Ahead of the release of WordPress 2.5.x on Monday, March 17, 2008, I’m releasing updates to all my themes. I tested both the version 4.0 and 4.1 releases of my themes with WordPress 2.5 and none of them had any problems. But I thought this release was a good opportunity to do some housekeeping.
Barthelme, blog.txt, plaintxtBlog, Simplr, and veryplaintxt have been upgraded across the board to version 4.5. New features include gravatar support, i.e., get_avatar(), and prettifying theme options menus with the new WordPress 2.5 design scheme.
Most of the revisions are under the hood, so users are unlikely to notice any cosmetic differences. The theme options menus now each use wp_nonce_field() and filter content much aggressively than before. So users should rest easy that they are using secure and stable themes. I mean, these themes are each almost two years old.
The Sandbox has also received an update, which is necessary since its inclusion with the core has been pushed back (again) to WordPress 2.6. So be it. Anyhow, the Sandbox now has some improvements to its semantic classes, including new classes for parent and child pages.
As always, I encourage everyone to have a look, give them a spin, and feel free to come back with any comments, suggestions. Enjoy.
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Will WordPress 2.5 be released on Monday, October 17, 2008? You mean Mars 17, 2008, which is today?
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Indeed I do! Thanks, Aslak. Yes, 2.5 is slated for today, March 17, 2008. Apologies for any added confusion.
It doesn’t work well with Wordpress 2.3.x?
The 4.5 versions of my themes and the 1.5 version of Sandbox include WordPress 2.5-specific functions, such as
is_front_page()andget_avatar(). So they won’t work with 2.3.x; however, you are welcome to download the previous versions of those themes, which will work perfectly with 2.3.x.I guess you have to change the class « tag-cloud » to « tag_cloud », at least in your blogtxt theme, since that is what I am using in PQ. I had also to erase the « tag-cloud h3 » class, as it was messing things up.
Anyway, love your themes. Can’t think of others to use in my personal projects.
I recently “restarted” my blog and tryin out the WP 2.5 rc1, and with your new version of veryplaintxt, I can only say that everthing looks (feels) great. Keep up the good work and theme updates
Now we just have to wati for the final release of wp 2.5..
Sandbox included in WP 2.6? I hadn’t heard that.
Great, if it happens.
It’s ticket #4517, but it’s been pushed back to the ‘next release’ twice. I’m hoping for the best.
@Diskawa: Thanks for the kind words.