New K2 release, updating this and that, here and there. I recommend getting it if you’re a K2ian.
Tag Archive for 'wordpress'
Page 2 of 3
Figured out why my RSS feed isn’t displaying the full post anymore. Apparently WordPress now truncates posts that use the <
more> tag in RSS feeds. Funny, it never did that before. I am, now, quite pissed. #
Amen brother. Amen.
I would have written a rant about this, but I just could not be bothered. But anything Christopher says, I agree with 100%. Why would you change core functionality in a point update? It doesn’t make any sense at all. Especially since it actually removes the choice between excerpts and full-length feeds…
I’ve always proudly served full-length feeds, since I firmly believe that excerpted feeds are lame. And now, with this new functionality, I no longer have the choice.
Adding injury to injury, the new ‘excerpt’ doesn’t even indicate to the reader of the feed that they are only seeing the tip of the iceberg!…
First forced rel=nofollow. Then snap. Now this?
Seriously.
Pondering a recent entry, I came to the conclusion that some decisions simply dumbfound me. I mean… I literally don’t know what to say. But at least I’m glad I’ve got Kottke, Gruber, Boing Boing, Jeremy Keith and Bruce Sterling on my side.
Thank you Kottke (and in turn Gruber) for showing everyone how to disable the ‘Snap Preview’s that have been popping up everywhere.
Update: Jeremy has a good entry summing up some of my own thoughts and providing some stuff I hadn’t seen before as well.
Several people have been asking how I got my write page to be so clutter free… Well, there you have it.
Now I don’t personally use the visual editor in WordPress. I like me some Textile and control. But it is in there, and I think non-tech users are better off overall because of it.
And now with WordPress 2.1, you can even switch between WYSIWYG and code views. Great!
Yeah, well it is great, but what in the hell is going on with those buttons?!
Yeah, so I’m still at home, eating oat meal and yoghurt very slowly. Very carefully. Which by the way, for those of you keeping track, means I missed out on the burgers at work today. Which sucks, because they are legendary burgers. And free.
Anyway, it does give me an opportunity to mindlessly check my feeds when I’m not feeding myself with painkillers. And as luck would have it, Prototype 1.5 was released today, complete with a new site and brand-spanking new documentation! Shiny!
I’ve already updated our K2 SVN repository, which by the way is as near as I can tell ready for the imminent release of WordPress 2.1.
Since its enthusiastic adoption a year and a half ago, by Google, Six Apart, WordPress, and of course the eminent Dave Winer, I think we can all agree that nofollow has done … nothing. Comment spam? Thicker than ever. It’s had absolutely no effect on the volume of spam. That’s probably because comment spammers don’t give a crap, because the marginal cost of spamming is so low. Also, nofollow-tagged links are still links, which means that humans can still click on them – and if humans can click, there’s a chance somebody might visit the linked sites after all.
I of course hate being the obnoxious asshole shouting ‘I fucking told you so!’ (that’s not true), still… I told you so.
Fixing the broken AJAX (file-name mismatch) and a batch of other bugs from the bug tracker, r157 is now available from the usual place.
And on a related note, Dave has updated his FlickrRSS plugin to v3.0, which K2 of course supports.
And let me again chime in with a plea: If you encounter any bugs or if you’re planning on doing something with our code and there’s some way we can help you by making changes to the core, then please, let us know. The easiest way is to file a bug report, which you can be certain we look at, and then we’ll take it from there. I’ve already helped several people who’ve requested minor changes to the code, to make it easier for them to create their custom styles. And now is the time, before we get too close to the final release.
As usual, support questions, tips and tricks, general shenanigans and the talk of fairies go in the support forum.
Update: Fixed the missing authors on entries in r157.
We won’t be able to deliver to you a 1.0 before the new year, as I had promised. But that’s okay, because I’m pretty proud of this Beta Two to be quite honest. It has seen some significant strides lately, and by and large I consider it a very stable product.
