K2

K2 Release Candidate 6 Released

Steve — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:53:42 +0000

K2 is now fully compatible with WordPress 2.5. It is still compatible with WordPress 2.2 and 2.3. Subversion & nightly users: this release is revision 678.

New features:

An option to dynamically reduce the number of columns to fit screen size.
Support for Theme Style Sheet.
Hooks and PHP support for Styles: mod K2 without needing to change the code.
WP 2.5: Avatar support.
WP 2.5: You can now manage uploaded header images through the Media Library.
WP 2.5: Image gallery template.
Various bug fixes.

Download: K2 Release Candidate 6.

WordPress 2.5 Support Soon

Heilemann — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 07:29:19 +0000

The revision currently in subversion should support WordPress 2.5, so if you're in need of a new K2 for the latest WordPress release, go grab the latest nightly.

Meanwhile, Steve is hard at work at putting together a new release, which is right around the corner.

K2 Release Candidate 3 Released

Heilemann — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 18:36:55 +0000

Still some bugs to take care of, but Release Candidate 3 should cover your most immediate needs.

We cannot fix what we don't know about, and we won't know about it if you don't file a bug. And we do want to fix as much as possible. So, if you have a problem, first check the list of current bugs, if there isn't already a similar issue, file a new one.

Fixed Positioning for Rolling Archives

Heilemann — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 16:40:56 +0000

As per revision 513, once you've started digging into the archives on a site using rolling archives, and you scroll down, the rolling archives navigation strip attaches itself to the top of the page (try it here). This should remove the frustration of skimming through the archive pages and constantly having to go back to the top when you wanted to flip to the next page.

It might be interesting for those of you who plan to style to know just how this works. Well, it's quite simple; when you scroll, a piece of javascript checks if the top of the '#dynamic-content' container--which is where the content of your blog is kept--is being scrolled out of view. If it is, the class 'fixraposition' is added to BODY. The rest is CSS in css/rollingarchives.css.

I haven't tested this in IE yet, but in all likelihood it doesn't work. But then, what does?

K2 Release Candidate 2

Heilemann — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 07:41:23 +0000

Go grab your copy of RC2. I'm hoping this'll fix the SBM reordering problems. For now though, please be aware that IE7 might still have problems.

And of course, if you're an IE7 expert and you have some time on your hands, let me know, cuz we could sure use your help.

K2 Release Candidate 1

Heilemann — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:55:59 +0000

Alright, this is the one we've been swinging for since we started all those years ago. This is the road to 1.0, or K2.0 as it were. This is the first release candidate, and we're very proud of it.

We've been throwing in some serious hours over the last couple of weeks to make sure we were ready for WordPress 2.3, which is on track for release a few days from now, and which, due to fundamental changes, breaks v0.9.6. So if you're planning on grabbing WordPress 2.3 as soon as it hits the shelves, you'll want to upgrade to RC1 as soon as possible.

A word of caution however: Because so many things have been upgraded since v0.9.6, a lot of the code hasn't actually seen as much usage as the v0.9.6 code, and thus you should hold off until RC2 with upgrading if you like your stability over your 'bling'.

So, what's new? Well, to be honest there's just too much to list. The most obvious stuff will be... well, obvious, and the rest should just make everything a little bit better. In other words, you're better off just take her up for a trial run.

And as usual, please file an issue for any problems you run into, and we'll look into it as soon as possible. And if you see Steve or Ben around, let them know they did a hell of a job over the last couple of weeks.

PS: For safety purposes, v0.9.6 is still available.

Style Like a Buccaneer

Heilemann — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 09:42:32 +0000

I wanted t' make sure I dasn't miss ou' on all th' fun o' Talk Like a Gentleman o' fortune Tide, by makin' me site auto-style itself fer th' voyagely occasion. Usin' K2`s semantic classes, this be as easy as grabbin' th' shipmate header image an' addin' th' followin' t' me custom CSS style:

body.m09.d19 #header { background: black url('k2-piratedayheader.jpg') center center no-repeat; }

Yaarrr! The header be now automagically styled fer maximum buccaneer goodness ever' Septembree 19th.

Happy Looting ya horn swogglin' scurvy cur!

Now Larger Non-Latin Fonts

Heilemann — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 07:20:55 +0000

A slew of minor updates have trickled into SVN lately (changelog), though I felt it was worth highlighting one in particular, which Steve just checked in. Namely the fix to the longstanding Issue 11. To make font-sizes larger for certain languages. If you're up for lending us a hand and you use Arabic, Persian, Hebrew, Hindi, Cambodian, Korean, Japanese, Thai or Chinese character sets, grab the latest copy of K2 off of SVN and let us know if it looks alright (as usual, do not use this in a 'production environment').

K2 and jQuery, Sitting a Tree

Heilemann — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 13:43:39 +0000

Steve says:

Good news everyone. As of revision 382, K2 now fully utilizes the jQuery JavaScript library. K2 no longer uses Prototype and script.aculo.us. They are no longer bundled with K2. Rolling Archives and Live Search should be functioning properly. Live Comments needs a few cosmetic tweaks. Text Trimmer is disabled and needs to be ported. #

Hackers. I Hate Those Guys.

Heilemann — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 20:06:35 +0000

It seems someone is trying their best to gain access to various user accounts on the forums over the last day or two. I've deployed counter measures, but please let me know if you notice anything suspicious.