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WordPress 3.0 and K2 theme

Harrison — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 18:57:21 +0000

I am currently running WordPress 3.0 using the K2 theme nightly version 1.1 r1105. When I previewed the theme first the format was not showing up correctly. I had to re-select ‘Use K2 Styling’ in order for the site to be displayed correctly. I only mention this because on two other sites with a different hosts I did not have to do this. Strange – no matter everything is working.

Also, I had to re-select ‘Header Menu Home tab’ selection of Custom and re-enter ‘Custom Home tab’ name: Start under the K2 Options tab.

sent from Macjournal

Harrison — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:55:21 +0000

Since I own Macjournal and I am only using the trial version of MarsEdit, I will now try using Macjournal for a while before spending more money for MarsEdit.

Giving MarsEdit a try

Harrison — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:35:16 +0000

First post of 2010 – FINALLY!
Maybe if I try a weblog editor like MarsEdit, I may actually post more often. This still doesn’t have the flexibility of some of the plugins provide. Like embedded video. And I have not tried to upload and insert a picture. I currently do not use Flickr. For most of my text based post, this will definitely work as is.

Additionally, I am trying out layout changes once again. There are sidebar issues with the currently nightly of K2 that I’m using – r1044. I not sure about dueling sidebars or 2 on the right. A single sidebar just doesn’t work for all the stuff I want to display. Time will tell.

Just a test from my iPod Touch

Harrison — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:37:36 +0000

Checking to see if this post appears ok.

Typing on the virtual keyboard is a bit time consuming. Twitter is the only app that works for this type of posting. Keep it short and specfic.

Still using K2 theme with WordPress

Harrison — Sat, 30 May 2009 09:13:48 +0000

I am still using the K2 theme, now revision r791 with the current version of WordPress 2.7.1. I still need to adapt to widgets vs K2′s SBM (sidebar manager). I liked K2′s SBM much better than widgets due to the ease of use, flexibility, and customizability. I will need to hunt down more plugins or widgets to get back what I miss, mainly Pages display control.

For as often as I post, does this matter? A little. Time for some experimentation.

Current blog set-up

Harrison — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 05:22:15 +0000

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.

From iPod Touch

Harrison — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 11:21:07 +0000

Testing out blogging from iPod Touch. Only good for twitter like/style posts. Especially, since there is no copy & paste function. Typing is a bit slow using touch screen interface, but tolerable.
I would probably use twitter and display the feed in my sidebar if this becomes something I start using more often.

From Flock

Harrison — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:44:34 +0000

Final test using Flock. Very basic, too basic. Category list shows up after you select publish.

Blogged with the Flock Browser

Testing MarsEdit

Harrison — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 06:19:50 +0000

A quick post to test blogging from something besides the WordPress admin dashboard.

Test using Blogo

Harrison — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:19:14 +0000

Test from another choice – Blogo

So far, initially I like MarsEdit better since it shows my pre-exisiting categories. The editting sidebar is good but Blogo does not show previously used tags.

I found out how to add/edit catergories throuh trial and error. Easy and does supply a nice drop down menu.