too. That way I’ll know if you come around and what you think of the place.

So … why don’t you start now. How’d you find this place? Did you come here from my other place? Or did you just stumble upon it? I’m curious.