Monthly Archive for October, 2008

Changes since upgrade to WordPress 2.7 and K2 theme

There are a few things I notice don’t work properly or just look bad. Since I easily found alternatives I have not looked into the cause of the issue.

Plugins Used:
I was using the pluginsUsedPlugin from Andrew Chen but this no longer renders anything. I did like the simple and clean list output it gave. This plugin still works great on my main blog (Harrison Blackwood) using WordPress 2.6.2 and K2 RC r718.

I switched to WP-PluginsUsed from Lester ‘GaMerZ’ Chan. This plugin adds more advance display choices. I use other plugins from Lester ‘GaMerZ’ Chan and they all work great.

Last.fm:
I stopped using the code snippet from last.fm in a sidebar module mainly because it looks dull and overly simplistic. I still like the last.fm generated widget but I want a more graphically pleasing one. Since I am only using one sidebar with a limited number of modules a graphic version looks better and doesn’t get lost if in an overly busy set-up.

I switched to Last.Fm Records plugin from Jeroen Smeets. This works great and is simple to set-up and use. The current version 1.4 requires PHP 5 which causes a problem for my other site so I use version 1.3.1 there. I’m looking into changing hosts for my other site.

Flock:
Flock badges are not currently working/linking. This could be more related to their website and the recent release of Flock 2.0 from beta. I changed the badge to just a text link for now. I still want to show support for this great alternative social cross-platform browser.

Everything else works ok with my current versions of WordPress and K2.

WordPress 2.7 almost-beta

The new interface may take a little time to get used to for some. I like the uncluttered look.

bleeding-edge to hemorrhage -> NOW: almost-beta

wordpress-27-almost-beta

Updated to WordPress 2.7 with K2

Well, I finally updated my version of WordPress to version 2.7-hemorrhage manually. Everything went smooth. After I finished I checked for an update to the nightly build of WordPress 2.7 that I had from a coupe of days ago – now reads 2.7-almost-beta. Still using K2 theme revision 721 no problems.

From iPod touch

Testing iPod Touch blogging using WordPress app.

Typing is a bit slow. Short posts would work best. Just like using Twitter.