Jul 14 2007
FRICKIN’ BRACKIN’!!!!!!
That’s what my brother screams when he’s pretending to be mad.
And you may have noticed that I’m not much of a cusser (have you noticed? I notice when people ARE, but I don’t always notice when they aren’t. Anyway…) so tonight, I’m adopting Frickin’ Brackin’. But I’m not pretending to be mad. Oh no, there’s no pretending to be mad.
Mad I am.
Well, frustrated anyway. I can’t get my blog to do certain things. No, I’m not talking about world domination–I recognize that that won’t come until a bit later. Next month maybe. Right now I’m just trying to use basic widgets. You know, like Blogrolling stuff. There are various groups of which I would like to be a member and they use blogrolling widgets which, in order to join, you have to use their widgets, but I can’t. get. them. to. work. (Brace yourselves, here comes another one.)
FRICKIN’ BRACKIN’!!!!!!!!!!!!
But it’s not just blogrolling. Oh no. I can’t even get MyBlogLog widgets to work. I CAN’T EVEN GET GOOGLE ANALYTICS to work. It all gives me the same frickin’ brackin’ ERROR CODE!!! (Error 404) I would blame it on Wordpress, but since I seem to be the only person on the wordpress planet having these issues (since I can’t find any info on others struggling with this stuff in any support forums or anything–plus, there are tons of wordpress blogs out there that I see successfully using this stuff) I AM APPARENTLY THE ONLY FRICKIN’ BRACKIN’ BLOGGER WITH THIS FRICKIN’ BRACKIN’ PROBLEM!!!
And I’m frickin’ brackin’ frustrated.
(But at least my blog’s still rated PG. 
)
So, um, should you happen to be fluent in this error code of death or any of the rest of this fun stuff, I beg you to help me. Please. From the bottom of my bloggy heart.
I think this is my Soap Opera Sunday. I know. It’s disappointing. No former boyfriends or boy-toys or anything. Do you see why I need urgent help? Who knew I could feel so much drama from javascript, php, and HTML. Sigh.
(But, you know, speaking of Soap Opera Sunday, we have big news coming up this week! Woohoo! Stay tuned!!!)
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Eeeyeuch! Sorry you’re so frustrated!
But really, I’m so selfish that all I’m thinking about is me. And my envy over the fact that your blog is PG. Mine is G. Frickin’ Brackin’ G!!
Like looking in the mirror doesn’t do enough towards making me feel like an adolescent. Bleh!
Hope one of your loyal fans here has some widget advice. I haven’t advanced that far yet, myself.
Oh. Um, no. I use blogger and I LOVE widgets. I have gotten carried away with them. But I don’t know about your error, sorry.
I hope someone helps you so you can achieve world domination on schedule!!
Ha….but you must know my dear….you are now crossing into PG-13 territory with me. In my world, if the word is substituting for a curse, it may as well be one–a rose is a rose.
And, I hope you find your solution.
What a hu-u-u-u-ge bummer. I’m clueless, but one of my favorite bloggers (www.radioactivejam.com/blog) in all the aethersphere might be able to help you. I’ll email him and ask.
It’s a hosting issue. Wordpress.com doesn’t let you use Java scripts because they are hosting your site. If you get your own domain and then download wordpress.org to it you will be able to put any widget you want on it.
I know this because I’ve been having the same problem. I’m in the process of finding hosting space. Email me if you want me to host your blog once i get my domain set up. I’d be happy to do it.
I know nothing about wordpress - It was hard enough to submit that post to indiebloggers! - but I totally feel your pain.
There is a new thing called, bligets, I think? Where they list the last posts of your blog on a widget. I created one but FOR THE LIFE OF ME cannot get it to install on myspace. Theirs is so overly simple (”Enter your myspace email and password”) that I would never be able to figure out what’s wrong. But after about the 20th time trying, I took their logo off the blog. Thanks, but no thanks. This stuff can drive someone mad. Mad enough to FAKE SWEAR! hahahaha.
If your site *is* hosted by wordpress.com as CableGirl said, then most likely yes that’s why at least some (maybe all, I don’t know) script-based bits won’t work. They (wordpress.com) have chosen a “draconian” policy toward advertisements and widgets.
However.
