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Written by admin on 17 January 2010
Producer includes the ability for you to move sidebars around or completely remove the sidebars on your static pages, but some people need to move the sidebars on a page by page basis instead of removing them from all pages, so there are now 3 page templates you can use with your individual pages. You can use the template that has only a left sidebar, the template that has only a right sidebar, or you can use the template that has no sidebars depending on your needs.
The page templates will be included in versions of Producer starting with 2.1, which has yet to be released, but you can grab the files in the meantime by downloading them using the link below. They are compatible with all versions of the theme earlier than 2.1.
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Written by admin on 15 January 2010
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.
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Written by admin on 21 December 2009
Producer is a highly flexible free WordPress theme that can be used to build a standard blog or a magazine style blog. Producer provides an attractive default theme which you can use as is. For even greater flexibility use the premium CSS styling tool to change background color, add background images, change font colors, sizes, styles and completely change your site’s design without editing a single line of code. With the CSS styling tool you can create an unlimited number of unique designs based on the Producer mainframe. (This site uses the Producer theme. The CSS Styling tool was used to modify the design)
Run Producer in static mode to use the out of the box design or switch to widgets to drag and drop featured categories where you want them and mix them up with your other widgets to achieve the look you want for your site.
Run with 1 sidebar activated, both sidebars activated or no sidebars activated.
Place sidebars side by side to left of content, side by side to right of content or separated on left and right of content.
Control which sidebars appear on 404, index, search results single post pages and regular pages.
Magazine mode has 2 layout options.
Header section items ( logo/slogan row, horizontal menu row, search bar row, hidden leaderboard row) can be rearranged.
10 featured category slots available. Use only what you need. Sticky post, feed-burner and many more options.
The CSS styling tool is the only thing not included in the free package. As with any other theme, you can still edit the styles manually to achieve the look you want. The below is an example of a design done with the CSS Styling tool using Producer in non-magazine mode.
Example of a desgin done with the CSS Styling Tool
The CSS Styling tool has been created to make the task of changing the look of your theme as easy as entering the colors, sizes, image file URLs and other styling elements into a text box and pressing the submit button. The CSS styling tool is pretty extensive as it aims to give you control over as many styling elements as possible. This means you can create completely new designs without having to change any code, which will make updating theme versions less of a hassle. It’s a lifesaver for anyone who doesn’t know how to edit PHP code and even for those who do but prefer a simpler, faster way of getting the job done.
Producer is in the first phase of it’s life. If you are using the theme and would like to help improve it please report any problems you are experiencing with it.
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Tags: free, magazine, newspaper, theme, wordpress
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Written by admin on 16 December 2009
There is a new update available for News Magazine Theme 640. Version 1.6.5 improves the thumbnail functions to allow for images to be re-used from the media library. Previously if you inserted an image from your media library and that image was not in the gallery for the specific post the image would not show up. In version 1.6.5 this has been sorted out so now, if you already have images uploaded that you want to re-use you can just insert them from your media library and they should be displayed.
Working on fixing it so you can also use remote images (images linked to from sources outside of your server). This ability is not currently present so if you have images in your post that have a remote/external URL those images will not show up on the homepage.
Version 1.6.5 also adds a new option to the admin for those of you using News Magazine Theme 640 in blog mode. If you want to include the author and date byline under the title for each post shown on the index page you can activate this option from the admin. It is made optional as some people want the byline and others do not.
Please report any problems you are having with version 1.6.5 of News Magazine Theme 640 and thank you for using the theme.
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Tags: news magazine theme 640, thumbnails
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Written by admin on 25 September 2009
Theme Name: moseter
Description: Silver and white with a crisp design laid out in two columns. Option to hide mootabs panel if desired. Option to hide RSS subscribe block if desired. Option to add site tracking code to footer without needing to edit the footer php file. Other options include placing ad in header and sidebar.
Version: 1.2.2
License: GPL
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Tags: fixed-width, right-sidebar, silver, two-columns, white
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Written by admin on 22 September 2009
News Magazine Theme 640 has been updated to version 1.5.3. The update fixes a few issues and prepares the theme for translation. Among the issues addressed, there was a problem with the narrow sidebar. It was picking up the widgets from the sidebar used on the index page. It is supposed to be picking up the widgets placed in the widget box titled “SidebarNarrow”.
Some people were having problems with the images not displaying. The function that prepares the image for display has been modified to make it work on a wider range of servers.
In some cases images were overlapping the post details box on when viewing single posts. This has been fixed.
The preparation of the theme for translation is still a work in progress. If anyone needs the default POT file that’s currently available contact me via the contact form and I will email it to you.
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Tags: magazine, news, newspaper
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Written by admin on 16 September 2009
Theme Name: News Magazine Theme 640
Description: Build a newspaper or magazine style blog with News Magazine Theme 640. Showcase 5 featured categories on your index page. Single posts and pages use 3 column display with one of two sidebars being movable. Add google analytics from theme options. Add title graphic in place of text graphic. Hide leaderboard ad section if not needed. Hide 120 by 600 filler section if not needed.
Version: 1.5.1
License: GPL
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Tags: magazine, news, newspaper, three-columns, white
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Written by admin on 14 September 2009
Theme Name: Antis Red Stripe
Description: A three column theme accented with a red-brown striped background
Version: 1.0
License: GPL
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Tags: brown, red, stripe, three-columns
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Written by admin on 14 September 2009
Theme Name: Antis White Rose
Description: This theme is modeled from Antis Red 1. It is a three-column theme with a white rose accented background. It can be used as a theme for a personal wedding blog or for similar types of blogs.
Version: 1.1
License: GPL
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Tags: biege, fixed-width, left-sidebar, right-sidebar, rose, three-columns, wedding blog theme, white, wordpress rose themes
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Written by admin on 13 September 2009
Theme AntisRed1 has been updated to correct a number of style errors.
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