Here are some of the key changes for Arras Theme 1.4, where the first beta will be available sometime this week.
New Features
- Full support for WordPress 2.9 post thumbnail system
(timThumb system will still be available for backward compatibility) - Thumbnail sizes for featured posts and news posts can now be adjusted in theme options.
- Date and comment count on post thumbnails can now be turned off in theme options.
- Sidebar widgets code have been rewritten using WordPress 2.8’s widgets API, allowing you to use the widgets more than once.
- Multi-tabbed sidebar has been redesigned.
- Multi-tabbed sidebar can now be shown on home page only, as an option.
- Latest previews and reviews widget has been replaced by a new widget called ‘Featured Stories’.
- Featured stories can be shown on posts only, as an option.
- Widgets will display post thumbnails on respective links (WordPress 2.9 only).
- A link to your site’s Twitter feed can be displayed beside the link to your RSS feed in your navigation bar. (Username can be adjusted in theme options).
- One column layout is now available in the theme options.
- Various visual tweaks have been made to the default style.
- Template for Yet Another Related Posts Plugin available by default.
- Built-in support for Cufón, along with a default font BPreplay
Other Changes
- Certain options in Navigation tab in the theme options will not display if Multi-Level Navigation Plugin is installed.
- Removed image background options (a new system will be developed in the future).
- Removed post links in single post template in favour of numerous plugins.
- Removed compatibility functions for WordPress 2.7 and below. The theme now requires WordPress 2.8 and above to run.
- Removed support for phpThumb in favour of the new WordPress 2.9 post thumbnail system.
- Most of the options in Categories tab in theme options have been moved to the Layout tab.
- Usage page has been removed in favour of WordPress 2.9 post thumbnail system.
Thanks for adding more support into your theme for our plugin
I’m flat out working on a total rebuild of the PixoPoint Menu plugin and will be discontinuing support for the Multi-level Navigation plugin at some point as i’ll be writing a system to allow a seamless upgrade from one plugin to the next (and it will include all of the features of the Multi-level nav plugin – plus more).
If there is anything I can do within the core of the plugin which help make it work better with your theme, then let me know (http://pixopoint.com/contact/).
I’ll also add a link back to your site in the new version for you.
Nice to see all this features implemented !
Can’t wait to test !
is there option for images in the header ? as lot of people wanted to use that.
BR,
How can I easily DISABLE cufon? It is a disaster for non-western users as the main blog title will be gone. I figured it out after a lot of research. You should leave if OFF by default and add an option to let user manually enable it or it will make a lot of people crazy. And as a user with little knowledge on coding, would you please provide an easy way to turn it off for now? Thanks.
I would like to improve google search in the arras theme, but I’m not having success. This site use arras and use google search http://www.sucka.net/ . Do you know how to do this?
I’m currently running 1.3.6 due to some formatting issues experienced with 1.4beta, but I’m super excited to for the next version!
You’re definitely the type of designer I would consider donating to — thanks for all the good work, looking forward to more!
Thank you for more support
I work to support file RTL .
I hope soon download Version 1.4
or
send me v.1.4 for I add RTL.css
Very nice changes,
ist there already a releasedate?
Really looking forward to this version.
I’d be interested in a different category layout, rather than just single lines. Something like this: http://twitpic.com/zqkdk Obviously I’m having issues with the thumbnails.
They are there, just covered in black for some reason.
Ill keep an eye on your site for the 1.4 update.
Ok i got the category page to look good: http://twitpic.com/zrezp
IE still hoses the design. Something in the tabbed sidebar plug in. It looks like the UL is missing a close tag.
Thanks for all your hard work on this theme!!