http://themeshaper.com/forums/ Help In Shaping WordPress Themes en Sat, 18 May 2013 15:13:48 +0000 http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/how-are-you-using-thematic/page/9#post-27113 Thu, 24 May 2012 13:52:46 +0000 fwunder 27113@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>Ye olde eclectic antique shop. A fun Thematic diversion:</p> <p><a href="http://www.rollingriverantiques.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.rollingriverantiques.com/</a></p> <p>-fred </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/how-are-you-using-thematic/page/9#post-27106 Thu, 24 May 2012 00:30:02 +0000 sfrangos 27106@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>Hi All -</p> <p>Love seeing your work here. We just finished these sites based on thematic child themes:</p> <p>* Our new Agency site: <a href="http://Webdirexion.com" rel="nofollow">http://Webdirexion.com</a><br /> * A site for an HVAC company: <a href="http://ainsworthac.com/" rel="nofollow">http://ainsworthac.com/</a></p> <p>We will be adding some of the sites you post here (and at the new home for Thematic as it celebrates version 1.0 release) in the Thematic showcase here: <a href="http://thematicmondo.com/directory/site-showcase/" rel="nofollow">http://thematicmondo.com/directory/site-showcase/</a> (Webdirexion runs this companion Thematic site as a way to thank and feature the community and their good work with Thematic).</p> <p>- Scott<br /> <a href="http://webdirexion.com" rel="nofollow">http://webdirexion.com</a> </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/how-are-you-using-thematic/page/9#post-27055 Fri, 18 May 2012 21:41:48 +0000 siguy 27055@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>It's done! (and moved to <a href="http://zennkai.com">zennkai.com</a>)</p> <p>Along with the images that are inserted at thematic_abovecontent I am now also using a function to add some social media feeds that show next to the image on the home page and next to the content on the blog page.</p> <p>I played around with using an if statement to only show the block of feeds on the home and blog page but I guess I'm not familiar enough with WPs functions and failed at that so I simply insert them on each page load with display:none in the div's style attribute and override where I want them to actually show.</p> <p>It was done this way mainly because I had the social feeds working on just the home page without issue but I was asked very late into the project to add them to the blog page and I just did not have the time to do it properly at that point.</p> <p>If anybody want's more information or would like to see my ugly code, I would love to share more info :) </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/how-are-you-using-thematic/page/9#post-26360 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 04:55:17 +0000 siguy 26360@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>Hey guys, I'm using thematic again for the next in line for redesigns in the Megahair Salon's stable of brands, <a href="http://www.zennkai.com">Zennkai Salons</a>. Currently the site is hosted here: <a href="http://zenndev.bjb.ca">http://zenndev.bjb.ca</a></p> <p>Each time I do this I learn something new and things get easier and more streamlined.</p> <p>Notable features this time are a more thorough use of hooks to add the extra nav and social links in the header and a more advanced hook to add an image before .entry-content on some pages. Here's what it looks like if anybody is interested in doing something similar:</p> <pre><code>// add support for an image that appears before the main content area. // image in images folder named pg_$ID.gif will be put atop of page $ID function precontent_image() { $imgloc = get_stylesheet_directory().&#39;/images/pg_&#39;.get_the_ID().&#39;.gif&#39;; $imgfile = get_bloginfo(&#39;stylesheet_directory&#39;).&#39;/images/pg_&#39;.get_the_ID().&#39;.gif&#39;; if (file_exists($imgloc)) { ?&gt; &lt;div id=&quot;precontent-image&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;&lt;?php echo $imgfile ?&gt;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;?php } } add_action(&#39;thematic_abovecontent&#39;, &#39;precontent_image&#39;);</code></pre> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/how-are-you-using-thematic/page/9#post-26153 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 04:31:02 +0000 Jagst3r15 26153@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>Thanks. I updated it and the Theme Options are now fully functional. Will be releasing a new theme soon too. </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/how-are-you-using-thematic/page/9#post-26147 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 22:26:32 +0000 robYardman 26147@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>Hey nice work Jagst. </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/how-are-you-using-thematic/page/9#post-26013 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 18:46:48 +0000 Jagst3r15 26013@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>New free child theme available here: <a href="http://seamlessthemes.com/2012/03/19/standard-is-here-download-it-now/" rel="nofollow">http://seamlessthemes.com/2012/03/19/standard-is-here-download-it-now/</a> . </p> <p>Features:</p> <p>A simple, yet elegant design<br /> Theme options to change various css elements, including three different background patterns to choose from<br /> A better and cleaner default gallery<br /> HTML 5 support (note: still a work in progress)<br /> Pre-customized Twitter widget and Contact Form 7<br /> Yoast Breadcrumb support (must have plugin installed!)