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K2 Theme for WordPress

willi — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 07:29:16 +0000

This theme is kind of a monster. But in a good way. It has a kerjillion features and the code is diligently maintained. K2 has a very clean look and can be easily customized with your own “style”. In the options you can choose to have one, two or three columns.

The latest version (basically a release candidate 3/4 for version 2) boasts an amazing Ajax sidebar manager. There are also very fast live, search features and an Ajax comments engine which posts comments without reloading the page. Sweet?

Searching through themes can be a bit overwhelming… I’ll be looking for function and get distracted by form. Or I’ll be looking for something cool but then remember that I want it to be supported by the latest version of WordPress. K2 is, for now, taking care of all that for me. I’ve got other fish to fry so… I’m using it a lot. Isn’t that what its for?

Oh yeah, you can get it here. And there’s forums where you can post your nubile questions… or heck, ask me?

Blog vs. Mailing List (Push and Pull)

willi — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 08:40:26 +0000

Blog vs. Mailing List – Which is better? Both blogs and mailing lists may be used to communicate to and among groups of people. This article looks at a few scenarios of use and the differences between these tools. The writer also attempts to help instruct users on how to use a “blog reader”.

The phrase “mailing list” means a few different things. Some lists are “moderated”and voluntary/private and other lists are just plain spam. The SoulCode mailing list is a voluntary, group of like-minded individuals. We can send them (you?) all email and they can opt out of the list at any time. Since the email comes to you this is called “push” technology. A blog is also a great way to post a News Letter but is more of a “pull” technology. Readers have to navigate to the website and then to the blog page. Or do they?
No. In fact blogs can be “pushed” through a subscription technology known as RSS. Through RSS, readers can “subscribe” to a blog either through the use of blog reader software like SharpReader or an enabled internet browser (Firefox works and currently IE does not). There are also cool RSS tools for Microsoft Outlook. To subscribe to the SoulCode blog use this address in your blog reader http://soulcode.net/feed or in most readers you may just be able to enter http://soulcode.net

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willi — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 05:20:27 +0000

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willi — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 01:21:55 +0000