wlanni
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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:
http://www.getty.edu/pacificstandardtime
http://www.pacificstandardtimefestival.org
Hi wlanni, I like them.
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.
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.
I'll be releasing some brand new free and premium Thematic Child themes. Check out http://www.seamlessthemes.com (site is still under construction, but just gonna unveil it now).
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!
So it's back to my old love for me :)
Not using it yet, but hope to in the future. In the meantime just checking out how bbPress looks.
New free child theme available here: http://seamlessthemes.com/2012/03/19/standard-is-here-download-it-now/ .
Features:
A simple, yet elegant design
Theme options to change various css elements, including three different background patterns to choose from
A better and cleaner default gallery
HTML 5 support (note: still a work in progress)
Pre-customized Twitter widget and Contact Form 7
Yoast Breadcrumb support (must have plugin installed!)
GPL License – free to use and abuse
Note: Theme Options is still out of date and under construction.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).
Hey nice work Jagst.
Thanks. I updated it and the Theme Options are now fully functional. Will be releasing a new theme soon too.
Hey guys, I'm using thematic again for the next in line for redesigns in the Megahair Salon's stable of brands, Zennkai Salons. Currently the site is hosted here: http://zenndev.bjb.ca
Each time I do this I learn something new and things get easier and more streamlined.
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:
// 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().'/images/pg_'.get_the_ID().'.gif';
$imgfile = get_bloginfo('stylesheet_directory').'/images/pg_'.get_the_ID().'.gif';
if (file_exists($imgloc)) { ?>
<div id="precontent-image"><img src="<?php echo $imgfile ?>"></div>
<?php }
}
add_action('thematic_abovecontent', 'precontent_image');It's done! (and moved to zennkai.com)
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.
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.
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.
If anybody want's more information or would like to see my ugly code, I would love to share more info :)
Hi All -
Love seeing your work here. We just finished these sites based on thematic child themes:
* Our new Agency site: http://Webdirexion.com
* A site for an HVAC company: http://ainsworthac.com/
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: http://thematicmondo.com/directory/site-showcase/ (Webdirexion runs this companion Thematic site as a way to thank and feature the community and their good work with Thematic).
- Scott
http://webdirexion.com
fwunder
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