Category: Website Related


Site Theme Upgrades


I upgraded the blog to the latest iNove theme. As you can see, the search box looks cooler. In addition, The right sidebar had an extra div and had a divider on top, before any content started. That was useless, and now it’s gone. Of course, doing the upgrade broke all of my custom hacks, such as my random quote generator on top and some other behind the scenes stuff that I added. In addition, I removed thickbox support because it caused my CSS3 to invalidate. No one cares, so hopefully I’ll have a useful post soon.

What I Do Instead of Homework: Mobile Blog Theme


These days, everyone is browsing the web from their phones (except me – I don’t even text. Me of all people – the tech guy. You weren’t expecting that one. Anyway…) So at 1:45AM on a Monday morning when I have lots of work due at 11AM, what do I spend my time on? Making my blog mobile browser friendly! Read on for geek details (or don’t if you don’t get it or care to get it.)

I came across a WordPress plugin that sniffs the user agent of the browser. If it is a mobile browser, it will switch the theme to something that displays well for mobile phone users. Take a look:


Collapsible Archives Problem


There was a problem with my collapsible archive WordPress where it would not expand. I’m working on it while sitting in my systems dev class. Hopefully, I can get it resolved soon. I’ll post an update when I’m done (no guarantee I can finish it in class).

Edit 5:45PM: Fixed Seems to be a problem with the javascript library for animation. I turned animation off and it’s all set.

Leave Me Comments (Site Improvements)


I was over at Dan’s and told him to add a comment on one of my posts, and he had now idea that people were allowed to comment. That’s because everyone is caught up on the portfolioso.com homepage and no one bothers to look at my blog, which supports comments. I have posts going back to 2003, people – not just what is on the front page. It’s because I separate my blog from my main website and dump the last post from the database. But anyway, if you look at the bottom of this post, I added a link that takes you to the related comment posting area for the post. Have fun. Oh, and don’t bother spamming me – I have a CAPTCHA.

Edit: Now added a comment count on the front page, rather than just a “leave comment” link. So it will now display: No comments, 1 comment, 2 comments, etc… Yay for PHP, SQL, and someone who has no life. Actually, it’s called snowy spring break and I can’t go bike riding because it’s 20 degrees and the path is covered in snow.

New Countdown Added


For the time being, my random quote under the portfolioso.com logo in the header of this website has been replaced with a countdown. Please refer to this date, as it is of great significance and importance. First person who figures it out wins a beer. I really need to stop with these short posts. Things have been slow lately.

Edit: just did some hacking and added it to the blog header also