Day 23 - July 8 - Blog Not Working?

If you are reading this, then the blog is working.

For you.

Sort of a post-modern view of the world of blogging.

We are receiving many calls from folks who are in a bit of a panic because the blog, their sole link to Connor, is down. The good news is that it isn't down, it has just moved, and though we thought we warned everybody adequately, some folks for a variety of reasons didn't pick up on the changes. Note that the link to the website is still www.connorwatch.org. If you are using the early link of www.wmson.us/connor/index.html, you are going to the old site, which will shortly cease to exist.

The direct link to the blog is www.connorwatch.org/blog/connorwatch.html but I don't recommend that you use the direct link. First, you don't see the whole site that way, second, you can't log in and encourage Eric and Cherié, and third, if we have to rearrange things, you may get lost again.

The recommended link is www.connorwatch.org. Log in, and then go to the blog. 'Nuff said.

Now here is where I need your help. All those folk who missed the warnings that the links were changing here in the blog are lost and helpless, and can't get back to the blog easily.

What I need you to do is copy the sample email below, and paste it into a new mail message, and send it to everybody that you know that has been keeping track of Connor. It will hopefully get to all those who got abandoned in the move.

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Good Morning!

If you can't find the ConnorWatch blog, make sure your bookmark for the site is correct:

http://www.connorwatch.org

If you use any of the older links, they have been superceded and will not work.

If you are bookmarking the blog, and not the website, that has changed, too, though ConnorWatch recommends bookmarking the site, and not the blog.

http://www.connorwatch.org/blog/connorwatch.html

The site and the blog are both up, with many visitors.


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In the future, if you register with ConnorWatch on the main page, we will have your email address to notify you directly of changes to the website that interfere with accessing it, so by registering with ConnorWatch, we can minimize the possibility that this will happen again.

Update: There are parts of the blog that are not working - the archives are still 404ing on us, and we expect that to clear as the blog regenerates. Hopefully we'll have it working in a day or two.

Thanks so much for your help. Let's get everyone reconnected with Connor and ConnorWatch.

Brad
Michigan