Tag: Housekeeping

If you have already read this post on the 15th or the 17th or the 20th or the 25th, you can skip it and get back to your quiltmaking. You will be able to take the steps below anytime.

Google will be removing FeedBurner from its suite of products. I don’t know when. They sent me an email some time ago and I thought I would deal with it later. Well, it is later, unfortunately.

This means that if you get an email from this blog every morning, you will need to make some changes. I have a list of subscribers and have subscribed all ‘active’ users. Active users are people who have verified their request via some link or two factor authentication. If I have time, I will work on subscribing the rest of you. As a result, if you get an email saying you have subscribed to this blog, then click on the link and continue reading. If you do not get an email or are new to this blog, follow the directions below.

There are two ways to make the change.

First, I have added an email subscription box to the right sidebar. It is right under the search box. Put your email in and click subscribe.

Alternatively, you can re-subscribe while leaving a comment. Please go to the top left of any post and click on ‘Leave a Comment’. You don’t actually have to leave a comment, though I love your comments and welcome any you choose to leave!

In the comments section of any post, check to make sure you are logged in.  In the image, I am logged in (see arrow). If you are not logged in, you will see a form asking for your name, email and URL. If you do not have your own URL, you can leave that blank.

If you are logged in, or once you log in, click the bottom option, “Notify me of new posts by email”. You will receive an email asking you to verify your email, then you should receive a new email every time I publish a blog post.

Email me if you have a problem at poste [at] artquiltmaker [dot] com.

I know this is a hassle. Blame and complain to Google. I appreciate your patience.

If you have already read this post on the 15th or the 17th or the 20th, you can skip it and get back to your quiltmaking.

Google will be removing FeedBurner from its suite of products. I don’t know when. They sent me an email some time ago and I thought I would deal with it later. Well, it is later, unfortunately.

This means that if you get an email from this blog every morning, you will need to make some changes. I have a list of subscribers and have subscribed all ‘active’ users. Active users are people who have verified their request via some link or two factor authentication. If I have time, I will work on subscribing the rest of you. As a result, if you get an email saying you have subscribed to this blog, then click on the link and continue reading. If you do not get an email, follow the directions below.

There are two ways to make the change.

First, I have added an email subscription box to the right sidebar. It is right under the search box. Put your email in and click subscribe.

Alternatively, you can re-subscribe while leaving a comment. Please go to the top left of any post and click on ‘Leave a Comment’. You don’t actually have to leave a comment, though I love your comments and welcome any you choose to leave!

In the comments section of any post, check to make sure you are logged in.  In the image, I am logged in (see arrow). If you are not logged in, you will see a form asking for your name, email and URL. If you do not have your own URL, you can leave that blank.

If you are logged in, or once you log in, click the bottom option, “Notify me of new posts by email”. You will receive an email asking you to verify your email, then you should receive a new email every time I publish a blog post.

Email me if you have a problem at poste [at] artquiltmaker [dot] com.

I know this is a hassle. Blame and complain to Google. I appreciate your patience.

If you have already read this post on the 15th or the 17th, you can skip it and get back to your quiltmaking.

Google will be removing FeedBurner from its suite of products. I don’t know when. They sent me an email some time ago and I thought I would deal with it later. Well, it is later, unfortunately.

This means that if you get an email from this blog every morning, you will need to make some changes. I now have a list of subscribers and am working on subscribing all of you. This means that you have to confirm your subscription. If you get an email saying you have subscribed to this blog, then click on the link and continue reading. If you do not get an email, follow the directions below.

There are two ways to make the change.

First, I have added an email subscription box to the right sidebar. It is right under the search box. Put your email in and click subscribe.

Alternatively, you can re-subscribe while leaving a comment. Please go to the top left of any post and click on ‘Leave a Comment’. You don’t actually have to leave a comment, though I love your comments and welcome any you choose to leave!

In the comments section of any post, check to make sure you are logged in.  In the image, I am logged in (see arrow). If you are not logged in, you will see a form asking for your name, email and URL. If you do not have your own URL, you can leave that blank.

If you are logged in, or once you log in, click the bottom option, “Notify me of new posts by email”. You will receive an email asking you to verify your email, then you should receive a new email every time I publish a blog post.

Email me if you have a problem at poste [at] artquiltmaker [dot] com.

I know this is a hassle. Blame and complain to Google. I appreciate your patience.

Google will be removing FeedBurner from its suite of products. I don’t know when. They sent me an email some time ago and I thought I would deal with it later. Well, it is later, unfortunately.

Yes, you saw this same post a few days ago.

This means that if you get an email from this blog every morning, you will need to make some changes. I now have a list of subscribers and will work on subscribing all of you, so you don’t have to do anything. If you get an email saying you have subscribed to this blog, then click on the link and continue reading. If you do not get an email, follow the directions below.

There are two ways to make the change.

First, I have added an email subscription box to the right sidebar. It is right under the search box. Put your email in and click subscribe.

Alternatively, you can re-subscribe while leaving a comment. Please go to the top left of any post and click on ‘Leave a Comment’. You don’t actually have to leave a comment, though I love your comments and welcome any you choose to leave!

In the comments section of any post, check to make sure you are logged in.  In the image, I am logged in (see arrow). If you are not logged in, you will see a form asking for your name, email and URL. If you do not have your own URL, you can leave that blank.

