Producer has been updated to Version 2.0. Version 2.0 fixes the following issues
When you removed sidebars the theme was not adjusting itself in width, resulting in empty white space where the sidebar used to be. This problem has been fixed in Version 2.0.
If both sidebars were set to the same position, the theme forced sidebar 1 to the left and sidebar 1 to the right. This meant that if you set the active sidebar on the homepage to position 2 or position 3 and the non-active sidebar had the same position value, your sidebar would not move from position 1. This problem has been fixed in Version 2.0.
If you had sticky-posts activated the post content was displaying raw PHP code. Also in non-magazine mode with sticky posts activated the rest of the posts were not displaying. This problem has been fixed inVersion 2.0.
Version 2.0 will not work with the CSS Styling Tools from the previous version so if you have the CSS Styling Tool and you have not received an email with the new CSS Styling Tool package please contact to request the new CSS Styling Tool package.
Wonderful theme..
Reporting broken link: Dear Admin, Pl check the download link.
Download link is working in the previous “Producer Theme” page.
Thanks for the excellent theme.
Babaji MP, thank you for the notice about the broken link
Hi Admin
How does one add a background colour as shown in the thumbnail above (ie the funky green/blue/purple/black behind the site itself) ?
Thanks
The green/blue/purple/black background is a background image and the background image was added using the CSS Styling Tool. If you don’t have the CSS Styling Tool and don’t plan to purchase it, you can still add a background to your theme manually by editing includes/styles/styles_body.php. Navigate to line 597 and add your background image settings to the body class. If your background does not work well with the default text and link settings you will need to change those as well. You can change the default text color in the same body class. You can change the default link color at line 600 in the same file.
How can I purchase the styling tool, and how much does it cost?
Rob, the CSS Styling Tool is $59.99. You can purchase it using the link below
http://www.antisocialmediallc.com/products-page/wordpress-themes/producer-themes-css-styling-tool/
Thanks I found that line and I was able to change the colour (didn’t look very good as it changed the background colour of the entire site not just the edges as the thumbnail above)
If I want to use an image as a background like the thumbnail above does the image need to be the entire size of the page ? or can it be a small one repeated ?
Line 597 says : body { background:#ffffff; color:#000000; font-size:12px; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Verdana; margin-top:20px; }
If my background file is “www.website.com/files/background.jpg” where does that go in line 597 ?
Thanks
Hi Women’s Dresses,
if you are using a repeating background image you need something like
If using a non-repeating image:
If using an image that repeats along the x-axis:
If using an image that repeats along the y-axis:
That would replace background:#ffffff;
The #ffffff can be changed to whatever background color best fits.
In the thumbnail you refer to, more than just the background had to be modified to achieve the results. You will need to give the content area a different background color. You can do this by editing styles.css. Look for #contentcontainer { and add a background color as needed.
Or you can purchase the CSS Styling Tool and make these changes from your dashboard.
Why thumbnail size extends to full column unlike demo here?
How to set thumbnail size?
khoo, can you show me an example of what you mean by
Hi
Thanks for the info but I still can’t replicate the thumbnail above layout.
I changed things as you said above but the background still encroaches on the content area of the page. I’d like it to be only the edges as above with that rounded outline for the content area as above
I have also noticed that when in widget mode the sidebar1 is displayed twice. Once on the left as it should be and again at the bottom of the page
Thanks
Women’s Dresses, sorry for the lapse in support. Where can I see the background image you are trying to use?
At the moment I am just playing with a few until I can figure out how to get the look right
For example http://blackwhitewomensdresses.com/background/
Once I get the look right then I can just change the jpg to something I really like. The jpgs in that folder are just for experimentation
Thanks
Women’s Dresses, you will not be able to achieve what you are going after with just the background image alone unless you design a background image that will mimic the thumbnail style. You can try something like this and have it repeat along the y-axis
The best way to handle it is to style the interior content areas and not just the background. The CSS Styling Tool exists for this purpose. It allows you to do what you are trying to do with no more hassle than filling in your background color values in a box.
Another alternative is to design a background that has a container for your content so that you achieve the look you want without needing more than the background image. An example:
http://www.antisocialmediallc.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/bg-bg-2.jpg
HI,
I really like your producer theme and have a question:-
Is it possible to change the link colours as mine are a dark grey right now?
Thanks,
Gor
Gor, you can change the colors manually by editing the related files in includes/styles.
Hi,
Thank you very much for the help-If you buy the editor can you alter it within that?
Kind regards,
Gor
Gor, yes you can change the link colors using the CSS Styling Tool
I have fallen in love with your theme and I can’t wait to explore all the possibilities but I do have a problem.
Ever since I installed it I keep getting tons to 404 errors from the bots coming. Apparently the (Show/Hide Feedburner RSS Subscribe block) has something to do with it so I took off that option and it has mostly stopped. To double check I put it back on for a day, and then today I come back to many 404 errors.
