Remember that time we went to Paris and La Seine flooded so we could not walk along it? Champ de Mars was closed off for World Soccer? Garbage service was on strike?
We were frauded and robbed?
What a trip.Rained most of the time too and I don't care what anyone says ..even the romantics..which I can be..Paris is prettier in sunshine..
Which brings me to why are they changing Blogger?
Why do I have both subjects in the same post?New Blogger and Paris gone wrong?
Angst away.
I received an email yesterday ..about Blogger from the G suite team.. Action Required..
I follow directives..
I am Catholic and we were brought up that way..
I am Canadian and too polite..but that's changing.
So I did..I Migrated..Converted..got scared.
This is November all over again.
Migration..Conversion..I mean what' s up with these words?
Did it ..not even my blog name showed up..now it was called Latabledenana /Recipes..What?
And once you Migrate ..your blog will disappear after 30 days.They say..
So now I am wondering if it's a worth it.
Years ago..when IG and Tik Tok and etc did not exist..
So many comments..as the years went on..less and less.
A very popular IGer wrote to me and said ..wow you get a lot of comments on your blog..
Not really.. but she said she hardly got any.
It's not for success etc..but you get to a point where if it's going to be this hard..and you've messed everything up again w/ no live help..and you feel like you are floating down the left bank going nowhere..
You have to reconsider.
And try getting help..
Well..no help fromBlogger was found yesterday.
I have been so grateful to Blogger but when last Nov happened and all my pics were gone and now this?
Not sure at all..
Let me know how your migration conversion goes.
We all know I am not an instruction booklet person.
I feel like I just assembled and Ikea house all wrong.Broken.
If it's not broken why fix it?
Not a happy Blogger.
FOOTNOTE we have until 2021.
So maybe I am ok for another yr.
Also the email I got was for Google Sites which I am not part of..see how mixed up all this is?
Dearest Monique,
ReplyDeleteExactly, why fix something that is working smoothly and perfectly?!
What I’ve noticed, is that pictures on the sidebar no longer show, when published in the new Blogger. That is negative as pictures speak a thousand words.
Just like your Paris adventure... it can be rather dreary!
But Google (which owns Blogger!) has the power over all of us.
Or else you go to WorldPress but I’ve never liked that. No sideline and it is not as intimate.
Yeah, on August 24 we’re all forced to be ‘in’ the new Blogger and the Legacy Blogger will vanish.
Nice, thanks Google!
Enjoy your summer and happy weekend to you,
Mariette
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DeleteAnd now I am on Microsoft Edge ..and wow have to sign in every time..I didn't like anything I saw Mariette in the new format,what a shame..and WP I am with you too..all these years again..back to the drawing board..well not fun at all and not sure it's worth it..:(
ReplyDeleteWe have to get used to getting MANIPULATED by the few that RULE! 😣
DeleteOmy God !.I dont read my mails !
ReplyDeleteWhat terrible Monique .all the work all these years ..
:(
Maybe you won't have any issues..I think I am tiring of all this..:)
DeleteIm shocked !!
ReplyDeleteMy blog is on wordpress, so I have not had the problems, but know of other bloggers who have. I hope it all works out!
ReplyDeleteI think I am at last losing interest.:(Wonderful that you are on WP!!
DeleteOh, but I so enjoy your lovely blogging! I sincerely hope that things can be resolved to your satisfaction.
ReplyDeleteRecent life has been so full of changes and when you're in your 60's, as I am, it gets harder to deal with them.
In the end, all we really have is our relationships with each other and we desperately need to stay in touch through
these discouraging times. Take care!
Susan thank you..I didn't write my post to be pitied:) It is not clear their explanation..not clear at all..and whatever I did that is now my draft..is all wrong.My blog was never called Latabledenana/recipes...
DeleteIt could be me.. as I said instruction books were not made for me..But I just wonder..I started this for my girls..lol they never read it..they have eneough of me in real life:)
O M G
ReplyDeleteI AM VERY AFRAID TO POST 😳
Afraid. period.
2,600 posts on Blogger. My life is here and suddenly I cant access old things.
Terrified.
We are not a
One in hating the so-called changes.
The nasty comments Now have to be dleted one by one in comments thingie.
Total suckville
Maybe they want to close it down and this is how they tell us?
