Actual new pretty cool GPL theme

nate · 2009-06-13, 02:00 PM

Hi there.

I found what looks to be a pretty nice theme you wordpress guys and girls might want to check out. It is GPL and doesnt have any funky backwards base64 crap that I've seen so far, but it has some pretty cool stuff in the control panel for changing the look without tinkering with css or php. Since its GPL and not that stupid artisticlicencerequiringlinkback license, you can delete the links at the bottom. Its tricky to do, but not real bad. However, since the them is so cool, I put his/her link back up under "nerd stuff" putting him closer to the top of the page. It also seems to be 2.8 safe so far.

The theme is here: http://wordpress.bytesforall.com/

I've got it on two blogs:
http://www.cuteasiangals.com/
http://punk.changirl.com/

I mention those because they show a little mod I added to the rotating header images. They are a div container background, which you cant link with, but you can put a transparent gif in that container and link with it instead. And it works surprisingly well. If anyone uses the theme, and wants to know what to put where to get the link to work, I'll post the relevant part of the php file you need to alter. Its only one line, and you don't delete anything, just add, so its really easy. The "punk" site has the header rotating to give you an idea of how that looks.

One down side, it is trying to run a jscript file from byteforall.com in the admin mode. My guess is that its checking for updates, by I've just left it blocked with firefox/noscript. Also, the code is pretty sophisticated to allow changes to be made to the look for a lot of stuff and stored in the database so if you like hacking the php, it will be more challenging than most themes.

Anyway, have a look.

2009-06-13, 02:00 PM	#1
nate I can now put whatever you want in this space :) Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Merica! Posts: 543	Actual new pretty cool GPL theme Hi there. I found what looks to be a pretty nice theme you wordpress guys and girls might want to check out. It is GPL and doesnt have any funky backwards base64 crap that I've seen so far, but it has some pretty cool stuff in the control panel for changing the look without tinkering with css or php. Since its GPL and not that stupid artisticlicencerequiringlinkback license, you can delete the links at the bottom. Its tricky to do, but not real bad. However, since the them is so cool, I put his/her link back up under "nerd stuff" putting him closer to the top of the page. It also seems to be 2.8 safe so far. The theme is here: http://wordpress.bytesforall.com/ I've got it on two blogs: http://www.cuteasiangals.com/ http://punk.changirl.com/ I mention those because they show a little mod I added to the rotating header images. They are a div container background, which you cant link with, but you can put a transparent gif in that container and link with it instead. And it works surprisingly well. If anyone uses the theme, and wants to know what to put where to get the link to work, I'll post the relevant part of the php file you need to alter. Its only one line, and you don't delete anything, just add, so its really easy. The "punk" site has the header rotating to give you an idea of how that looks. One down side, it is trying to run a jscript file from byteforall.com in the admin mode. My guess is that its checking for updates, by I've just left it blocked with firefox/noscript. Also, the code is pretty sophisticated to allow changes to be made to the look for a lot of stuff and stored in the database so if you like hacking the php, it will be more challenging than most themes. Anyway, have a look. __________________ Its just a jump to the left.