Well, my computer has died; the motherboard has given up the ghost. This has, obviously, left me with a few headaches (but not has many as it would have several years ago). Thanks to the rise of Web2.0 I have been able to;
- Set up IMAP mail folders on another temporary machine quickly, so that I can still access email (and in the process it means that I can quickly set up again on a new machine when I get it without losing any messages received in the meantime)
- Continue accessing the school website, moderate comments and create pages as everything is held remotely by our hosts.
- Continue to access the subscriber lists, newsletter facility, and database for another website I run as this too is held remotely at the website host
Unfortunately I am unable to;
- Use dreamweaver (for building webpages / site), flash and other design software that ran on the old machine
- Access old emails / files and folders on the old machine
However, the good news is that the old hard drive is still working, so can be fitted into a caddy and the files transferred across to a new machine once I get it. Then I will be able to reinstall all the software, and (hopefully) carry on as normal.
