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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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  * Internet Browsers Reviewed *
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  * Apple Safari v5.0.1 (Mac)  *
  * Apple Safari v5.0.1 (PC)   *
  * Firefox v3.6.9             *
  * Google Chrome v5.0         *
  * Internet Explorer v8.0     *
  * Opera v10.10               *
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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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  * Internet Browsers Reviewed *
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  * Apple Safari v5.0   (Mac)  *
  * Apple Safari v5.0   (PC)   *
  * Firefox v3.6.6             *
  * Google Chrome v5.0         *
  * Internet Explorer v8.0     *
  * Opera v10.60               *
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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.

New Desk Mess Mirrored and Shades Theme Versions Go Live

Edward Caissie — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:40:24 +0000

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

Edward Caissie — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:59:32 +0000

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.

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.

Shades 1.1 Live

Edward Caissie — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:55:02 +0000

It was a productive weekend, amongst many things the free WordPress.org theme Shades was was updated to version 1.1 and is now available for download from WordPress Extend Themes.

Also, we finished a new theme, Pinup Meets Grunge; and, are now awaiting its approval. We are quite interested to see how this latest theme will be accepted by the general public, more so for the effect of being able to change the background color and really give the theme a different look. Stop by our main site and have a read of this post to see some sample looks.