Comments (4) I have been looking at delicious.com. It has a feature where the pages you bookmark each day get sent through as an auto post on your blog. The post is how you see it below. You can then edit it to display what and how you want.
Interesting way to share what you find interesting with other readers.
WordPress 2.6 is not too bad although it still has some design issues that I don’t particularly like. I come to those a little later.
If you are using the Joost de Valk plugins Google Analytics, robots meta or RSS footer, then you may find there are issues. Your first step is to ensure you have the latest copies of these plugins. Your plugin option from the dashboard will help to auto update these plugins.
Once updated and activated, you will need to go to each of these plugins and reset the values. For me, the RSS footer plugin has lost all its information so I will need to re-enter it all. If you receive this via RSS or email you may notice the footer a little empty at present.
If, like me, you use your footer to carry messages, or for me to carry links to promotions for subscribers, losing that information can be embarrassing and lose you subscribers. The robots meta and Google Analytics will also create problems that you wont know about.
If you use those plugins then update and check the settings. Thanks to Joost de Valk from Yoast.com for letting everyone know through his blog. Sometimes it pays to subscribe to those who write your plugins or themes.
What I don’t like about WordPress 2.6
WordPress 2.6 is not too bad, a tad better than 2.5. However the one thing that is really annoying me at present is in the widget control options. If you have created text boxes and want to switch them from say left to right side bars, there is no option to simple drag and drop from one to the other. In fact you have to remove it from one sidebar and as soon as you do, you lose all the script within the text box.
The only way to move a text box from one side bar to another is by copying the contents, removing the box from sidebar, saving, selecting the second sidebar, then adding a text box and pasting the code in. Don’t forget to save again. That is a lot of steps compared to WordPress 2.3 where you could drag – drop and save – job done.
Poor design WordPress – so far I am happy with the rest – if anything annoys me I will let you know.
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Updating a site is never much fun and I still haven’t finished. If you can recommend a good provider of WordPress themes let me know. I want something similar to this – a little lighter on code, faster to load, and perhaps lighter in color. The one thing I want most themes don’t seem to have and that is comments enabled on pages. If I have to pay – so be it.
As to upgrading – what is your opinion – dark themes such as this one, or the new look ‘white’ themes that seem to be cropping up everywhere? Please do let me know – I am in two minds.
While your here, check out the video – kinda how I feel after doing some updating that didn’t quite go well – ever notice it takes 1 minute to create chaos and hours to reverse it??????
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