So much for positive thinking. But I agree with Earl, expect that things won’t always go the way you want. And even expect a lot of things will be a big hassle and take a lot of time.
I felt that way about fixing “Subscribe to Comments.” I had just spent some time getting a fire wall installed on this site when Cathy mentioned the comment problem again. I’ve known about it for years now, but didn’t want to deal with it because I knew it would be a big investment in time. I was not disappointed.
In the end I went to JustAnswer.com and on the third try found an expert who figured out what was wrong. Even that took several days more of my time in addition to some money, but I now have someone to go to if I need help in the future. The nice thing about JustAnswer is you don’t have to pay if they don’t fix the problem. Much better than “experts” who charge you for their time even if they can’t help.
So even though subscribing to comments itself might not have been worth the effort, I’m glad I did it. I learned a lot and have more options now when future problems arise. I’m a great believer in developing resources — my main expectation is that life will seldom go smoothly, so it’s best to be prepared and enjoy the trip as much as possible.
Sounds great. I’ve been subscribing to comments post-by-post whenever I left a comment.
Sometimes the little nagging problems can be so frustrating.
Let me know if you have problems with it.
It works!! 😉
I’m glad I did it! 🙂
Like dinner turning out to be cold cereal for Earl, when my friend and I had gone to see a movie at the time that it was advertised in the newspapers, we found that the theater had removed it to a different slot and we sat through another film not worth the time and the cost. Yes, outcomes can be different from expectations.
Does that happen very often? It might pay to have a backup plan. Yes, yes. I do like having contingency plans. 🙂
I didn’t know you had any kind of comment problem!
I just always revisit the post in a day or two. you’ve always answered it by then if not even sooner! all is good.
I have to think about the expectations thing.
I’m a little obsessive about certain types of expectations.
and I think it’s because of how I was raised.
“the Man”… my father… expected certain things of us.
if you said you’d do it. you had better do it.
he was very much the “my word is my bond” sort of guy. and you were expected to be that too.
even now… when a repair person says they’ll be here at X time and will do it… I EXPECT that. and I get very irate if they’re don’t. unfair perhaps.
but when I tell you I WILL do something … you can count on it. or you will receive a VERY good reason why I don’t!!!
LOL! wow.
directly from my military father. yup. early training takes well doesn’t it. whether we realize it and want it to or not!
it’s a rather rigid way to live I’m afraid. but there it is.
the marine is the same way.
HOLY COW!!!
that little comment box is deceiving!!!
that comment is way too long!
I love your comments! They’re never too long.
I know what you mean about people saying they will appear at a certain time, then go off for days and not tell you. We may be facing that big time when we fix up the greenhouse. Contractors do things on their schedule, understandably. But it would be nice if they bothered to let people know when their plans change. 🙂
I’ve never had problems posting a comment on your site. I find everything goes smoothly with WordPress sites, but have a great deal of difficulty with Blogspot and Blogger sites. Anyone else have their comments lost when submitting to these sites?
The problem wasn’t with posting, it was that some people like to be told when someone answers their comment or even want to be told of all new comments. That plugin didn’t work because of how my hosting service was set up.
As far as I know the only problems with posting comments here is when a comment (very rarely) gets sent to the spam folder or needs to be approved by me before it shows. That is rare after the first comment. I have it set up so the first comment from an email address needs to be approved, then subsequent ones are automatically approved.
Thanks Jean, I’m happy that this happened…because it means I don’t have to scroll back/forwards.
What I think has happened, well it might not be true, but the younger generation may not be interested in making comments at blogs or even writing blogs. Of course, I may be quite mistaken…
And the computer geeks change the set up a little and the bloggers don’t realise there is a problem.
I have still have difficulties with blog-spot or whatever it is called…
One of my other blog writers is at “live journal” and I have no problems there, mainly because I keep a now defunct blog there.
It’s nice when things work! 🙂
Well I have never subscribed, I’ve just returned.
Then the other day I decided to and my email was flooded.
But I hadn’t intended to say anything, I just decided to go back to returning.
Now I see it’s safe to subscribe again.
Although I’ve learned if I go back more than 3 posts, I don’t get a reply. LOL!
But that’s ok, that’s what I get for being late.
The odd thing is that in true life, I’m like Tammy and her Dad.
Always on time!
😉
Xoxoxo
The advantage of commenting late is you can read all the other comments without having messages appear in your mailbox. The only ones you would get are the ones that come after yours.