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I’m experimenting with the K9 WordPress theme. It’s written by Safirul Alredha, or “Zeo” of K2 fame, and is based on the K2 WordPress theme. After a little investigation, I’ve found that K9 leaves out a bunch of K2’s functionality:
K2 sidebar modules. Widgets on steroids — K9 uses plain widgets
Custom CSS files. Nice to maintain [...]
I received a private message on the K2 Support Forum asking how I did my Twitter Updates with a Twitter icon (example). Because others might be interested, here’s how I did it:
Download and install Twitter Tools in your plugins folder.
Go to Manage > Categories and create a category to be used only by these Twitter [...]
The latest nightly (v378) of the K2 theme for WordPress (which blogan.net currently uses) changes the CSS selectors for a triple column layout from sidebar-dual to columns-three.
Blogan.net now uses the following CSS in its custom CSS file to display both sidebars display on the right:
Update: If you don’t see maps, it’s likely that I disabled the Google Maps Plugin. Google now offers much the same functionality without the slowdown on every page load, regardless whether there’s a map on the page. Also, the funny stuff needed for CSS files is now built into the latest versions of K2.
Finally, thanks [...]
The K2 theme for WordPress is great. I use it on blogan.
Unfortunately, many (including me) have had problems with the K2 Sidebar Module’s admin screen: the installed modules disappear from this screen even though they continue to be visible on the blog. I recommend the taking following steps to correct the problem. You can [...]
I think I figured out how to put both sidebars on the right using the WordPress K2 theme. I tell all at the K2 support forum.
Updated: Please see my more recent post on this topic.
Blogan.net has gone “Orange and Maroon” for a short time to show support for the victims at Virginia Tech.
Please see my later post on this topic.
Thanks to the help on the kaytwo Google Code forum, the Googlemaps plugin now works with the K2 theme on blogan.net.
Update: Argh! It appears to work only with Firefox. Time for debugging…
Update 2: Okay, I lied. I didn’t delete the offending line, I had changed 100% to auto. [...]
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Starting a Blog — Choosing a WordPress Theme
A WordPress blog is easily customized with themes. A theme affects more than the appearance or style of the blog; it also defines what information is displayed and where. In fact, once you choose a theme, you can change its appearance by editing its CSS files or using a child theme.
I chose the K2 theme [...]