WordPress 2.7 Almost Here :)

Posted on October 31, 2008

OK, so to be honest I haven’t yet got around to upgrading from 2.6.2 to 2.6.3 yet, but that was just a minor security update that doesn’t effect this particular site. I’m looking forward to WordPress 2.7 mainly for a silly minor reason – I’ll hopefully be able to move the category selection area back to above the fold – far too many times I’ve just hit the Publish button and forgotten all about which category the post belongs in.
So, come November 10th, I’ll be upgrading this blog first, before committing to upgrading the other blogs.

Here Goes Nothing?

Posted on July 15, 2008

3.5 months after the last upgrade, WordPress 2.6 is now out.
Again, rather than risk damaging the larger ChrisMerriman.com blog, I’ll try it out on this one first.
Back soon hopefully…

Post Testing Plugins Post WordPress 2.5 Install

Posted on April 02, 2008

As previously mentioned, Sticky Post is not yet compatible with WordPress 2.5, and the WP Random Tagline plugin also has issues. I’ve contacted the author to see if they have the time to fix the issue. Fuzzy widgets does not follow the expected behaviour now found with WP 2.5; whereas in the past you had to define how many Text/RSS widgets you wanted available, you can now simply add another to your sidebar by clicking add. Other 3rd party plugins follow this behaviour as well, however Fuzzy widgets still require to set how many you specifically want. Finally, the Fuzzy Widgets’ Recent Posts appears to have issues displaying the widget’s title – though this is just cosmetic, the actual recent posts are dislpayed properly.

The following is to check the functionality of the other plugins I am testing…

Please head on over to the main Chris Merriman blog to for a more detailed look at which plugins are working OK.

WordPress 2.5 Installed

Posted on March 30, 2008

I have just finished upgrading this blog to WP 2.5, see this post on my main blog for further details. Basically, all went well, though I’ve had to (temporarily??) disable the Sticky Post plugin, and the Automatic Upgrade plugin was unable to clean up its temporary files straight away.
If anyone notices any issues on this blog, please do leave a comment.

Hoping To Get…

Posted on March 19, 2008

Amazon wishlist
Some of which aren’t for me :)

Some Dogs Do

How Do You Feel?

Reflex bedside travel digital talking alarm clock

Handbag Hook – Foldable Lilies on Black

BENEFIT LEMON AID (2.7G)

BENEFIT DR. FEELGOOD (24G)

Twin Peaks – Fire Walk With Me

Twin Peaks: Definitive Gold Box Edition

HTC Touch Pro2 Sim-Free Windows Mobile Phone

Motorola Razr2 V9

Logitech NX80 Cordless Laser Mouse for Notebooks – Mouse – laser – wireless – 2.4 GHz – USB wireless receiver

Seagate 500GB FreeAgent Go Portable Hard Drive (Black, USB 2.0)

USB Memory Card Reader

AmazonBasics 2M Dual-Shielded High Speed HDMI Cable [Amazon Frustration-Free Packaging]

Ex-Pro Optical Cable SPDIF Digital Audio Optical Cable / Lead – 2m

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Xbox 360)

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – Hardened Edition (Xbox 360)

NEWLink USB to Parallel Printer Cable


Toilet Fishing

USB 2.0 Flash / Key Drive – 16GB – BLACK CAPLESS SWIVEL

Garmin Nuvi 215W

Kinect Sensor (Project Natal) with Kinect Adventures (Xbox 360)

Edge Of Darkness – The Complete Series [1985] [DVD]

HP Officejet H470b Battery Powered Mobile Colour Printer For Notebooks and Laptops

Lenovo Ideapad S205

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Stamp set

Zog

Calm Down Boris

Abby & Emma Magnetic Dress Up Kit

Little Charley Bear Jigsaw

Skip Hop Zoo Owl Backpack

Nursery Rhymes Fletcher

There Was An Old Lady

Kindle

Ooops

Posted on March 10, 2008

I went ahead and installed a new plugin called Shout Stream, deciding to use this blog instead of the main one, in case problems arose.
The installation and configuration went fine, however I forgot to check if shoutcast server software was available to install on your own server. Long story shortened is that I ended up canning the project.
Oh, and before I forget, I’ll be testing out WordPress 2.5 on this blog first, once it is released, so if there is any downtime, that is the likely cause.

Badly Behaved Blog…

Posted on December 07, 2007

As visitors of this blog’s older brother (www.ChrisMerriman.com) will have already read, I had problems changing the site’s settings, due to a problem with an anti-spam plugin (Bad Behavior). I was attempting to update this blog, and came up against the same issue. Knowing already that my home PC’s internet IP address is not in fact on a blacklist, I immediately updated the files (as I should have done earlier) for the plugin, and was able to continue work here.
Anyway, head on over to the update for Bad Behavior, download the new files, upload to your server, and your problems should cease.

Another UK Trip Coming Up…

Posted on December 05, 2007

This Christmas, we (myself, my wife Ira, and her parents) are going to Britain. My in-laws will be there for Christmas and Mum’s wedding, and then returning to Kazakhstan for New Year. Ira and I will be staying for a total of 3 weeks (22nd December – 15th January) so we can catch up with friends, and spend a bit more time with Mum & John, as well as Dad & Jan.
Anyway, when combined with September/October’s trip, I hope to have some more material for UK-themed reviews on this blog soon.

Back Home In Kazakhstan

Posted on October 21, 2007

As you may have read at my other blog (www.ChrisMerriman.com), I am now back in Kazakhstan, after a little under a month in Britain. I have a few reports/reviews to write from my time there, but you will have to be patient a little longer, as I still have around 400 e-mails to plough through. Anyway, hope all are well who read this, and see (in the online sense) everyone soon :)