WordPress for iPhone allows you to post to and edit your WordPress blog from your iPhone. But without any form of copy & paste, it makes writing even the most trivial post insanely difficult.
I would also like to be able to view and edit the most recent comments too.
Wordpress has released a minor update, bringing it to version 2.6. The new features seem slim on this one, and unless you need it’s new wiki-style edit tracking I don’t think it’s worth the bother.
WordPress.com now has support for LaTeX mathematical equations, which is a feature pretty much unique to WordPress.com. Let’s hope they release it as a plugin too.
Change is a good thing, it symbolises progression and improvement (or at least the attempt of), which is why I was looking forward to WordPress 2.1 with eager anticipation.
WordPress 2.0 was released into the wild over a year ago. Taking a year for a minor point upgrade for a piece of software is a long time in anyone’s book, especially as it’s open source, being actively worked on and has a huge community backing it. But I hear you cry: “look at all the bug fixes and features they’ve managed to implement in that year”. Of all the new features, only four really interest me, and the two that I would use regularly are badly implemented.
Of the supposed 550 bug fixes, I don’t see one that really interests me directly. But I can say that the new “improved” TinyMCE editor is giving me nothing but trouble. AdBlock Plus, now blocks the majority of buttons on the toolbar of the editor, when it never did this before. Easy to fix but annoying none-the-less.
Inserting a link is now broken, I like the new AJAXed popup, which loads a bit quicker than the new window before1 but seems completely broken. There seems to be no insert button on mine, and pressing return on the keyboard does nothing. Clicking the close button on the top right does nothing either, so when I get this dialog up, I can’t get rid of it, which means I loose any changes in the editor as the dialog is modal2
There is an enforced category called Blogroll. I consider this a bug as I have no use for it, and there is no way to disable it. The old Links system was pretty bad, but at least it was optional, I don’t like the way they assume that everyone needs to have a blogroll.
This release has made me completely disillusioned with WordPress. One whole year of progress has given me next to nothing in terms of useful features. Blogging should be a hobby I enjoy, and to a certain extent I do, but I can’t help think that a better blogging platform would allow me to enjoy it even more. Maybe what I need is my own custom blogging application that I’ve been thinking about writing for months, but never have the time to properly sketch out my ideas.
There is something exciting around the corner, something new and fresh, written with passion and flair. It’s called habari, and I’m going to be following it very closely.
WordPress 2.1 is out, the first major WordPress release for months. I’m updating Ejecutive now so be prepared for some wonkyness.
WP Tiger Administration V3.0 is out, and looking as great as ever. Steve’s new site design also makes me want to go back to Opacity. Almost.
I’ve botched together a quick Lifestream ala Jermey Keith, using Chris J. Davis’s plugin. It’s still a bit rough around the edges, and some of the times are wacky but should do for now.
Today is International Talk Like A Pirate Day, and in true pirate fashion, I’ve installed Dougal Campbell’s Text Filter Suite plugin for WordPress, with the Pirate filter.
For one day only, all my posts will be in pirate-speak. Yarr!
For it’s entire life, Ejecutive has never had its own design. It’s switched from one design to another, but they were all templates for WordPress made by someone else. But finally it’s getting its own personality.
Theres nothing wrong with using another template. Kubrick and K2 are/were the most advanced and stylish designs around. However there comes a time when a site needs its own personality and structure, something that fits the style of the site more than a generic template would. Of course, I can do what many people have done and create a modified theme for K2, which serves a great base. However I felt that Ejecutive’s structure needed a more specific style that would be more suited to it, so I present, Opacity.
As is popular currently, this release is a beta release. Theres definately some rough corners currently, such as the lack of navigation links, the lack of an archives page and the lack of a search page. Well, it lacks a lot really. However I want to get this out of the door and live. I’ve been working on Opacity for six months, and the temptation to continually tweak is incredibly tempting which is why it’s taken such a long time.
I wanted to get a logo finished before I released Opacity, but I just don’t have the skill nor the time to design one at the moment, so that’ll have to wait until I gain some more Photoshop/Firework skills and get some more free time.
In the next few posts, I’m going to explain some details about Opacity and the choices I made in designing it. However for now I’m just going to relish in the fact that it’s finally out the door and I can start getting feedback on it, so please comment about what you think, and do expect the design to mature over time.
Alas, it’s time to upgrade the site again. I did ponder whether or not to upgrade to WordPress 2.0, but in the end, it’s best to get all the upgrade worries out before I make any major changes to the site. I’ve also upgraded to K2 Beta Two, which has a fresh new design.
The WordPress 2.0 upgrade was fairly smooth afterall, I updated all my plugins to the latest versions, which I expect helped. The only problem I have at the moment is the .htaccess file seems to be broken, and my custom rules are not followed, including old deprecated links and tag links. That’ll have to wait until tomorrow now, I have a party to go to. Rock on!
Apparently, the release of WordPress 2.0 is imminent (Wednesday or Thursday). I’m not going to upgrade until I can test and confirm that all my plugins and other hacks won’t break it. I’ve also been hearing rumors about there being critical bugs still not fixed, even though they were reported weeks ago, not a great sign.
I’ve recently been touting myself as a web designer and developer that advocates web standards, usability and accessability, however my own site is designed by someone else, based on a system developed by someone else, and isn’t strictly standards compliant! It’s about time I recitified this, so by the end of January 2006, you’ll see a completely new face on Ejecutive.
Yes, I’ve changed the permalink structure again. I promise this will be the last time in a while! Contrary to popular belief, I’m not doing this to fill your RSS readers with my ten latest entries that (I hope) you’ve read, but be assured that this is all for your viewing pleasure.
I’ve recently been having a few problems with my various servers around the internet. I don’t know if you noticed, but Ejecutive had a bit of downtime yesterday afternoon, and my e-mail was down for most of the day. This lead me thinking about ASPs again, and whether it was time to reconsider our perceptions about them.
Recently, I’ve been seeing that a lot of blogs I read (notably, Binary Bonsai and Ordered List), have start to use their own radical designs, that break away from tradition.