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We just installed and activated the Theme Switcher Reloaded plugin and placed it near the top of the sidebar.
Our readers can now simply click on the name of the theme under our “Try Our Themes” block in the sidebar and be able to use any or our themes, or child themes in the case of our Shades series of themes, on our blog in a live setting.
Enjoy!
The WordPress theme Shades version 1.0.2 was uploaded a short while ago. Here is its changlog:
-- Version 1.0.2 - added internationalization (I18n) code as specified at this page: http://codex.wordpress.org/I18n_for_WordPress_Developers - changed <ul id="menu">...</ul> to <div class="menu"><ul>...</ul></div>; added height, margin, and padding elements to the menu class - changed sidebar text alignment to left (from center); and, corrected screenshot image.
(NB: Shades version 1.0.2 is now live as of Jun 29, 2009)
I think this is one of my favorite emails to receive:
Congratulations, your new theme Shades is now available to the public at <http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/shades>.
This theme was finished almost two weeks ago and was originally going to be used privately but we are releasing it to the public in hopes it will grow into something more.
Here is the description for Shades, and a screenshot:
A simple clean theme framework to work from, designed ideally for light colored backgrounds and easily adapted to darker layouts.
… and as of this posting a child theme can be found here at Rattitude.com. A few finishing touches to add internationalization to the theme are being made and will be released soon in an updated version.
A few very minor updates to the Desk Mess Mirrored theme have been uploaded to WordPress.org for review and approval.
-- Version 1.0.7 -> .po file to be used for translations can be generated at http://www.icanlocalize.com/tools/php_scanner - added theme version number in credit line - removed category.php placeholder file
(NB: Desk Mess Mirrored version 1.0.7 is now live as of Jun 23, 2009)
I’ve added a few more minor updates and uploaded Desk Mess Mirrored to WordPress.org for approval. The last update was approved in only a few hours.
We hope to see this one approved and made live in a similar amount of time.
The current theme version as of this writing is 1.0.5. The most recent changes are:
- Changelog: -- Version 1.0.6 - Removed unused CSS (legacy from original theme) - added minimal Form element styles - added email link to author.php - removed list "dot" beside calendar via '#subcolumn ul' element - added '.post dl' and related CSS elements
We appreciate and enjoy the number of people downloading and using this theme and will continue to make improvements as we find them; or, as you find them.
We welcome all comments and suggestions. We will address every one of them.
(NB: Desk Mess Mirrored version 1.0.6 is now live at WordPress.org as of Jun 12, 2009.)
Desk Mess Mirrored version 1.0.5 has added the features of identifying more readily multiple contributors to an individual blog.
In the comments.php file the code will need to be (as of this writing) be manually edited. The changes are relatively small and very easy to do. Starting around line 30 change this:
<?php foreach ($comments as $comment) : ?>
<div id="comment-<?php comment_ID() ?>" >
/* elseif ($comment->user_id == '2') echo 'jellybeen'; */ /* sample */
/* add additional user_id following above example, echo the 'CSS element' you want to use for styling */
else echo $oddcomment; ?> item" id="comment-<?php comment_ID() ?>" >to this by simply removing the first “/*” and the first “*/”:
<?php foreach ($comments as $comment) : ?>
<div id="comment-<?php comment_ID() ?>" >
elseif ($comment->user_id == '2') echo 'jellybeen'; /* sample */
/* add additional user_id following above example, echo the 'CSS element' you want to use for styling */
else echo $oddcomment; ?> item" id="comment-<?php comment_ID() ?>" >This adds the specific registered user comment styling.
The author.php file will also need to be edited to complete the full feature set of version 1.0.5, which is matching the style of the contributor comments to their individual page listing their specific posts. Starting with this (around line 17):
<div id="author" class="<?php if ((get_userdata(intval($author))->ID) == '1') echo 'administrator';
/* elseif ((get_userdata(intval($author))->ID) == '2') echo 'jellybeen'; */ /* sample */
/* add additional user_id following above example, echo the 'CSS element' you want to use for styling */
?>">Simply remove the first “/*” and the first “*/” to change to this:
<div id="author" class="<?php if ((get_userdata(intval($author))->ID) == '1') echo 'administrator';
elseif ((get_userdata(intval($author))->ID) == '2') echo 'jellybeen'; /* sample */
/* add additional user_id following above example, echo the 'CSS element' you want to use for styling */
?>">The classes are already called out in the CSS so the rest is easily changed to suit the individual author.
If you need additional help feel free to contact us.
We have recently uploaded another update to our Desk Mess Mirrored theme (see Changelog below) that has addressed a few issues; and, added some additional functionality. The current version as of this writing is 1.0.4.
- Changelog: -- Version 1.0.5 - Corrected RSS feed URL in single.php (correction as noted by Bill Girimonti pipeline_intl@orcon.net.nz - Thank You!) - Added comment <code> styles - Added author template page - Author posts displayed with "Mullet Loop" as inspired by http://perishablepress.com/ - Added link to author page in single.php at end of post - Added styles for author related items
We hope to see this live at WordPress.org very soon.
Once again, thank you for your time and patience with us and this theme. We hope it is being enjoyed as much as we enjoy continuing with improvements.
Desk Mess Mirrored version 1.0.5 is now live (Jun 9, 2009) at WordPress.org!
I have just uploaded to WordPress.org the latest version of our Desk Mess Mirrored theme. As of this writing, the current theme version is 1.0.3.
There were some minor changes that we felt should be made:
- Changelog: -- Version 1.0.4 - additional localization added - added Ordered List <ol> styles
We apologize for overlooking these details in our previous release and hope to see version 1.0.4 available very soon.
Thank you for your interest and continued support.
We greatly appreciate your time and patience.
Desk Mess Mirrored version 1.0.4 is now live (Jun 8, 2009) at WordPress.org!
I received an email from WordPress.org earlier today informing me of the approval of our theme Desk Mess Mirrored!
Congratulations, your new theme Desk Mess Mirrored is now available to the public at <http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/desk-mess-mirrored>.
This is our first public release free theme and it was quite enjoyable putting it together and working out the little bugs that crept up. We will be offering more themes in the future, feel free to drop by anytime to see what’s new from our Design by JellyBeen crew.
Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions or concerns with Desk Mess Mirrored.
Here I am just about ready to upload Desk Mess Mirrored to the WordPress Theme repository except for one little issue that was not acceptable to my standards … the theme preview in the Dashboard was showing up as a great, big, white block of nothingness. This was being quite bothersome because as far as I could tell my formatting was at least to the standards laid out by WordPress; it matched several other themes I have used from other authors; it even matched my very first attempt at a WordPress theme, all of which were displaying correctly in the preview window.
Now, I also realized this is probably one of those classic new theme developer problems and I was a little reluctant to ask my “go to forum” WordPress gurus what I was doing wrong for the simple reason: it must be really obvious!.
Google! … when all else fails, Google is your friend. Five different search phrases later I found a reference to the problem.
When naming your theme folder, or re-naming for that matter, do not use hyphens ( – ) or spaces as separators; use underscores ( _ ). I opened up my FTP program, logged into my server and changed the folder name from desk-mess-mirrored to desk_mess_mirrored. Phew! That was easy. I opened up a new browser tab; surfed to this blog’s home page to write this post thinking that others may find this little tidbit of information useful; and, what do I see … nothing?! Yes, nothing!
Note to self: do not change active theme folder name. Change to a different theme first; change the former theme’s folder name; then, change back to the theme and your WordPress Dashboard theme preview will work.
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