Changelog of the dkret Wordpress Theme

Since it's first relase the dkret theme has gone a long way. Please read the documentation (readme) and this changelog prior asking for help.

Version 2.5 - 2009-01-31

BUG: proper display of strong element (HTML)
BUG: fixed "undefined index" error for all widges
BUG: removed top guestbook navigation for paged guestbook pages (will be re added if WP bug is fixed)
CHANGED/BUG: optimized styling for asides (use category 'asides')
CHANGED/BUG: position of edit button changed/margins fixed (margins the same for loged in users and guests)
CHANGED: all widgetstitles are filtered
CHANGED: top-margins for first headings in posts set to zero
CHANGED: moved subfolders to new "library" folder (change your child themes accordingly!)
CHANGED: renamed "schemes" to "layout" (rename folder in child themes TOO!)
CHANGED: a lot of code shrinking/fixing (please report possible bugs)
CHANGED: font-sizes changed to px (modern browsers support page zoom)
NEW: HTML style changelog you are just looking at
NEW: support for automatic_feed_links() added (WP2.7.1)
NEW: support for WP2.7.1 'body_class()' functions added (some added classes to 'post_class' (.home, .archive, ...) will be removed in the next version)
NEW: added border-radius for various elements (using CSS3)
NEW: added new CLASS "icontext" for all icon descriptions
NEW: prevent google from indexing pages with paged comments twice (SEO)
NEW: added standard date to index.php (child themes can display standard and/or calendar style dates)
NEW: dkret3 calendardates are filtered (remove 'dkret_calendardate' to hide calendardates in child themes)
NEW: access links (rss, gallery, library) are filtered (extend links by altering 'dkret_access_links')
NEW: Eric Meyers reset.css used for browser reset
NEW: a minimal stylesheet "basic.css" for child themes (minimal styles for proper display of the top navigation, images etc.)
NEW: support for Greg's Threaded Comment Numbering Plugin

Version 2.4

CHANGED/BUG: reordered guestbook (commentform on top now)
CHANGED: icons have greyscale represantion (for hover effect in schemes or child themes)
NEW: scheme file "Hoverama" to illustrate the greyscaled icons
CHANGED: restructured css (icons have own section)
BUG: icon for trackbacks is shown again
BUG: some spelling errors fixed in guestbook template
BUG: forms don't change size in google chrome when having focus
CHANGED: further optimized display of images (tweaked margins, reduced code, better display with customized galleries ...)
CHANGED: styled forms which have focus (in modern browsers - sorry all IE users)
CHANGED: comments and trackbacks aren't separated anymore (ugly if paged comments are being used)
CHANGED: dropped support for sandbox_body_class()
NEW: added some classes to post_class() for various templates
CHANGED: styled the dkret settings page
BUG: drop down navigation is working in IE6 again
CHANGED: top navigation has variable height
BUG: added some classes to standard sidebar (the standard view if no widgets are added by user)
BUG: properly unregister original "Now Reading" Widget (only show the dkret3 version)
CHANGED: Further styled the "Now Reading" Widget
CHANGED: optimized bottombar columns (better margins - even in IE6)
NEW: new theme guide (readme.html)
BUG: fixed some display problems for comment navigation
CHANGED: removed support for pagebar2 (missing WP2.7 compatibility)
NEW: added support for WP-PageNavi (full WP2.7 support)
CHANGED: removed support for Our-Todo-List Plugin (missing WP2.7 compatibility)

Version 2.3

CHANGED: removed WP2.6 support
CHANGED: changed required-string for comments
CHANGED: dkret3 link in footer links to the Wordpress Theme Directory instead of the german homepage of dkret
CHANGED: refactored CSS
NEW: added some css classes for better theme preview at the Wordpress Theme Directory (fieldset, legend, h1, h5, h6)
NEW: added *.pot file for translations
NEW: added a second comment navigation before the comments
NEW: guestbook-template uses new WP2.7 threaded comments now
BUG: changed devision #menu to class for WP2.7 compatibility
BUG: fixed validation error for navigation links
BUG: "Missing argument" Warning for Pingpacks fixed

Version 2.2.1

BUG: a small bug prevented the theme to work in WP < 2.7

Version 2.2

CHANGED: use filter for legacy comments template
BUG: strings for navigation in archive view corrected (older/newer galleries -> older/... posts)
BUG: comment time wasn't properly translated (standard translation of wordpress was used)
CHANGED: comments and trackbacks are counted seperately
NEW: number of trackbacks is shown
BUG: callback for trackback is used (same style as comments -> no says, reply link in the head of each trackback)
BUG: correctly display dates in WP2.7

