Version 1.32 contained a bug that improperly formatted your footer stats code. Thanks to Andy for catching this and pointing it out. We are pushing out version 1.33 quickly to resolve this issue. If you haven’t downloaded 1.32 you should simply skip to 1.33. If you have downloaded and installed 1.32 the only changed file in 1.33 is /vigilance/footer.php.

Sorry for the inconvenience this might have caused anyone!

Download Version 1.33 Now

Vigilance 1.32 is now official. Here are the changes:

• Enhancement: Optimized comment hover bubble to avoid a brief flicker of the background image
• Security Enhancement: Properly sanitized all theme option HTML outputs
• Enhancement: Updated the demo Feedburner email updates link to point to Google
• Bug Fix: Fixed two XHTML validation errors
• Enhancement: Removed empty logo image
• Enhancement: Tweaked the alert box color to improve aesthetics

Download Version 1.32 Now!

Note: A new version of the PRO child theme has also been released. Only 1 line has changed; line 76 in the header.php file. I encourage existing PRO members to just replace this line to avoid overwriting any existing customizations. Download version 1.21 of the PRO Child Theme.

Version 1.31 contains one important bug fix for some Vigilance users and a minor enhancement:

• Bug Fix: Vigilance 1.30 implemented default “thin” sidebars along with a default “wide” sidebar. This created a problem because some users don’t actually use the “thin” sidebars. In version 1.30 the default “thin” sidebars no longer disappeared when left empty. This is corrected in 1.31.
• Enhancement: Replaced an instance of is_home with is_front_page in the header. This is beneficial to users who do not use a “blog page” as their default home page.

Download Version 1.31 Now!

Vigilance 1.30 has been released, go ahead and download it now. Changes are listed below.

• New Feature: Twitter in your updates box! (easily enabled from the theme options menu)
• Bug Fix: Link color not showing in the highlight box
• Bug Fix: Next pages link on index pages for paginated posts
• Improved home page recognition by using is_front_page instead of is_home
• Slightly increased font size in the updates box
• Enabled sidebars by default on new installations
• Increased space between the content and sidebar by 10px to improve readability and aesthetic
• Improved sidebar list item spacing and alignment

Be sure to let us know if you find any bugs in the release.

Vigilance Added to WordPress.com!

We are proud and excited to announce that Vigilance was added to the available themes on WordPress.com on Wednesday night. WordPress.com has over 1.25 million active blogs and Vigilance is now 1 of 60 themes available to those users. This is truly an honor and we couldn’t be more excited, thanks to all of our users and to WordPress.com!

New PRO Feature: Page Templates

We have released version 1.2 of the PRO Child Theme which includes two new page templates! A really handy full width page template and a left sidebar template. PRO members can download the latest version in the support forums. If you’re not a PRO member yet, what are you waiting for? Sign-up today and start enjoying the benefits!

Vigilance 1.23 Released

Version 1.23 is now available, including a bunch of new features and bug fixes:

• New Feature: Improved code styling including styling for <pre>, <pre> tags are really handy when showing code examples
• New feature: Comments are now available on pages when they are enabled
• New feature: Post/page pagination, spread your long posts across multiple pages by using the <!--nextpage--> quicktag
• Improved home page recognition that fixes some blogs showing two pages as current in the main navigation when using a static front page
• Improved styling on the Float Quote element
• Better alignment of the sidebar widget list item images
• Fixed a bug that was preventing the “Comments are closed.” message from being displayed on posts that already had comments
• Fixed some improperly coded links in the theme options menu
• Fixed a bug that was generating slashes in the Feedbox and Alert Box
• Fixed a bug that was generating slashes on rotating image alt tags

Download 1.23 Now!

First 50 Memberships Sold Out

We have sold through the first 50 memberships, the 50% off coupon is no longer active. If you missed one of the first 50 memberships you are in luck. We just rolled out a brand new coupon that saves you $10 off the cost of a PRO membership. Sign-up with coupon code C9406.

We just pushed out a new version of the PRO Child Theme fixing a somewhat major bug. The bug was causing the header logo to display incorrectly on single posts and pages. It is recommend you upgrade to the latest version. PRO members can download that here:

PRO Child Theme Version 1.1

Everyone should expect to see Vigilance 1.23 over the next week which will contain several bug fixes and a couple new features.

First 50 are Going Fast!

First some great news. We have already sold through over half of the 50 for 50% off PRO memberships in the first 48 hours! Thanks for all of the awesome support from the Vigilance community, we really appreciate it!

If you plan on grabbing a PRO membership now is a great time, we will be surprised if the remaining 50% off PRO memberships last to the weekend. Don’t forget to use the coupon code 6CA27 when you sign-up to get the discount. Sold Out.

Two Versions of Vigilance?

There was a really good question in the comments that we thought deserved some clarification. We don’t want the Vigilance community to misinterpret the PRO Membership offering.

I’ve just started using your theme, and so far I have been very impressed. While the PRO version sounds great, what are the future plans for the free version? Will it be left by the wayside and just the PRO version be developed in future?

We want to assure you that there is only one “version” of Vigilance and it is and always will be free and open source.

Referring to a “free version” and “PRO version” is misleading. PRO members and regular users both download the latest version of Vigilance from the same location. PRO members simply get a slew of added benefits: full access to the support forums, unlimited theme support, priority upgrades, tutorials, customization tips, members only add-ons, and other cool stuff. They do not download a different version of Vigilance.

We hope this clears things up. Don’t hesitate to let us know if you have any other questions or comments.