PRO child themes updated

The PRO child themes have also been updated. Be sure to read through the upgrade instructions. If you plan on using the diff file, please note the vast majority of the changes have been made in the /functions folder. I would recommend replacing that folder entirely with the new version and using the diff file to make the rest of the changes. Here are some links to the PRO child theme diff files:

• Vigilance PRO child theme 1.41 diff file
• Titan PRO child theme 1.27 diff file
• Paperpunch PRO child theme 1.05 diff file
• Traction PRO child theme 1.02 diff file

Vigilance 1.50 has officially arrived! Coincidentally, WordPress 3.0 was also released today. This new and improved version of Vigilance takes advantage of the new menu support in WordPress 3.0 and adds a really slick logo uploader. There are also numerous other improvements and bug fixes, be sure to read through the changelog for details. And of course, head on over to the downloads page to grab your copy!

Vigilance PRO child theme updated to version 1.40

PRO child theme 1.40 diff file

The Vigilance PRO child theme has been upgraded to version 1.40. If you have customized your PRO child theme please read through the upgrade instructions. If you plan on using the diff file, please note the vast majority of the changes have been made in the /functions folder. I would recommend replacing that folder entirely with the new version and using the diff file to make the rest of your changes.

Vigilance 1.50 Changelog

• New PRO Feature: Easy to use logo uploader.
• New PRO Feature: WordPress 3.0 menu support.
• Feature Enhancement: Faster and more dependable loading of the custom colors stylesheet.
• Feature Enhancement: Improved logo / navigation alignment and spacing.
• Improvement: Clarified the upload locations in the theme options page.
• Bug Fix: Removed unnecessary escape attributes.
• Bug Fix: Improved search form loading.
• Bug Fix: Replaced deprecated bloginfo reference.
• Bug Fix: Fixed “Edit this” translation string along with a few other broken translation strings.
• Miscellaneous: Massive codebase cleanup.

Vigilance 1.48 has been released. Head over to the downloads page to grab your copy.

Vigilance PRO child theme updated to version 1.35

The Vigilance PRO child theme has been upgraded to version 1.35. If you have not customized your PRO child theme feel free to simply replace it with the new version (make a backup copy just in case). If you have customized your PRO child theme and would like a list of the specific changes download the diff file.

Vigilance 1.48 Changelog

• New Feature: Added post thumbnail support.
• Bug Fix: Fixed navigation menu top border in IE7 and IE6.
• Bug Fix: Fixed the top banner custom code option.
• Bug Fix: Fixed spacing on updated theme options notification.
• Bug Fix: Set a default background color.
• Miscellaneous: Add skip to content links for accessibility.
• Miscellaneous: Update tutorial links.
• Miscellaneous: Turn off images by default.

Learn more about Traction →

I am super excited to announce the release of our newest WordPress theme, Traction! Traction is a dark and clean magazine style theme with a robust options menu and built in support for WordPress post thumbnails. This is the theme I meant to design when I started Punchcut late last year, it just wasn’t ready yet. Traction comes with a boatload of features, including three colors schemes (red, blue, green), built in Twitter support, and much more. I encourage you to browse through all the features and take it for a test drive. Be sure to let me know what you think in the comments.

New Pricing

As previously announced on Twitter we have rolled out new pricing for our themes. I have some great news if you were a PRO member as of yesterday. You have automatically been upgraded to a VIP PRO Membership! What does this mean? This means you get access to all of our current and future PRO themes, including Traction. Yes, you are that special. We aren’t even selling these VIP PRO Memberships right now, so you really should feel special.

New customers buying our themes shouldn’t feel left out. Your regular PRO Membership (free with any theme purchase) entitles you to 25% off all future theme purchases.

Theme Updates

We also released new versions of all our other themes today (Vigilance, Titan, and Punchcut). Here is a quick breakdown of the changes and fixes:

Vigilance

• Bug Fix: Added more specific ul.children selector to avoid extra spacing on nested lists inside entries .
• Bug Fix: Fixed PHP comments in the footer.
• Miscellaneous: Cleaned up the admin and added notation for PRO and non-pro features.

Titan

• Bug Fix: Added back the extra unordered list to avoid breaking the layout when you add widgets.
• Bug Fix: Correctly aligned the navigation menu dropdown
• Bug Fix: Added more specific ul.children selector to avoid extra spacing on nested lists inside entries.
• Bug Fix: Fixed PHP comments in the footer.
• Miscellaneous: Cleaned a bunch of cruft from the stylesheet.
• Miscellaneous: Cleaned up the admin and added notation for PRO and non-pro features.

Punchcut

• Bug Fix: Added missing language hook
• Bug Fix: Correctly aligned the navigation menu dropdown and fixed the weird persistent hover bug
• Bug Fix: Added more specific ul.children selector to avoid extra spacing on nested lists inside entries.
• Bug Fix: Fixed PHP comments in the footer.
• Miscellaneous: Cleaned up the admin and added notation for PRO and non-pro features.

Feedback Please

Please let me know what you think about the new theme and anything else in the comments.

We have 2 new page templates hot off the press and available to our PRO members. You now have the option to use a dedicated Archives and Sitemap template on your blog. These are pretty handy if you want to give your readers a quick and easy way to scan over your content. To use your new templates create a new page called “Archives” and select the “Archives” page template from the Attributes menu on the right hand side of the page editor. Publish the page and you are done. You would follow the same steps to create a Sitemap page.

If you have not customized your PRO child theme then simply upload and overwrite your old theme with the new one (make a backup just in case). You can download the new child themes from the member resources page. If you have made customizations please follow the manual upgrade instructions below.