<br /> GPL License – free to use and abuse</p> <p>Note: Theme Options is still out of date and under construction. Removed some features that may be a security risk so it is safe to use now (pretty much only allows css changes). </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/how-are-you-using-thematic/page/9#post-25938 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 18:38:47 +0000 hira2 25938@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>Not using it yet, but hope to in the future. In the meantime just checking out how bbPress looks. </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/how-are-you-using-thematic/page/9#post-25935 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:46:15 +0000 xxxevilgrinxxx 25935@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>I've been using Thematic for a while (a child theme of Power Blog). When the 2011 theme (Duster sorta) came out, I switched for a bit. Sure it's pretty, but there's nothing quite like the nice clean look of thematic - that and not having a heart attack every time I check for errors!</p> <p>So it's back to my old love for me :) </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/how-are-you-using-thematic/page/9#post-25883 Tue, 13 Mar 2012 02:23:41 +0000 Jagst3r15 25883@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>I'll be releasing some brand new free and premium Thematic Child themes. Check out <a href="http://www.seamlessthemes.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.seamlessthemes.com</a> (site is still under construction, but just gonna unveil it now). </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/how-are-you-using-thematic/page/9#post-25538 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:39:47 +0000 robYardman 25538@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>Hi wlanni, I like them.</p> <p>I really appreciate your effort in breaking the standard thematic mold. Typically you can point out residual design elements from thematic based themes. I catch myself in that a lot. And it takes a lot of work to break those elements.</p> <p>It's the same with a lot of framework themes. You can typically tell the framework a website is based on. Thesis is another that is very typical in that. </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/how-are-you-using-thematic/page/9#post-25465 Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:53:04 +0000 wlanni 25465@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>Recently developed two sites for a massive arts initiative in Los Angeles for the J. Paul Getty Trust (The Getty Museum) in Los Angeles. HEAVY customization, especially in creating custom post types, and organizing a massive cross database of items using Thematic on WordPress:</p> <p><a href="http://www.getty.edu/pacificstandardtime" rel="nofollow">http://www.getty.edu/pacificstandardtime</a><br /> <a href="http://www.pacificstandardtimefestival.org" rel="nofollow">http://www.pacificstandardtimefestival.org</a> </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/how-are-you-using-thematic/page/8#post-25221 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:44:10 +0000 robYardman 25221@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>Makes perfect sense. I was just curious the reasoning of using it. </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/how-are-you-using-thematic/page/8#post-25220 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:32:29 +0000 fwunder 25220@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>@robYardman</p> <p>Compass/SASS is not a replacement for Thematic's excellent native style structures. It's not CSS - It's a tool for helping to create CSS - A CSS framework. The variables, math functions, mixens, etc. speed the process and (for me) just makes sense. I was struggling with an efficient way to create something like this: <a href="http://grafiks101.com/dev/just-for-fun/" rel="nofollow">http://grafiks101.com/dev/just-for-fun/</a> for a project I was working on. The supplied 3c-fixed.css may have been a better way to go, but I was already a little familiar with the method I used and Compass/SASS (and Thematic) made it relatively easy to develop.</p> <p>I hope that makes sense. </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/how-are-you-using-thematic/page/8#post-25217 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:31:07 +0000 robYardman 25217@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>@fwunder</p> <p>What does Compass offer over Thematic's native column structuring? </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/how-are-you-using-thematic/page/8#post-25181 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:38:15 +0000 fwunder 25181@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>For me....Thematic and this community have proven to be invaluable sources. I've learned more than I thought I didn't know!</p> <p>A little sandbox project I decided to tackle a couple of days ago would have been a real struggle for me a month or two ago.</p> <p>This may (or may not) help others. It might help me too if you tell me I'm crazy and did it all wrong! ;) Compass, SASS and Thematic. I'm a believer!