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Well, I guess this makes our first blog post in the new Gemini twin site. I just got finished deleting about 400 old blog posts from a blogging sub-forum that was going to house all the imported posts from our old Wordpress site.
I know that what I'm about to say might sound like heresy to many people, but after spending completely wasting my evening muddling through the ugliest and dirtiest database I've ever seen (yep, that's Wordpress for ya), I just wanted to say that I AM SO GLAD TO HAVE GOTTEN OUT OF WORDPRESS!!
There I said it, and it feels so good!
Not that MyBB or any time forum software is anything to throw roses at, what we have here can at least meet all of our needs as we enter into our second year at the NDC. Honestly, I actually can't believe it's ONLY been one year. I look back at all the articles, project, and dream predictions, and I'm just flabbergasted that we've only been doing this for just over one year. It seems like eons ago that George and Grady were cordially handing me the software files for their nostracodeus program (www.nostracodeus.com). And since then we've learned a lot and have grown the operations tremendously.
Of course, there are literally miles to still go. I know that others are like me, in that we aren't anywhere close to being fully satisfied with how much we've extracted from precognitive dreams, dream linguistics, and the development of our intuition. We have a long way to go, but at the same time we should be very proud of how far we've come together. It's been quite a ride, and I'm looking forward to getting kickstarted again after the upcoming IASD conference in early June.
Well, its getting late for me and I'm exhausted from trying to stare at this old computer screen literally all day long. I think if I had any hair right now, I would have pulled it out today! Not to worry though because something really special is in the air. I really don't know how to explain it but despite all the problems and tension over the past several months trying to get this site up and running (only to have the paid developer walk out just before finishing), there's one big sense of RELIEF! There's a weight that fell off my shoulders for some strange reason. Maybe because I don't have to mess with Wordpress anymore. Maybe it's because I don't have to worry about all the thousands of users trying to get acquainted (or accustomed to) with yet another platform that doesn't quite meet our needs
Yeah, I think that's what it is. It is literally HARD to get away from this forum because of the capabilities it has. Moving back to a completely-Wordpress site I think would have been a complete disaster because we would have lost a ton of administrative capabilities.
So, although this isn't perfect, nothing is except the ineffable NOW. Can't wait to zone out to nothingness as I lay my heavy bald head down on the pillow and veg on pure awareness.
....and my eyes will thank me.
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Now that I read back on my thoughts here, I never really explained what happened to the old blog posts! I actually had successfully imported at least 400 blog posts and pages, but as I was opening them to verify that they looked okay, THEY WEREN'T! In most posts, there was at best about 2 sentences and the rest of the blog was truncated. The main problem goes back to the Wordpress database, where all the old blog entries were riddled with all sorts of garbage. I mean, the posts look so horrible in excel, that I didn't have a good feeling about it well before I started importing. I didn't know just how bad it was until I started reading the imported threads. So, we'll keep the old site up and running, obviously because those posts are really valuable. Someday they will be transported to a better home, but at least we have a place to see them. The old site isn't going anywhere, despite how much I loathe Wordpress.
Welcome to the next Blog section. I look forward to writing a little and also finding other decent bloggers to really put some meat into this forum. Everyone be well and we'll see ya tomorrow...
Oops, one more thing. Be sure to check out the new Home page and let me know what you think. www.nationaldreamcenter.com
I know that what I'm about to say might sound like heresy to many people, but after spending completely wasting my evening muddling through the ugliest and dirtiest database I've ever seen (yep, that's Wordpress for ya), I just wanted to say that I AM SO GLAD TO HAVE GOTTEN OUT OF WORDPRESS!!
There I said it, and it feels so good!
Not that MyBB or any time forum software is anything to throw roses at, what we have here can at least meet all of our needs as we enter into our second year at the NDC. Honestly, I actually can't believe it's ONLY been one year. I look back at all the articles, project, and dream predictions, and I'm just flabbergasted that we've only been doing this for just over one year. It seems like eons ago that George and Grady were cordially handing me the software files for their nostracodeus program (www.nostracodeus.com). And since then we've learned a lot and have grown the operations tremendously.
Of course, there are literally miles to still go. I know that others are like me, in that we aren't anywhere close to being fully satisfied with how much we've extracted from precognitive dreams, dream linguistics, and the development of our intuition. We have a long way to go, but at the same time we should be very proud of how far we've come together. It's been quite a ride, and I'm looking forward to getting kickstarted again after the upcoming IASD conference in early June.
Well, its getting late for me and I'm exhausted from trying to stare at this old computer screen literally all day long. I think if I had any hair right now, I would have pulled it out today! Not to worry though because something really special is in the air. I really don't know how to explain it but despite all the problems and tension over the past several months trying to get this site up and running (only to have the paid developer walk out just before finishing), there's one big sense of RELIEF! There's a weight that fell off my shoulders for some strange reason. Maybe because I don't have to mess with Wordpress anymore. Maybe it's because I don't have to worry about all the thousands of users trying to get acquainted (or accustomed to) with yet another platform that doesn't quite meet our needs
Yeah, I think that's what it is. It is literally HARD to get away from this forum because of the capabilities it has. Moving back to a completely-Wordpress site I think would have been a complete disaster because we would have lost a ton of administrative capabilities.
So, although this isn't perfect, nothing is except the ineffable NOW. Can't wait to zone out to nothingness as I lay my heavy bald head down on the pillow and veg on pure awareness.
....and my eyes will thank me.
_______________________
Now that I read back on my thoughts here, I never really explained what happened to the old blog posts! I actually had successfully imported at least 400 blog posts and pages, but as I was opening them to verify that they looked okay, THEY WEREN'T! In most posts, there was at best about 2 sentences and the rest of the blog was truncated. The main problem goes back to the Wordpress database, where all the old blog entries were riddled with all sorts of garbage. I mean, the posts look so horrible in excel, that I didn't have a good feeling about it well before I started importing. I didn't know just how bad it was until I started reading the imported threads. So, we'll keep the old site up and running, obviously because those posts are really valuable. Someday they will be transported to a better home, but at least we have a place to see them. The old site isn't going anywhere, despite how much I loathe Wordpress.
Welcome to the next Blog section. I look forward to writing a little and also finding other decent bloggers to really put some meat into this forum. Everyone be well and we'll see ya tomorrow...
Oops, one more thing. Be sure to check out the new Home page and let me know what you think. www.nationaldreamcenter.com