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Get Thematic Version 0.9.5

By Ian Stewart | Published: June 1, 2009
It’s here! Thematic 0.9.5. A huge refinement of the Thematic Theme Framework—so huge that it’s only caution keeping me from calling it version 1.0. Chris Gossmann and I spent a lot of time on this version chopping down our personal to-do lists. Chris especially, making sure brilliant themes like the Gallery Theme are even easier [...]
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Thematic Version 0.9—The Best Version Yet

By Ian Stewart | Published: March 2, 2009
Thematic version 0.9 represents a major change in Thematic. Actually, this release represents everything I’ve learned from the Thematic user community and my continual efforts in studying how most WordPress themes are actually used. Thematic is all about you: what you want to do with it, how you’re using WordPress, and how you’re going to use [...]
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Thematic 0.8 is live

By Ian Stewart | Published: January 19, 2009
Thematic 0.8 is live and ready for download! The main upgrade is, of course, comment threading for WordPress 2.7+. International users will note some fixes to localization. Thematic hackers will notice some bugs have been fixed. More exciting to me is what will happen with Thematic 0.9 and eventually version 1.0 (if you’ve got a feature request, [...]
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What’s new in Thematic 0.7

By Ian Stewart | Published: October 6, 2008
Thematic 0.7 has been officially released with two major upgrades that’ll help you get what you need done with your WordPress blog or site faster and easier. Rapid Site Development With Modular CSS I’m doing my best to make Thematic a tool for rapid site development whether you’re digging into it and using it as the basis for a [...]
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Announcing Acamas

By Ian Stewart | Published: August 18, 2008
I’m proud to announce my latest theme, Acamas. It’s another Thematic Themelet that completley changes the look of Thematic and adds new functionality. This time, it’s a featured post area with a considerate structure that changes the layout based on the type of blog page you’re on. Plus, it has a lot of possibilities for [...]
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Use WordPress As a CMS With The Travailler Theme

By Ian Stewart | Published: July 21, 2008
For a while now I’ve wanted to release a WordPress theme for small to medium-sized businesses that would allow them to quickly set up a professional, smart-looking website. And today, I’d like to introduce you to Travailler, the WordPress theme that puts your blog to work. Check out the demo by clicking on the big image below [...]
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Thematic 0.5 Ready for Download

By Ian Stewart | Published: July 15, 2008
Thematic 0.5 is ready for download. I’m not sure why I’ve held on to this one for so long. I guess I’ll have to just hurry up with 0.6 then, won’t I? Here’s a list of some of the most notable changes. Removed the link to the IE8 Javascript library. It seemed, after all, to be [...]
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Thematic Version 0.3

By Ian Stewart | Published: May 6, 2008
Thematic version 0.3 is ready. If you’re upgrading, stuff moved. That’s beta for you—but don’t worry, I’ve made things better. Here’s what I’ve gone and done. Added a 3 column stylesheet Cleaned up the post meta and separated it from the comments section following popular convention (and probably breaking stylesheets) Prettified the sliding meta panel with a photoshop-y G.I. Joe handle [...]
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MNML, A TumbleLog Style WordPress Theme

By Ian Stewart | Published: February 21, 2008
Automattic, the folks behind WordPress.com have a great quote on their company site, “Blogging is too hard.” I totally agree. Why did you start your personal blog anyway? You wanted a place online to share things you found interesting and occasionally write a longer article, maybe even a rant. Right? Did you want to start a magazine [...]
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A Tumblelog Theme for WordPress, a Preview and Thoughts

By Ian Stewart | Published: February 13, 2008
I’ve been thinking about my next theme (now available), reviewing the themes in progress and looking over my list of plans. I think I’ve come to a conclusion about what the next ThemeShaper theme will be. Oh wait, you’ve already read the title so you know. Yeah, it’ll be a Tumblelog theme. First things first, what’s a [...]
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