Comments for Sephy's Platzish http://www.sephyroth.net Header images in 39 flavors! Sat, 17 May 2008 04:51:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 Comment on We all need good Neighbors by Ah, Digital TV, how I love you | Sephy's Platzish http://www.sephyroth.net/2007/08/everybody-needs-good-neighbors/#comment-1887 Ah, Digital TV, how I love you | Sephy's Platzish Sun, 11 May 2008 05:50:11 +0000 http://www.sephyroth.net/2007/08/everybody-needs-good-neighbors/#comment-1887 [...] problem is that this number goes down to around 8 when something happens. This happens when the noisy neighbor comes through. Its presence interferes with the UHF signals (I think the term for that is [...] […] problem is that this number goes down to around 8 when something happens. This happens when the noisy neighbor comes through. Its presence interferes with the UHF signals (I think the term for that is […]

]]> Comment on This Was the Week That Was, Vol. 42 by Katie http://www.sephyroth.net/2008/04/this-was-the-week-that-was-vol-42/#comment-1843 Katie Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:20:01 +0000 http://www.sephyroth.net/2008/04/this-was-the-week-that-was-vol-42/#comment-1843 Thanks for the link-back! It was a scary moment - and finally today I got the call that my car can be fixed! Yay! Luckily it wasn't as bad as it could have been, but it was still pretty intense for me since it was my first crash. :( Thanks for the link-back! It was a scary moment - and finally today I got the call that my car can be fixed! Yay! Luckily it wasn’t as bad as it could have been, but it was still pretty intense for me since it was my first crash. :(

]]> Comment on The Horoscope didn’t make me do it… by This Was the Week That Was, Vol. 42 | Sephy's Platzish http://www.sephyroth.net/2008/04/the-horoscope-didnt-make-me-do-it/#comment-1842 This Was the Week That Was, Vol. 42 | Sephy's Platzish Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:28:41 +0000 http://www.sephyroth.net/2008/04/the-horoscope-didnt-make-me-do-it/#comment-1842 [...] off, I introduced a new service for anyone to take advantage of, one thing that the Horoscope said that should be done, in addition to my own experience. It’s WordPress Upgrades. With a new [...] […] off, I introduced a new service for anyone to take advantage of, one thing that the Horoscope said that should be done, in addition to my own experience. It’s WordPress Upgrades. With a new […]

]]> Comment on Skype - Not the most accessible program out there by Forest Parks http://www.sephyroth.net/2008/04/skype-not-the-most-accessible-program-out-there/#comment-1833 Forest Parks Sat, 26 Apr 2008 04:54:39 +0000 http://www.sephyroth.net/2008/04/skype-not-the-most-accessible-program-out-there/#comment-1833 I am used to using Skype on the mac. When I moved over to the windows version, although it has more functions, I hated the differences in Layout! You can't beat it though for free video calls. I speak to my mum this way now. I am used to using Skype on the mac. When I moved over to the windows version, although it has more functions, I hated the differences in Layout!

You can’t beat it though for free video calls. I speak to my mum this way now.

]]> Comment on Move your Blogspot blog to your own Domain with ease by Laura http://www.sephyroth.net/2007/10/move-your-blogspot-blog-to-your-own-domain-with-ease/#comment-1812 Laura Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:42:45 +0000 http://www.sephyroth.net/2007/10/move-your-blogspot-blog-to-your-own-domain-with-ease/#comment-1812 I looked at moving a Blogspot blog to a domain about a month ago and the instructions I followed were different than the ones I am looking at from your post or on the Blogger site itself. I was able to move over a test blog easily. I didn't do anything with a subdomain, CNAME. Am I just losing my marbles or did they change the process and now you can only do it with a subdomain? Last time I checked subdomains were not available or cost extra from my host. Also, have you heard of anyone having trouble with the move? My blog is pretty big, started in 2004. I'd hate to lose it all while shuffling things around. I looked at moving a Blogspot blog to a domain about a month ago and the instructions I followed were different than the ones I am looking at from your post or on the Blogger site itself. I was able to move over a test blog easily. I didn’t do anything with a subdomain, CNAME. Am I just losing my marbles or did they change the process and now you can only do it with a subdomain? Last time I checked subdomains were not available or cost extra from my host.

