I am currently running WordPress 3.0 using the K2 theme nightly version 1.1 r1105. No problems with my host on this site. Other sites with different hosts it takes a couple more steps for a smooth transition. It’s all good!
- testing blog of Harrison Blackwood
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Just upgraded to WordPress 2.8.1 and K2 theme now RC8 1.0. Everything went o.k. as expected.
There was a problem with Last.Fm Records plugin by Jeroen Smeets when using WordPress 2.8.1 but he fixed it quickly with version 1.5.3.
WordPress 2.8 using K2 theme revision r798, everything appears to be working ok.
Still need to find new or adjust plugins and widgets to get site to my liking.
Upgraded to nightly K2 r778 using WordPress 2.7.1
Everything still working great. The K2 theme is still one of the best WordPress themes for many user types.
My current blog set-up:
WordPress 2.7.1
theme K2 r764
Everything works great as expected. I stopped using the K2 Sidebar Manager (SBM), since it was being phased out. I prefer the SBM. The widgets manager does not give you enough options or settings for displaying individual widgets. Mainly, the lack of options with the Pages widget compared to the K2 SBM version.
There is supposed to be a K2 SBM to widget importer in the works. It will be interesting to see how they handle the reduced options.
As the title states, I’m using the K2 theme. Actually, I have always used the most current nightly version which is r743 as of 12/18/08.
K2 works great with WordPress 2.7. I used K2 from development WordPress 2.7 bleeding-edge to final release with no real problem. I may try WordPress 2.8 bleeding-edge just for the hell of it. Stay tuned.
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.
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
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.
Upgraded to WordPress 2.6.2 today and using the K2 theme revision r718.
Everything works now but the upgrade process using InstantUpgrade 1.0 beta2 did not go as quickly or smoothly as in the past. All that happened was I had to reload the confirmation page 3 times. Eventually, it failed with some lines of code that I did not copy. I just went back to my blog start page and re-logged in and everything works great.
I know this plugin is still a beta. I guess I could try a different upgrade plugin but this one works well enough for the test site.
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