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WordPress 2.8.1

July 10th, 2009

I’ve upgraded the site to WordPress µ 2.8.1, which contains a number of improvements on the previous 2.7.1 release.

Most of the dashboard pages now have Screen Options with additional options such as number of columns, and widgets now take advantage of object oriented programming — for the end user, widget management is once again drag-and-drop, and you can even deactivate widgets without deleting them.

As part of the upgrade, my Simpler CSS plugin has been enabled site-wide so that you can customize your theme with your own CSS. You’ll find it as “Custom CSS” under the Appearance menu.

Custom CSS

Custom CSS

Important: the old video embedding system has been deactivated for inefficiency, and replaced with a new site-wide installation of Viper’s Video Quicktags, which adds new, simpler-to-use buttons in the Add New Post text editor.

New buttons to embed YouTube, Vimeo and other videos

New buttons to embed YouTube, Vimeo and other videos

Hence, [swf URL width height] style tags are no longer supported, and [YouTube URL] embeds must be replaced with [youtube]YouTube URL[/youtube]. I’ve made an attempt to automatically correct these YouTube embeds in posts through the database.

Take advantage of the faster WordPress µ backend, the easier-to-use video embeds, and the ability to customize the design of your blog with custom CSS!

7 new themes activated

March 9th, 2009

We’re introducing 7 new themes to PersonalLog this weekend.

Baughxie theme preview

Baughxie theme preview

Black n White theme

Black 'n White theme

iNove theme

iNove theme

Minimalism

Minimalism

Plainscape

Plainscape

SimpleX

SimpleX

Synergy

Synergy

As themes are continually updated by their theme authors, you may see notices on your Appearances page that newer versions of themes are available. We monitor themes as updates are released and merge changes into installed themes, so you don’t have to worry about updates.

Similarly, plugins can only be updated by us, and we routinely carry out updates.

Thanks for using PersonalLog.

New themes and clean-up

October 3rd, 2008

The selection of themes available to PersonalLog users have been really limited in the past months, and some of the themes were indeed quite poorly designed. I’ve removed at least 5 of the poorly designed themes, many of which either created errors or which were not in common use.

To compensate, I’ve added a few very aesthetically pleasing themes. If you’ve found that your blog has suddenly reverted to the default theme, pick a new one. I’m sorry that I had to remove the themes, but they were just too bad.

Aeros

Screenshot of Aeros

Screenshot of Aeros

This theme uses alpha transparency (and opacity) to achieve a great appearance. The default background image isn’t all that great, so I’ve added the option to override the background image with one of your own choice.

Green Light

Screenshot of Green Light

Screenshot of Green Light

This theme has a very nice, integrated colour design and excellent abstract header art. It isn’t very customizable, but it’s fine the way it is.

Devart

Screenshot of devart

Screenshot of devart

This theme resembles the design of DeviantArt, which is why it is named this way. The default author information in the sidebar can be removed only by adding custom widgets to the sidebar.

Blocks2

Screenshot of Blocks2

Screenshot of Blocks2

This is a simplistic template that is not so simplistic in its features. There are useful features all over the theme design.

Aspire

Screenshot of Aspire

Screenshot of Aspire

This theme has an antique look to it. It is very bulky, which makes it unsuitable for people on slower connections.

Journalist

Screenshot of Journalist

Screenshot of Journalist

This simple yet clean theme was meant for professional journalists. The large body section places an emphasis on content, and it’s perfect for bloggers who want an uncluttered design.

I hope you can make use of the new themes. I also apologize for any inconvenience that the deletion of some themes may have caused you.

Until next time, continue blogging and publishing on PersonalLog!