http://themeshaper.com/forums/ Help In Shaping WordPress Themes en Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:38:35 +0000 http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/is-there-a-market-for-child-themes#post-23040 Sun, 11 Sep 2011 01:52:53 +0000 helgatheviking 23040@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>i'd agree that most child themes are meant to be individualized solutions, but i'd agree that autofocus proves there is some market. i think autofocus is popular b/c it provides some neat functionality and looks really cool... which is sort of what makes any theme marketable, imo. child themes are just not as well known and a lot of people don't even know they exist so that does diminish the market. </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/is-there-a-market-for-child-themes#post-23039 Sun, 11 Sep 2011 00:04:48 +0000 joperron 23039@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>i think most people develop custom solutions using Thematic, not build themes to sell to the masses, at least that is my case. I know Allan Cole sells a child theme that is quite popular (Autofocus), maybe you can ask him? </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/is-there-a-market-for-child-themes#post-23038 Sat, 10 Sep 2011 23:54:57 +0000 Jamie Mitchell 23038@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>no opinions or comments...anyone? </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/is-there-a-market-for-child-themes#post-23010 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 23:28:55 +0000 Jamie Mitchell 23010@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>hey guys</p> <p>i know this is not really a support question</p> <p>i could use some opinions in regards to thematic child themes, and if you think there is a market for them as either free or premium themes.</p> <p>figured i should get some input of fellow thematic uses before i invest in lots of time and energy.</p> <p>hope some of you can offer your opinions </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/beginner-position-author-avatar-in-post-child-theme#post-21609 Thu, 02 Jun 2011 15:21:00 +0000 helgatheviking 21609@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>you're welcome. also, since you are 'returning' a value when using filters you don't want to simultaneously use 'echo'. echo spits it out as soon as it encounters what you are echoing... so it might be your avatar code is not being outputted in the right place. </p> <pre><code>function child_postheader($postheader){ $postheader = get_avatar( get_the_author_email(), &#39;37&#39; ) . $postheader; return $postheader; } add_filter(&#39;thematic_postheader&#39;, &#39;child_postheader&#39; );</code></pre> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/beginner-position-author-avatar-in-post-child-theme#post-21608 Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:21:28 +0000 greifj 21608@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>Apologies...using your help, Helga, I've figured it out.</p> <p>Combining your function with my new-found knowledge of the css property 'clear'...<br /> I got it sorted.</p> <p>Thank you, Helga! </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/beginner-position-author-avatar-in-post-child-theme#post-21607 Thu, 02 Jun 2011 13:43:52 +0000 greifj 21607@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>So...to update...<br /> I've got the image appearing, but can't get it to line up to the left of the post title.</p> <p>As you can see here, it's still above...<br /> <a href="http://mediumbird.com/" rel="nofollow">http://mediumbird.com/</a> </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/beginner-position-author-avatar-in-post-child-theme#post-21606 Thu, 02 Jun 2011 13:19:22 +0000 greifj 21606@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>Hey, thank you, Helga!<br /> How did I know it would be you that would respond? :)<br /> You are everywhere.</p> <p>I am struggling to figure out the correct format to use when replacing 'avatar' with my avatar code:<br /> &lt;?php echo get_avatar( get_the_author_email(), '37' ); ?&gt;</p> <p>Any suggestions? </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/beginner-position-author-avatar-in-post-child-theme#post-21601 Thu, 02 Jun 2011 04:55:26 +0000 helgatheviking 21601@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>i think you could filter the postheader</p> <pre><code>function child_postheader($postheader){ $postheader = &#39;avatar&#39; . $postheader; return $postheader; } add_filter(&#39;thematic_postheader&#39;, &#39;child_postheader&#39; );</code></pre> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/beginner-position-author-avatar-in-post-child-theme#post-21598 Thu, 02 Jun 2011 01:12:51 +0000 greifj 21598@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>I'm a designer, trying to branch into Child Themes, so bear with me...</p> <p>I'd like to add an Author Avatar to each post, and position it to the left of the Post Title. I've got the Avatar covered...I just don't know where to find the code to drop it into the Post in the right place.</p> <p>How would one modify the layout of an individual post using a Child Theme?