Happy early birthday to the blog, which turns 1 on Saturday, Feb. 9, the date I wrote my first blog entry.
The blog underwent a lot of changes in the last year, at one point even switching software platforms entirely to Movable Type before it was moved back to Wordpress. But I’m happy where it is today.
Just this week I launched a podcast, on which I’m still trying to work out the kinks.
Let’s face it, it’s just a hobby of mine. And if I happen to entertain those who check out the site, then that’s just a bonus.
Thanks for reading.
Blog updates may be slow over the coming days/weeks as I undergo major Web site maintenance.
I have decided to more closely combine the main Web site portion of Sprkus.com with the blog portion. Basically I’ll be moving the main Web site’s contents, like photos and videos, into the blog itself.
I’ve started the process already, as I’m sure you’ve noticed from the thumbnails under the title “From The Gallery” on top of the blog’s sidebar.
What you may not have noticed is a new “Gallery” tab on the top right corner of the blog. This is where you will now go to view the latest photos for the site as well as view photo archives. I’ve only uploaded a few of the photos so far but you can check it out and get a feel of how the new gallery will work. Eventually there will also be other tabs like “Videos” and “other stuff.”
In the end, the blog will become the front page of Sprkus.com and replace the current main section layout. Hopefully the changes are somewhat quick and painless for the Web site’s viewers
I know my blog’s physical appearance is changing more than Linda Wachowski, but I think this time it’s for good.
I hope you like the new look. I’ve changed blog publishing software back to WordPress from Movable Type and have found a new layout I like better than the last two.
Movable Type ended up being too much of a headache. The software interface, though I initially liked it a lot, never quite worked as it should. The innards of the software — that which readers never see — was very slow to respond. And the software’s “dashboard” display never ran as designed. I’m confident it was a problem with the permission settings of the software’s folders on the servers, but that wasn’t the only problem.
Continue reading ‘Blog Moved Back To WordPress’
I tried upgrading my blog software yesterday and now it’s being a pain in my ass.
I can’t get author functions to work properly and I noticed the ability for users to comment isn’t working. Perhaps it hasn’t been since I switched to Movable Type.
The blog may be down for a few days while I work the kinks out.
Update: Comments are now working, they’re just a little slow to respond. To comment without having to register anywhere, just click “Comment Anonymously” and you can enter your name.
No, you’ve come to the right place. The blog is undergoing a lot of changes.
Aside from the very obvious design change, the majority of changes are under the hood — things readers won’t see, but are large improvements for me, the blog writer.
Problems I was experiencing with Internet Explorer not being able to see embedded videos from YouTube or Google Video prompted me to look into new turnkey blog software.
On my home computer, which runs Vista and the latest versions of Internet Explorer 7 and Norton Internet Security, the embedded blog videos were not displaying properly when I viewed the blog in Internet Explorer.
Continue reading ‘Whoops, Wrong Blog. Oh, Wait…’
Microsoft’s Internet Explorer seems to be back to its old ways.
As I originally discussed in this postback in April, IE has some problems showing the videos I embed into posts. Instead of showing the video box with the play button ready to go, it will show only a big blank white space with a text link to YouTube or Google, where the video is stored.
The videos appear to work fine on a machine running Windows XP and IE 7, but when I test them on my home machine, which uses Vista, the video problem occurs.
Continue reading ‘Internet Explorer Hates My Blog’
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