Who wants a wp theme ?

[pmaior]

Hello all.

I have created a wordpress theme using a program called Artisteer.
The problem is it won't work on my older version WP sites.

I was wondering if anyone wanted to try it on a current version of Wordpress. Of course if you like the theme you can keep it.

The latest version I tried was 2.21 Kind of worked here, problem with a missing function the_title_attribute.

The link is http://www.topwebsecrets.com/wpblueonblue.zip

I don't really use Wordpress too much any more. I am currently learning Drupal. I am considering creating a free themes website and want to include Wordpress Themes.

Pablo

[pmaior]

Since I got no bites on my request, I went ahead and set up a new installation of WP. Interestingly enough I have a brand new icon in my Hosting Package(Hostmonster) With a Wordpress Logo.

The Fantastico icon still allows you to install WP but I used the Wordpress Icon, hoping it would install a more recent version than Fantastico, which is usually a few versions behind current release.

I don't know what the current version is but version 2.84 was installed. The theme is installed and working at this location if anyone wants to look at it. www.topwebsecrets.com/wptest
(http://www.topwebsecrets.com/wptest) I needed a testbed for the free themes site anyway so people can see what the theme will look like before downloading.

The only thing I added was the login at the bottom that was missing from the theme. I will try to correct that in future themes if possible.

This theme took me about 10 minutes to create. Any Feedback is appreciated.

Pablo

[jkgourmet]

Sweatyshop (he-he), you might have a look at Arclite Theme. I think it does what you want.

[jkgourmet]

Hmmm, Arclite still doesn't allow me to turn off sidebars on pages.

I want sidebars on posts only, I want to be able to turn them off on pages.

- Jeffery

Oh. I think that's going to have to be a customized theme, or at least it will have to be fiddled with by somebody who knows far more than I do. There are several that will turn the sidebars off entirely, but I think they will all apply that to pages and posts.

[watzzupsport]

PJ how have you found the program to work with can you set up custom theme blogs like sweatyshop requires.

@sweatyshop the forum function you have on your site is that a plugin you can get

regards Russell

[watzzupsport]

@ sweatyshop I looked at your blog after the last post and see you have the information there in regards to the plugin question.

For your post in regards to putting video on your blog.

If you want to keep under 5 mins which is a good time for post videos, get the pro version of jing it has a great function where it will record video from your web cam and export it straight to You tube there is no editing ability but if you muck around with for awhile it is a great cheap tool.

You have the ability to switch from web cam to screen capture, with the ability to save screen shots as png files or host the video files with techsmith and you can either embed it in your html or have it as a link URL

Regards Russell

[TraciKnoppe]

Hmmm, Arclite still doesn't allow me to turn off sidebars on pages.

I want sidebars on posts only, I want to be able to turn them off on pages.

- Jeffery

In order to turn off the sidebars in ANY theme, you need remove this line of code from the page.php template:


<?php get_sidebar(); ?>

The above code is usually found near the bottom of the page, right above the get footer code.

[pmaior]

Jeffery:

I know I am impatient, I was going by the number of views and no replies. It was up to 25 views, so I figured folks were not intersted.

Anyway I just looked at your site with the theme loaded. Looks decent.

Thank You.

I was going to suggest what Traci said, but she beat me to it.

I get the impression you want to be selective on which pages have a sidebar and which do not.

I order to do that you would have to create a different page template(just a copy of the default without the sidebar function call) and choose that on pages where you don't want the sidebar to appear.

I am not up to speed on widgets, but I think if you turn them on, they override the sidebar function call in page.php. They are like black magic to me, I could not figure them out easily and since I don't really use WP that much I gave up trying.

If you have some specific requests on a theme, like colors and such, let me know and I will see what I can do. I can use the practice in theme creation.

Pablo

[pmaior]

To get the post area bigger, you would have to use some css trickery or override the stylesheet with some inline commands in the page.php file. I am not a css expert but if you are using the theme I made, I can try and put together a page template that would do the trick. How big to you want the page to be ? Do you want it to take up just the room that the sidebar was taking ?