</p> <p>Appreciate your time. </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/customizing-thematics-index-loop#post-21339 Tue, 17 May 2011 17:26:25 +0000 helgatheviking 21339@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>can you post the solution in case someone else has the same issue </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/customizing-thematics-index-loop#post-21337 Tue, 17 May 2011 16:45:47 +0000 rafaeltrabasso 21337@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>well I solved this by myself. </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/customizing-thematics-index-loop#post-21270 Thu, 12 May 2011 20:04:59 +0000 rafaeltrabasso 21270@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>Hello, I'm starting to understand about Child Themes and I'm really excited about the possibilities. But I'm having trouble working out something that I suspect that is really simple.<br /> I would like to change the HTML structure of the posts that are displayed in the index loop. Change &lt;div&gt; orders, float stuff to the left, stuff like that.<br /> But I can't think in a good way to do this without losing the Thematic funcionality (like those really useful post classes).<br /> Plus there is another problem, I'm using Post Formats so each format would have it's own specific HTML.<br /> Does anybody have a clue? Thanks! </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/run-two-child-themes-from-one-install-of-thematic#post-20839 Tue, 26 Apr 2011 05:05:07 +0000 kwight 20839@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>Hmm, cool. I have never worked with multisite; I was just going on DNS knowledge, so I think I was premature. </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/run-two-child-themes-from-one-install-of-thematic#post-20820 Mon, 25 Apr 2011 10:15:42 +0000 middlesister 20820@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>Well I don't know how it works when you have set separate domains for your multisite, but in my local testsite using subdomains it is actually possible to do. Meaning, one subdomain site is using one childtheme and the second subdomain site is using another childtheme - and only one thematic theme is installed. </p> <p>You need to network enable the child themes in the Network Admin, and then they become available to activate in the separate sites' admin panels. I didn't network enable the thematic parent theme, but it seems to work anyway. </p> <p>I guess you are using some plugin for the separate domain mapping? As long as both the child themes and the different sites are part of the same multisite install I think it would work. </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/run-two-child-themes-from-one-install-of-thematic#post-20814 Mon, 25 Apr 2011 00:54:33 +0000 posword 20814@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>Thanks everyone. It appears the answer is "No" </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/run-two-child-themes-from-one-install-of-thematic#post-20803 Sun, 24 Apr 2011 04:34:09 +0000 kwight 20803@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>I don't think so. I believe child themes rely on a relative path based on the "Template:" line in style.css; separate domain names would require an absolute path. More info here:</p> <p><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes" rel="nofollow">http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes</a> </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/run-two-child-themes-from-one-install-of-thematic#post-20789 Sat, 23 Apr 2011 02:55:31 +0000 posword 20789@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>I should have explained it better. I have a hosted multisite account on which I currently have two sites with separate domain names. Can I reference the thematic on the first site from the second site CSS template statement? </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/run-two-child-themes-from-one-install-of-thematic#post-20784 Fri, 22 Apr 2011 22:34:47 +0000 kwight 20784@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>Only one install of Thematic is required for any number of child themes on a site... does this answer your question? </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/run-two-child-themes-from-one-install-of-thematic#post-20765 Fri, 22 Apr 2011 14:10:13 +0000 helgatheviking 20765@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>hi peter- do you mean on the same domain? i'm not sure how you'd run 2 themes simultaneously anyway w/o separate WP installs. </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/run-two-child-themes-from-one-install-of-thematic#post-20756 Fri, 22 Apr 2011 06:48:15 +0000 posword 20756@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>Has anyone tried to run two child themes from one install of Thematic? </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/how-can-i-bundle-thematic-with-the-child-theme-as-one#post-20024 Sun, 27 Mar 2011 23:36:38 +0000 helgatheviking 20024@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>jamie- yeah it isn't cheap. and i can't figure out what you can do w/ thesis that you can't