Day 7 (of 21) of Website Migration: A Journal

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IllusoryThrall
October 12, 2023

Okay.. so today has been a better day. But let me tell you, these posts are going to make me bald. I can't let my focus wander AT ALL or I end up with a link in the wrong spot or going to the wrong page.. and that's a fast way to lose a reader. So getting 200 posts done in a day is TORTURE. And I have 600 posts to get done in the next three days. Plus the 30 I still have to do tonight. And that's just from yesterday's to-do list! I haven't even gotten to today's.. and it's 9:30 PM. LOL. And it's not just links, I am also fixing the featured images that don't transfer from the server I was on to a new one.. because reasons.. and REASONS are apparently important. Shrug.

However, do I ever have a story for you all. So, I was blithely working on my website last night, installing a "coming soon" and countdown page. And I couldn't get it to show up. Then it occurred to me, that maybe I wasn't seeing it because I was logged in as a site admin. So I did what anyone would do, and logged out. Poof. Magic. Coming soon page appeared. Happy with the job I'd done, I had Bruj go ahead and go to bed, said I'd be right in. Then.. Tried to log back in. Typed in my username and password, clicked log in... and BAM. I was suddenly, surprisingly, immediately blocked from my own web page. For 5 days. Being the admin, I was confused.. and followed the directions to unlock my account. Tried logging in again. Same thing. Panic was starting to rise by this point, and I just tried what I'd already tried, and unlocked my account again. Carefully typing in username and password, I tried again. LOCKED OUT AGAIN. By this point, I was past panicking. Thinking something was going wrong with the security program I had installed, I clicked to turn the entire program off ... and tried to log in again. INVALID USER NAME. At this point, and ONLY at this point, did it finally occur to me that I'd been trying to log in as IllusoryThrall. Logical, right? .. Well my brain suddenly remembered that when the webhost had set up my account, it hadn't been called IllusoryThrall. It had had several random numbers and characters after it..... and being a smart person, I had decided that I could change the display name and keep that user name for my admin account because it was safer with the random characters........... THRALL... you silly, forgetful little... after calling myself three hundred different names, I log in.. with the correct user name and password.. and instantly, I'm logged back in. Immediately, I reinstate the security program - who had, quite rightly so, been blocking someone who was trying to log in with a username that didn't exist, so it thought I was trying to hack in. Doing exactly what the program was supposed to do. Sheepishly, ten minutes late for bed by now, I set up computer for the night, and went to bed. ... WHOOPS. Okay, so it's funny now.. but I assure you, it wasn't funny then. (and yes, you're all permitted to laugh along with me at myself....)

All that being said.. I can now announce. The new website will be at https://illusorythrall.com/ ... and there's a handy dandy countdown for you to see as well as a cute coming soon page. Which is hiding a huge mess of a website that I'm fixing. One slow day at a time. .... While that counter just keeps merrily ticking away. SMH. I will get this done. I swear. And it's going to be fabulous. AND THEN - I'M NEVER MOVING AGAIN... !!!!

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I am a 45 year old American wife, mother, and gamer. I’ve lived in the Midwest most of my life, and enjoy it for the changing seasons. My favorite movie is Labyrinth, my favorite game is Sims 4, and I have tattoos related to both. My favorite colors are purple, red, and green. When I’m not playing games (which is rare) I also enjoy reading and crafting. I’m also an animal lover, and have had many types of pets over the years. Currently, I have a dog named Cassie who is a Jack Russel / Beagle mix and three young fancy rats (all of whom are rescues). I run this Sims 4 Blog where I post screenshots and stories about the different challenges I play. Also here are the Sims 4 challenges I've written, and a place for me to store all the Sims 4 knowledge I've gotten over the years. I am also a Sims 4/variety streamer on Twitch for my mental health, fun, and to meet new people. I have also recently been accepted to the EA Creator Network, which is a dream come true! I look forward to meeting you!
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