Shiword - WordPress theme

version: 3.02

Project page:

http://www.twobeers.net/annunci/shiword

Author page:

http://www.twobeers.net/

License:

Licensed under GPL (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html)
iconSweets2: see license in images/iconsweets2/License.rtf
MP3 audio player: see license in resources/audio-player/license.txt
Unless otherwise specified, all images are original creations and licensed under GPL

REQUIREMENTS:

PHP 5+
Wordpress 3.1+ (REQUIRED)

THEME FEATURES:

Fixed width: Your blog will look the same for everyone regardless of screen resolution
One/Two columns: as your wish!
Widgets Support: there's a lot of space for your favorite widgets
Translation ready: Shiword is ready to be translated in your language
Up to 5 sidebars: 5 widgets areas??? yep!
Two menus: one below the header and one above the footer
Standard WordPress: fully compliant with the standards required by WordPress
WP 3.1 features: Shiword supports the new features introduced by WordPress 3.1
Gravatars Support: your gravatar follows you everywhere
Quickbar navigation: all the most useful links always at your disposal
Post/Pages slideshow: make your most interesting post/pages more visible
Print preview: you want to print an article? look at the preview first!
Menu animations: jquery powered
Custom header: you are your blog!
Custom colors: paint your site with the skin builder tool
Custom widgets : lots of new widgets at your disposal
Mobile support : Shiword has a dedicated style for mobile view (touchscreen friendly)
Post formats: support for post formats ("aside", "gallery", "audio", "quote", "image", "video", "link", "status")
Custom Template "One column, no sidebar": a custom page template without sidebar

TECHNICAL:

*.dev.js files are the same as *.min.js, but commented and uncompressed
theme uses jQuery javascript framework
if you experience any javascript problem, try disable animations in Appearance -> Theme options
print_preview.css is a stylesheet file used to emulate a print preview.
in order to use the new widgets, you need to activate them in Appearance -> Widgets
the secondary menu (above the footer widget area) support only one level of hierarchy
the theme detects the following mobile devices/browsers/os : ipod, iphone, android, opera mini, blackberry, palm, symbian and many more
"enhanced post title" option. Shows the post title with the featured image only if the image is big enough (min 700x200 px)

POST FORMATS:

Shiword support post formats, the new feature introduced by WP3.1. In order to correctly use post formats, you must follow these guidelines

aside: nothing special to do here
gallery: the code will search for the first gallery shortcode inside the post content. Make sure there's one, at least
audio: the code will search for all the linked mp3's inside the post content. Make sure there's one, at least
quote: the code will search for the first <blockquote> tag inside the post content. Make sure there's one, at least
image: the code will search for the first <img> tag inside the post content. Make sure there's one, at least
video: nothing special to do here
link: the code will search for the first <a> tag (anchor) inside the post content. Make sure there's one, at least
status: nothing special to do here
chat: nothing special to do here

Remember to set the desired format to each post in edit page.

CHANGE LOG (FROM VERSION 2.09):

Adds:

new custom background page
new look for theme options page, with lots of new options
custom hooks for child themes
Weibo (aka Sina Weibo), Tencent, Odnoklassniki, Blogger, Google+1, Google Bookmarks, Picasa and VKontakte services added to "Social Links" widget
Buzz service removed from "Social Links" widget
"enhanced post title" option. Shows the post title with the featured image
native support for WP-pagenavi plugin
Google fonts
new widgets: "Image details", "Share this", "Post details"
widget area for page404
widget area for single post/page/attachment

Fixes:

increased compatibility with IE6
minor changes in style
minor changes in mobile style
HTML tags stripped from post/page titles

CHANGE LOG (FROM VERSION 2.08):

Fixes:

Compatibility with Wordpress 3.3

CHANGE LOG (FROM VERSION 1.15):

Adds:

Post formats support
Custom widget "Recent Posts in Category"
Compact view option for "Latest comment authors" widget
Options for extra info management
Option for disabling mini-login (disabled if siCaptcha plugin is active)
New contact methods in user profile (Twitter, Facebook)
Social Links widget
New look for post attachments navigation
"quote selected text" function
6 new predefined textures
Selectable height for header image
Options for displaying slideshow in front page, posts, pages or archives
Secondary menu, above the footer widget area
Mobile dedicated style (touchscreen friendly)
Custom template "One column, no sidebar"
Comments and pings/trackbacks listed separately
Custom background support
Child themes friendly

Fixes:

"Today is" issue
Many minor graphical issues
Increased compatibility with multi-byte environments
Increased compatibility with WP admin bar
Strange behaviour of post excerpts in quickbar
Theme functions, variables, options, etc. prefixed with theme-slug (WP require)
Javascript issues in "Custom Colors" page (IE)
Style issues in "Custom Colors" page (IE)

CHANGE LOG (FROM VERSION 1.11):

Adds:

Custom widgets ("Popular Post", "Latest Activity", "User quick links", "Popular Categories" and "Latest comment authors")
Opacity setting for the custom device color

Fixes:

Compatibility with Wordpress 3.1
Many minor graphical issues
Code more neat

SUPPORT:

TwoBeers.net's authors reserve themself to support only to those users who recognize TwoBeers work, keeping TwoBeers.net credits visible on their site.

For any question/problem contact us at

Code repository

https://github.com/TwoBeers/shiword

CREDITS:

Everyone who helped us with bug reports and suggestions. Thanks!