Whilst doing the update I decided to reorder and tweak the sidebar for the home page. This now also includes any updates I may do via Twitter.

Also, I’ve implemented a plugin called Comment Timeout as I was getting a lot of spam (most being caught by Aksimet) on older posts. To find out more about the plugins imlpemented on the site please visit the About page.

Any comments are more than welcome.

New Features

• Full i18n support - this means that you can create a translation for the theme. Big thanks goes to Christoph Voigt for his hard work in getting this done.
• Print Stylesheet - the theme will now render in an easy to read format when any of the pages are printed.

As this release is a MAJOR RELEASE if you are planning on upgrading then please make note of any custom changes you have made to any of the files before updating.

I’ve now got a domain and Wordpress installation up and running for the Web2.0* Wordpress Theme. There’s still a lot of work required on it to get it presentable, but the core areas of the website are available.

Please feel free to have a look.

Web2.0* (which is just over 1 year old) now fully supports Wordpress 2.3’s tagging system. If you don’t use 2.3 then don’t worry - checks are in place for the function before it is called.

I was hoping to be able to release it through it’s download page, but due to not getting any response from those who run the website I am forced to make the release local.

So folks, here it is. Please let me know if you find any bugs or run into any problems. The readme.txt file outlines which files have been altered since it’s last release. One point to note is that I’ve replaced any references to an old function (get_settings()) with the updated version (get_option()).

Download Web 2.0* Now

Hopefully this is be on it’s first anniversary (20 Oct 2007).

Having a look through the Wordpress Codex site revealed that one of the causes could be that the hosting company might have disabled SERVER_SOFTWARE variable. I tried their instructions and hey-presto it worked.

So, if you are experiencing similar issues I urge you to read the instructions provided in the link.

Here’s a summary of the improvements, fixes, etc:

1. Options Page
   This took up most of the development time. It meant that all the stylesheets had to be edited, along with creating the actual options available (of which there are 41!) Click the thumbnail to view a cropped screenshot.
   - Font options
   - Colour options
   - Change layout from fluid to fixed
2. Bugs
   - Images that are taller than the content will no longer cause the layout of the post meta data and comments to wig-out.
3. Miscellaneous
   - I’ve removed support for Lightbox as it was causing the CSS to be invalid.
   - All the public viewable icons have been replaced with png. This is to aid transparency when the theme’s background colours are changed. For visitors how might still be using Internet Explorer 6 I’ve used transparent gifs - this may look odd if the theme’s background colour is changed to a dark colour. I may try and sort out a fix for this at a later date.
   - I would still like to get the theme i18n compliant, but am not willing to commit to a time-scale. If there is anyone out there who would like to help with this then please do get in touch.

On a final note - This is the final major release of Web2.0* - I will only be updating the theme with fixes as and when bugs are found and reported. Please do not request personal enhancements, etc. My free-time is very limited and I need to concentrate on my paying free-lance work. Thank you for your understanding and more importantly your continued support - it is much appreciated.

The biggest part to the update is the inclusion of an Options page for the theme. This will allow you to make many changes to the theme’s appearance from within the Admin Area - no need to touch the stylesheets.

I’m aiming to have this completed by the 1st of May 5th of May.

So, a BIG thank you to every one for rating it so positively - it is much appreciated.

Update: it seems that shortly after taking this screenshot the website stopped using it’s rating system. Oh well… at least the theme is nearing 4,000 downloads.

I strongly recommend that you re-download the theme and reply it.

The theme has now had over 2,000 downloads - so a big thank you to everyone. Could I request that if you are using the theme that you rate it? That would be greatly appreciated.

Update 26 January 2007: There was a problem with displaying the links.php page when used with Wordpress 2.1 - this has now been fixed. If you don’t want to replace the whole page then download the updated page.

Update 28 January 2007: Another small update to the theme - more work done to try ensure that the theme is Wordpress 2.1 compliant and I’ve also added more option to the Admin area on the sidebar (see image below).

Update 26 March 2007: One more small update - this time to do with IE7 and the drop down menu. So if you’re experiencing problems do re-download and apply the theme.

Update 28 March 2007: Found that the comments page was a little screwy - this has been fixed in the latest version (1.2.5). Thanks to Hasan for the tip about automatically pulling the post’s author email address so that it isn’t hard-coded any more.