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I had the following problems: “Pages”-list in sidebar: If you take a look at the “Pages” navigation in the sidebar, you’ll notice the big distance between the headline – “Pages” – and the first entry (currently “Counterstrike”). I already know that the template uses wp_list_pages(), and that you can change the style via CSS using the “current_page_item” or the “page_item” selector. I tried to integrate it into my stylesheet setting the “margin-bottom” to zero px, but nothing happened…[UPDATE from 2007-02-13] OK, this was a tricky one – but after inspecting the css-code I found out that the wisdom lies within “#sidebar ul ul”… Ordered list in comments: I wanted to show comments as an ordered list using “1, 2, 3, …” and so forth. So I exchanged “<ul>” with “<ol>” … Read entire article »

This plugin lets your visitors instantly see what they write before they submit the comment. Very nice! “Comment Live Preview” plugin for WordPress: http://www.iacons.net/work/comment-live-preview/ [Update from 2007-09-30] Hm… all of a sudden, I noticed that this plugin doesn’t work any longer, so I had to deactivate it – what a pity. … Read entire article »

I have some trouble using the WP 2.1 interface: Although all files are visible in the “themes” directory when I use my FTP prog, some templates do not appear in the theme editor. I can edit them using the link of a “visible” template from the list on the right and manually exchanging the template name in the address bar of my browser, but they just do not appear in that list on the right. Does anyone know what went wrong? File attributes are set like all the others, no difference… maybe it has something to to with the browser cache? Help would be appreciated, thanks! [UPDATE from 2007-02-13] It seems to be a bug in WP 2.1, see this post on wordpress.org for a workaround. … Read entire article »

I finally managed to update my weblog now that WordPress 2.1 has been issued (see this post). Updating is quite simple, the instructions given by wordpress.org should be sufficient. I just updated the following plugins: Category Tagging Plugin, since the old version no longer works with WP 2.1, Subscribe To Comments, since there are some improvements (nice work, now you can actually see who subscribed which posts), WordPress Database Backup, because it takes advantage of the WordPress cron system (whatever that means ). All other plugins work fine, no changes had to be made on my part. BTW: I LOVE THE TABBED EDITOR IN WP 2.1!!! … Read entire article »

On January 22, 2007 the new WordPress 2.1 “Ella” was issued. This version includes some great improvements: autosave function, tabbed editor (switch between “visual” and “code” view), set any page of your choice as start page (not just the weblog), more use of AJAX, some interface redesign, over 500 bug fixes, and much more… See www.wordpress.org for further information on the new version. Special thanks to Tim for keeping me up to date on wordpress changes! … Read entire article »