Modifications

13 Responses to Modifications

1. Steve says:

   September 21, 2008 at 13:39

   Updated the blog for WordPress 2.6.2. Turned off the WP Polls and Super-Cache. Had to create a new Modifications page as there was something wrong with the old one. Readers must now be registered and logged in in order to comment on posts.

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2. Steve says:

   October 9, 2008 at 14:46

   OK, I just went ahead and changed over to the Vader2 Dueling Sidebars skin in the K2 theme for WordPress. I also activated the Archive page properly and reactivated the Polls plugin. Hope this helps.

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3. Steve says:

   October 10, 2008 at 22:46

   I deactivated Ajaxed WordPress plugin and implemented the TinyMCE Comments plug in. This makes the blog more backwards compatible.

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4. Steve says:

   December 11, 2008 at 11:29

   All right, we have upgraded to WordPress 2.7 All plugins are up-to-date and everything seems to work a lot better.

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5. Steve says:

   December 28, 2008 at 16:21

   I have turned off the following plugins:

   Subscribe2 – sends an email when you post.
   Subscribe2 Sidebar Widget – shows Number of Subcribe2 subscribers.
   Comment Sorter – sorts comments any way you like, handled by AJAX’d WordPress.
   Search Docs – Allows me (the admin) the ability to search the WordPress Codex from the Dashboard, now handled by WordPress itself.
   WPhone – Allows me to post and manage the blog from my iPhone. WordPress now has a standalone app for the iPhone available in the App Store.

   I have reactivaed the following as they have been updated for WP 2.7 and I liked them;

   Post Notification – A subset of Suscribe2, but a lot more options.
   MCEComments – puts the rich text editor on the comments pane.
   WP Super Cache – supposed to make the blog load faster.

   By turning off Subscribe2, I hope to alleviate the problem of duplicate email notifications. Enjoy.

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6. Steve says:

   December 28, 2008 at 23:27

   Had a bit of a hitch today. Apparently, the Gravatar plugin was causing hell with the blog’s database, forcing it into some kind of loop. Bottom line, it wouldn’t load. I have had tech support (thanks Greg) at my host, Nexcess.net, look into it and they fixed it with their usual alacrity. Now, I should be able to post regularly.

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7. Steve says:

   January 3, 2009 at 10:02

   In the last couple of days, I added three new categories; Testing, DIY, and Los Angeles. Testing is for private posts so I can work with my blog editor. Those posts are not notified. DIY is for projects of interest I find from Make Magazine, or Instructables. Los Angeles is very self explanatory.

   Also, I fixed my Blogo problem. The good guys over there helped me pinpoint the issue, and now it works great. 

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8. Steve Smyth says:

   April 1, 2009 at 05:41

   OK, changed the theme to the new, improved K2/Vader2 theme, uploaded the new header image, upgraded the blog over the last weekend and upgraded all plugins.

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9. Steve Smyth says:

   April 12, 2009 at 16:49

   As much as I like the black look, I don't think it was very readable. Went to the white with custom banners.

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10. Steve Smyth says:

    June 14, 2009 at 07:02

    Went ahead and updated to WordPress 2.8 and updated a crap load of plugins. Some seem to work and one or two are going to have to go though another update to meet compatibility with 2.8.

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11. Steve Smyth says:

    June 25, 2009 at 15:33

    I have updated another crap load of plugins and everything is up to date. Also, went for the Kubrick 3 column theme for the blog. It is very clean and readable.

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12. Steve Smyth says:

    September 11, 2009 at 02:52

    Something is wrong with the blog, as I can't update posts or plugins. I have put in a ticket to my host, we'll see.

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13. Steve Smyth says:

    September 11, 2009 at 07:36

    Looks like my host has fixed the problem. Maybe I didn't upgrade quickly enough.

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