I don’t see wordpress.com in your url so I wonder if you’re not already “self” hosted. If so, you should be able to beat this problem into submission, one way or another. Not sure I can help - like I told Luisa, my WordPress powers are mostly ceremonial - but I’ll be happy to try.
This is self-hosted Wordpress, right? I can help you. Either email me or send me a message on MSN Messenger at e.a.edwards@sbcglobal.net, and we’ll get your codes running!
*time passes*
*thoughts fly*
No it cant’ be a general anti-scripting thing because “TheGoodBlogs” uses scripting and it seems to be working. So, yeah. Fixable.
I don’t use wordpress, but this is also why I never change anything on my blog unless I’m forced to.
Oh Brill (you do know that I shorten it because it’s slang for “brilliant” over here!), your blog is so much more sophisticated than mine! I am struggling with buttons and can’t even manage to get a picture up! Just keep reminding yourself that it is content not appearance that is really what keeps up all coming back! Good luck in sorting out your problems. I know how frustrating it can be. Will be borrowing your bro’s cusswords soon I expect!
Not fluent in HTML or error codes but am fluent in frickin’ brackin’.
Frickin’Brackin’ is hilarious.
I lean toward “shipoopi” myself…. but you may just have found a convert.
And yeah, I got frickin’ brackin’ nothin’ for you in the technical department. But you already knew that.
*wwwhhhhoooossshhh* - that right there is the sound of ALL that bloggy stuff going right over my head! Sorry, no help at all.
I would love to help you. But you are far more technically BRILLIant than I.
I love that word ‘cuss’!! hee hee. Sounds SO American. We say ’swear’ downunda!!
My blog is rated R because I said “crap” “Kill” and “stab”. and I don’t think that is fair~!!!!!! oops….now yurs is gonna suffer…you can delete my post if you want
Is it the goodblogs widget? I think I stole your widget. My bad.
I’m addicted to widgets.
Dearest Brillig- I’m going off topic to thank you here for your support and kindness to me during these last few days, and for reading my rants and ramblings. I can’t tell you how it has helped me to feel people I’ve never even met holding me up. Thank you!
Sorry, wish I could help with your dilema but I am useless here. I have to say though that I am a little disappointed….I have been bugging my gnome half the day to let me on to blog because I KNEW it was soap opera sunday…finally I convince him…and no soap opera…. No worries I am a loyal addict so I will be back….lol.
My favorite is “CURSES, SWEAR WORDS, AND FOUL LANGUAGE!!!” That’s right, you yell that out verbatim.
My brother-in-law likes “Holy monkeys!” as a general all-purpose exclaimation.
Can’t help you on the error (I’m technologically challenged…) but I hope it resolves for you soon.
Can’t help you at all. It took me ages to figure out how to put a link in my blog and blogspot has a button that all you have to do is push.
Nice teaser, btw.
I always say “Freaka Nachas”. It’s a swear word I just kind of made up. I’m so cool I make up my own curse words. The others aren’t good enough for me. If I was any good at blogging, I wouldn’t have just a plain old green template. Sorry.
As you’ve probably witnessed, I know little about the innards of the template. I know just enough to break it!
FRICKIN BRACKIN! I’m going to steal that one for use in front of my daughter! Hard to convince people that I never, ever swear around her. One word has slipped in seven years. Pretty good! She says “Sweet nibblets!” all the time and even has me saying it.
You know… you don’t always have to use widgets. If the service (like blogrolling and mybloglog) gives you just the regular old html code… I would just use that. That’s what I do and I have Wordpress.
Hope that helps….?
I can feel your pain from across the screen…
and I am of no help at all…
But I am such a knob when it comes to blogging…
All i want to do is write… and then I get this type of awards…and where I am not a snob…it’sjust that I do not know how to incorporate a ‘widge it’ or ‘whats it; so I just ignore not ‘it’.
I am so sorry. I was having lots of problems, too. Even the guy who created my theme couldn’t figure it out. I ditched the whole thing Frickin Brackin thing and started over. Everything’s great now. Well, except that Google reader problem for that one customer. We get paid for this, right?
I love a woman that doesn’t need to swear. Really. Much more articulate. Plus, how else would such lovely phrases as “frickin’ brackin’” be created?
does the change in colour mean you are making progress or getting more lost?? LOL