Version 2.1

NEW: new scheme-file top-navigation (secondary sidebar moves to the top)
NEW: edit link is hidden if edit-ajax-comments-plugin is used
NEW: seperated gallery navigation and now reading link from top navigation links and added icons
NEW: captions of images styled
NEW: full support for wordpress 2.7 threaded comments
CHANGED: dropped ajax comments (too many bugs, not fully compatible with threaded comments)
CHANGED: dropped support for quoter plugin (uses wp 2.7 function instead)
CHANGED: dropped support for paged comments plugin (uses wp 2.7 function instead)
CHANGED: dropped option text left aligned by default (for better child theme support)
CHANGED: removed update notification
CHANGED: deleted some templates (dkret-template-events, dkret-template-guestbook, dkret-template-todo)
CHANGED: renamed template files (dkret-template-nosidebar.php -> template-nosidebar.php)
(you have to assign the templates again - if you used them!)
CHANGED: removed functions-dkret.php file (added functions to functions.php)
CHANGED: uses standard translating function now (for comaptibility reasons)
(copy your old locales to the base directory and rename them [dkret-de_DE.mo -> de_DE.mo] )
CHANGED: support for the wp 2.7 post_class function added (sandbox_post_class function only used for wordpress > 2.7)
CHANGED: images always styled with border - dropped option (if needed classes are added [wordpress >2.5 does this])
CHANGED: styled pages navigation in posts
CHANGED: styled galleryoutput
BUGFIX: navigation on gallerypages fixed
CHANGED: seperated javascript for better WP compatibility and renamed 'ajax' folder to 'js'
CHANGED: live comment preview is disabled by default (you can activate it in the admin panel)
CHANGED: simplified admin panel
CHANGED: changed the way dkret adds the admin panel (future proof - hopefully)
CHANGED: reduced amount of templates
CHANGED: removed some unused html code in index.php (child themes can add template files in wordpress 2.7)
CHANGED: removed the rss-comments link in the top navigation (it was ugly use the widget for rss feeds to comments)
CHANGED: gallery view: thumbnail only shown if images are attached
CHANGED: blog: post are shown as galleries only if images are attached
CHANGED: added date to gallery posts

Version 2.0

NEW: added support for the qtranslate plugin (http://www.qianqin.de/qtranslate/)
CHANGED: tweaked margins for the headings and paragraphs
CHANGED: removed support for functions.js (theme templates can have their own function.php file where you can load additional javascript too)
CHANGED: removed css styles for ajax edit comments plugin (version 2.0 of this plugin doesn't require additional css)
CHANGED: no page title is shown if static front page is used
CHANGED: tweaked the title of the page
BUG: fixed german typo (Gallerie -> Galerie)
CHANGED: standard avatar can be changed in Wordpress 2.6 (removed filter for dkret_avatar_default)
CHANGED: screenshot.png changed to match WordPress.org Theme Directory requirements

Version 1.9 - 2008-05-03

CHANGED: filters added to globalnav (dkret_menu), avatar size (dkret_avatar_size) and avatar default (dkret_avatar_default)
CHANGED: removed previous/next navigation on top
CHANGED: changed styling of the previous/next navigation at the bottom
CHANGED: previous/next post text in single view instead of the title
CHANGED: added images for previous/next post navigation
CHANGED: edit link moved outside .entry-meta (to be able to hide .entry-meta without loosing edit link)
BUG: images are properly centered if center option in the add image dialog is used
BUG: sidebar properly aligned in the guestbook template
NEW: option to select the gallery category
NEW: gallery like display of the gallery category
NEW: option to add gallery link to the top navigation
NEW: previos/next gallery links to proper navigate through the gallery

Version 1.8 - 2008-04-20

CHANGED: dkret is automatically uninstalled if you switch your theme (please add your options again after reinstall/reactivation)
BUG: proper validation of the options panel if no additional header images are uploaded
BUG: reverting to the standard theme if blog uses Wordpress < 2.5
NEW: added options to rss links widget ('Hide Post RSS feed' and 'Hide Comments RSS feed')
CHANGED: standard width is now 890px (was cruel 891px before)
BUG: hide start button if static frontpage option of wordpress is used
BUG: revert to standard header image if folder for header images is empty
BUG: error message added if folder for header images is not writeable
CHANGED: removed support for the post avatar plugin
BUG: Made div.entry-meta conditional in search results as pages are included in results in Wordpress 2.5

