thoughts out !oud

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Thoughts out !oud and the middle eastern Oud

I have felt that I need to blog an apology to the many, many enthusiasts who are scouring the internet for information about the Middle Eastern instrument, the Oud (a guitar-like instrument, pronounced ud, I believe), and who are ending up at my blog: Thoughts out !oud.

Monitoring the free blogging stats tool for my blog I have noticed with interest that my blog is ranking reasonably well in searches for the Oud, turning up in search strings such as: Oud, Oud for sale, Ouds for sale Sydney, thinking out oud, Oud built, stand for Oud, out Oud, Oud Cartoons, playing the Oud, all about the Oud, Oud poetry, etc. It became obvious to me that, so far as Google and other search engines are concerned, Thoughts out… Continue reading Thoughts out !oud and the middle eastern Oud

Error 404s no more … blog’s up!

Phew! After a week of Thoughts out !oud dwelling in limbo, it looks as though things are back up and running as they ought to be!

Firstly, a thank you must go out to Rick of The Narrow Path who kindly leant some of his precious web developer time to help me figure out what damage I had caused my blog. Cheers, Rick! In the end, it seemed that just deleting everything off my host and reinstalling Wordpress v2.5.1 did the trick for me. (Which was by far the better option than paying my host $300 to restore my blog prior to cyclone Mathew!)

Although, the only draw back seems to be that my chosen theme no longer functions properly … so I have a… Continue reading Error 404s no more ... blog's up!

Blog ‘technical’ difficulties …

I attempted to upgrade my version of WordPress yesterday. It didn’t turn out so good, unfortunately. However, if you read my posts via your RSS reader or if you have subscribed by email, your reading should remain unhindered as those two avenues are still working, I believe.

If you’ve just found me today, things are looking pretty boring and bland. The links to any of my other posts are not working (return Error 404s), so only my most recent posts will appear in full on the homepage.

I’ve sent out an SOS to a friend of a friend, so hopefully everything will be back up and running sooner rather than later.

Thanks for you patience!…

Christian Bloggers Network

If you’re a Christian and you maintain your own blog … and you’re on Facebook, then you might like to join up with the Christian Bloggers Network group. Joining will ensure a listing for you and your blog, by country (or US State). Already there are over 500 blogs listed.

This is a great way to read up on what other Christian bloggers are blogging about.

Why not add yours?

Join the group at: Christian Bloggers Network (requires a free Facebook account in order to view and to join)… Continue reading Christian Bloggers Network

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[Oh, and if you were wondering what the Chinese section was (菲利普曼纽尔和芳曼纽尔), wonder no more! It’s a page dedicated to some picture slideshows of my brother-in-law’s recent marriage to a beautiful Chinese bride. But I’ve password protected it … hey, it contains some photos of me … and I’d rather not scare you away!)… Continue reading Read up on To!, now via your email!