Jan29
Updating Durable to v0.2.3!
I’ve just finished yet another update to Durable. The theme is now fully compatible with Wordpress version 2.1.
With versions prior to 0.2.3 and Wordpress 2.1, problems arose with the links menu and category clouds. This was basically down to the deprecated category functions and back-end changes to the way categories work in Wordpress 2.1.
Anyway, all is fixed, I’d like to go into it more, but it’s late and I’m off to bed.
Anyone using Wordpress 2.1 or thinking about upgrading should definitely download this version. It’s backwards compatible with Wordpress versions lower than 2.1, you just won’t see any difference.
Download Durable v0.2.3
Update: Durable v0.2.5 has been released to address some unforseen errors in the menu.
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Thanks Andy!
Your work on this clean, elegant theme is most appreciated.
Jim
PS… a fellow islander from Courtenay
I don’t know if it’s just me but when I use this on my WP 2.1 installation I don’t show any posts at all.—Also when you check the version from the Administration Interface it sends you to a page that says you are still using v0.2.2 of the theme even thought it’s v0.2.3 installed.
BTW, thanks for a cool theme.
I already use your Durable theme at http://www.sportsagentblog.com As you can see, I have customized it quite a bit. I was wondering if there is any way that I can update to your newest version to fix all the problems I have been having with my IE users without losing all of my customization. Thanks!
Darren, you can try copying the styles directory from v0.2.3 into your durable theme directory.
You’ll also need to copy lines 14 to 16 from v0.2.3’s header.php into your header.php (its the [ie7] comment lines).
That should fix IE7 issues. Make sure you backup first.
Hello Andy,
I’ve previously installed durable-v022. I’ve tried to delete it prior installing this latest version but the folder colourmod, images and jscript won’t delete. Anyway, I proceeded uploading durable_v023. When I check it in my dashboard, it says Broken Themes (The following themes are installed but incomplete. Themes must have a stylesheet and a template.). Where could be my error?
moonlight -> wp2.1
I installed v.23 but only the header is showing up on my website….
what’s wrong?
I think the package is borked I experienced that same issue and mentioned it above but no response from Andy on it.
Mike, D. Johnson: What version of Wordpress are you running? Can you point me to a link that shows this problem. Are there any error messages at all?
Thanks.
Hi,
We are just in the process of moving across to your template – which is great by the way.
I downloaded an earlier version which works great on my mac with omniweb as well as safari. However, the latest two versions do not allow the drop down menus at the top for archives, links etc. When you click on them nothing happens.
We are running an older version of wordpress 2.01 – so that maybe the problem. I will update that soon.
Any suggestions?
you can click on my blog, it’s just showing the header…
I’m running wordpress 2.1
As I mentioned in my previous post I was running 2.1 had just updated to it. I even deleted all previous theme preferences and entirely remove the theme (rm’d). So it was a clean install of it.
Here’s a preview of how it looks on my blog:
http://www.djohnson.info/index.php?preview_theme=Durable
I get what johnson is getting but I actually have colors in the header… I’m not seeing any on his
Hi Andy –
When I load the theme for my site (using Wordpress 2.1 and Durable 2.3) and when I go to http://www.blazenewmedia.com/projects/durable/ on your site and click the image that loads this link: http://themes.blazenewmedia.com/?wptheme=Durable
I just see the page as if there is no style applied … And I am seeing this in Firefox 2.0.0.1 and ie 7.0.5730.11 … so it’s not my browser … also other themes that I apply work …
Just wanted to give you a heads up.
Hi Guys, thanks for the feedback and testing. I have uploaded a new version of Durable (0.2.4) which can be found here. Please let me know if this fixes the problems, I’m just going by the error messages I saw, as I can’t replicate them on my testing environment.
Cheers, Andy.
It’s all good mate!