Version 1.7

CHANGED: dynamic functions and markup of sandbox 1.53beta integrated (e.g. new classes for input fields etc.)
NEW: better display of new wordpress 2.5 galleries (next and previous navigation images added on single view)
CHANGED: "Tags" changed to "Schlagwort" in german locale
BUG: reverted to the old code in header.php (strange titles where caused by simple:Press Forum)</li> <li>CHANGED: removed subpages widget</li> <li>NEW: foldable pages widget added (requires Fold Page List Plugin)</li> <li>CHANGED: all widgets are translated through the wordpress translation file if possible</li> <li>NEW: option to show search, author, category, tags and archive pages as summary (standard now: full text on all pages)</li> </ul> <h2>Version 1.6</h2> <ul> <li>CHANGED: dkret3 1.6 REQUIRES Wordpress 2.5</li> <li>BUG: fixed some typos</li> <li>BUG: dkret-links widget is shown again</li> <li>BUG: correct titles on pages (the blogname was displayed twice)</li> <li>CHANGED: dynamic functions and markup of sandbox 1.51 integrated</li> <li>BUG/CHANGED: properly unregister standard widgets (if dkret has it's own widget for the same function)</li> <li>BUG: actual scheme file is displayed</li> <li>BUG: third sublevel of topnavigation "in line" with sublevel 2 (tested with Firefox and IE7)</li> <li>BUG: backgroundimages of the rss-links widget are shown in the bottombars</li> </ul> <h2>Version 1.5</h2> <ul> <li>BUG: trackbacks styled like pingbacks (deleted numbers before each trackback)</li> <li>BUG: no more displaying problems of posts tagged 'links'</li> <li>NEW: support for the native gravatar function of wordpress 2.5 added<br />(activate/deactivate gravatars through the reading options of wordpress)</li> <li>CHANGED: dropped support of the gravatar plugin</li> <li>BUG: name of dkret-widget always shown</li> <li>NEW: added descriptive information for all widgets (requires wordpress 2.5)</li> <li>NEW: option for textoriantation (justify or left aligned)</li> <li>NEW: option for automatic borders around images</li> <li>BUG: properly set default theme when uninstalling dkret with the admin button</li> <li>NEW: added javascript warning if the uninstall button is pressed</li> <li>CHANGED: complete rewrite of the options panel (Wordpress 2.5 style)</li> <li>NEW: No_Sidebar scheme file</li> <li>NEW: Start-Link is not displayed when static front and post pagea are set (In Wordpress Reading Options)</li> <li>BUG: Name of the acutal header image is displayed in the admin panel now</li> </ul> <h2>Version 1.4</h2> <ul> <li>CHANGED: removed fix for buggy pagebar. Use the new <a href="http://www.elektroelch.de/hacks/wp/pagebar/download/">pagebarV2</a> and don't forget to add automatic inclusion.</li> <li>BUG: Filter added so only gif,jpg and png files in the headers directory are displayed (thanks Chris for the code changes)</li> <li>BUG: Standard header images is shown if no custom header images are uploaded (thanks Chris for the code changes)</li> </ul> <h2>Version 1.3</h2> <ul> <li>CHANGED: no more inline styles in the nosidebar template</li> <li>BUG: The element DIV with the class LINK-PAGES was not appearing from wp_link_pages() in index.php, single.php, attachment.php, and page.php</li> </ul> <h2>Version 1.2</h2> <ul> <li>BUG: dkret-subnavigation widget is always styled</li> <li>BUG: background was not white while loading in firefox</li> <li>CHANGED: new default: comments ordered from old to knew (you can change this in the admin panel)</li> <li>CHANGED: new default: no gravatars shown (activate them in the admin panel if you use them)</li> </ul> <h2>Version 1.1</h2> <ul> <li>CHANGED: added some more padding for content and sidebars (all schemes updated too and changes checked with firefox 2.0 and IE6)</li> <li>BUG: dkret always loads defaults if new version is installed (no more need to uninstall it first)</li> <li>BUG: options of rss-links and now reading widget properly deleted if you uninstall dkret</li> <li>CHANGED: ordered list of trackbacks (comments.php) has it's own id (#trackbacks-list-ordered)</li> <li>NEW: support for paged comments plugin added (http://www.keyvan.net/code/paged-comments/)</li> <li>NEW: theme templates can use their own javascript. Just add functions.js to your theme template and feel free to make some js magic<br />(e.g. add additional xhtml markup for rounded corners etc.)