Over the weekend, some of you may have noticed that KiteStop.com was down for some time. Well, this was due to some stupidity on my part, and ended up working out for the best.
As some of you know, I’m a web developer by trade. While kites are my passion, web development is what I have to do during the day to make a living.
Well, this weekend, I came home excited because I was going to be spending some time updating the e-commerce software that runs KiteStop.com. This upgrade promised to have some needed fixes and some really cool new features. (yeah, I’m a geek)..
So, when I got home from work on Friday, I started the upgrade process, which (as the software warns) begins with backing up the existing site. Well, being the arrogant, “I know what I’m doing” type… I skipped that portion.
About 97% of the way through the upgrade process, my server crashes, and the upgrade was corrupted.
Now, if I would have backed up my files, I would have been ok. But this time, arrogance jumped up and bit me. My files did not match up with my database, so the shop became completely unusable.
This has already gotten to be a long story, so I’ll just end with the fact that I spent the major part of the weekend, re-installing the software, uploading products and throwing on a fresh new design.
I hope you like it. If you see anything out of the ordinary while you are taking a look around, please let me know.
Enjoy.