More Site Updates

First, my hosting provider is being rather slow, mainly because of leftover problems due to a planned power outage that took place over the weekend. Trust me, I know exactly how slow it is. But, I apoligize for any inconveniences.

Second, I am switching between the Redoable theme (discussed here) and a futuristic reimplementation of my old Hemingway theme, called HemingwayEx. So, if you see different themes, or things broken, don’t be too alarmed. If something looks bad, though, leave me a comment here or contact me. I might already know about the problem, but it doesn’t hurt to be careful.

For those curious, here is what the old Hemingway theme looked like (click to see fullsize): Continue reading

Changes

Don’t worry if you’ve noticed the changes made to the website over the weekend. I’m testing out the Redoable 1.1 theme for WordPress. Actually, I have been looking at it for another website I run, and I kinda like it. I might leave it as the regular theme on here, just cause I like the way it looks.

This theme is a version of K2, so this means the site is a little on the slow side while loading.  I’m still experimenting with making it load faster, so bear with me.

Update – WordPress 2.1 Problems

So, I wrote a little while ago about the new version of WordPress (2.1). Well, it seems after all that praise, I had a little problem (ok, a couple).

You see, I have multiple WordPress installs (lol, if you want to know why, check the links to see the multiple blogs). On some of these installs, after installing WordPress 2.1, I could see the new Visual/Code “tabbed editor” thingie. But on other installs, I couldn’t see the “tabbed editor”. All I could use was the Code version of the editor (which is a nice thing, but I need to use the Visual window sometimes).

Tabbed Editor

So how to fix this problem? Well, a couple of trips to the WordPress.org forums, and I found the answer. First, this post, and then the answer was on this post.

Go to your WordPress admin page. Then click on ‘Users’ on the toolbar. The click ‘Edit’ on your admin user. Now, click ‘Your Profile’, which is just under the main toolbar.

Your Profile button

And, lastly, place a check mark in the “Use the visual editor when writing” and click “Update Profile”.

Visual editor option

Ok, so we fixed that, but now a complaint: The redone “Insert/Edit Link”AJAX pop-out.

Insert Link

First, the developers switched which side of the bottom the “Insert” and “Cancel” buttons are on (yes, a major complaint, as I was used to the old system, so now I hit Cancel all the time and mess up my posts).

Second, after you insert a link, the “Insert/Edit Link” pop-out clears, but stays on the screen. Why? Who knows? But it is still on the screen, after the editor has inserted the link.

But, at least we fixed the major problem of the day, thanks to the wonderful WordPress forums.

Upgraded to WordPress 2.1

Wordpress Logo

I upgraded to the new version of WordPress (my blog publishing platform) last week. The new version is 2.1 (details on the new version are here).

If you happen to notice any problems with the website, please let me know ASAP. Thanks, I really appreciate it.

For a better description of WordPress, check out the WordPress article on Wikipedia here. Wikipedia does an especially good job explaining the new version of WordPress:

In addition to correcting security issues, version 2.1 featured a redesigned interface and enhanced editing tools (including integrated spell check and auto save), improved content management options, and a variety of code and database optimizations.

Possible the best-looking addition is the new login page:
new WordPress login page
Instead of this old thing:
old WordPress login page