On 2008-07-28 16:39:31 -0700, dorayme <doraymeRidThis@optusnet.com.au> said:
>>>> ...most problems with a website can be solved by throwing >>>> the website away and starting all over again. >>> >>> Is there any real evidence for this? >> >> Is there any evidence to preclude it? > > Let us suppose there is no obvious evidence to preclude it either. I > would say that in the absence of evidence one way or the other, it is an > open question whether starting again fixes most problems. Surely it > depends on what the author knows (better than the previous author) or > learns in the meantime (from his first attempt).
Wiping the entire website and starting fresh, it seems to me, is a great way to avoid solving the problem altogether. Making a website work correctly is the solution, not starting all over agan. I don't doubt that removing it entirely may solve any number of difficulties known and unknown. But once the website is rebuilt, if it doesn't work appropriately, the next "cure" might either be wiping the hard-drive say, or moving to Windows. Also not solutions. -- Thank you and have a nice day.