We are a stone around Googles neck for a long time = no $$$ for them cos its free.
Ach
I know and I thought it was fab of them to offer this service..
DeleteAnd I agree I never got a crappy comment until recently such as finding the real meaning of your name etc..One day I noticed these idiots posting junk.I deleted them all one day tediously one after the other.
You have to wonder why people do these things.
Anyway..if you get the email..and it is legit..read it and see..
To me it was mumbo jumbo conversion etc..it is being developed to help people blog w/ phones etc..you might end up loving it..They sure picked their yr:(
Suckville lololol.But true.
If I wanted a degree in blogging ..I would have asked for it:)
PS I got that weird google email and immediately threw it away...figured it was suspect. Do u still have the Blogger app? It may still work? Gonna test it out though they did discontinue wuth no notice. 14 years loyalty for what?
ReplyDeleteWell it looked legit to me..I should have trashed it..just sent it to u..it is legit..but I did not see 2021~We have another yr,
DeleteMonique, I have not seen that email. I'm with you, it all seems to be too much of a hassel. I don't want to have my blog disappear though. Too much time and effort went into it. Makes me very sad to think of all of our blogs just disappearing. Gone!
ReplyDeleteSending a big hug! You know I'm your loyal fan!!! This distresses me!
Back up your content..:) Please do so..had I done so..in Nov perhaps all my content would have been saved..let's face it less and less of us are blogging..
DeleteWhen Blogger reverted to the new format I hated it so much I changed back to the 'legacy' version. I found the new version more difficult to work with. Maybe it's "creature of habit" but I didn't like it at all. I got that email from G Suites also. From what I can tell, it's only related to people using Google 'Sites' which is where I host my printable recipes. I don't think you have to do anything unless you use Goggle Sites. I could be wrong but that was my interpretation. I totally agree on leave well enough alone. It was bad enough when Google took away Google Plus. I wish they'd stop changing things...so frustrating! I have converted and downloaded my blog to a Word Press site about a year ago, just in case Google gets too frustrating. I just don't want to lose all my content.
ReplyDeleteOh thanks for that inf re Google Sites..I guess that's what Linda was saying..ok fiou..yes ..I'll post while I can with the current version and then who knows..may look into Wix..may not..Good for you and WORD PRESS..
DeleteGeez..just leave well enough alone..we have until 2021.
A lot can happen.
Thanks Susan..You and I have been in this forevah togerthah..
Your blog is so lovely.........always a bit of sunshine to the day. Sorry that it is becoming un corvee.........& sorry for the nasty comments...never understand why people bother to do that. Whatever you decide will be right for you. For those of us who look forward to your posts it will be a loss. Merci for all the past beauty of your posts.
ReplyDeleteKay♥AS long as I can post ..I will..but the new format is just way beyond my expertise..Thanks so much..don't want this to be a cry baby post..Une corvée is just what I don't want.I love learning new things..but not all this rigamarole..Google plus was a bust..oh lala..
DeleteI know..the people that post such ridiculous things..Shouldn't we be in a world of helping ..not being a nuisance?:)
Monique, I am so sorry,you are experiencing problems. Google has made lots of changes to their Blogger platform and they continue to do so. Since I wrote the post about the changes, some things have changed once again.
ReplyDeleteThey feel like they have to keep up with the world by making changes and not being totally a Dinosaur. Most people do not like change. I do not like some of the changes. I try to write posts about changes I experience.
As for the Google sites email, that was for only people who use that. You do not. I have some recipes on there. I am always happy to assist you if you need help. Don’t hesitate to ask.
Back up your content as a safety measure. Even PicMonkey has an old version and new version.
I prefer the old version. They will also remove the old version soon.Take care and please don’t get stressed. Hugs
I backed up everything yesterday:) When I saw that mess..I backed it up...
DeleteThe whole interface was different..complicated.. and wrong blog name..
LOL don't get stressed..Thank you♥♥♥♥
So that email wasn't even for me? Wow.Wow.Woww..xoxoxo
DeleteSO sorry that you are having problems...:o(
ReplyDeleteI just did a post...as a test run...a few silly glitches, but all went well...NOBODY likes changes...especially in these times...:o(
I think the "F" word would have been perfect in your title!!😂
Good luck...if you need any help I am here for you...
