Up and running...

Finally got the blog working again, whew. I'm still tweaking some of the templates, but basic functionality is restored. I've changed my database to MySQL and upgraded my blogging software in addition to changing my webhost and my domain registrar. And it "only" took me two months. To my great relief I was able to import my backup file and restore all my old entries, complete with comments. It was too much to hope that would work. So, my hat's off to the people at MoveableType for maintaining backward compatibility. I got some very good help from Lisa on the MoveableType support forum.