Comments FYI

Posted by Edward Caissie on Jan 14, 2010 with No Comments
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Just a quick note …

I have decided to set comments to be closed 60 days after an article has been posted on this blog. Please feel free to visit our main web site at http://buynowshop.com and make use of our Contact Us form if there is a concern on an older post.

Thank You!

Shades 1.3.1 Live

Posted by Edward Caissie on Nov 30, 2009 with Comments Closed
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After putting the update for Shades version 1.3 on the WordPress Extend Themes repository I noticed a few items that needed to be addressed … mostly CSS related plus a few other minor additions. Here is the recent changes from the changelog.txt file:

Changelog as of Nov 28, 2009:

-- Version 1.3.1
  - WP: added body_class() function
  - WP: added author link to page.php
  - CSS: added author related elements and properties
  - CSS: add '.page p' class
  - CSS: added 'blockquote p' element
  - CSS: general consolidations and/or removal of duplicate elements

Enjoy!

Shades 1.3 Live

Posted by Edward Caissie on Nov 24, 2009 with Comments Closed
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The latest version of the free WordPress theme Shades is now live at WordPress.org having been approved today Nov 24, 2009.

Here is the latest changelog:

Changelog as of Nov 24, 2009:

-- Version 1.3
  - CSS (new): added "YUI Reset"
  - CSS (new): added '.page ol', '.page ul', and '.page li'
  - CSS (edit): removed #author 'width' property
  - CSS (edit): removed #comments-main 'width' property
  - CSS (edit): removed #comments-main code 'width' property
  - added comments to the page.php template file
  - added support for posts that have multiple pages
  - pt_BR language files added - thanks to Hábner Costa habnertc {at} msn {dot} com

… and as customary, the Shades theme will now be featured here.

Desk Mess Mirrored 1.4.2 Live

Posted by Edward Caissie on Oct 19, 2009 with Comments Closed
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The latest version of Desk Mess Mirrored, version 1.4.2, is now live at WordPress.org. The theme team seems to be consistently approving updates in about two days.

This version of the theme is mostly just aesthetics with focus on page styles. Here is the latest changelog entry:

Changelog (as of Oct 17, 2009)

-- Version 1.4.2
	- CSS (new): added 'dl.gallery-item {margin: 0;}' as pointed out by Andy Fragen of http://troop262ps.org/
	- CSS (edit): #comments -> 'padding: 24px 0 0 40px;' to 'padding: 30px 0 0 30px;'
	- CSS (new): added '.page ol', '.page ul', and '.page li' elements
	- comments.php (line 40) -> changed 'One Comment' to '1 Comment'

… and of course, we will be featuring the Desk Mess Mirrored theme in the form of the Multi child theme.

BNS Featured Tag 1.5

Posted by Edward Caissie on Oct 7, 2009 with Comments Closed
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I just uploaded a short while ago the most recent update to the WordPress plugin BNS Featured Tag now at version 1.5.

Here is the recent changelog:

== Changelog ==

= 1.5 =
* added option to set the quantity of the first words of the post to display instead of the default excerpt.
* modified description to reflect new functionality
* slightly increased the size of option panel to better display controls

BNS Featured Tag functions essentially the same as BNS Featured Category. There are a few minor code differences, and the obvious tag versus category selectors. It is usually just a matter of clearing my schedule enough to update the code of one after adding the new functionality to the other. This time it took a few days … busy is good.

New WordPress Theme: NoNa 1.0 Live

Posted by Edward Caissie on Oct 5, 2009 with Comments Closed
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The hard working folk on the WordPress Themes team have sent me another email:

Congratulations, your new theme Nona is now available to the public at <http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/nona>.

I still think this is one of the better things to read in my inbox.

NoNa is the direct replacement for Pinup Meets Grunge and will be carried forward as such. Here is the description from style.css:

Missing the pretty pin-up girl posing in the header, this grunge based theme originally known as Pinup Meets Grunge beautifully blends user option enabled background colors. This built-in option gives you the creative opportunity to truly make this theme your own. Do not be scared off by the dark look, try installing your own copy and playing with the background color changing option yourself. Remember, if you are not a fan of “blank” headers feel free to drop us a note and we can discuss additional options.

Although we are disappointed Pinup Meets Grunge is no longer available at WordPress.org we can only hope a grassroots campaign will spring up with everyone writing to themes@wordpress.org asking them to remove the suspended status from Pinup Meets Grunge.

Three Plugins to Update

Posted by Edward Caissie on Oct 3, 2009 with Comments Closed
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We have finished a review of the current versions of the last three of our plugins and made minor updates to all of them.

The modifications added a simple version check against the global $wp_version variable that holds the installed WordPress version number. Currently each plugin will only verify the installed version meets the minimum requirements based on functions being used.

There are future possibilities in creating an incentive for users to upgrade to the most current stable version of WordPress. We will be using this “check” method in all our themes and plugins. This verification process has been added to our BNS Login plugin and will be implemented in all of our existing themes with their next updates.

Sample code snippet for (current as of this writing) version checking:

global $wp_version;
$exit_message='This BuyNowShop theme/plugin recommends the use of WordPress 2.8.4, <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Upgrading_WordPress">Please Update!';
if (version_compare($wp_version, "2.8.4", "<"))
	{
		exit ($exit_message);
	}

NB: Current version versus minimum version checks will be added at appropriate times.

New Desk Mess Mirrored and Shades Theme Versions Go Live

Posted by Edward Caissie on Sep 28, 2009 with Comments Closed
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I just received word, or more correctly read my emails and found the announcements that the recent theme updates to Desk Mess Mirrored and Shades have been approved at WordPress.org. The latest versions of both themes are now live and ready to be downloaded, or updated, as the case may be.

In this latest version of Shades, the major update was to the comments part of the theme. Shades version 1.2 now fully supports threaded comments. Also in this release, support for sticky posts was added.

The latest version (1.4.1) of Desk Mess Mirrored had support for sticky posts added, too.

Desk Mess Mirrored 1.4 Live

Posted by Edward Caissie on Sep 22, 2009 with Comments Closed
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Desk Mess Mirrored version 1.4 is now live at WordPress.org as of Sept 21, 2009. This announcement would normally have been made yesterday when we received the news ourselves but just prior to the email notice we received another email.

This email advised us that our theme Pinup Meets Grunge was suspended and after many emails the essential reason is:

… while it isn’t obvious and over the top adult/mature
(like a theme with pornography in it), I do think it’s fairly
suggestive and trying to push where the line is for adult/mature in
the theme directory.

Given this, you will now find the Pinup Meets Grunge theme available on our main web site where we will continue to maintain and update it in the same fashion as any of our other themes currently hosted on the WordPress Extend Theme repository.

You should also keep an eye open for the “replacement” theme to be published on WordPress.org in the near future.