LaLaGirl – Twinfinite Chaos! Parenting Multiples and Dealing with Autism

Did you know I have a GINORMOUS blog? Yes. It’s true. Apparently, my blog needs to go on a diet or something, because it’s just too big for me to export the entries and comments and import them somewhere else, like for instance…on a new WordPress installation where nothing is wonky. And my database is far too large for this, too. I tried doing an export/import in bits and pieces, a few tables at a time, through MySQL. It seemed like it was working, and my WP dashboard looked perfect, but my blog itself was just, like, gone. It was just a blank white page.

Any database experts out there want to help me? Or, maybe I don’t really need to fuck with it at all? I’m not sure what to do at this point. The existing WP installation is a little off – I can’t upgrade it via Fantastico, only via a manual upgrade, which quite honestly, is a pain to do. It’s not THAT hard in the grand scheme of things, but dude. I’m busy. I want to just go, CLICK, and voila. Upgraded. I can do this with all my other WP blogs, but not this one. Like I said: wonky. It says in the Fantastico panel, “Only Manual Upgrade Available.” And as often as WP seems to release new shit, I’d like to just make with the clicky and be done with it when it’s time to upgrade. Still, though, I’ve spent the better part of a day dicking around with this, and at this point it’s beyond my (laughable) expertise. Earlier today, I was even trying to get my head around the idea of starting fresh. But, I can’t just let go of my archives. Can’t do it! Why, just today, I re-read some stuff I wrote about a year ago that cheered me right up. I’ve been a little overwhelmed/down/freaked out about some things lately, and reading how I dealt with it awhile back really gave me perspective. I don’t care if anyone else is reading my old shit; I am!

So. What to do?

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