Comments on: Redesign Part 1: Conquering K2

By: Chaka

Chaka — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 20:43:33 +0000

I also read that K2 was updated and the latest version is benig suggested for upgrading.

Can I ask a quick question? If I update my version of k2, will all the tweaks I made go away? Do you know?

The k2 form is down now so I am not sure where to find the answer.

By: Redesign Part 2: Choosing Colours at Mama JunkYard’s

Redesign Part 2: Choosing Colours at Mama JunkYard’s — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 01:15:03 +0000

[…] Following on from Part 1 this second installment aims to credit the online tools I used to determine the colour scheme of my site. […]

By: mama junkyard

mama junkyard — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 05:38:08 +0000

Asante JKE! I have never had an issue with loading time when I visit your site. Alafu all those things you mentioned about Photoshop (anti-aliasing etc) truth be told....I have no idea what they do. This is the first time I have used Photoshop and I just click and preview everything until I find something that works - or I follow a tutorial. The only plugin I have found (and used) that deals with the 'insides' of WP is Tiger Administration I am not sure if this is what you are after because it doesn't really change much other than the layout. You can call me fhqwhgads only if you write me a song.

By: JKE

JKE — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 03:10:31 +0000

Oh, and btw, I wonder that there are so many nice templates out there and yet, the internal WYSIWYG editor of WP is still very basic. Even adequate plugins to enhance the editor’s functionality don’t really change anything to the better…..any ideas?

By: JKE

JKE — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 23:15:53 +0000

Yes, the white space had been the reason why I changed from Kubrick to Sirius Theme. Also, most Kubrick-based templates are limited to a pixel width of 450px, and Sirius offers a littble bit more space (500px) and more freedom on the sides. The other way of course is to scale pictures the way Hash does it.
I think, upgrading from your previous (already beautiful but surely limited (narrow & darker) template to K2 is like a quantum jump – K2 is a great mod and I enjoyed playing around with it, not only because of this awesome Ajax implementation (like the comments, etc.). K2 is just a very *cool* mod – and your version of it rocks. Nice, I especialle like the header image with your own signature. Looks great, smooth colours, maybe still some anti-alising at the right corner of the header image (where goes around this half circle). Even a small test with the Shift key and /- to change the size of letters is positive!
The last time I checked out K2 it was still this 1.67beta version – and now they are havig 2.0xx? woah! I will need to check it soon.
Also, what I like is that your page loads pretty quick. I wish mine would behave in the same way….maybe I will also switch to K2 one day 😀

Btw, can I just call you fhqwhgads?

By: Ostalgia

Ostalgia — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 10:40:38 +0000

It certainly worked. You have a great site.

By: mama junkyard

mama junkyard — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 04:54:38 +0000

@Hash Yes, we do our own graphics using photoshop. @Everybody Thank you very much.

By: alexcia

alexcia — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 03:02:11 +0000

brilliant

By: D-Notice

D-Notice — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 19:50:18 +0000

Oooohhh… very nice!

Like the colour scheme!

By: mshairi

mshairi — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 17:24:15 +0000

I am honoured to see my blog mentioned as a source of inspiration but also to be mentioned in the same breath as hash and JKE!