Chowrangi

Those using blogger.com platform for sometime now are having tough time again. Here is how: Despite the year long ban on Blogspot, it has been working fine for me; it was possible to login and publish. Blogs could be viewed through a one of the free proxies available online.

Then this happened; on January 27, 2007, I was invited to switch to newer version. I did it only for login (that means I opted to login with my Google account leaving every thing else intact because over time I have heavily customized my templates. Since then, I was unable to login and access my dashboard. Frustrated; I wrote to my friends, gurus and experts including blogger support. No body could figure out weather this was a blogger new version problem or it is happening due to ban in place.

I have been thinking other alternatives in the meantime. Can Light Within members living abroad post new material on the blog? Should I get my own domain? Should I leave blogging for those who can and do some thing else for my creative pursuits? One thing is sure that I have to do some thing.

I am still contemplating my future when Sidhusaaheb sent this email:

“I’ve been able to sign in to New Blogger from here, through this proxy. The only problem I faced was that all default links and menu options were in the French language, after signing in. It was not too difficult to make out the ones that I required though.”

And it has worked. Thanks Sidhusaaheb.

But who knows? Please be careful before you switch to new version?

Other posts by shirazi

• How much do you reveal? - August 2nd, 2007
• Soul Search - August 2nd, 2007
• Cyber warfare - July 24th, 2007
• Chaudhry Map - July 19th, 2007
• Satghara: The Heritage Village - July 14th, 2007
• Karachi: Gateway to Pakistan - July 14th, 2007
• Plato's Concept of Justice - July 12th, 2007
• Information oversupply - July 11th, 2007
• Khanewal Junction - July 7th, 2007
• Alpine lakes - July 7th, 2007