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Shades 1.6 Live

Edward Caissie — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 15:17:47 +0000

The latest version of the free WordPress Theme Shades went live a few days ago. The version number is 1.6 and implemented many updates to its core functions and features. Here is the latest changelog entry:

Changelog as of Sept 9, 2010:
-- Version 1.6
  - released: Sept 13, 2010
  - added license slug and URI to style.css header block
  - added unique prefix to themes functions where appropriate
  - added full wp_nav_menu support
  - added additional WordPress 3.0 core functionality features i.e.: post thumbnails
  - added full drop-down menu functionality with credits to http://matthewjamestaylor.com/blog/centered-dropdown-menus
  - added 'the_shortlink()' based on this post: http://wpfirstaid.com/2010/07/add-the_shortlink/
  - additional code clean-up
  - CSS: adjusted background and font size on allowed tags for comments
  - CSS: minor clean up  

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As per our usual fashion it will be the featured (read: in use) theme at DbJB until the next BuyNowShop theme is updated, released, and available at the WordPress Extend Themes repository.

Desk Mess Mirrored 1.7 Live

Edward Caissie — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 00:41:27 +0000

A couple of days ago Desk Mess Mirrored version 1.7 went live at the WordPress Extend Themes repository. Besides being the featured theme, here is the recent changelog:


Changelog as of July 18, 2010:
-- Version 1.7
  - released: July 20, 2010
  - add License URI to style.css title block
  - minor change to `the_content` "more" text
  - css form fine-tuning
  - code clean up to meet WP Standards
  - moved default search into `sidebar-1` (a popular request in end-user feedback)
  - add `custom menu` support
  - add `custom background` support
  - add `post-thumbnail` support to posts and pages
  - add `editor-style` support

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  * Google Chrome v5.0         *
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  * Opera v10.60               *
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Ground Floor 1.5.1 Live

Edward Caissie — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:59:43 +0000

The latest version of the free WordPress Theme Ground Floor went live today.

Here is the changelog:


Changelog as of Jul 5, 2010
= Version 1.5.1 =
  - style updates for the `comment_form()` function

= Version 1.5 =
  - released: July 5, 2010
  - cleaned up code to meet WP Standards
  - adjusted content_width value
  - fixed page with comments closed message
  - removed feed links from header; using `add_theme_support( 'automatic-feed-links' );`
  - removed `legacy.comments.php` file as it is no longer referenced.
  - add the use of `comment_form()`

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  * Firefox v3.6.6             *
  * Google Chrome v5.0         *
  * Internet Explorer v8.0     *
  * Opera v10.10               *
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Enjoy!

Desk Mess Mirrored 1.6 Live

Edward Caissie — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:22:37 +0000

The latest version of Desk Mess Mirrored is live at WordPress.org; and, as we return to our tradition of showcasing our latest theme work it is also the being set as the current theme here. Enjoy!

Ground Floor 1.3.1 Live

Edward Caissie — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:17:20 +0000

The free WordPress theme Ground Floor version 1.3.1 is now live at WordPress.org.

Here is the latest changelog:

Changelog as of Mar 8, 2010
= Version 1.3.1 =
  - modified bns_login function to use wp-login.php to match the BNS Login plugin
  - removed promotional link to the BNS Login plugin at WordPress.org

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    * Google Chrome v4.0         *
    * Internet Explorer v8.0     *
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= 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()

Comments FYI

Edward Caissie — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:48:22 +0000

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

Edward Caissie — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:58:56 +0000

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

Edward Caissie — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:26:37 +0000

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

Edward Caissie — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:41:50 +0000

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

Edward Caissie — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 03:36:10 +0000

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.