WordPress theme changed

Yesterday, I have changed the WordPress theme on my other website to a new one. The previously-used theme was already based on HTML 5, but it was not prepared for the screen sizes of smartphones and so I needed a special plugin to support the smaller screens of mobile phones.

But since I use the caching plugin Cachify and the pages are cached on the hard disk, it did no longer work correctly. I have therefore decided to switch to a “responsive Theme”, i.ee a theme that adapts automatically to different screen sizes. Since I am not a great designer and CSS expert, I have search for a suitable theme on the internet and finally I came across with the free theme Esplanade, which I liked quite well. Then I have slimmed the theme down and modified it according to my ideas.

The new design is now online but to see it correctly, it may be necessary to clean the browser cache for this site (e.g. by pressing Ctrl-F5).

XMAP K2 Extension [Update]

I have switched some time ago, my own sites from Joomla to WordPress and therefore I am no longer using this extension. Since I no longer have enough time to track the further development of Joomla and K2, I have decided that I will no longer maintain this extension. If someone else will take over the maintenance I would add a redirection to his site. The download of the latest version will be available until further notice. However, there will be no new versions.

New version of my XMAP extension for K2. There is one version for Joomla 1.7 and higher (with XMAP 2.0 and K2.5) and one version for Joomla 1.5 (with XMAP 1.2 and K2 2.4). To install this extension use the extension manager of XMAP. Read more

Remove backup files from Microsoft Windows 7 Service Pack 1

For the first variant you will have to open the Properties dialog of the system drive (normally drive C). There you will press the button Cleanup. It will now take some seconds until the system has checked what kind of files can be safely removed and how many place would be recovered. Then a dialog will appear with a selection list of the different file types. Here you may have to scroll down to see the “Service Pack Backup Files”. Select them and press the OK button to start the removal process. Read more

Module: K2 Downloads

I have switched some time ago, my own sites from Joomla to WordPress and therefore I am no longer using this module. Since I no longer have enough time to track the further development of Joomla and K2, I have decided that I will no longer maintain this extension. If someone else will take over the maintenance I would add a redirection to his site. The download of the latest version will be available until further notice. However, there will be no new versions.

Since some days I use K2 also to manage my published downloads. Unfortunately K2 does not offer a view where you can see how often an attachment has been downloaded. You always have to open the respective K2 item to get this information.

Therefore I wrote this module for the Joomla! Backend that will show in the control center the number of downloads of each attachment. Read more