I broke my blog!

Ok so Blogging is an entirely new concept to me - but I figured, if I'm gonna do it - I have to do it right...right?  After spending some time finding my way around the platform I was keen to check that I was on the right track before just ploughing down the wrong approach.  I have a friend, Eve on level 6, who created her blog last year using the same platform as me.  We chatted and she very kindly shared her blog link with me.  My first reaction? "That's a sexy blog!"  In comparison, my blog was a functional space -  but Eve's.. It really looked the part!  So, I went digging for a better theme to change the layout and found the one that Eve had used.  I applied my own artwork to the theme and, get me!  It's looking a more professional now.  I'm so glad I checked in with someone who's got this nailed. 

I've also had a think about what I've named my blog...

My blog title "Finding my place" was a philosophical nod to finding my place in the art industry, you know?.. gauging where I fit, with a play on the word "Placement".  Clever huh?   At least I thought it was.  On reflection, I thought it might be a bit ( if not a lot ) naff.  I had a chat with the fam - as you do - who came up with lots of new suggestions.  Many of these suggestions were also puns which led me to recall entirely from them all and take the complete opposite approach.  I then renamed my blog as "Lorna's Undergrad Placement Blog" which is a much more accurate description.   I also feel that the name might create interest in anyone in the same position that I am now. Maybe I'll be able to share some pointers.

Changing the name went well until, whilst chatting on the phone to my daughter, I changed the domain address without really considering how domains work.  My daughter declared that "finding my place" had been a great title and boosted my confidence in my initial idea..  so I changed it back.  

This was a mistake.  

I effectively broke my domain address and lost my blog.  I spent 10 minutes googling help pages before finding a link to the blog that I'd posted previously in Teams.  I realised what my original domain address actually was (It was not what I had been typing in to restore it.) 

Aaaand we're back.

Images next. 

Literally, you'd never guess that I've worked with software for years, but you have to break stuff to understand it don't you....