Also, have you heard of anyone having trouble with the move? My blog is pretty big, started in 2004. I’d hate to lose it all while shuffling things around.

]]> Comment on The Horoscope didn’t make me do it… by Forest Parks http://www.sephyroth.net/2008/04/the-horoscope-didnt-make-me-do-it/#comment-1802 Forest Parks Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:56:07 +0000 http://www.sephyroth.net/2008/04/the-horoscope-didnt-make-me-do-it/#comment-1802 Great new service. Luckily I am savvy enough to do it myself but am waiting to do it on a few of my sites. I hope you get a lot of work for this as people would be very happy knowing someone is doing all the finicky stuff. Great new service. Luckily I am savvy enough to do it myself but am waiting to do it on a few of my sites.

I hope you get a lot of work for this as people would be very happy knowing someone is doing all the finicky stuff.

]]> Comment on Trash TV by Forest Parks http://www.sephyroth.net/2008/04/trash-tv/#comment-1782 Forest Parks Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:38:00 +0000 http://www.sephyroth.net/2008/04/trash-tv/#comment-1782 I avoid trash TV purely because I end up watching it and then feel bad afterwards. Kinda like drinking too much beer! I avoid trash TV purely because I end up watching it and then feel bad afterwards. Kinda like drinking too much beer!

]]> Comment on WordPress 2.5 - Not coming here soon by Matthew Hill http://www.sephyroth.net/2008/03/wordpress-25-not-coming-here-soon/#comment-1772 Matthew Hill Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:55:49 +0000 http://www.sephyroth.net/2008/03/wordpress-25-not-coming-here-soon/#comment-1772 It might interest you to know that the people tasked to redesign the admin interface were none other than <a href="http://www.happycog.com/" rel="nofollow">HappyCog</a>, the very well respected webdesign agency helmed by <a href="http://www.zeldman.com/" rel="nofollow">Jeffrey Zeldman</a>. I'm a web-designer who's followed and respected Jeffrey's career from afar for several years, so it's very disappointing to see him associated with such a lame release of Wordpress, and even sadder to see the <a href="http://www.zeldman.com/2008/03/29/wordpress-25-unleashed/" rel="nofollow">fanboys leaping to his blog</a> without taking even a minute to critically assess the upgrade. I found after upgrading an 'in production' site to 2.5 that It perhaps wasn't the best idea. This was a shame, because there are some very nice new features in WP 2.5, but unfortunately it's difficult to see them clearly due to some of the other more fundamental <em>negative</em> changes. The biggest part of Wordpress, the Write screen, is functionally worse than its forebear. If that screen doesn't work well, it casts the rest of the upgrade in a poor light. My particular concern is that the Write screen has actually slowed down a previously quick and streamlined workflow. It's now easy to forget to set categories because they are below the fold, so you end up editing posts far more. Other elements were moved to below the Write screen from the sidebar, which has created wasted space and means we have to scroll up and down more. Drag and drop ordering of these items has been removed. The drafts summary is now missing from the top. The permalinks editing initially looks nice, but is flawed. Seems reasonably robust on posts, but <a href="http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/6529" rel="nofollow">for pages it's broken</a>. It's created automatically on the first auto save from your title -- and if it's not what I want I have to edit it? Why should I need to edit something I was going to write from scratch? Additionally, if you edit it before publishing, the edit isn't "real" UNTIL you publish. There are <a href="http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/6586" rel="nofollow">serious bugs</a> with <a href="http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/6457" rel="nofollow">custom fields</a>. I could go on, but there's little point, many <a href="http://wordpress.org/support/topic/164414" rel="nofollow">others have discussed it ad infinitum</a>, and WP don't seem interested in hearing the voices of the disgruntled user base. I'm very disappointed with the upgrade and won't upgrading any of my other blogs. I've been using WP for not quite a year and loved it's ease of use and extensibility. It's still a great piece of software, but something went seriously wrong with this update. Too many cooks maybe? I can't pretend to know a huge amount of what goes into open source development on such a scale, but if the comments from developers on WP Trac are anything to go by, nobody can ever seem to agree on anything! Not a good way to build a market leading product, free or not. This upgrade has left me eyeing up <a href="http://expressionengine.com/" rel="nofollow">Expression Engine</a> and <a href="http://21degrees.com.au/products/symphony/" rel="nofollow">Symphony</a>. It might interest you to know that the people tasked to redesign the admin interface were none other than HappyCog, the very well respected webdesign agency helmed by Jeffrey Zeldman.

