Comet update preview

Because the approving process of the theme updates takes more time than I anticipated (I had to redo several things, and decided to throw in some new features while at it) I bring a preview of what will be included once the update actually hits the WordPress servers:

New comment design

New custom fonts: Droid Sans and Droid Serf

More visual interface on the theme options page

Translation ready, with instructions

Theme updates: Comet 1.4 and Renegade 2.2

Comet 1.4 & Renegade 2.2

  • Updated menu system for WordPress 3.0. Comet has two custom menus while Renegade only has one due to graphics looking odd with more.
  • New theme options page. Better interface due to use of graphics. Some options has been cut due to new menu system.

Update recommendation: due to the new theme options almost all files has been updated, so overwriting all files and then applying your old changes is recommended. basic.css and reset.css has been consolidated into the main style.css file.

I have moved a lot of theme options out of the functions.php file and into the core files (header.php, index.php, etc) so you will likely never have to go into function.php if you want to make some changes to the options any longer. Everything should also be properly commented so you understand what everything does.

Theme Update: Comet 1.3

Comet 1.3

  • Added option for two sidebars (“Left and Right”)
  • Added option to change font size
  • New menu structure to support more than one menu (coming in WordPress 3.0)
  • Complete removal of external plugins (Recent Comments, Twitter, quote button in comments) because of support problems
  • Cleaned and updated stylesheets

7 Reasons To Love HBO

  1. Generation Kill
  2. Rome
  3. Band of Brothers
  4. The Pacific
  5. The Sopranos
  6. Oz
  7. Game of Thrones

Coming Soon

Here are some of the stuff that I’m planning to do Soon™:

  • More theme options. Like font size, extra sidebars. Got suggestions?
  • Redo the theme options page with a more organized and visual interface.
  • Make the themes translation-ready.

I’m also considering to discontinue some of my themes (Artemis, Exile, Serenity, and Renegade II). Their style is not something I would create today, and I think the work of redesigning them (both visually and code-wise) is not worth the effort. I want to keep all my themes up to the same standard, but the time does not permit with all the themes.