Well, that took longer than expected! I had thought I would save a bit of $ by migrating to the hosting package I had for my company, but it turns out that they didn’t offer an SSL certificate for free. I was paying $$$ for that hosting (won’t name it but it starts with a g and end with a y) so I pulled the plug on that and got a new host that can be used as my company hosting (I can host several sites so my clients will be happy) AND save about $110 to boot each year, AND get SSL for free.

The only problem was, and the reason for the delay in getting the site back up and running, was my usual manual migration didn’t work out too well with the new host and I got three errors at once (I have never in my 10 years migrating WP sites encountered all three at the same time- individually, yes, and was able to fix, but never all three at the same time). However, 4 hours later after starting a support chat, we were finally able to get the site back up and I was able to access the admin side. WHEW!

Guess that means I’m sticking with the new host for good now…LOL

I have to apologize for a few reasons…1) updates have been late and 2) because updates have been late, the system has been either not publishing the correct comic or not at all.

As you may know, I recently switched hosts to save money. In doing that, it seems to have broken the ComicPress Manager. I know what the error is, I just don’t know how to fix it. So, I have to upload and post manually. For those who don’t know what CPM is, it is an old bit of software/plugin I have been using for WordPress that will automatically upload and post or schedule a post for me with just a few clicks. I never had to worry about choosing the correct category or the scheduled posting date. But now I have to and sometimes, things go kablooie.

The reason the comics have been late is one of our dogs blew the CCL in her right rear leg last Friday and we’ve been scrambling to get the funds to have it repaired. We started a gofundme for it because we’ve been quoted anywhere between $2500 & $5000 for it…youch! As you’re aware, I’ve been having this whole cancer thing going on & am being buried in my own medical bills post surgery (even without this whole cancer thing the chunk of change to have her CCL repaired, which is equivalent to the ACL in humans, was not in the budget…not like cartoonist has been a lucrative field, but I do it for you & my sanity anyway). In the meantime, we’re having a custom knee brace made for her in the hope that it might heal on it’s own, or at least stabilize it until we can get the surgery done. That’s not cheap either, but I had a special credit card for our pets that had just enough room on it to pay for it.

When it rains, it pours here at the Grove.

So, if you’ve seen the comics being late, or empty posts, now you know why. If you’d like to contribute to the gofundme, and I apologize for not posting the link as I can’t post it from this device, but if you follow me on twitter or FB, you can find it (or do a search for my name on gofundme), that would be most appreciated. Also, if you know anything about ComicPress Manager, I can send you the error message I’m getting in the log and perhaps I can get it back up and running again so posts will be seamless again. It’s probably a simple fix with a bit of code that needs to be commented out or a database entry repaired (there was an error when I imported it on the migration, but everything else was working fine), but it’s beyond my area of expertise to find the fix.

Have a great weekend, Grovers!

As I mentioned in a previous post, we’ve started a GoFundMe for my little Shiba Inu, Lily.

Here’s the link to the fundraiser: Lily’s GoFundMe

Please help if you can. Thank you!