• We’re currently investigating an issue related to the forum theme and styling that is impacting page layout and visual formatting. The problem has been identified, and we are actively working on a resolution. There is no impact to user data or functionality, this is strictly a front-end display issue. We’ll post an update once the fix has been deployed. Thanks for your patience while we get this sorted.

OMG I shot myself in the foot at work today.

N

NikPreviousAcct

No Lifer
I've got a new structure for the company website ready to go and finally got the OK from upper management to roll it out this morning. What happens? I ran upstairs to the server room to archive the current site. I basically copied the entire site's folder to another folder elsewhere on the system (RH9). What I didn't realize is that I was still in the site folder when I was copying files, so when I deleted the entire contents of the folder, the archive went out the window too.

Okay, I thought, I'll just undelete the archive. I checked the file system --CRAP. It's EXT3. 🙁 I can't undelete.

/me kicks himself

Good thing I have the new site structure saved on my laptop. I copied it to CD and ran it upstairs and now I'm working on rebuilding the content for each page manually.

🙁

The good thing is that I should be able to get all but two pages rebuilt with proper content from google's cache. 😀 God I love Google. :thumbsup:


Cliff's notes:
1) New site approved! Yay!
2) Deleted the old site AND the old site's archive! DOH!
3) Used backup of new site from laptop
4) Google cache saved my ass!
 
Damn, I thought you actually shot yourself in the foot

**loses all interest in thread now***
 
Sounds like the time I had an outlook .pst file on my desktop and I deleted my user profile from the computer (including the desktop)
 
Originally posted by: Nik
Okay, I thought, I'll just undelete the archive. I checked the file system --CRAP. It's EXT3. 🙁 I can't undelete.

Cliff's notes:
3) Used backup of new site from laptop
4) Google cache saved my ass!
Click to expand...

Maybe you can use this incident as ammunition to get your boss(es) to spring for some sort of nightly backup solution?

 
Originally posted by: neonerd
Originally posted by: NorthRiver
Originally posted by: SynthDude2001
Originally posted by: captains
Originally posted by: NFS4
Damn, I thought you actually shot yourself in the head

**loses all interest in thread now***
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...

what was the site?
Click to expand...

any any site that could have been recovered from google cache must be also hosted on geocities.......................................
 
hahahahaha

Bachman Turner Overdrive's Takin' Care of Business is playing on the shoutcast server I'm listening to. :laugh: That's hilarious 😀
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Back
Top