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

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.

Theme Updates Are Live

Edward Caissie — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:15:09 +0000

The following themes (updated to correct an error in the footer.php code) are now live at WordPress.org:

Shades version 1.1.1
Ground Floor version 1.1.2
Pinup Meets Grunge version 1.0.4

All of these theme versions went live on Sep 8, 2009.

Ground Floor 1.0.3

Edward Caissie — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:51:05 +0000

Our latest theme, Ground Floor (version 1.0.3) is now live at WordPress.org!

Just like the message reads:

Congratulations, your new theme Ground Floor is now available to the public at <http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/ground-floor>.

Of course, Ground Floor will now be featured here since it is our most recently updated theme.

We look forward to continued design, implementation, and administration of our themes. We also hope to see many people choosing to enjoy these themes as much as we enjoy creating, updating, and maintaining them.

WordPress Themes Update

Edward Caissie — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 02:02:42 +0000

We have been working on all of our themes both new and existing and find that an update is in order.

First off, Desk Mess Mirrored is now at version 1.2 and also includes a child theme Multi. We made sure to include easy to follow step-by-step instructions so you can quickly put the Multi child theme to use at your earliest convenience.

The Shades theme is currently at version 1.0.3.2 and with its next update (within the next 7-10 days) it will also include one of its child themes, Shades of Darkness.

Our newest theme, and the one currently being featured here is Ground Floor. We hope to see it live at WordPress.org in the next couple of days. Although there is no child theme currently included with the Ground Floor theme we are currently working on ideas for one.

WordPress Theme: Desk Mess Mirrored

Edward Caissie — Sat, 30 May 2009 15:21:07 +0000

We are now featuring our newest theme, Desk Mess Mirrored, which we activated May 30, 2009. This theme is a re-work and update of the Desk Mess theme version 1.4 by geekwithlaptop.com we were using before. We have adjusted some of the general layout of the theme. The header graphics were entirely re-designed and created by our graphics people. The underlying code was reviewed and updated to the current standards (WordPress version 2.7 as of this writing). We have also corrected a few minor issues and extended the widgetized sidebar to include an upper half and a lower half.

We will be releasing this theme to the general public in the near future.

WordPress Theme Changes

Edward Caissie — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 16:24:52 +0000

I really like the current theme I am using. It was one of about ten or so WordPress themes I started with. Desk Mess has life; and, a good representation of some of my interests, hobbies and aspirations. I’ve kept the main header graphic intact for now, but may look at some adjustments to it in the future. Perhaps I will change the iPhone icons to look like my iPod Touch’s home screen. Maybe I will change the dancing unicorn image to something more relevant to my life. What’s with the orange in the cup?! It looks interesting, but I’m more a Chai person.

Currently I have made a few changes to some of the base theme PHP files and fixed some of the CSS used by the theme as well. I finished the code to create the second widgetized sidebar, essentially extending the length of the sidebar. I also limited the page list used across the top of the template to only show parent pages. Further adjustments to the graphic and other related code may be done in the future as the length of the page title is very limiting. I added a simple archives page that displays excerpts only, just in case Google is watching. The widget CSS for the standard calendar needed adjusting for a better aesthetic display in my opinion; and, a few other minor common alignment elements were added to round out the initial review.

Overall, I still like the theme and for that reason I posted previously the original author’s details so others may start with a “fresh” copy.

Tell me what you think in the comments section, and if you would like the minor modifications I have done for yourself let me know that too.

New Home

Edward Caissie — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:38:36 +0000

We have just moved to a more flexible home. This is a sub-domain of one of our longest standing web sites, BuyNowShop.com.

Our former home at WordPress.com was a great place to start, but the lack of Plugin and widget access provided the impetus to move to a self-hosted WordPress blog.

We finally decided to go with the Desk Mess theme, below are some notes taken directly from the original authors details. We found a few corrections were needed, and will be making further modifications as we grow.

Original Theme Name: Desk Mess
Original Theme URI: http://www.geekwithlaptop.com/desk-mess-wordpress-theme
Original Description: Casual work-desk theme for a different blogging experience. Brought to you Geek with Laptop
Original Version: 1.4
Original Author: Geek With Laptop
Original Author URL: http://www.geekwithlaptop.com
The CSS/XHTML is released under GPL: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.php

Some fonts used in this theme that may or may not be installed on the reader’s computer:

Lucida Grande – general text (an Apple font – Windows emulation font package as Googled from this site)
Lucida Sans Unicode – general text
Copperplate Gothic Bold – the header text (one of our computers needed this font)

A final note, buyer beware: This theme was originally downloaded from www.ThemesPreview.com where we found they are adding an encoded “relay.php” file to most every theme they have available to be downloaded for free. This file is included in the “footer.php” file and creates a link to ad sites of one sort or another. I was disappointed.

I searched out the original author’s web site to download a clean and current version. I have no idea what else may be in these relay.php files but please, as a matter of peace of mind, be aware and check each file (line-by-line) in a text editor of any theme you acquire to make sure you are hopefully not getting something you did not want.

WordPress MU 2.7 Out of the Box

Edward Caissie — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:15:51 +0000

Just recently Donncha O Caoimh posted on his blog that WordPress Mu (2.7) was available. We have not had a great deal of time lately to stay on the bleeding edge of its development so this announcement was all we were waiting for to push two MU installations updates.

A quick review and some brief observations:

The combined time to update both WordPress Mu installations was slightly less than 20 minutes. An additional five minutes were needed to “fix” the “home” theme on the first installation. It was not a theme issue in as much as an installer issue. We are embarrassed to say we missed not over writing the theme folders during the update. We have a complete backup of all our active MU themes so the correction was made with a quick upload.

The general layout is very similar to a single user version of WordPress 2.7, with the exception of the newly included Admin bar by Viper007Bond at the top of the Dashboard screen. An unexpectedly nice touch that should be easily put to good use.

A job well done to all the developers and testers to get this to the public, we are looking forward to working more with this version of WordPress MU in the near future.

A curious question: how will you be using the new WordPress MU version 2.7?

WordPress MU Free Themes

Edward Caissie — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:43:24 +0000

As we have been reviewing WordPress MU and implementing small installations for niche groups we have found a few themes that we liked and have made adaptations to allow them to function, in our opinion, more easily in the WordPress MU environment with minimal editing required after installation. All of the original themes were freely available when we started working with them.

We would now like to share these themes we have adapted. So without a lot of fuss or muss, below you will find copies of the screenshots from each theme. Below the screenshots you find a link to the zipped file containing the themes. Simply unzip the file, and upload the themes to your WordPress MU / wp-content / themes directory and do not forget to activate them for your users.

We have left the original author details in the themes for reference purposes and we have added code to automatically add a link to your main blog of your WordPress MU installation. We also added a Site Admin link to each theme that did not originally have one, simply because we believe there should always be a link on the page to access the dashboard with.

Enjoy!

Zipped File Link: http://www.buynowshop.com/wpmu-free-themes/MUT-20081231.zip (3MB)