JUNE 13, 2008 - Please excuse the temporary emptiness of this site. I was doing what I thought was a routine server move-around, and followed the backup directions just as I was told by the super smart tech guys. However, when it came time to restore all the files, all four+ years of scooterfix and girlbike scooter blog files got smished. Or at least so messed up that those super smart tech guys haven't been able to figure it out yet. Keep your fingers crossed!

Thankfully, I have a relatively new backup of content, but a good number of images, code and the last couple of months of posts are gone, and it's a very tedious process to port all that information since the database is so large. scooterfix had just under 500 posts, not to mention all the reader comments, links, and images. An added challenge for me is that I do all the design and coding myself, and since I'm not a programmer, oftentimes my css is trial and error and not necessarily easy for me to recall or replicate.

scooter seat covers is completely intact and functional. It was down for about 20 hours due to this mess, but I always keep a full back up of that content so there are no issues there.

Some of my other blog-based sites were also messed up in the backup, but they are more fixable. For example, scoot|pink's content was all intact with the exception of all its images, but after a late night and early morning repair marathon, most of them have been replaced as of this morning. scoot|green's may have had its design elements wiped out but I do have a full content backup. That will be the next project but it may be a few days before it's all functioning full content is now up, but for some inexplicable reason, all the links were missing so those will be manually added again down the road. I also took advantage of the mess to redesign it to match my other sites. I'm certain I'll find a few fix-its that need to be done in the next couple of weeks on each site - if you notice anything missing or out of place, please let me know.

As for scooterfix, I have no estimate when it will be up again. It's the busy season for scootering, and scooter seat covers customer orders have to come first. My customers are who buy my groceries and help to support this luxury of running so many scooter blogs simply for the love of scooters and its community.

Thank you for your continued support and patience. - Crystal