Ruelicke.net » Blog http://www.ruelicke.net ...when coding passion, gaming addiction, Internet surfing syndrome and the real life collide... Mon, 05 Apr 2010 17:11:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Post zum Neuanfang http://www.ruelicke.net/2010/03/18/post-neuanfang/ http://www.ruelicke.net/2010/03/18/post-neuanfang/#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:13:49 +0000 Marco http://www.ruelicke.net/?p=308 Corbett Morning 2 - eileendelhiIch bin immer noch am Überlegen, was ich in einem Post zum Neuanfang schreiben kann.
Meine vergangenen Posts zeigen, dass ich schon öfters ein Neustart gemacht habe und recht viel versprochen, wenig eingehalten habe. Daher werde ich diesmal nichts versprechen, ich hoffe einfach, dass ich die Zeit, Lust und Kreativität habe um regelmäßig was zu schreiben.

Es wird mit Sicherheit Themen geben, die ich von der “englischen Version” meines Blogs fortführen werden, aber ich denke auch, dass es neue Themen geben wird. Mal sehen, was die Zukunft bringt ;)

Auf jeden Fall gibt es ein paar Sachen, die ich hier erst einmal anpassen/aktualisieren muss. Z.B. hatte ich ein paar Plugins, die das JavaScript im Admin-Bereich ausgehebelt haben(!). Einige Teile der Seite will ich in Sachen Privatsphäre für die Besucher anpassen, darunter fällt u.a. dass Google Analytics rausfliegt.

Dann will ich noch 2 “Spezialseiten” aktualisieren, kleinere Änderungen am Template vornehmen, vielleicht noch die eine oder andere “Spezialseite” hinzufügen…ach, wenn ich so darüber nachdenke, gibt es eine Menge zu tun und durch’s darüber Schreiben wird es auch nicht erledigt. Also mach ich mich mal lieber an die Arbeit.

picsrc: Flickr

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Unfortunately for my english-speaking/reading readers I’ll most likely not post in English anymore. I decided to go for my native language which is German.
It doesn’t mean I won’t write in English anymore, I may have an English post once in a while, but I can’t promise that though.

German starts here

Ich bin mir nicht sicher, ob jemand meiner alten Leser noch dieses Blog verfolgt, dennoch habe ich die Lust, mein Blog zu wiederbeleben.

Unglücklicherweise werden so meine fremdsprachigen Leser meine Posts nicht mehr lesen können, da ich fortan in Deutsch schreiben werde.
Aber vielleicht kommt von Zeit zu Zeit ein englischsprachiger Post, wer weiß.

]]> http://www.ruelicke.net/2010/03/17/revive-change/feed/ 0 Glancing at the stats http://www.ruelicke.net/2009/05/04/glancing-at-the-stats/ http://www.ruelicke.net/2009/05/04/glancing-at-the-stats/#comments Mon, 04 May 2009 17:01:44 +0000 Marco http://www.ruelicke.net/?p=207 I know I have been lazy (read: busy) like hell with “Real Life” and I had to neglect my blog quite a bit, but I still keep an eye on my stats. Well, apparently I got recently (exactly on 2009-04-24) quite a peak from StumbleUpon:

I really need to get back to writing again, maybe I’ll get more visitors then ;)

and yes, I know, StumbleUpon is known to bring a huge peak and after that only some visitors. Still…

P.S.: Some friends of mine started a German website called Projekt Datenrettung (no frame version of Projekt Datenrettung).

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Well, let’s start at the beginning:
A couple of weeks ago I finally got time again to take care of my blog. I wrote a few articles and wondered how long I’ll stay active here again.

I believe by now I’m known among my blogging friends as someone who is active like hell and then suddenly vanishes for quite some time.

I thought about the reasons which made me “vanish” and that’s what made me find my very own tagline:

“…when coding passion, gaming addiction, Internet surfing syndrome and the real life collide…”

As I read that tagline a few times I figured that I can’t stick to my theme as it won’t fit anymore. Also, I’ll have to change a some things to make my blog work with the tagline.

So here it is, my new design:

A white-blueish theme (yes, I wasn’t able to say goodbye to my blue) which is looking very clean and which is easy to read. Actually, way easier to read than the previous theme(s).

What changed? What stayed?

  • The basic frame of my old design stay: a two column layout, with the content on the left and the sidebar on the right.
  • I added a short menu at the top and tried to use the page foot a bit more.
  • I got rid of the categories and use the Tags instead (why they are better)
  • The trackbacks are no longer shown (except under “Recent Comments”). Maybe I add them later again. (HowTo: separate trackbacks and comments)
  • My Advertisement section got reviewed and I’m now testing Matt’s WP125 Ad plugin
  • Some plugins are gone or will go pretty soon, speeding up the loading time a bit.
  • One or two plugins where added or re-implemented. (e.g. NicEdit)

Although the list is pretty long (or short), there are some things I don’t mention because they are still in the works. One of the things is my “play with me” sidebar. I’m working on making it remember which “box” you left open or which you closed, so it will show you said boxes the way you left them. Also, I plan to allow you to arrange the boxes the way you want (and make it remember it).

There are also a few bugs and some of my categories (no longer shown), tags and pages need to be updated.

