Feedblitz has an impossible design template, a confusing layout, but it doesn’t fatally crash my website. Who knew that MailPoet, a plugin by the makers of this website’s software backend, would regularly throw up bugs and, in a final act of petulance, create a fatal error requiring hours to fix: time with support, restoring an older version of my site, updating it, and updating — AGAIN! — PHPs. I mean, really MailPoet, could you be any worse‽!
I liked how MailPoet exists within my website, is drag ‘n drop, makes designing a one-off newsletter a breeze. And I tolerated its less-than-basic stats and having fewer features than Feedblitz. I even managed to put up with lots of frustrated puffing, fixing, and recovery rest from its screwing up. But a fatal error? Fuck that. Back to Feedblitz!
MailPoet wasn’t the only software that crashed my week. I’d planned on using Affinity Publisher to design the paperback for The Soul’s Awakening. I found a good YouTube video to follow along and start a book template from fresh on my new speedy robust laptop. Everything was going peachy until I tried to import the manuscript DOC.
Crash.
Over and over.
Nothing worked.
Support hasn’t replied yet other than to say I’m nearing the top of the queue. Seriously!
I’d say Canva buying out Affinity has worsened support.
Anyway, I added the new subscribers who signed up through MailPoet to the Feedblitz list. I’m hoping no one unsubscribed that now finds themself back on the list. I deleted the plugin without downloading the list because I forgot and because clicking anywhere in my site’s backend crashed the site.
Luckily, both MailPoet and Feedblitz email me with subscriber changes; I checked my emails carefully. But if you’re back on the list and don’t wanna be, hit that unsubscribe button at the very bottom of the email. I hope you won’t! Your subscription keeps me encouraged to write novels, posts, and info on brain injury!!