Enjoy the party!!!🎉🎊🎈
Cheers!
Linda :o)
LOL yes..that's what all those symbols mean..But I don't want to go to Blogger hell on top of all this..Did you post w/ the new thing?Seems I got an email from Google Sites and I am not even on IT..that was a huge scare..it's for recipe people..I do post occasionally but most of the time it's a bout a simple life in general.Bla bla bla..
DeleteI am a walking Blogger Drama Queen it seems...Off to see your post!
Yes indeed...used the new format...I will get used to it...gonna ask my son how to back up my blog...
DeleteVivian coming over today...gonna stay!!! Lissa and Jeff over tomorrow...gotta keep ourselves occupied...
We do..oh happy for you!!
DeleteBack up is on Blogger.. that I can help you with..but I would trust your son more:)
I tried what he told me...am I supposed to see something?? Is it supposed to tell me it is backed up??? oy!!
DeleteAt the bottom of your computer it should show you tat it is downloading the back up..did it?
DeleteI feel your pain M. I hate change. Is there some way you could start your own website and not have to rely on an outside platform?
ReplyDeleteGoing to look into things..but to every thing there is a season right?:)
DeleteEverything is so confusing Monique. I dread 2021. Change and I, we are not friends. We do not get along very well at all. I always have to be dragged along. I need to keep reminding myself, "I can do hard things." What is it about the young that they always have to change everything, "make it better", improve what was already fine and not broken in the first place. Oh vey. It does my head in. xoxo
ReplyDeleteI am confident about many things..I can figure things out..but not instruction booklets..anyway..I had received and email from Google Sites saying action was required now..so I did.. but I am not even with Goggle sites..My blog came up as latabledenana/recipes..and only my recipes were there.Again..thought I had lost it all..so unless you adhere to Google sites stay away from that email.:(
DeleteI don't know why blogger had to change. When the new version came in I didn't like it but after trying it out a few times I'm ok with it, but I hope I'm not being complacent. I don't know anything about what's happening next year. I downloaded MS Edge but my grandson said not to bother with it, it's no better than Chrome, so I haven't used it. I backed up my blog but all I have is a lot of technical jargon that I can't make any sense of.
ReplyDeleteI did Edge too..I wish they would stop..IG doesn't work like it did since Edge and I am not using Edge..like you I favor Chrome:)
DeleteOh lala right?
PS just seen 'The Hunting Party' on your side bar, I've recently read it and enjoyed it :-)
ReplyDeleteNot bad.. not bad;) The House Guest is supposed to be better...
DeleteHard to beat Where The Crawdads Sing..I want another like that:)
Wow. I don't know where to begin. I think for the first time on a blog I may have read every comment. I didn't get that email. One day last week I went to my dashboard and it was all different -- looked different, etc. I work on a computer, not a tablet, so I haven't had the photo-loading problems I've heard some have. It feels a bit clunkier -- I liked Old Blogger better but it looks like it's all going away eventually (Old, not Blogger).
ReplyDeleteI'm so sorry you are dealing with this. I expect I will be too, when Google decides to pick on me. I don't understand the change thing. What would be interesting is how much do they know about the demographics of their users. I bet if they asked a) our ages and b) how to rate our tech skills they would find that we are largely 50+ and not exactly computer whizzes. And that's when it's really dumb to change and irritate your key users.
I have no idea how to back up my entire blog. Any ideas? Help!
For sure..
DeleteGo to Blogger..
Dashboard.
On the left hand side..go to settings..find OTHER..Click on that and Back Up Content will be top right:)
Hope you read this:)Let me know or I will send sep.
Yes, I don't need all the confusion and hoops to jump through. I also learn from real people verses instructions...I will post one more closing entry. Some people write well about Wordpress...maybe I will find a new enterprise...
ReplyDeleteBTW, how did you save your blog or how are you saving it?
I am sorry I did not come back here never saw your question..email me Rita if you have not done it yet🙂
DeleteI am terrified of losing my blog with all this change, I am backing it up after every new post. We'll muddle through, somehow. I hope.
ReplyDeleteAmalia
xo
Great reminder!!Every post!!
DeleteOh no! I hope that it can be resolved for you!!! xo
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