For Beta Two, there’s a new button in the options panel, which lets you quickly and easily set the options of Arnaud’s Extended Live Archives, try it out. Also, you’ll notice the inclusion of several Fam Fam Fam Silk Icons, which I personally love.
Chris went into some of the javascript files and bled them down to the bare essentials, and I finally got around to putting the ShowUtils and HideUtils functions into their own file (k2/js/k2functions.js). You may have noticed those two functions showing up in pingbacks and trackbacks all over the place; well that was my fault, and I’m really sorry. I hope Matt and the guys do something about it in Kubrick for 2.1.
There’s lots of other stuff as well, most of which you probably won’t notice, but trust us, it’s better.
If your favorite bug remains unfixed, head on over to the bug tracker and submit or resubmit a bug report, and you can be sure we’ll check it out. As usual, many tips and tricks can be found in the support forums, where you can also share your customizations and check out other people struttin’ their stuff. For a little taster, check out “Tauquil’s offering”:http://tauquil.com/.
So from Chris and I, a happy new year.
Download K2 Beta Two (for WordPress 2.0)
Revision 156
Matt let the WP-Hackers mailing list know that WordPress 2.0 will be released:
Wednesday or Thursday, depending on the phase of the moon.
John Sinteur was kind enough to let us know that on wednesday this is how the moon will look, and on thursday, this is what we’ll get. Get your voodoo on and let us know what you think will happen.
Now, this means we’ll be rolling K2 over to 2.0-only this week. Feel free to stay with r125, which will be the last version for WordPress 1.5, but know that we won’t be updating it anymore. If you’re interested in being the guy or gal who keeps a 1.5 version up-to-date, then let us know, otherwise it’ll stay the way it is.
Update: Core support people have requested a delay until after Christmas in order to prepare upgrade documentation and enjoy the holidays a bit before the release.This, combined with the fact I haven’t got the changes to wordpress.org ready, is pretty compelling, so the release is currently planned for the 26th of December.
Arno went ahead and added category support to Jonas’ Super Archives plugin releasing it as the Extended Live Archives Plugin fantastic!
If it reaches a suitable stability for K2’s release, it will of course be supported.
Were it up to me, K2 would’ve been out of my hands a long time ago. And of course, in a sense it is (or were) up to me; but I just haven’t had the time / motivation to get it done.
Until now.
Please welcome ‘Vader’, a K2-based ‘design’ (not that I want to inflate the word ‘design’, but ‘color palette’ is a bit weak, yes?), which will help me bring Binary Bonsai up to speed as well as test among other things the pages functionality in WordPress. Should you wish to see Freya, you can visit her in the detention area.
Impotent in the workings of Javascript, PHP and SQL as I am, I rely entirely on coaxing others to do my work for me. Such is also the case with the newly implemented Live Archives, brought into creation by Jonas Rabbe from my plans, drawn up almost 6 months ago. Remarkable, as Jonas is only 4 days into WordPress!
Oh, you want them too? Run along over to Jonas for your fix then.
The fundamentally largest change from Kubrick to K2 is in how the template deals with plugins. For a while Kubrick shipped with a few plugins and some scruffy code, which people could uncomment if they wanted plugin support. Bad mojo.
K2 automatically detects a range of my favorite plugins out of the box, and will upon detecting set them up for you, no hassles. I try to keep an eye on the whole plugin market, but feel free to mail me about your favorite plugins so that I might give them a spin.
Also, K2 will have a configuration file in which you can toggle between two-column or single-column layout, as per popular request.
Other than that it’s getting some nips and tugs here and there and all around; oh, and it is now entirely CSS driven. No more images needed
Turn page. Big bold letters: YEAR THREE
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, friends, family, geeks, freaks, 1337’s and fellow bloggers. Today marks the beginning of Binary Bonsai’s third year as part of the blogosphere. What a ride this last year has been. Holy crap.
Let’s take it from the top