Producer seems to add my blog title to the end of every category, tag, and page. Those pages don’t exist, hence the 404 errors, and tons of them.
/tag/carlos-xuma/Attraction%20Transformation
/tag/get-number/undefined?rss=undefined
/approach-women-part-five-introducing-subjects-discuss-avoid/undefined
/interview-nick-savoy-ultimate-guide-text-phone-game/Attraction%20Transformation
Where Attraction Transformation is the title of my blog.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Hi Peter White, not sure why this is happening. Will have to investigate
Just tried to install the Producer theme. Got this message.
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_BOOLEAN_AND, expecting ‘(‘ in /homepages/10/d100450948/htdocs/linguaphilia/wp-content/themes/Producer/functions.php on line 11
Thanks
M
Michael Medlock this has to do with your version of PHP. You need at least version 5.0
two issues:
- Sidebar Two seems to disappear.
- The search bar, when placed in a sidebar, should be coded to resize appropriately.
Great theme!
camarada, download version 2.1 and let me know if you continue to have the problem with the disappearing sidebar.
Just noticed now that the etcerpts all link to the first headline rather than the actual post they are from.
Basically lets say that if cat 1 is in position 1 with 2 main stories and cat 2 is in position 2 with 2 main stories, when i post in to cat 2 the section for category 2 has 2 stories with the correct titles and etcerpts, however, the link to main story on both of the excerpts is to the last post in that cat.
Then the last post in cat 2 also becomes the headline in cat 1, however, the etcerpt is for the actual post in cat 1 and the headline and the full story link to the post from cat 2.
Confused? I am but i like this theme so much i am determined to get it right.
Chalkie, on your site and noticing the same but as confused as you as to what is really going on. Trying to figure out where the mix up is originating. Once I figure that out I will be able to fix.
Chalkie, I cannot duplicate this problem on any of my Producer setups so I need to check on your site directly. Please use the contact form to reach me if you would like me to try to pinpoint what is going on with your installation.
Thanks for all your help and assistance and glad you managed to pin it down to sociable. All working spot on now.
To anyone else reading this, you cannot go wrong with this guy, ready to help in anyway, use this template and feel safe that you are in good hands.
Really great theme, but I can’t get xml sitemaps to work? Any ideas what could be wrong?
gonzo, not possible to guess what might be wrong in this case. Will be happy to have a look and try to find what the problem might be.
Hi
Thanks for a wonderful theme. I just have a couple questions … no real issues … all seems to be working as advertised … so far.
Will you, soon, be building in support for the automatic post thumbnail that was released with WP 2.9? I notice that you are now using the media attached the post.
Would it be possible in the next version (if there is to be one) to build in a link in the style.css to an external stylesheet (mystyle.css ro something similar) so that changes to the stylesheet won’t be over-written by upgrades?
Thanks
Tony
Hi
Sorry one more question.
Is any thought been given to checking (and using) the manual excerpt if it exists?
Thanks
Tony
First: Great theme, thanks for that! I have a question about the sticky posts. If I have a sticky post, by default it is hiding the sticky post. Is there a way to change it, when the site is loaded, to by default show the sticky post with the option to hide it, instead of the other way around?
Emiel, will try to get that into an update where you decide if to show by default or hide by default. In the meantime, you can edit the file sticky-posts.php that’s located in the includes folder. Look for the line <div id="stickycontent" style="display:none"> and change “none” to “block”
I’m using Producer 2.0 template with WP 2.9.2, an excellent theme . I can’t get the error pages to work (404, 403, etc). I have tried to map error pages from htaccess file to the /wp-content/themes/producer/404.php. I get PHP Fatal error, ”
Fatal error: Call to undefined function get_header() in /home3/rannakor/public_html/wp-content/themes/producer/404.php on line 1″. I also tried using several plug-ins (smart 404, google 404 etc), can’t get any to work, there was no 404.php file in the root html directory, so I even tried to copy one from default template folder. Any thoughts?
Irfan R the 404 pages on your site are working for me. Are you still having a problem?
Will a .swf image work in the leaderboard?
pantlicker I would like to say an swf image should work because you are inserting raw code into the leaderboard space. As to how it will display it will depend on your object.
Hi, in the Meta Widgets I want only Log in/out and Register options (and would like to change it to spanish), How can I make this changes?
Thanks much!!
Joan, the Producer Language file has not been made available yet. Sorry about that. It is coming soon
A quick question.
I’m the webster for a community paper and would like to use Producer 2 for my theme. Should I download and install ver. 1 from the WordPress site then upgrade with ver. 2 or is that necessary?
I will also be purchasing the CSS tool.
Thanks,
tp
Mister Morton, you should begin with the latest version of the theme which is currently version 2.1.8