</li> <li>CHANGED: no more automatic styling of images (add new .imageborder class if border is needed)</li> <li>CHANGED: slightly reorganized style.css, removed some unneeded styles</li> <li>BUG: separator span hidden if quoter plugin isn't active</li> <li>NEW: added 'quote selected text' for guestbook template (requires quoter plugin)</li> <li>BUG: widened space between icons inside iconset.gif (no more display bugs while displaying long list of tags or categories)</li> <li>BUG: added css styles for wp_quotes and yarq (sorry forgot those to add to the trunk)</li> </ul> <h2>Version 1.0</h2> <ul> <li>final version finally released, no bugs left</li> <li>new now reading widget (new option: show recent books)</li> <li>all posts are displayed justified (blocktext)<br />(add <code>#content { text-align: left;}</code> to your scheme-file if you prefer the old look)</li> </ul> <h2>Version 1.0 (Release Candidate 5)</h2> <ul> <li>BUG: textarea of commentfield does not extend to full width anymore in IE6</li> <li>BUG: random/own header image should work again</li> <li>BUG: entry-meta of archiv view corrected for pages (css 'bug')</li> </ul> <h2>Version 1.0 (Release Candidate 4)</h2> <ul> <li>CHANGED: restructured functions.php, dkret-functions.php & all Widgets</li> <li>NEW: RSS-Links widget (if you don't like the RSS-Links on top)</li> <li>CHANGED: Default for RSS-Links in Navigation is hidden now (change it in the admin panel or use the new rss-links widget)</li> </ul> <h2>Version 1.0 (Release Candidate 3)</h2> <ul> <li>BUG: removed validation error of comments form</li> <li>NEW: Options 'Use Live Comments' & 'Show Comment Preview' (in case you don't want to use them)</li> </ul> <h2>Version 1.0 (Release Candidate 2)</h2> <ul> <li>ADDED: Sidebar-Left-Scheme added (standardlook with primary and secondary sidebars under each other on the left)</li> <li>ADDED: Workaround for bug in pagebar2 (navigation is only hidden for the blogs home)</li> <li>BUG: Fixed validation error with tags in single view</li> <li>BUG: Fixed Linespacing in entry-meta (single view)</li> <li>CHANGED: You can have additional Widgets in your theme template (add a widgets folder)</li> <li>BUG: comment preview always shows correct blockquote if quoter plugin is used (even quoted text)</li> <li>CHANGED: removed TOP link in the footer</li> <li>NEW: Support for Yet Another Random Quote Plugin (http://code.google.com/p/yarq/)</li> </ul> <h2>Version 1.0 (Release Candidate 1 - no bugs left, haha)</h2> <ul> <li>1.0 (RC1) first final release (no bugs left, haha)</li> <li>CHANGED: added background image for css asides</li> <li>CHANGED: Some 'final' changes to the german translation</li> <li>BUG: better tag display for search.php (only shown if tags exist)</li> </ul> <h2>Version 0.9</h2> <ul> <li>NEW: CSS asides added (posts with category 'asides' are displayed as asides)</li> <li>CHANGED: deleted/changed some deprecated functions (integrated changes from sandbox 1.1)</li> <li>CHANGED: theme templates can have their own translations.<br />(dkret3 uses translations found in the languages folder of theme-templates IF SUCH FOLDER IS ADDED TO THE THEME TEMPLATE)</li> <li>CHANGED: better gettext-translation handling for the admin area</li> <li>CHANGED: new screenshot.png</li> <li>BUG: about widget xhtaml valid now</li> <li>BUG: lings in comments properly displayed now after posting (thanks to Lise for her ongoing complaints)</li> <li>BUG: meta widget xhtml valid now (even if registration is prohibited)</li> </ul> <h2>Version 0.8</h2> <ul> <li>NEW: guestbook template added</li> <li>BUG: comments and trackbacks are counted correct now</li> <li>BUG: some typos fixed</li> <li>CHANGED: restructured and improved now-reading templates</li> </ul> <h2>Version 0.7</h2> <ul> <li>BUG: dkret3 fully works offline (xampp)</li> <li>NEW: new schemes aded (2-Sidebars-Left.css, 2-Sidebars-Right.css)</li> </ul> <h2>Version 0.6</h2> <ul> <li>First official release</li> </ul> <br /> <p class="alignright"><a title="Joern Kretzschmar" href="http://diekretzschmars.de/">Joern Kretzschmar</a> <strong>(2009)</strong></p> </div> </div> </body> </html>