Thanks
Alpesh
Hi Andy, Thanks for the update. Looks like I’ve got the same issue so will look at the code and see what’s up. Here’s one error that is very noticeable, it’s in the Pages and Links tab and seems to have something to do with the blogroll:
Fatal error: Cannot use object of type stdClass as array in /home/djohnson/public_html/wp-content/themes/durable/functions.php on line 126
The layout, look and feel, and feature set in Durable is dynamite. Thanks! It shows off your skill.
I only gave v0.2.2 a cursory look (I found it on my Dreamhost.net Wordpress install) and it looked tremendous. I then installed v0.2.4. It’s broken
I’m running WP 2.1. I’ve disabled all plugins. I see the same error that D. Johnson mentioned in both IE and Firefox. The window shows the “Home | Archives … ” line and nothing else. View-source shows me the following right after links to my Pages:
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Fatal error: Cannot use object of type stdClass as array in /home/.author/leedh/lee.org/blog/wp-content/themes/durable/functions.php on line 126
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It’d be great to see this theme working!
Hi! Andy, I met the same problem as Lee said above. The version of my wordpress is 2.1 ella, and Durable is 0.2.4. What my activate plugin are Behavior, Google Analytics, Google Sitemaps, Ultimate Tag Warrior, WordPress Database Backup, wp-cache and WP-Cron. My blog address is: http://www.kenlee.cn.
Would you do me a favour to let me know how to make the theme work well? Thank you!
Hi, i was curious if anyone knew how to change the size of the text where the “Popular categories” on the index page and on the archives page. Im new to this but i really love this theme. My previous attempt had been to change all the font-size tags in the cssstyles file. Im guessin was wrong cus the text still comes out bigger than i would like from the rest of the site. I would appreciate any help. Ive trying to do this for days. Thanks.
Okay Andy I think I see what the problem is. If you go to line 126 of functions.php and change it from:
$num_links[$cat[‘link_category’]] = $cat->link_count;
to:
$num_links[$cat->link_category] = $cat->link_count;
you end up getting a new error on line 138. The problem here is you have an array of objects that you are breaking into with a foreach, however you aren’t treating the resulting variable $cat ($cats as $cat) as an object but rather an array.
It seems that this problem results when there is more than one category thus you return multiple arrays.
Anyway fix one bug and another one shows up.—Thought this may point you to the root of the problem.
D. Johnson thanks for the heads up. I’ve been super busy over the last few weeks so I haven’t really had any time to look at this. I’ve gone in however and made some more changes along the lines you mentioned.
Try downloading the newest version and see if that helps. Cheers.
Durable v0.2.5
Fixed! Thanks Andy.
Excellent, thanks for the help in getting this sorted.
Thanks for the 2.5 update, almost all my problems were solved. The only issue I’m having now has to do with the links under “Pages & Links”. To the right of my links is now printed out the text that should only appear when the mouse hovers over the link. Is that an issue with this build of Durable? You can check out what I’m talking about at http://www.sandersconnection.com . Thanks so much for the great theme
there is something wrong under “Pages & Links” when the links categories are more than 2 .
the links are duplicate under different categories .
a great feature (even if your theme is fantastic) … when you desactive the option which lets user to customize the theme, it would be great, in the header links, or in the theme admin, to let the admin to customize the theme : I find it very intuitive, and don’t need to open notepad to customize the theme. Of course, in thise case, modifications done by admin is visible by all users.
Thanks for a great Wordpress theme Andy!
It may not have all the widgets, but it certainly has all the style…
My links drop down is all wacked out since I upgraded my wordpress. Someone help!!!
I really love this theme and the amazing way in which you can customise it!
But I would like to know if there’s a way to get all the old posts to appear vertically one below the other like standard themes. I would like to display the full content of the last 20 of my posts on the main page itself. I know the theme is not well suited to that but I’d like to know if it can be done easily.
I think Durable rocks!! and just wanted to put a shot out to let you know.
I will be leveraging your genius over at…
iameinstein.com – Please, call me Al
Thanks for doing what you do!
Sincerely,
“Al”
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