You may notice a few slight changes around here. After fighting a horrible combination of random events all plotting to destroy my Sunday morning, this blog is back in working form. I have now upgraded both my blogging software (WordPress) and the style that it utilizes – K2 by Michael Heilemann Both offer significant improvements over previous releases. The “dashboard” in WordPress 2.01 is much more user-friendly than v1.5. Options are much more intuitive and clearly laid out. K2 offersRead more
Posts filed in: Web Design
Blogging Blues. How a 5 minute 'update' became a 5 hour fiasco.
So WordPress claims that the upgrade should take ‘5 minutes’ – hmm. It took me over 3 hours last night – at which point I ‘broke’ my blog – if you happened to drop by between 12am (jkta time) and 9am – you would have seen a completely blank page instead of my blog. Great stuff. I gave up last night and left it. Today I found a variety of problems and am slowly bringing it back to life. PleaseRead more
Blogging Bits: Flickr vs. WordPress vs. RSS?
I had no idea so many of you were viewing the blog via RSS, but it seems that the general consensus is that I have two separate groups of visitors – those that check out the blog and those that drop into Flickr. I’m guessing the Flickr community most likely doesn’t view the blog too often and now I see that many of you visit the blog and not Flickr – therefore, I will start posting more of ‘everything’ onRead more
So What Do You Think?
Do you like the re-design? Bland? Boring? Simple? Clean? I’m not finished yet, but have made some definite progress today. I’ve implemented a variety of changes, some obvious, others not so much. It’s all in the details – like the menu above, the registration on the right side of the header (so you won’t have to always add your info if you want to comment), technorati tags, much more intuitive archives (check it out!). These changes should make the siteRead more
Time for Change
As another year rolls by with this site, I’ve decided to attempt an upgrade to this blog’s design, navigation, and layout. The software that I’ve been using for a while is WordPress – I’m going to do my best to upgrade to the newest version without too many bumps, but if something drastically goes wrong, you’ll know why! *Update* – I’ve managed to upgrade to the newest version of WordPress without any problems, but as I begin the customization process,Read more