do w/ thematic. though it does come w/ an extensive (to me overly so) options panel. i'd say it is more designed for someone who wants to customize their site w/o touching code. whatevs. i currently find it easier to do stuff in my functions.php and prefer to offer customized options instead of a the whole cow. but it was just an observation on a possible way to bundle thematic in. w/o downloading the themeforest theme, what is the basic approach they are taking? </p> <p>so not a fan of genesis? why not? just curious. dont know anything about it. i've looked at Hybrid and there are definitely bits that i think would work well in thematic (like breadcrumbs, and their 404 and search widgets would be more useful that the page top,bottom, insert widgets, that i typically unregister on almost every project) </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/how-can-i-bundle-thematic-with-the-child-theme-as-one#post-20022 Sun, 27 Mar 2011 22:40:39 +0000 Jamie Mitchell 20022@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>Johny...yeh that theme is exactly what i was thinking of....i think thematic will still keep going, i don't see why not, there are too many people involved and it's too important to those who use it...if not then there are heaps of other frameworks any ways these days like justin tadlock's.</p> <p>helga....thanks i just took a look...$164 for thesis! i bought the genesis framework the other week, and that was a big rip-off... </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/how-can-i-bundle-thematic-with-the-child-theme-as-one#post-20018 Sun, 27 Mar 2011 16:00:18 +0000 helgatheviking 20018@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>actually jonny you reminded me (in some weird un-related way) of how Thesis handles this situation. basically thesis has a /custom folder inside it. on upgrades thesis doesn't override this folder. </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/how-can-i-bundle-thematic-with-the-child-theme-as-one#post-20017 Sun, 27 Mar 2011 15:47:32 +0000 Jonny Janiero 20017@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>@joperron - i agree, its best to use it as a selling point. if however, thematics future is stable. i'm really undecided on that at the moment.</p> <p>someone did it here. downloaded once to take a look<br /> <a href="http://themeforest.net/item/lucid-business-blog-portfolio-wordpress-theme/120682" rel="nofollow">http://themeforest.net/item/lucid-business-blog-portfolio-wordpress-theme/120682</a><br /> dont know how it will handle future updates, but its basically created using thematic standalone </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/how-can-i-bundle-thematic-with-the-child-theme-as-one#post-19965 Wed, 23 Mar 2011 21:22:23 +0000 joperron 19965@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>Strange you would want to hide it, I use Thematic as a selling point to clients. </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/how-can-i-bundle-thematic-with-the-child-theme-as-one#post-19959 Wed, 23 Mar 2011 19:35:52 +0000 marbie 19959@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>I thought about merging my child themes with thematic on client sites. I decided against it because updates of either one of the themes would be a problem.<br /> As I don´t activate the thematic theme my clients only see the child theme, and even the ones that know about the two themes don´t seem to mind. </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/how-can-i-bundle-thematic-with-the-child-theme-as-one#post-19941 Wed, 23 Mar 2011 13:37:57 +0000 Jamie Mitchell 19941@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>thanks for theme link, but yeh that is just thematic added to the main folder, nothing more...</p> <p>i know there is a way to incorporate the child-theme and thematic as if they where one theme. </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/how-can-i-bundle-thematic-with-the-child-theme-as-one#post-19900 Tue, 22 Mar 2011 11:09:48 +0000 d_rec 19900@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>I'd suggest having a look at how others are bundling their child themes and Thematic. Jonny Janiero's Arrival theme is first I can think of top of my head; <a href="http://blog.virtualpudding.com/web/arrival-free-child-theme-for-thematic/" rel="nofollow">http://blog.virtualpudding.com/web/arrival-free-child-theme-for-thematic/</a> </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/how-can-i-bundle-thematic-with-the-child-theme-as-one#post-19893 Tue, 22 Mar 2011 05:31:58 +0000 Jamie Mitchell 19893@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>hey everyone...</p> <p>ok, say i create a child theme for a client or whoever, and i don't want to have them upload 2 themes and explain what a child theme is etc.</p> <p>so what i want to do is develop my child theme, and then integrate it with thematic. so only one theme needs uploading and the thematic files are still separate.</p> <p>i have heard of somebody doing this, this is what i read</p> <p>"the Thematic functions.php file was just altered by 1 line to include the Child Theme files – oh and the style.css of course"</p> <p>any ideas on his one... </p>