Oy, this is become quite a little pain. The k2 theme rocks and I use it on my own blog where it works just fine. However, on iocean it is really really slooooooww. I’ve spent quite a bit of time looking into why this is and have tried tweaking for performance at every level: mysql optimizations, turning off plug-ins, wp-cache, etc.

I’m still not entirely sure what’s causing the sluggish performance. In the meantime, I’m reverting back (somewhat) to the previous theme, which loads a bit faster. I’m wondering whether we should install the APC (alternative php cache) extension to enable compiled php caching in apache. This could help somewhat?

I’ll wait until Mason returns in a couple weeks to figure some of this stuff out. For now, this site, although functional, will remain in a state of limbo.

Thanks for the patience.

-Shaun

This site may be a little broken for the next few days as we complete the transition to a new and improved WordPress theme.

Trust me, it will be worth it.

One of the improvements is already seen in the global navigation bar. We’d like to provide a more logical structure for the static pages contained within this site. The addition of the About, Projects, Groups, and Tools pages will give us a good framework for placing related content.

For example, the Matlab Group page is now located under Groups.

More stuff to come in time…

-Shaun

Giving WordPress Its Own Directory - This WordPress Codex contains the instructions for storing the core WordPress files in a sub directory. This removes the clutter of wp-* from out document root.

There may be a few buggy links at this time while we complete the transition to WordPress 2.0.4 and install the k2 theme.