Another important change that I have made for the upcoming version of Arras.Theme is the sidebar widgets. Here’s a screenshot to begin:
As you can see, the tabbed sidebar, banners, latest previews and latest reviews have been widgetized. That means, you can move and arrange them like you would on a sidebar widgets, without editing the code manually. Most of the widgets are completed, except the banners, where I am figuring out a new way to do ad management, which I believe is one of the first thing the user wants to work with once they downloaded the theme.
Also, the options page is being redesigned, with tabs to organise and group the theme options. Personally, what makes WordPress a great platform to use is its simplicity of the admin interface. I’m not really a fan throwing 30-40 options in one page, especially those with fields that require you to enter the number of pixels of a certain element. Here’s the progress of the admin interface:
And here’s same look of the whole index page (almost):
Hi,
It looks better than ever!
When can e expect the update?
Please let us know!
Thanx In Advance,
Emrulez
Definitely not this week, probably next, I’m not sure.
There’s still a whole load of features to be worked on. I might release an alpha version this week for users who are interested in testing it.
I dont need an alpha, just lloking forward to the final
What are the other features you will add?
I do have a few in mind, but I’m not going to announce it until the feature is done.
I have an alpha build ready to be used and tested, do contact me if you wish to test it out (current customers only).
Hi,
Love the theme – can’t wait to start using it, thanks a mil!
BUT – I’m having some issues with the widgets… I can’t drag/drop them over to the sidebars.
Anything I’m overlooking here?
Thanks,
Dan