Not sure if I can do it, but I will give it a try.

Pablo

OK Jeffery. I think I have a solution for you. This is based on the BlueonBlue theme.

In the page.php file make the following changes and I think you will get the desired result.

Line 2 <div> Add this line to replace the one commented out below.
Line 3 <?php //include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/sidebar1.php'); ?> <!--div class="art-contentLayout"-->

I used comments instead of deleting so I can change it back easily.


Around line 63 if you count blank lines

<?php //include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/sidebar2.php');?>


You can just delete the lines I commented, but make sure you add the <div> in line 2 to keep everyting in sync.

What I did

Used // to comment out the php code on lines 2 and 63 Gets rid of the sidebars

Commented out using <!-- and --> the Class that is the main container for the page.

I will leave it up at www.topwebsecrets.com/wptest (http://www.topwebsecrets.com/wptest) until you can take a look at it. Click on the About page to see.

Hope that is what you were looking for.

Pablo:)

[pmaior]

Jeffery:
I would think the Home link in the menu bar would handle that, since the current post will always be on the home page.

I am not sure what you mean by the current post, I guess.

What link should I be looking at ? The Saltwaterfish site ?

Pablo

Ok, I see your dilema, All your menu Tabs are "pages" Do you have one designates as the "blog" page ?

Like the Home page on my demo site.

[TraciKnoppe]

If you've commented out the code, try refreshing your browser, you may be viewing a cached version.

If commenting out did not remove it, just delete the code entirely. HOWEVER, I would make a backup copy of any and all files you're editing, just in case. ;)

[pmaior]

Jeff:

If you look back at the post where I commented out some code, you will see the way to comment out code.

There are basically two ways depending on what type of code.

for HTML

<!-- code to comment out -->

For PHP

<?php // code to comment out ?> This will comment out everything on that line.

I think you can use /* some code in the middle */ to comment out code in the middle of php code.

If you don't see <?php or <? before the code you can assume it is HTML.

As Traci noted ALWAYS MAKE A BACKUP FIRST.

An easy way I like to do it when using WP editor is Select all text (CTRL + A)
Open a text editor like notepad and copy the text, then save the document.

You can restore the file in the reverse order.

Also make sure that the file you are editing is writable. You will get a message from WP if it is not. If WP says it was successful you are OK.
The other message is something like "if this file was writable your changes would have been saved" I always got a kick out of that one.

If you want that theme without a sidebar, I can do that.

Pablo

[pmaior]

Jeff:

I tried accessing the site, but get a broken link error.

If I understand correctly you want a comment box but don't want to display tags or categories.

If you can send me a link with an example it might be easier to understand.

If the above is correct I will send you the code to correct or a .php file to replace the existing one.

PM me with your email so I can send it to you.

Pablo

[Clay Franklin]

I like the theme and put it in my theme folder.
Thank you very much.
Why are you using Drupal instead of wordpress?

[pmaior]

Clay:

I like it's flexability and out-of-the box features. It seems a bit overwhelming at first, but once you get to know it, it is easier to manage than Wordpress.

The content is the priority and is handled well.

I have not had to mess with a single file yet to get things configured.

The other thing I like is that I can use full php code if I like without a plugin.

Simply put it is more of a full featured Content management system than wordpress.

Wordpress blows it away on blogging, but that is what Wordpress was designed to do.

Drupal does have a blog and a forum built in, but both lack the features you would really want.

My main reason for investigating Drupal is that I wanted to mimic features found in Membership Platforms and that meant a full featured Forum. I know that wordpress has a forum plugin and you can probably integrate popular forums with it, but I have not seen any done as seamlessly as you can do with drupal.

When I have Time I will create more themes for both Wordpress and Drupal and make them available to SSWT members.

Thanks for the kind words about the Theme. If you have any requests on color or layout for future themes, let me know and I will try to crate them.