Vigilance manual upgrade instructions

• Download the new PRO child theme (Version 1.33) from the member resources page
• Copy the new archives.php file and the new sitemap.php file into your PRO child theme
• Change the version to 1.33 at the top of your style.css file

Titan manual upgrade instructions

• Download the new PRO child theme (Version 1.22) from the member resources page
• Copy the new archives.php file and the newsitemap.php file into your PRO child theme
• Copy lines 40 and 41 of the new style.css file into your existing style.css file directly above /* Make all custom CSS changes BELOW this line
• Change the version to 1.22 at the top of your style.css file

Punchcut manual upgrade instructions

• Download the new PRO child theme (Version 1.02) from the member resources page
• Copy the new archives.php file and the new sitemap.php file into your existing PRO child theme
• Copy lines 40 – 45 of the new style.css file into your existing style.css file directly above /* Make all custom CSS changes BELOW this line
• Copy line 56 of the new header.php file over line 56 of your existing header.php file
• Change the version to 1.02 at the top of your style.css file

Vigilance 1.46 is now available for download. This release contains updated links to The Theme Foundry and two minor bug fixes. PRO members head to the member downloads page. Free users can grab a copy from the theme page.

Vigilance PRO child theme updated to version 1.32

Two small changes were made to the /functions folder. If you have made customizations to your PRO child theme simply overwrite the /functions folder only. If you are a PRO member and would like a diff file detailing the changes please post a request in the support forums.

Changelog

• Bug Fix: Custom code box was not working with Google Adsense.
• Bug Fix: Added a missing language textdomain and regenerated the .po and .mo files.
• Miscellaneous: Updated all links with The Theme Foundry URL.

Vigilance 1.45 is now available for download and is ready for WordPress 2.9! PRO members head to the member downloads page. Everyone else can grab a copy from the Vigilance page.

PRO child theme updated to version 1.31

The PRO child theme has been upgraded to version 1.31. If you have not customized your PRO child theme feel free to simply replace it with the new version (make a backup copy just in case). If you have customized your PRO child theme please follow these simple instructions:

• Download the new PRO child theme (version 1.31)
• Add the new /functions folder to your existing vigilance_pro folder
• Replace line 11 of your header.php file with line 11 from the header.php file in the new child theme
• Edit your style.css file and change the version to 1.31

If you are a PRO member and would like a diff file detailing the changes please post a request in the support forums.

Changelog

• Security Enhancement: Sanitized the get_search_query function.
• Style Enhancement: Improved margins for floated images.
• Usability Enhancement: Added the wpautop function to automatically add paragraph tags to the alert box.
• Bugfix: Fixed empty height declaration for top-banner and sidebar images.
• Bugfix: Updated the link color to use the new options framework.
• Miscellaneous: Updated the theme description copy, footer link, and screenshot.

Vigilance 1.44 has only three changes, but each change is significant. Be sure to check out the details in the changelog.

Changelog

• Bugfix: Fixed incorrect bubble image specification. This caused the comment bubble on the search result pages to show up empty. (thanks to PRO member pcoggins for finding this!)
• Style Enhancement: Revamped the post title styling for a cleaner look. I realize some people may want to keep the old styling. If you are a PRO member, go ahead and ask in the support forums and I will post some quick instructions on how to go back to the old styling.
• Speed Enhancement: Rewrote the admin comment recognition function and removed two database calls. This should speed up the load time of your single posts and pages.

Vigilance 1.43 fixes some minor bugs and includes a couple style enhancements. Feel free to read through the changelog for details.

Testing some new styling, what do you think?

I am testing out new post title header styling here on the demo blog. I have removed the emphasis on the post titles giving them a softer look. I have also adjusted the comments font-family, changing it to the default Georgia, Times New Roman. I am thinking of including it in the next Vigilance release. Let me know what you think of the new styling in the comments.

Changelog

• Bugfix: Converted tabs to spaces for easier code reading and manipulation.
• Bugfix: Added some missing phrases to the translations file.
• Bugfix: Fixed duplicate tagline and <title> to improve SEO.
• Bugfix: Fixed empty <ol> tags when comments are empty but trackbacks/pingbacks are not.
• Bugfix: Fixed top banner custom code box. Now properly strips slashes.
• Style Enhancement: Underline links inside post entries for better visibility.
• Style Enhancement: Tweak alert box styling for better aesthetics.

Download Version 1.41 1.42: PRO Members head to the member download area. Free users grab your copy from the free download page.

Vigilance 1.40 was released into the wild a little over a week ago. Since then we have run into a few minor bugs and annoyances. All of these bugs were discovered by Vigilance users. Thanks for helping out everyone! This 1.41 release patches up those bugs and includes one new feature.

Internationalization Help

Now that Vigilance is officially localization ready we are going to need some translation help from our international users. The included vigilance.po and vigilance.mo files make it super easy to translate the theme with an application like poEdit. I have set up an official repository for translations that will be updated with new languages as I receive them. We already have a Turkish translation available thanks to one of our PRO Members!

If you need help with translating the theme be sure to read this excellent guide to translating WordPress themes. You can send all translation files to themes {at} jestro.com. Be sure to name the files appropriately according to your country code.

Changelog

• Bugfix: Fixed PHP 4 compatibility issues.
• Bugfix: Fixed image sprites for sidebar items spanning more than 2 lines.
• Bugfix: Replaced the transparent background for the <li> stars for users with different backgrounds.
• Bugfix: Fixed the top navigation hover color for categories when using custom colors.
• Bugfix: Changed the default language folder to /languages to match WordPress. Also added language instructions.
• Bugfix: Fixed broken link to the tutorials.
• New Feature: Added support for a hidden wp-config.php file.