WordPress just released version 2.7 (RC2). Its should soon see a final release but it looks like it is ready to be tested so as soon as 2.7 comes out you are front of the herds. 
I am thinking to testing simpleX on this version as it seems easy to update versions later on. The admin section looks impressive!
Why don’t you try it out too??
All of a sudden you see the fugly search bar on every YouTube video embeds. Though it is now made optional due a lot of negative responses over the web about the newly added feature. There is an explanation to why it added the search bar here. But who and why on earth was it approved? Every one was wondering if it was due to a virus.
Seems like simpleX is getting popular by day. It has now climbed up the charts and is within top 30 themes at WordPress.org. I can’t wait for people to know about the new cool updated version with better typography and better interface and of course organized files for designers. I am hoping this update will boost the downloads further.
SimpleX theme now comes with a cleaner code. Since 1.2 release yesterday, I took sometime to clean the codes so it is much easier to customize if anyone needs to. SimpleX is now passed the xHTML and CSS validation. There is a separate CSS sheet for IE6/7. IE 8 Beta 2 seems to work well with the normal CSS (what a relief, IE no more seems to need hacks). It has been now tested with IE6, IE7, IE8 Beta 2, FF2, FF3, Safari 3.2 and Chrome 0.4.
Since the release of simpleX on the WordPress theme site, there has been an overwhelming response and I am encouraged to update simpleX and make it more usable. Thank you all who have downloaded the theme just to preview it or use it on your personal blog. I would love to see people posting any issues or even their sites with this theme just to showcase on here. Yes, you are free to make any changes you want to the theme.
So, what does v1.2 update include?
As I have been following the downloads charts at the official WordPress theme site, simpleX is now at top 40 downloads and is approaching its first 500 downloads as I write this. This has really been an inspiration to me. I am working to update simpleX so users can choose colors to adjust as per their need. This should be a great leap as an update.
Recently, one of my clients requested me add a rel=”nofollow” argument in the about page of his site. WordPress by default only adds that to its comments section to prevent spam marketing. There might be various ways doing so but I found it pretty difficult to find a good solution in this case. Why? Because the page list wasn’t being called directly using wp_list_pages(). It used a custom function. Not only that, due to some customization to the function, it also used a php variable in the parameter.
I recently upgraded wpshoppe.com from 2.6.3 to 2.6.5. At first, it was working fine and I did make 2 posts after the upgrade. I thought it was successfully upgraded but 2 days after that when I tried to login to wp-admin it was redirecting to 404 Error Page. I am not sure how that actually happened but I searched over the net and found few answers.
I am pleased to announce that simpleX theme has now been listed as one of the officially approved theme on WordPress website. And as of this posting there have been a total of 51 downloads already. Wow! I am so thankful to everyone who have previewed this simple theme (my first theme). I would appreciate a lot if I get some feedback or even suggestions on how to make this theme even better (yep! all of you pros! ).