Yep, I had kept a development log for simpleX, just in case I needed it in times like this. I wanted to post a log of how I developed simpleX and though it is not so detailed, it will give you an overview of what changes where made and when. It will be interesting to go back in history later on to find out about this!
Development Log
Nov 5, 2008 – 1.0.1 Works in Firefox, Chrome. Few IE Bugs
Nov 6, 2008 – 1.0.2 Works in IE6, IE7, Firefox 2+, Chrome 0.3
Nov 6, 2008 – 1.0.3 Sidebar CSS fixes
Nov 6, 2008 – 1.0.4 Icons added to sidebar
Nov 7, 2008 – 1.0.5 Single Page Templates customized
Nov 8, 2008 – 1.0.6 Flickr Badge (from widget) added / CSS
Nov 9, 2008 – 1.0.7 Comments section CSS
Nov 9, 2008 – 1.0.8 Footer / RSS beautified!
Nov 10, 2008 – 1.0.9 Sidebar CSS / Calendar fixed
Nov 12, 2008 – 1.1 Multi-level menus fixed
Nov 13, 2008 – 1.1.1 CSS Fixed
Nov 26, 2008 – 1.1.2 Index Page Link Fixed
Dec 2, 2008 – 1.1.3 Various CSS Issues Fixed
Dec 7, 2008 – 1.2 Theme Options / Various CSS Themes, Organized CSS files, Better user interface, Better Typography
Dec 8, 2008 – 1.2.1 Properly CSS Organized, Valid xHTML/CSS, Tested with IE6, IE7, IE8 Beta 2, FF2, FF3, Chrome 0.4, Safari 3.2.1
Dec 20, 2008 – 1.3 Compatible with WordPress 2.7, Commented Thread Styles
More will be added as updates are made.
Photo Credit: Chris Metcalf
Hi Chandra.
I’m pulling my hair out on this – but I’m trying to change the dark grey stripe color in the header. I’m using the wordpress.css sheet and I cannot, for the life of me, find where the color code is for this! I’m digging deep in the style.css and wordpress.css. Anything I change in the header background color on either sheets will not change from dark grey to white. Any help would be totally golden! Oh and this theme rocks!!
Hey Jason,
Thanks !
Can you find a folder /css inside the simpleX folder?
There should be several css files.. if you are using default then just open the default.css file (or wordpress.css if you are using WordPress theme).. then you should find a style for #header..
#header {background:#282923 none repeat scroll 0 0;
}
something like that.. try changing that color code to #fff.
Hope that helps!
Cheers,
Chandra
It seems that i can’t justify text ?
You can add that on the style.css file
.entry p {
padding: 7px 0 7px 0;
margin:0;
text-align: justify;
}
Hi,
Thanks for this beautiful theme. How do I display a few comments under a post? I’m opting for only one post on home page with, say 10 comments. Thanks in advance!
Firstly I’d just like to thank you for this attractive and versatile theme.
I am having problems with the “Single Post” page because I have checked the code and it is supposed to load the sidebar and footer, but it doesn’t for some reason. I have made some minor adjustments to default.css and header.php but they should not have caused it to mess up. I even tried replacing my edited CSS with the original and it still wouldn’t work.
Do you have any ideas as to how to solve this?
Hello!
#1. Thank you. I love SimpleX.
#2 I’m encountering a small problem with SimpleX. The “number of comments” indicator appearing in my “comments” tab seems to also include the number of trackbacks. This is a bit confusing. As you can see here- http://johnrandall.com/2009/04/21/the-cat-and-mouse-game-enters-a-new-era/ –
Right now I have one trackback and no comments. I was looking all over for the comment and couldn’t find it. Can anyone give me pointers on cleaning this up?
Hello! SimpleX is a wonderful theme, and I love it.
But there seems a little problem when it work with the plugin lightbox 2.
When I use this theme,the lightbox plugin just don’t work.I don’t understand why.
Need your help,thanks!
I had the same problem as you: about the compatibility with simpleX and Lightbox. I found the answer at http://www.1-more-thing.de/tutorials/english/lightbox-2-simplex-issue-fixed/
It fixed my problem.
Good luck.
@Chandra: maybe you can edit your theme? I really like both of your themes, great work. To bad Cleanr is not valid CSS. I hope to visit your Country someday
@Chandra: I hope to visit your Country someday, friends of mine went some years ago.
Cheers,
Niek (The Netherlands)
The solution:
I’ve spent some time finding out, why none of the lightbox plugins worked on my wordpress 2.7 blog site and as strange as it sounds: it’s the theme. I use SimpleX.
This theme uses a version of jQuery and creates an object refering to by $.
$(function(){
var tabContainers = $(’div#maintabdiv > div’);
tabContainers.hide().filter(’#comments’).show();
$(’div#maintabdiv ul#tabnav a’).click(function () {
tabContainers.hide();
tabContainers.filter(this.hash).show();
$(’div#maintabdiv ul#tabnav a’).removeClass(’current’);
$(this).addClass(’current’);
return false;
}).filter(’#comments’).click();
});
The problem is, lightbox (or rather the prototype.js it requires) also uses that variable name $.
The solution for this problem is, to rename the variable the theme uses:
mjq(function(){
var tabContainers = mjq(’div#maintabdiv > div’);
tabContainers.hide().filter(’#comments’).show();
mjq(’div#maintabdiv ul#tabnav a’).click(function () {
tabContainers.hide();
tabContainers.filter(this.hash).show();
mjq(’div#maintabdiv ul#tabnav a’).removeClass(’current’);
mjq(this).addClass(’current’);
return false;
}).filter(’#comments’).click();
});
Just edit /wp-content/themes/simplex/header.php by replacing the first by the second text mentioned above.
The only thing left to do is telling the jQuery SimpleX uses to not look for $ but for mjq. Therefore edit /wp-content/themes/simplex/js/jquery-1.2.6.min.js (or similar) replace the following:
var _jQuery=window.jQuery,_$=window.$;byvar _jQuery=window.jQuery,_mjq=window.mjq;
var jQuery=window.jQuery=window.$=function(selector,context)byvar jQuery=window.jQuery=window.mjq=function(selector,context)
window.$=_$;bywindow.mjq=_mjq;
Then you have a functioning WordPress running SimpleX and Lightbox.
very nice theme indeed
Hello Chandra,
I love SimpleX for it’s cleanness & simplicity. Thanks for creating the theme. I’m trying to make a customization to the css & cannot, for the life of me, figure out how to get the narrowcolumn & sidebar to display at 100% height. If you could provide me with any insight that would be great!
Thanks again for all the hard work!
Great theme!
How do I can I get shortened versions of blog posts with the “Read More” button to appear after each post on my Home page?
Thanks!