In trying to figure out why trackbacks weren't showing up on the pages of the posts they belonged to, I discovered that my upgrade didn't go quite as well as I'd thought it had. On the upside, I now know why my search results pages look so ugly, and I was able to get the trackbacks to show up. But now my blog is hovering somewhere between version 2.x and 3.x, and I'm not sure what to do about it.
I liked things the way they looked when it was 2.x. Or at least I got used to it. I pretty much used the default templates and stylesheets, with just a few modifications. Version 3.x seems to require using different templates and stylesheets, and I have to decide if I want to make that leap. Right now though I'm using what went with 2.x, with a minimum of 3.x bandaids to get back functionality that disappeared, like the trackbacks. I'll need to decide if (a) I want to leave everything the way it is, despite the ugliness resulting form the templates and stylesheets not matching, (b) continue to apply bandaids to fix the ugliness, or (c) bring everything over to 3.x so the look-and-feel and functionality match the way they are intended.
Anyway, I mention this so if on subsequent visits the site seems to be a different color than you last remember, you needn't worry you're hallucinating...
Comments (1)
Welcome to open source management, where you only fix what you need to, until things become too unstable. Patches, patches, everywhere.
I think 2.x with random 3.x patches is pretty normal as far as unix-type stuff goes. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Just figure out what needs patching and then let it go.
Of course, if you can figure out how to write up the stylesheets, so that you get the old look and feel you're used to, then you can have your cake and eat it too.
Posted by Koichi | May 16, 2005 9:11 AM
Posted on May 16, 2005 09:11