I’m a web-designer who’s followed and respected Jeffrey’s career from afar for several years, so it’s very disappointing to see him associated with such a lame release of Wordpress, and even sadder to see the fanboys leaping to his blog without taking even a minute to critically assess the upgrade.

I found after upgrading an ‘in production’ site to 2.5 that It perhaps wasn’t the best idea. This was a shame, because there are some very nice new features in WP 2.5, but unfortunately it’s difficult to see them clearly due to some of the other more fundamental negative changes.

The biggest part of Wordpress, the Write screen, is functionally worse than its forebear. If that screen doesn’t work well, it casts the rest of the upgrade in a poor light.

My particular concern is that the Write screen has actually slowed down a previously quick and streamlined workflow. It’s now easy to forget to set categories because they are below the fold, so you end up editing posts far more.

Other elements were moved to below the Write screen from the sidebar, which has created wasted space and means we have to scroll up and down more. Drag and drop ordering of these items has been removed.

The drafts summary is now missing from the top.

The permalinks editing initially looks nice, but is flawed. Seems reasonably robust on posts, but for pages it’s broken. It’s created automatically on the first auto save from your title — and if it’s not what I want I have to edit it? Why should I need to edit something I was going to write from scratch? Additionally, if you edit it before publishing, the edit isn’t “real” UNTIL you publish.

There are serious bugs with custom fields.

I could go on, but there’s little point, many others have discussed it ad infinitum, and WP don’t seem interested in hearing the voices of the disgruntled user base. I’m very disappointed with the upgrade and won’t upgrading any of my other blogs.

I’ve been using WP for not quite a year and loved it’s ease of use and extensibility. It’s still a great piece of software, but something went seriously wrong with this update. Too many cooks maybe? I can’t pretend to know a huge amount of what goes into open source development on such a scale, but if the comments from developers on WP Trac are anything to go by, nobody can ever seem to agree on anything! Not a good way to build a market leading product, free or not.

This upgrade has left me eyeing up Expression Engine and Symphony.

]]> Comment on My theme - it’s got form! by This was the Week that Was, Vol. 41 | Sephy's Platzish http://www.sephyroth.net/2008/04/my-theme-its-got-form/#comment-1766 This was the Week that Was, Vol. 41 | Sephy's Platzish Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:04:57 +0000 http://www.sephyroth.net/2008/04/my-theme-its-got-form/#comment-1766 [...] up, I had to do some reading of the Codex, but then I quickly got an idea together and it suddenly had some form to it. Right now, it’s still got that basic form, but the comments box has gotten to a more [...] […] up, I had to do some reading of the Codex, but then I quickly got an idea together and it suddenly had some form to it. Right now, it’s still got that basic form, but the comments box has gotten to a more […]

]]> Comment on Making a Theme - Step 1. by This was the Week that Was, Vol. 41 | Sephy's Platzish http://www.sephyroth.net/2008/04/making-a-theme-step-1/#comment-1765 This was the Week that Was, Vol. 41 | Sephy's Platzish Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:03:26 +0000 http://www.sephyroth.net/2008/04/making-a-theme-step-1/#comment-1765 [...] week around the blog, I’ve been talking about this theme that I’m making. First up, I had to do some reading of the Codex, but then I quickly got an idea together and it suddenly had [...] […] week around the blog, I’ve been talking about this theme that I’m making. First up, I had to do some reading of the Codex, but then I quickly got an idea together and it suddenly had […]

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