</p> <p><a href="http://grafiks101.com/dev/" rel="nofollow">http://grafiks101.com/dev/</a> </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/how-are-you-using-thematic/page/8#post-25176 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:19:50 +0000 memzoomvn 25176@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>I think the problem rests with the asides styling. I seem to be able to highlight everything properly, but I'll take a look at it in a bit to see if I can fix anything.like <a href="http://langtham.com.vn" rel="nofollow">http://langtham.com.vn</a> </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/how-are-you-using-thematic/page/8#post-25132 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:28:49 +0000 robYardman 25132@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>Another great website made possible by Thematic:</p> <p><a href="http://www.harrymontoyaforcongress.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.harrymontoyaforcongress.com/</a> </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/how-to-make-tags-pages-apear-in-single-post-in-gallery-thematic#post-25102 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:47:28 +0000 helgatheviking 25102@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>it is my username at gmail </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/how-to-make-tags-pages-apear-in-single-post-in-gallery-thematic#post-25099 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:59:51 +0000 asimkhan12 25099@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>Can I have your email so i can contact you for further information and stuff? </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/how-to-make-tags-pages-apear-in-single-post-in-gallery-thematic#post-25097 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:10:17 +0000 helgatheviking 25097@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>sorry man, i don't totally understand your question, but it sounds like you will want create your own tag.php.... except that i just looked at the code and tag pages appear to all use the same loop (with thumbnails) as the homepage. </p> <p>i just don't know enough about gallery to easily answer... and don't have time to do all your work for you for free. if you are not a developer then you might want to consider hiring one? sometimes it is worth saving the hassle. </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/how-to-make-tags-pages-apear-in-single-post-in-gallery-thematic#post-25095 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:49:36 +0000 asimkhan12 25095@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>Thanks Thanks million to you. Finally it works properly just like i wanted it. Thank You for you help. </p> <p>I really appreciate your support forum here. However, as I said it was much easier for you people but not for me as I am not a developer just learning by reading guides and so. Anyway Thanks.</p> <p>Lastly, I want to know from where I can re-design and customize these "Tag Post" pages. Just like i want them (Tag Post Pages) similar to the homepage. So whenever any body clicks on a particular tag post it will open just like main page of Gallery theme with related to those tags. I hope I made myself clear. For more info, you can reply. </p> <p>Thanks. :) </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/grid-style-layout-for-pages-list#post-25089 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:49:15 +0000 tabasco 25089@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>Thank you for the response Helga, i will take a look at this. </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/grid-style-layout-for-pages-list#post-25087 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:11:18 +0000 helgatheviking 25087@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>you're going to have to learn some code to create a custom loop that you can then style. </p> <p>this code is a bit outdated and it isn't exactly what you need, but is a good example of the type of loop markup you'd need and can be adapted to your purposes<br /> <a href="http://hardiannazief.com/12/create-custom-posts-layout-in-home-page-thematic-child-theme/" rel="nofollow">http://hardiannazief.com/12/create-custom-posts-layout-in-home-page-thematic-child-theme/</a> </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/grid-style-layout-for-pages-list#post-25077 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 04:19:09 +0000 tabasco 25077@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>Hello all,</p> <p>I was wondering if there is a way for creating a grid layout for page entries. A description would be if I had a site for a school and one of the categories for the school was called sports. The sports page would be in a grid format showing multiple sports (child pages) with the title and a couple of lines from the page it's pointing to. I'd like to accomplish something like this: <a href="http://codecanyon.net/item/ts-display-portfolio-and-gallery-plugin/full_screen_preview/147000" rel="nofollow">http://codecanyon.net/item/ts-display-portfolio-and-gallery-plugin/full_screen_preview/147000</a> *select the three or four column in TS Display tab.