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Ground Floor 1.3

Edward Caissie — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 03:30:21 +0000

I have just uploaded the latest version of Ground Floor to the WordPress.org Theme repository. Most of the updates were focused on cleaning up the CSS file as well as adding the two footer functions: bns_dynamic_copyright (version 1.3), and bns_theme_version (version 1.2.1). Here is the lastest changelog:

Changelog as of Mar 6, 2010
= Version 1.3 =
  - added "GPL2" license statement to style.css
  - added YUI reset to CSS
  - general clean-up of CSS file (removed most empty elements)
  - added bns_dynamic_copyright()

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    * Google Chrome v4.0         *
    * Internet Explorer v8.0     *
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    * IE 6 - basic functionality *
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Ground Floor version 1.3.1 is now live at WordPress.org as of Mar 9, 2010.

Artists and Albums

Edward Caissie — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 01:44:37 +0000

One of my great pleasures in seeing how my themes are being enjoyed by others. Today I would like to share two more web sites in my series of “showcase” posts.

The first web site is using a modified version of the Desk Mess Mirrored theme. This design has a completely new header section that enhances the theme character for this author’s content and direction. Here is a screen snippet from The DigiScrap Quality Guide:

Digital Scrapbooking Quality Control Guide and Information

The next web site was quite a pleasant surprise; not for its theme modification but simply for its content. I am quite honored to have my theme, Shades, chosen to display Kayla and Orion’s online wedding album. Thank you very much. Here is a snippet of their web site with their special day clearly marked.

Kayla and Orion - May 30, 2010

Please accept my best wishes for a prosperous and joyous future together.

Shades 1.3.3

Edward Caissie — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:55:24 +0000

The latest version (1.3.3) of the free WordPress theme Shades has just been uploaded for approval by the Themes Team at WordPress.org. Here is the recent changelog for this version:

Changelog as of Feb 22, 2010:

-- Version 1.3.3
  - WP: added "GPL2" license statement to style.css
  - WP: added 'posted' to page author by-line, now reads 'posted by'
  - WP: added bns_dynamic_copyright() to functions.php; replaced 'copyright' code in footer.php
  - WP: added bns_theme_version() to functions.php; replaced 'version' code in footer.php
  - WP: moved wp_footer into its own 'div'
  - CSS: removed most empty elements
  - NB: Shades of Darkness will no longer be included with Shades to reduce theme size after version 1.3.3
  - NB: Shades of Darkness will be available to download at http://buynowshop.com/themes/shades

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    * Apple Safari v4.0.4 (PC)   *
    * Firefox v3.6               *
    * Google Chrome v3.0         *
    * Internet Explorer v8.0     *
    * Opera v10.10               *
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    * IE 6 - basic functionality *
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Version 1.3.3 of Shades is now live at <http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/shades>.
The WordPress.org Themes Team

Desk Mess Mirrored 1.4.6 Live

Edward Caissie — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:47:56 +0000

Confirmed by this email message:

Version 1.4.6 of Desk Mess Mirrored is now live at <http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/desk-mess-mirrored>.
The WordPress.org Themes Team

Desk Mess Mirrored 1.4.6

Edward Caissie — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 02:53:17 +0000

I just uploaded to WordPress.org the latest version of the free theme Desk Mess Mirrored. There were only a few changes as noted in the changelog.txt file:

Changelog as of Feb 17, 2010:
-- Version 1.4.6
  - added "GPL2" license statement to style.css
  - CSS: added 'p a img' element to remove linked image borders
  - WP: added bns_dynamic_copyright() function to footer.php
  - WP: Modified navigation links at bottom of pages

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    * Apple Safari v4.0.4 (Mac)  *
    * Apple Safari v4.0.4 (PC)   *
    * Firefox v3.6               *
    * Google Chrome v3.0         *
    * Internet Explorer v8.0     *
    * Opera v10.10               *
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    * IE 6 - basic functionality *
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Enjoy!

Adding Dynamic Copyrights

Edward Caissie — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 01:52:33 +0000

We will be adding to all of our themes our latest optimization, the bns_dynamic_copyright() function.

WPFirstAid.com recently wrote a post covering the inclusion of this dynamic copyright function into most any theme. This added functionality will be included with the next update of each of our themes.

Using the get_post() function, bns_dynamic_copyright() essentially finds the blog’s first post; makes note of its date; then creates a copyright notice that takes into account the year in the date of the first (read: oldest) post to recognize the lifetime of the blog.

Here is the code to be placed in the functions.php file:

function bns_dynamic_copyright() {
  /* Get all posts */
  $all_posts = get_posts('post_status=publish&order=ASC');
  /* Get first post */
  $first_post = $all_posts[0];
  /* Get date of first post */
  $first_date = $first_post->post_date_gmt;

  /* Display common footer copyright notice */
  _e('Copyright © ');
  /* Display first post year and current year */
  if ( substr($first_date,0,4) == date(Y) ) {
  /* Only display current year if no posts in previous years */
    echo date(Y);
  } else {
    echo substr($first_date,0,4) . "-" . date(Y);
  }
  /* Display blog name from 'General Settings' page */
  echo ' ' . get_bloginfo('name') . ' ';
  _e('All rights reserved.');
}

… and here is the line of code to replace the old static copyright notice:

New WordPress Plugin: BNS Add Widget

Edward Caissie — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 02:37:27 +0000

I wrote this plugin inspired by a recent topic on the WordPress Support forums. I would like to thank Danylo for the discussion that lead me to the idea.

Here is the description for the BNS Add Widget plugin:

Add a widget area to the footer of any theme. Works just like the widget areas commonly created with code in the functions.php template file.

It essentially just adds a widget area to the footer of any theme by “hooking into” the standard WordPress function wp_footer(). This plugin will allow other plugins, like my BNS Corner Logo, to work when the active blog theme does not have its own built-in widget areas.

BNS SMF Feeds 1.3

Edward Caissie — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:03:23 +0000

First, I must extend a heart felt thanks to my readers and to those kind people that make use of my themes and plugins.

This particular update was taken from an idea presented by a comment made by Manu with this question:

Is there a way to open the forum in a new window instead of the same, when the links will be clicked?
Manu

Although I replied with what to edit in the plugin the idea struck me as something that should be an option. Other people using the plugin may have a use for this functionality but not want to delve into the code to make the edits required. Following is the changelog for version 1.3:

== Changelog ==
= 1.3 =
* removed unnecessary (commented out) code
* added option to open links in new window as suggested
* added new screenshot of option panel

… and the noted new look of the option panel:

BNS SMF Feeds Option Panel version 1.3

BNS SMF Feeds 1.2

Edward Caissie — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 02:38:12 +0000

I have just uploaded to the WordPress Extend Plugins repository the latest version of my free plugin BNS SMF Feeds. The recent update adds a new option to better control the Feed Refresh frequency. Here is the changelog:

== Changelog ==
= 1.2 =
* added feed refresh frequency (in seconds) option
* added new screenshot of option panel

… and here is a screen capture of the most recent control panel:

BNS SMF Feeds Control Panel from version 1.2

Desk Mess Mirrored 20,000 Downloads

Edward Caissie — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:06:21 +0000

Desk Mess Mirrored is by far the most popular theme I have released to date. The theme has ranged in popularity from number 23 on Jun 15, 2009 to where it has settled into its current home on page four or five of the WordPress Extend Theme repository.

Around 6:30 PM (GMT-5) today I was able to capture this screenshot:

The 20,000th download of Desk Mess Mirrored

Thank you to everyone that has used, and continues to use the Desk Mess Mirrored theme. Your interest is valued and appreciated.