We hope all the Vigilance users out there are enjoying a great summer!

Vigilance 1.40

Vigilance has been stable and robust for some time now, running along like a well oiled machine. Believe it or not, we didn’t need to make any changes for WordPress 2.8. It just works. This is great, but it doesn’t mean we are going to sit around and stare at it how good it looks. Vigilance 1.40 is scheduled to drop this summer and it will without a doubt blow you away. In fact, we are jumping version numbers due to all the enhancements! Here is what you can expect:
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• Full access to the support forums
• Unlimited support for all Jestro themes
• Priority upgrades
• Download special members only “add-ons”
• Comprehensive theme tutorials
• Killer customization tips
• Support open source theme development

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A fresh new version of Vigilance is ready for download. Here’s what’s new:

• Bugfix: Custom code in the sidebox was broken in 1.33
• Security Enhancement: Added empty index files to prevent directory snooping
• Enhancement: Added styling for <p> tags in the custom code box
• Enhancement: Cleaner padding implemented in the post meta

Download Version 1.34 Now!

Coming Soon!

If you have you been waiting for an internationalized version of Vigilance—your wait is almost over. We will be internationalizing Vigilance very soon! This will not effect English users, but will make it much easier for all of our international users.

Today we are excited to announce the launch of our shiny new affiliate program. We have been piloting the program with our PRO members and are now opening it up to the world. If you are already recommending our WordPress themes to your friends this a great opportunity to get paid for it!

• Earn 30% on every membership sale
• 60 day tracking cookie
• Clean & optimized banners

Why an Affiliate Program?

Why are we launching an affiliate program? We have been toying with the idea for awhile now. PRO membership has been a huge success. We opened the doors 48 days ago and now have over 250 members and nearly 1,000 posts in the support forums. The forums are turning into a truly valuable resource. So many of our users and members are genuinely enthusiastic about the themes and support we are providing. The goal of the affiliate program is to reward users and members for sharing this enthusiasm with their friends, users, and community.

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. PRO members should download version 1.11 of the PRO Child Theme.

We just pushed out Titan 1.11 with some new features, bug fixes, and modifications. Here is the laundry list of changes:

• Feature: You can now disable Flickr from the theme options menu and use a footer widget instead
• Feature: Added a style for <h2> tags in the top notice
• Feature: The image .border class now actually puts a nice border around an entry image
• Bug Fix: Sidebar photo was too wide by a couple pixels
• Bug Fix: Hide categories from navigation menu did not work
• Bug Fix: Incorrectly closed list
• Titan now registers a sidebar by default
• The notice is no longer enabled by default
• Cleaned up and streamlined the notice theme options
• Corrections in the about section of the footer

Download Version 1.11 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.

After looking at the theme for a couple days there were a few design annoyances we wanted to clean up and a few features we wanted to add. We ended up changing the look slightly hence the version bump. Here is the run-down on version 1.1:

• Changed the look of the top notice to improve visibility and cleanliness.
• Tweaked dimensions and added more width to the content. It felt cramped.
• Fixed the Flickr link issue and provided clear instructions in the options menu.
• Added a toggle on/off option for the Twitter & Email links.

Download Titan 1.1