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- opinions of a middle-aged native Northern Californian
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I have been using WordPress for awhile with the K2 theme and I would say that these two together make a powerful combination that is easy to use. I have not had any real problems that I did not cause myself from experimenting. Of course everyone should BACK-UP their websites in case of problems.
The current version of WordPress is 2.3 and works great the K2 theme. I am currently using K2 revision 562. The most recent versions of K2 know give you that option to run WordPress widgets or K2 sidebar modules. Keeping up-to-date is easy with upgrade plugins. I use InstantUpgrade version 0.2 by Alex Günsche.
View a list of plugins I use to run this site or see it on an About page subpage.
Anyone interested in starting blog should definitely consider WordPress with K2.
I noticed a serious issue with the Jaiku badge that requires shockwave-flash. If the browser does not have the proper plugin the page rendering becomes extremely random. My sidebar was everywhere except on the right side. I removed the Jaiku badge from the previous post due to this problem. If the browser does not have the correct plugin there should just be a blank spot asking for or stating condition of plugin needed. This should not confuse the format to the point of making an unreadable page.
My main computer is a Mac. My main browser currently is Safari. I also use Firefox 2.0.0.7 and Flock 0.9.1.3. Occasionally, I use Camino 1.5.1 or Shiira 2.2.
I know a simple cure for me would be to make sure any and all browsers I use have up-to-date plugins. But what about the rest of the world? Not everyone is on top of updating.
I re-added a computer useage/owner subpage to the About page.
I have been an Apple computer user since the late 1970′s and an owner since the mid 1990′s. The first computer I used was an Apple II plus. I still own this computer, rescued from my mother’s garage. The first computer that I purchased for myself was an Apple Power Macintosh 7100/66 AV. I still own this. I guess I am starting a Mac collection museum.
What is the point? Does anyone really care if I’m awake or asleep?
Do I care what someone had for breakfast?
I have more interesting things to waste time on. Mini-blogging is a major time waste. If the post is not worth the time to actually write it out why bother.
I removed the sidebar Twitter and Jaiku modules. If there is still a need to follow me when I post to Twitter or Jaiku, I will still provide links. Maybe, I’ll just post once a month to these services just to stay remotely involved.
Jaiku
follow me on Jaiku
Twitter
follow me on Twitter
There seems to be a lot of talk about how great Twitter is. What about Jaiku?
When it comes to web badges, I like simplicity. The basic Twitter web badge can display 1-20 updates. The simple Jaiku web badge only displays most recent update. The more advanced flash web badges for both are not bad for displaying updates with or without friends. They are just too busy for me.
Since Jaiku allows feeds from other services and is not hyped up like Twitter, I tend to prefer Jaiku.
I am still using WordPress v2.2.1, although 2.2.2 is available. I upgraded the K2 theme to beta revision 377 and I have the Disable WordPress Widgets plugin activated. Everything seems to be working.
Since the sidebar modules are not working within the K2 theme using WordPress 2.2.1 I am just going to use the WordPress widgets for now. I hope a future SVN of K2 will fix this problem. I am currently sticking with K2 version 0.9.6.
Well, for now I have disabled the K2 theme due to more problems. The new problem happens when using K2′s sidebar modules. I can name and load different types but when I set advanced options, like page display options, ALL of the modules in the sidebar are renamed to the one currently adjusting. I am using the most recent stable version: 0.9.6. I have tried the most recent nightly SVN, r375, but this causes other problems. Actually, I think the other problems are related to V0.9.6.
The “disabled module” section does not work. I can not drag a module to the “disabled module” section to disable it. The module just snaps back to the sidebar.
After reading through the K2 support forums, I found my problem is common and could be related to the newest version of WordPress. Upgrading from 2.2 to 2.2.1 appears to be a key issue.
I caused some serious errors in my site due to screwing around with some WordPress plugins. All the data was backuped but I decided to start over. I may re-upload some of my recent posts.
I am still going to use WordPress, now version 2.2.1, with the excellent K2 theme. Current stable version: 0.9.6