If you are logged in, or once you log in, click the bottom option, “Notify me of new posts by email”. You will receive an email asking you to verify your email, then you should receive a new email every time I publish a blog post.

Email me if you have a problem at poste [at] artquiltmaker [dot] com.

I know this is a hassle. Blame and complain to Google. I appreciate your patience.

Google will be removing FeedBurner from its suite of products. I don’t know when. They sent me an email some time ago and I thought I would deal with it later. Well, it is later, unfortunately.

This means that if you get an email from this blog every morning, you will need to make some changes. Right now I don’t know of a way to transfer your subscription, but I am looking. If you get an email saying you have subscribed to this blog, then you know I found one.

There are two ways to make the change.

First, I have added an email subscription box to the right sidebar. It is right under the search box. Put your email in and click subscribe.

Alternatively, you can re-subscribe while leaving a comment. Please go to the top left of any post and click on ‘Leave a Comment’. You don’t actually have to leave a comment, though I love your comments and welcome any you choose to leave!

In the comments section of any post, check to make sure you are logged in.  In the image, I am logged in (see arrow). If you are not logged in, you will see a form asking for your name, email and URL. If you do not have your own URL, you can leave that blank.

If you are logged in, or once you log in, click the bottom option, “Notify me of new posts by email”. You will receive an email asking you to verify your email, then you should receive a new email every time I publish a blog post.

Email me if you have a problem at poste [at] artquiltmaker [dot] com.

I know this is a hassle. Blame and complain to Google. I appreciate your patience.

The other day, I was thinking about the Snowball Wreath block. In the process of linking to that post and looking at the post photos, I found that a number of my older photos were still on Blogger. What I mean by that is that photos displaying here on WordPress actually live on Blogger.

Yes, Artquiltmaker started out on Blogger. When I migrated, I migrated all the posts and links and, I thought, the photos. No such luck.

So, I have embarked on a project to move the photos over. Fortunately, I only have to move 3 years worth of photos and not 13 years worth of photos. Yes, AQ is 13 years old!

No normal person would do this but the incongruity of the photos being in two places nags at the librarian in me. I have been thinking of deleting the Blogger site as it is redundant and the photos are taking up space on my Google account. I am also afraid somehow the photos will get deleted or become unavailable, making 3 years worth of posts worthless.

It has taken me awhile to find a reasonable process for the project. I have tried a few different methods of getting the photos where they need to be. I have uploaded a lot of photos from Google something, but apparently not all lived there. Some, from the first days of the blog are living on a webspace associated with my personal email! I didn’t even know I still had access to that space! Access is a misnomer. I don’t remember how to get to it or what the password is. I was also linking to some photos from Flickr, which had to be moved. Finally, I had to find photos on my hard drive and backup drive as well.

Basically, the photos were a mess.

As you can see, this is a big project, but it is also fun to look back at what I was thinking about in 2006 (the year I am working on now).

I was thinking a lot and posting a lot about Thoughts on Dots, which I am fixing now. You must have been bored stiff with those posts!  I moved one patch and wrote about it. They are serious process posts.

I had forgotten about Kay Khan’s work. I love the 3D teapot.

I also was interested to see the recap posts I did. In one post, I picked out the best quilts I saw at all of the shows I visited that year. That post had a lot of photos, which was a pain. I was interested to see that my fabric choices have stayed consistent as have my design sensibilities. That post also had some quilts that look like they could have been made by MQG members, though it was made LONG before the MQG came on the scene.

This project will take me awhile, but the good part is that I get to revisit my quilt past.

A few days ago, I was alerted that photos on the blog could not be enlarged. I have gotten help and have identified the problem. I am in the process of fixing it, but there may still be a few photos that aren’t perfect. My goal is make sure you can see the detail on the all of the photos. Your patience is much appreciated.

Thanks to Mrs. K and Kati for helping me.

Yes, there are photo errors. For some reason since WordPress was updated it is not recording the location of my photos properly. This means that you can’t view the larger size of the photos. I know it is a pain.

I am working on figuring out the problem and will fix it as soon as possible. Thanks for all of your reports.

When you notice errors, please email me at poste [@] artquiltmaker.com. Thanks!

I have been thinking of freshening up the blog looks. I like the colors and the bright white, but too long wearing the same dress seems boring. I tried out the WordPress ‘Sketchpad’ theme.

What do you think? A bit too beige? What about the posts only have a paragraph or two?

I don’t like to clutter up the blog with boring web stuff, but I also don’t want you wondering what is happening. I don’t think the blog move went smoothly, because each evening for the past few nights, I have been unable to update the blog or write any posts. I am doing my best to keep the information flowing going, but it is frustrating. My webmaster was in the path of Irene and my blog is not her first priority, though she is being fairly heroic about helping me even though she has not power.

Stick with me. We’ll get it sorted out and I apologize for the inconvenience.

You may experience some delays in reaching Artquiltmaker blog this week as my host moves from Washington DC to Utah. They plan to do most of the heavy lifting from 8pm MDT to 12am MDT, which translates to 7pm PDT-11pm PDT and 10pm EDT-1am EDT. Prime browsing hours for us on the West Coast, I know, but they didn’t ask me.