Last but not least I’ll have to get a better header image. Right now it is the worst looking part of my new design, but I just have nothing better right now. I hope to get a better one, but maybe I’ll have to find a blog contest solution although I can’t offer much :(

that’s all for now, I hope you like the new look

Marco
P.S.: I have to admit something: I stole some of my ideas from Slevi.net and ProBlogDesign.com

Image by belljar

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So far I finally got all plugins updated and even got the time to fix an issue with the menu on the right:
If you visited the “Tutorials” or “About Ruelicke.net” section of my blog, you may have noticed that the sub entries got messed up a bit. It is fixed now, but my “friend”, the Internet Explorer, messes it up now.
I’ll see if I can fix it, if not, you may look for an alternate browser ;)

I even got the time to finally align my Firefox advertisement properly at the bottom so it fits a bit better to the design than before.

It seems to me as I only have two or three things left which need my attention, then I can start blogging again. Two of those things are the Internet Exploder bug with the NicEdit WYSIWYG editor and the, currently missing, Gravatar avatars in the comments.

Enough for now :)

Marco
P.S.: I hope Germany wins the UEFA cup…

]]> http://www.ruelicke.net/2008/06/27/being-alive-part-2/feed/ 0 The heartbeat – A sign for being alive. http://www.ruelicke.net/2008/06/12/the-heartbeat-a-sign-for-being-alive/ http://www.ruelicke.net/2008/06/12/the-heartbeat-a-sign-for-being-alive/#comments Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:14:08 +0000 Marco http://www.ruelicke.net/2008/06/the-heartbeat-a-sign-for-being-alive/ The heartbeat - A sign for being alive.It has been quite some time since my last post. About 3 month, if I’m not wrong.

A lot happened in the world since then. Quite a few updates were released for Wordpress and now I have to take care of getting up to date.

Also, my feed reader collected a few thousands of articles which I couldn’t read due to not having enough time. At least there is a button which marks them all read with one click ;)

So, what happened to me which prevented the posting of new articles or at least regular messages on twitter?

First of all my real life got quite busy. I had to concentrate more on school (though some grades won’t be better this half year either) and then I got somewhat World of Warcraft addicted. I believe I have to blame my friends on the Warcraft part as they convinced me to start playing in September last year.

Aside that I was forced to reformat my computer about 2 or 3 weeks ago. My computer catched something nasty and since it had already had a lot of bugs I decided to take the opportunity and make a clean installation of Windows XP, including Service Pack 3.
I still struggle with installing a few missing programs, but my computer is more or less back to normal :)

Well, that’s enough for now. I better see to it that I update my blog, have a look at that new NicEdit and start writing more often on here again. I guess some of you remember that I had one or two good ideas. Of course I plan to continue them when I have the time.

So long,
Marco

P.S.: I hope Germany wins the UEFA cup ;)

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The contest was the first one of this kind I ever participated, so I’m very surprised that I managed to score the second place!

Thanks, Les!

You can read about the other winners at My Radical Blog.

]]> http://www.ruelicke.net/2008/03/02/my-radical-blogs-entre-card-contest-an-the-winner-are/feed/ 0 My Radical Blogs Contest – Win 10,000 EntreCard Credits http://www.ruelicke.net/2008/02/18/my-radical-blogs-contest-win-10000-entrecard-credits/ http://www.ruelicke.net/2008/02/18/my-radical-blogs-contest-win-10000-entrecard-credits/#comments Mon, 18 Feb 2008 17:53:12 +0000 Marco http://www.ruelicke.net/2008/02/my-radical-blogs-contest-win-10000-entrecard-credits/ I don’t remember how I discovered “My Radical Blogs“, I only know I found Lessca’s “1000 Blogs Against Whaling campaign” a couple of days ago.
After having a short look at his site, I decided to subscribe to his RSS feed because most of the content interests me.

Today, as I looked through my RSS reader, I saw his second EntreCard article in which he promotes a contest.

For everyone using EntreCard out there, this contest is your chance to win up to 10,000 EntreCard credits!

Read the rules, maybe you decide to participate and win those credits.

P.S.: Lessca’s “Blogging Is About Sharing, Not Competing” and “Bloghology – If you ever only download one ebook – this should be it” are also worth reading.

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I decided to wait a bit for jumping onto the wagon and getting an own Twitter account. So here I am, with my very own Twitter account.

I will see how much I’ll use it and if it is worth keeping it, at least for me that is ;)

So bear with me and feel free to give me Twitter tips or at least share your thoughts. Of course you are also welcome to follow me.

P.S: I also added a “Recent Tweet” to the sidebar using the Twitter Tools Plugin.

]]> http://www.ruelicke.net/2008/02/10/everyone-is-getting-twitter-so-do-i/feed/ 0 Short summary about recent changes at Ruelicke.net + 1 Question http://www.ruelicke.net/2008/01/12/short-summary-about-recent-changes-at-ruelicke-dot-net-plus-1-question/ http://www.ruelicke.net/2008/01/12/short-summary-about-recent-changes-at-ruelicke-dot-net-plus-1-question/#comments Fri, 11 Jan 2008 23:00:19 +0000 Marco http://www.ruelicke.net/2008/01/short-summary-about-recent-changes-at-ruelicke-dot-net-plus-1-question/ MaintenanceA few days ago Matt at Webmaster-Source and Michael at Pro Blog Design published articles about optimizing the load time of a blog and plugins to get more comments

Influenced by their articles I decided to review and optimize my own blog. Some of the mentioned plugins and optimizations I had already in use, a few I added as result of reading said articles:

You could call this some kind of heavy maintenance, so I’m now interested on some feedback. How do you like the new comment plugins? Does the site load slower or faster or did it stay the same? Any reply is much appreciated, especially feedback about the loading time of my blog :)

Update:
I moved all javascript used on my site to the foot which should reduce the loading time a lot more.
Please let me know if something is now broken :)

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