Big Update
I upgraded this blog to WordPress 3.0 today and tried it. I love some of the new features for this release , especially the new theme customization options. Therefore I updated the structure and layout for the whole blog in order to use the full theme customization features in 3.0. Here are the updates I made:
- Switched to the new default theme
As I stated above, in order to use the full theme features, the theme needs to be compatible with 3.0. Some options didn’t appear when I was in the last theme after the upgrade. So I switched to the new default theme came with WP 3.0.
- Logo added (special)
The special means that this logo is only for the blog. The main difference between this one and beta one is that I added Ubuntu and NetBeans to each side of the logo in order to accommodate the header image size for the theme.
- Blog menu added
Menu creation and editing is a new feature in WP 3.0. I placed a menu below the logo. The items for this menu are relevant to the blog.
- Updated blog name and description
This domain name is based on my name. So I decided to rename this blog from robbychen.com Blog to Robby Chen Personal Blog, as well as its subtitle (description).
- Categories restructured
After upgraded to WordPress 3.0, I reordered the categories to include sub-categories once I noticed that the hierarchy feature for the categories was fixed.
I also discovered WordPress.tv when I tried to find the tutorials for WordPress 3.0. It’s the official WordPress video site for providing tips to use WordPress. I’m currently figuring out how to create multi-site setup with 3.0. Maybe I will use WordPress as a CMS for robbychen.com!
The Performance of This Blog Has Been Improved
Today I played around with WordPress settings on this blog in order to improve the performance and loading speed of the blog. I have been noticed about the slow loading speed since this blog was created. Because of the lack of free time, I didn’t have any opportunity to investigate and optimize the blog. Since I had free time today, I decided to looking for ways to improve the performance of my blog. I first disabled and deleted most of the plugins used on the blog that I think it doesn’t have any usefulness. I also noticed that some of the plugins that I used are not compatible with the newest version of WordPress. I believed these plugins are the main cause of the slowness of the blog. After I deleted these plugins, I felt the blog loads significantly faster.
Despite that the blog has been improved through deleting the plugins, I still would like to install as much plugins as I like. If you know any technique on how to install plugins without effecting the performance of the WordPress blog, please let me know by leaving a comment below. Thanks.