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Old Template Plus New WordPress Equals Problems
oops! I guess my theme is broken!
I spent a lot of time looking into the problem I was having with the SFC plugin and after all the searching and digging I’ve come to the conclusion that my problem is most likely my Template.
The problem (as far as I can tell at this point) is that I made this template way back when I was using WordPress 2.1 and there have been many significant changes to WordPress since then and especially with the latest version (3.0).
So in the next few days I’m going to have to either make a whole new template or do some serious revisions to this one. Please be patient with me during this time,
Integrating WordPress with Facebook
Facebook and WordPress (image from: www.serifgroup.com)
I find that I am on Facebook a fair amount during the day and since I have friends and family who may be interested in reading my blog and perhaps sharing an article or two here and there, I thought it might be worthwhile to integrate my site with Facebook.
I looked into the Facebook Docs to see what kind of options they had. It looked simple enough, but I thought it might be even more simple, so I checked for existing plugins for WordPress that might simplify things even further!
There are a lot of plugins to sort through, but the one that seemed to stand out the most was: Simple Facebook Connect
Testing the WordPress App
I found a WordPress app for my iPhone and thought I’d try it out today. I am able to view comments, posts, and pages. I can also edit existing posts and pages, or write new ones. There are also some advanced settings to play with too. Overall not a bad app. I think I will keep it around.
I’m going to try to attach a photo too. Should be interesting.
New Favicon (aka bookmark icon)
Alex's Antidote - favicon.png
OK so today I was showing off my new mobile theme on my iPhone while at work. My buddy Bran was checking out the icon I made (with a little help from GIMP and the logo Bran had made for my website — thanks again man) and he made a great suggestion… why not use use the icon for my favicon on my main website?
So I did…
If you have a website, want a custom favicon, but don’t know how to go about it, then you’re in luck because it’s really quite easy.
Step 1: Make an icon
It should be 32 x 32 (pixels) and 32 bit color.
You can use GIMP (or some
Alex’s Antidote now iPhone Friendly
Alex's Antidote iPhone icon
That’s right folks, my website is now iPhone friendly. (Note: from what I understand it should also work in certain other fancy phones too)
Here’s how it goes:
Step 1 – Open Safari -> Navigate to: alexsantidote.com
find Alex's Antidote in iPhone's Safari Browser
Step 2 – Check out my fancy mobile theme
New Mobile Theme
Page Menu
Step 3 – Bookmark for future reference
Bookmark Options
If you’re really awesome you’ll bookmark it to your Home Screen
Bookmark to iPhone's Home Screen
And you’ll see a nice shiny icon that will take you straight to this website when you touch it!
Shiny Bookmark Icon!
How’d I do it?
- Install the WordPress plugin called: WPtouch Mobile