Thunder and new releases
The weather has been strange lately, as the days have been mostly sunny and warm with short breaks for thunder and rain almost every afternoon for a week now. Thunderstorms give me an annoying headache, and since I got one of my previous computers killed during a thunderstorm I usually switch all machines off while the thunder lasts. This is of course not good for the work, since I have lost a couple of working hours every day. Time, always fighting against the time…
My plan was to wait with the releases until June 25th, since that was the date when I released my first free website template one year ago. But today it is the 27th, and I still have no new releases. But I'll give up the idea of releasing everything at once, and I will go for a few releases per day instead. The first new releases will be:
- - The "Jokkmokk" XHTML/CSS template, known from Jokkmokk.biz and from Style Master 4.5 where it was originally released.
- - New version of the andreas01 template - with a new 2-column alternative layout and many improvements!
- - WP-Andreas01, the WordPress theme version in an official public version, modified from the last version to match the updated CSS of the andreas01 template v2.0.
- - New WP-theme, still unnamed. Similar to WP-Andreas01 but with the layout variations seen in previous beta versions of WP-Andreas01 - and without the dynamic subpages. Widgets will of course be supported.
You can download WP-Andreas01 (release candidate #2) (edit: final version released, link updated) directly if you want to try the theme before the official release. Please note that it much more faithful to the original design than before. Feedback is of course very welcome!
And a sidenote for all Swedish readers: a new portal/directory site for Swedish bloggers has been launched! Bloggportalen.se (note: Swedish language) is supported by Swedish media giant Aftonbladet.se, and it looks very promising. I hope to see more people join the site, since I have been hoping to see a good directory for over a year now. I'm happy to see that they accept all Swedish blogs - even ones like mine which is written mostly in English!
Comments
Comment from Ainlslie
Time: June 27, 2006, 4:00 pm
Good luck with those releases and don't work too hard.
Looking forward to seeing what changes you have made.
Comment from Matt
Time: June 28, 2006, 1:45 am
We've been having weird weather over here on the northeast coast of USA too. Unfortunatly for me, it's all when my computers are turned off…2 o'clock in the morning. I don't lose much time, just some sleep ;-)
Comment from dandyna
Time: June 28, 2006, 8:16 am
happy birthday andreaso1! :-P
Comment from Collin
Time: June 28, 2006, 8:21 pm
Nothing wierd about the UK weather. Rain/Sun/Rain! But then, it is Wimbledon fortnight…
Just wanted to say thanks for the RC of Andreas 01 RC1 with the widgets. It's Superb!
One minor problem, when I go to comment on one of my posts, the blog hasn't recognised me as the admin of the blog. Is this wp or the theme?
Cheers!
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Time: June 28, 2006, 8:32 pm
[…] I have changed the theme again. I don't know what it was, but Naked Gemini just wasn't for me. The current theme is called "WP-Andreas01 (RC1)" (the RC means Release Candidate, kinda like a beta release). Created by Andreas Viklund the theme has widget support and funky styling. I'm not so sure about the header image, anyone that downloads the theme will have it, but that is (I think!) easy enough to change. Just gotta find the right image. […]
Comment from Collin
Time: June 29, 2006, 1:43 pm
Caught another interesting one Andreas. Again, I don't know if it's the theme, but in this post:
http://www.cornellfinch.com/?p=351
The blockquote function is ignoring paragraph spacing. There should be three blank lines in the quote and it's squashed to run straight through. Still loving it though!
Collin
Comment from Ben
Time: June 29, 2006, 4:32 pm
Hi, I've been using a highly hacked version of your wpandreas-01 template for a few months, and love it! is there anyway to know if I got the version with the server problems fixed? I think I got it after the first initial changes… Oh well, it seems to work fine for everyone - soon it will be all over the internet! Thanks for releasing these.
Comment from Collin
Time: June 29, 2006, 4:51 pm
Is this the right place to be reporting these?
Using RC1 the last comment on a post is just a little too far to the left and runs over the grey vertical line.
Of course I'm seeing all these problems in IE, so it could just be a crappy browser thing! ;)
Comment from LobsterMan
Time: June 27, 2006, 3:20 pm
Wow, I can't believe it's been a year since you released andreas 01 (and a year since I first used it for my blog) I'm now working on a somewhat new and interesting layout concept for my blog, based on your andreas 01!!!