Pablo

[BonnieC]

Pablo,

I think your WP theme is absolutely beautiful! I may try to use it on one of my future blogs. Thank you!

Bonnie

[Clay Franklin]

It sounds interesting. I took a PHP class in college so it may be something to look into for a future PHP site. I am a bit of a studyholic. I am taking web analytics this semester.

Thank you very much for the theme and offer for changes. It looks really nice. It would be fun to talk about how you create WP themes one of these days.

I was wondering if you will be using the cool domain name Lynn suggested in the Elite private forum. I used to work for HP as a business manager for DRAM, Intel, and PC boards and was thinking of either building a PC or Camera site. I was going to PM you yet it is not turned on yet.

[spedaffiliate]

Hello all.

I have created a wordpress theme using a program called Artisteer.
The problem is it won't work on my older version WP sites.

I was wondering if anyone wanted to try it on a current version of Wordpress. Of course if you like the theme you can keep it.

The latest version I tried was 2.21 Kind of worked here, problem with a missing function the_title_attribute.

The link is http://www.topwebsecrets.com/wpblueonblue.zip

I don't really use Wordpress too much any more. I am currently learning Drupal. I am considering creating a free themes website and want to include Wordpress Themes.

Pablo
I would love to download your wordpress theme but I have no clue how? Thanks, Rhonda

[Clay Franklin]

To download the theme, go to the first post with the link. right click with mouse on top of the link, select "save target as", save it as the same name. two minutes later it is on your computer.

I save all my themes in a folder wordpress/themes I save cool plug ins in wordpress/plugins

This way they are easy to find when I build a site.

[pmaior]

Thanks Clay for answering Rhonda's question. Here is the link again

http://www.topwebsecrets.com/wpblueonblue.zip


Clay, I use artisteer to create the themes, It is in my signature (affiliate link).

There is a free trial offer if you want to test it out. It is a little price, but well worth the money. Although I know some php and could probably build a theme from scratch, it is a lot of work and this program makes at as easy as drag and drop. The blueonblue theme took me about 15 minutes to generate.

The neat thing here is that I can build a theme and use the identical theme for Wordpress or Drupal. So, say I wanted to use WP as my blog (which I am considering) and Drupal as my main CMS, I could use the same theme and it would look like you never left the site. Pretty cool. :cool:

Like I said earlier in this thread I am probably going to generate a bunch of themes and put up a free themes and templates site. I will monetize using affiliate links for artisteer and video tutorials for WP and Drupal.

I am not really that artistic, but the program has a "suggest" feature which cycles through different combinations, I just use that till I find one I like.

Pablo

[pmaior]

Related topic.

The download is in .zip format which means you have to unzip it using either win xp built in function or the Winzip program.

But recently I have found a way to upload it in the zipped format and unzip it on the server. I have never been able to do this with ftp client but you can do it using the file manager in your control panel(if you have control panel on your hosting Package)
just upload the file to the folder you want the file to unzip under, in the case of WP the wp-content/themes folder then highlight the file and click on the extract option. This differs a little from file manager to file manager, but somewhere there will be an extract option.
Saves a ton of room on your hard drive, because you can keep the themes zipped.

Pablo

[AlexNewell]

I like it Pablo. I think it is elegant. Only downside for me is the header is rather too deep. Remember Internet Marketers want as much above the fold as possible!

Thanks for the theme!

You could build an opt-in list like this -opt-in and you get a free theme every week...

Just a thought!

[pmaior]

Good Idea Alex.

When you say to deep you mean Height right ?

Above the fold is a tricky thing. It depends on what resolution you are viewing it as.

I use 1024x768 as a minimum. I think most users have at least that resolution, most are higher, especially with new monitors and laptops.

What dimensions do you think would work better for the header ?

Pablo

[AlexNewell]

Yup, height would do it Pablo and I've not got any particular numbers to go by

And I suspect that most people are using older computers than you do...mine is 3 years old and many people are using even older machines!!

Maybe I can get a new whizzie one for Xmas!!

:-)