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A couple of days ago I updated to the latest version of Wordpress, thinking that it would make things work better, as it usually does. Like not letting me ever lose a post again, which is wonderful to have.

However, this latest version - 2.1 - had some major changes. These changes made it so that some “things” (geez, I’m so not technical, especially when it comes to the inner workings of Wordpress) with some themes and plugins would no longer work.

But apparently, there was no going back. Or rather, it would be easier for me - a non-technical WP user - to go forward instead of backward.

So I disabled some plugins, but only one really had an affect on the site and I never used it anyway. I also updated plugins, because the authors were quick to make them compatible with the new version of Wordpress.

And I only had to wait a day or two for a new version of the Cutline theme to be released, so I could update that as well. But I put off putting it into effect, as I knew I’d have some changes to make in the background, to make it look like it used to look (insert emoticon with grimace at the thought of having to do all that).

So my blogroll gave me an unexpected third column for a few days, until I got up the nerve to do the work. And to my amazement and gratitude, all I had to do was copy to old code and paste it in to the new theme. Okay, this isn’t a great explanation - I always go elsewhere online to tell me how to do these things, but suffice it to say it was easy, and I did it one-handed as my little one napped on me.

BUT… even though I did a quick check through, I’m not sure that everything is running as it should. If you should notice that something is off, please, please, PLEASE let me know. I would be extremely grateful to you.

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