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Topic: Arras Theme 1.5b1 Now Available

I have decided to skip 1.4.4 and jump up the version number to 1.5 due to many significant changes made to the theme. Here's a progress of what's to come. Do not use it in production environments!

Key Features

  • Added Archives and Redirect page templates.

  • Added number of comments in traditional tapestry.

  • Added featured categories multiple selection and thumbnails display options for featured stories sidebar widget.

  • Added featured categories multiple selection, post count, comments count, thumbnails display options for multi-tabbed sidebar widget.

  • Added one more menus above the header. Works only in WordPress 3.0.

  • Added one more set of featured categories in homepage.

  • Added multiple selection of categories for home layout sections. Added settings to disable/enable them.

  • Added auto thumbnails function. Theme will automatically grab the first image from post if no featured image is specified. Can be disable in theme options.

Major Changes

  • Added 'arras_beside_nav' & 'arras_beside_top_menu' action hooks for social icons navigation.

  • Removed legacy.css (dropping support).

  • Removed arras_strip_content. Slideshow and node-based tapestry nodes now use WordPress excerpts. Users can adjust excerpt limit in theme options.

This version also includes all changes made to 1.4.4b1.

Classical Gamer Users: This beta release does not work with the current version of the child theme (0.9.2). A separate beta release will be available for download along with new features and bug fixes.

Download Arras Theme 1.5b1

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Re: Arras Theme 1.5b1 Now Available

How do you use "all categories" for the featured stories and slideshow and stuff? Can't seem to find it because if you click on "new items" on them all, the same stories featured in the slideshow will be featured in the featured stories section. I want my latest 4 in the slideshow, then the next 6 in node-based style, then the next 3 in quick preview. How do I make it so it goes in order without having the same stories in each?

Last edited by Falcon63 (2010-06-27 21:27:57)

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Re: Arras Theme 1.5b1 Now Available

Enable offset. It should be an option in the Theme Options.

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Re: Arras Theme 1.5b1 Now Available

zy wrote:

[*]Added one more set of featured categories in homepage.[/*]

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo smile

/me goes off fixing his AnimeBlog Child Theme (I've used some of the codes you used here).

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Re: Arras Theme 1.5b1 Now Available

While I'm at it. Can you put back the tapestry select from 1.4.3 into the choices how to display featured #1?
This will do

<?php echo arras_form_dropdown(
    'arras-layout-featured1-display',
    arras_get_tapestries_select(),
    arras_get_option('featured1_display')
); ?>

http://www.watkijkikoptv.info/mp3/notapestries.png

Last edited by extatix (2010-06-28 04:52:58)

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Re: Arras Theme 1.5b1 Now Available

Big fan of this beautiful wordpress theme layout.

Something I already tried in the previous version, but without success. How do you add more social network sites? I'd like to add a link for my YOUTUBE account right next to the Twitter/RSS/Facebook one but so far without any success.

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Re: Arras Theme 1.5b1 Now Available

There are now action hooks for that so you can write a function to do that. A nice new feature.

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Re: Arras Theme 1.5b1 Now Available

Nice one! I'll do that right away.

Also, the navigation menu isn't working. Doesn't link to pages/categories etc...not sure if you guys know that already.

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Re: Arras Theme 1.5b1 Now Available

http://www.arrastheme.com/forums/topic2 … ss-30.html

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Re: Arras Theme 1.5b1 Now Available

extatix wrote:

While I'm at it. Can you put back the tapestry select from 1.4.3 into the choices how to display featured #1?
This will do

<?php echo arras_form_dropdown(
    'arras-layout-featured1-display',
    arras_get_tapestries_select(),
    arras_get_option('featured1_display')
); ?>

Hmm it's not there? I'll check that out.

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Re: Arras Theme 1.5b1 Now Available

Nope, it's an array with the four 'standard' post display types.

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Re: Arras Theme 1.5b1 Now Available

Bugs:
Z-Index attribute needs to be corrected for both menus as the slide show buttons appear on top of both menus.
Newly Found - Display Credit's option not working.

Suggestions:
Add an option to hide each menu if desired (css and area).
Add an option to display default thumbnail or nothing at all in posts. (In some cases I don't want an image at all in certain post)

Last edited by dgodfather (2010-06-28 10:09:41)

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Re: Arras Theme 1.5b1 Now Available

dgodfather wrote:

Bugs:
Z-Index attribute needs to be corrected for both menus as the slide show buttons appear on top of both menus.

Suggestions:
Add an option to hide each menu if desired.

You can hide them by not selecting any menu for the respective locations in Menus page.

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Re: Arras Theme 1.5b1 Now Available

I mean such that the menu area disappears completely (css and all). It's currently set up such that just the buttons are removed. Am I missing something or is that how it is intended?

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Re: Arras Theme 1.5b1 Now Available

Offset doesn't seem to work. Also in this new theme, if you use "Add To Any" and don't use an excerpt, the "Share" button shows up in the excerpt, including the ones in the slideshow. Honestly, I like my current theme better, unless there is a way to change the style of the "featured stories" and "latest news" tabs back to white?

Last edited by Falcon63 (2010-06-28 11:06:40)

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Re: Arras Theme 1.5b1 Now Available

After upgrading, WP only allows me to show two menus, one on top, and one main below header).

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Re: Arras Theme 1.5b1 Now Available

Offset now works for me.

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Re: Arras Theme 1.5b1 Now Available

All my pages turn to blanks in this theme.

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Re: Arras Theme 1.5b1 Now Available

Falcon63 wrote:

All my pages turn to blanks in this theme.

http://code.google.com/p/arras-theme/so … tail?r=415

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Re: Arras Theme 1.5b1 Now Available

Is that something I have to put in my code or what?

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Cause I want to use this newest version, but it screws up my pages.

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Re: Arras Theme 1.5b1 Now Available

zy wrote:
Falcon63 wrote:

All my pages turn to blanks in this theme.

http://code.google.com/p/arras-theme/so … tail?r=415

I added the extra parentheses as noted in the google code window to page.php, but I am still having the behavior of the theme not display any posts.

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Re: Arras Theme 1.5b1 Now Available

Falcon63 wrote:

Is that something I have to put in my code or what?

He shows you a 'diff' with the difference what it is now and how it should be, you only have to add a ).

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Re: Arras Theme 1.5b1 Now Available

Thank you, this was a huge help. Much better help than the Wordpress.org support forums.

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Re: Arras Theme 1.5b1 Now Available

hey i tried this theme on wordpress 3.0 and it seems post thumbnails not showing. (option is checked)
(it works on 1.4.3)

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