</p> <p>Being a noob, I don't wouldn't know what php code to write up and where/which php doc to put it in. I have some knowledge of css so i think I'd be able to get by there. I'm sorry if this has been asked already but I've searched the forum to no avail. Anything else i Google seems not to coincide with the way thematic does things. Any help would be greatly appreciated</p> <p>Thnx in advance. </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/how-are-you-using-thematic/page/8#post-25065 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:56:56 +0000 Dominor Novus 25065@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>@jmastrom: I've gone through a similar process of finding the Holy Grail of all themes. My search ended when I found the Thematic framework.</p> <p>Just make sure you're using a child theme and NEVER editing the core WordPress or Thematic files. This rule of thumb is for <em>your</em> benefit. </p> <p>From what I can see, you're using Thematic as your actual theme. As a result, every time you upgrade Thematic, all your modified code will be overwritten. </p> <p>See here: <a href="http://www.catswhocode.com/blog/wordpress-how-to-easily-create-a-thematic-child-theme" rel="nofollow">http://www.catswhocode.com/blog/wordpress-how-to-easily-create-a-thematic-child-theme</a></p> <p>Post back once you've made progress with your design. </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/how-to-make-tags-pages-apear-in-single-post-in-gallery-thematic#post-25059 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:50:12 +0000 helgatheviking 25059@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>there is plenty of info on google about how to get the tags. it is right in the codex:<br /> <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_the_tag_list" rel="nofollow">http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_the_tag_list</a></p> <p>but you haven't posted much of anything that would help us help you with gallery. did you try the <a href="http://upthemes.com/forum/" rel="nofollow">http://upthemes.com/forum/</a> forums at all? since they are the ones distributing the theme. </p> <p>assuming that the version available for download is what you are using (which i have no idea if it is b/c i just downloaded it and i don't see Usability and Appreciations in my meta), then my previous suggestion to filter the thematic_postheader_postmeta() does not apply has gallery has remove the default single post and replaced it with its own version. </p> <p>again on the assumption that your gallery is the same as mine:</p> <p>go into functions.php and find the <strong>add_metadata_to_post</strong> function and add a line for your new tags function<br /> <pre><code>// add meta data to the post function add_metadata_to_post( $content ){ $content .= &#39;&lt;ul class=&quot;meta&quot;&gt;&#39;; $content .= add_twitter_to_meta(); $content .= add_designer_to_meta(); $content .= add_weburl_to_meta(); $content .= add_tags_to_meta(); //added this $content .= &#39;&lt;/ul&gt;&#39;; return $content; }</code></pre> <p>then somewhere in functions.php add</p> <pre><code>// add the tags to the meta data function add_tags_to_meta(){ if(get_the_tag_list()) { return get_the_tag_list(&#39;&lt;li class=&quot;post-tags&quot;&gt;Tags: &#39;,&#39;, &#39;,&#39;&lt;/li&gt;&#39;); } }</code></pre> <p>this will produce a tag list. </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/how-to-make-tags-pages-apear-in-single-post-in-gallery-thematic#post-25058 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:04:40 +0000 asimkhan12 25058@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>it's been three days since i am figuring out this post meta thing but unfortunately no success. </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/how-to-make-tags-pages-apear-in-single-post-in-gallery-thematic#post-25017 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:20:02 +0000 helgatheviking 25017@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>if chris isn't filtering thematic_postheader_postmeta then you will have to do it yourself. </p> <p>here is an explanation i wrote about filters<br /> <a href="http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/need-help-understanding-actions-vs-filters-and-changing-post-meta-and-utility#post-22638" rel="nofollow">http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/need-help-understanding-actions-vs-filters-and-changing-post-meta-and-utility#post-22638</a> </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/how-are-you-using-thematic/page/8#post-25011 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:50:31 +0000 jmastrom 25011@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>Howdy!</p> <p>I am making my first serious foray into Wordpress. I think Wordpress seriosly rocks.</p> <p>Anyway, I started a site <a href="http://www.wptutorialseo.com," rel="nofollow">http://www.wptutorialseo.com,</a> and planned on using the site to blog about Wordpress mods and plugins, as well as SEO.</p> <p>For the last few days I have been suffering theme paralysis/overload. I have seen so many themes, and frameworks, that my eyes glaxed over, so I had to stop for some gin. I have been drinking too much gin.</p> <p>I recalled that one of my wrox books (I am not buying anymore of them, but that is another story) mentioned some frameworks. After trying Sandbox (way too basic), and a couple of others, I decided to try thematic. So far so good.</p> <p>So... after a long winded psedo-explanation here is what I hope to do with thematic:<br /> Mod it like a wild horse. Of course, I am a noob, and a bit of a hack.. but what the heck. I can do PHP/MySQL, and it looks like the community here is "goldilocks" )not to big, not too small. So hopefully I can help you all out while I partake in your knowledge and experience.</p> <p>Peace<br /> Joe </p>