Comments on: New theme, same as the old theme http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2007/10/16/new-theme Random musings of a Southern geek Wed, 08 Oct 2008 01:52:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Dougal http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2007/10/16/new-theme#comment-159416 Dougal Thu, 18 Oct 2007 15:00:56 +0000 http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2007/10/16/new-theme#comment-159416 Chess Guru: The importer can selectively convert just some of you categories to tags -- you pick and choose which ones to convert, and which ones to leave as categories. That's what I did. Alex: I hadn't noticed the duplicate 'link' ids. Those are generated by the standard Links widget. I'll make a patch and file a bug on that. Thanks for bringing it to my attention. redwall: Previously, I was using Sandbox 0.6, plus some custom hacks I had made to the theme files. I've upgraded to Sandbox 1.0, and replaced my hacks with more standard API usage from my local plugins. The CSS only required a few minor tweaks here and there to adjust for some changes to the underlying HTML structure generated by the Sandbox theme. Does it justify calling my new theme "2.0"? Who cares? I'm eventually going to redo the whole site anyways. Chess Guru: The importer can selectively convert just some of you categories to tags — you pick and choose which ones to convert, and which ones to leave as categories. That’s what I did.

Alex: I hadn’t noticed the duplicate ‘link’ ids. Those are generated by the standard Links widget. I’ll make a patch and file a bug on that. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.

redwall: Previously, I was using Sandbox 0.6, plus some custom hacks I had made to the theme files. I’ve upgraded to Sandbox 1.0, and replaced my hacks with more standard API usage from my local plugins. The CSS only required a few minor tweaks here and there to adjust for some changes to the underlying HTML structure generated by the Sandbox theme. Does it justify calling my new theme “2.0″? Who cares? I’m eventually going to redo the whole site anyways.

]]> By: redwall_hp http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2007/10/16/new-theme#comment-159389 redwall_hp Thu, 18 Oct 2007 00:51:54 +0000 http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2007/10/16/new-theme#comment-159389 How is it a new theme then? Wouldn't it be the same thing v1.1? How is it a new theme then? Wouldn’t it be the same thing v1.1?

]]> By: Alex Holsgrove http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2007/10/16/new-theme#comment-159383 Alex Holsgrove Wed, 17 Oct 2007 20:31:38 +0000 http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2007/10/16/new-theme#comment-159383 I thought you were adjusting your CSS? I think one of the most basic things is to know that you can only have one element per unique id. You seem to use id="links" all over the place. Try validating to XHTML1.0 strict. I have been tearing wordpress and some themes apart and validating them completely. They work over IE6 / IE7 and firefox. I am also confident that the site will look fine in Opera and also on the mac. I'm happy to help if you need any advice. Thanks I thought you were adjusting your CSS? I think one of the most basic things is to know that you can only have one element per unique id. You seem to use id=”links” all over the place. Try validating to XHTML1.0 strict. I have been tearing wordpress and some themes apart and validating them completely. They work over IE6 / IE7 and firefox. I am also confident that the site will look fine in Opera and also on the mac. I’m happy to help if you need any advice. Thanks

]]> By: Chess Teaching http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2007/10/16/new-theme#comment-159381 Chess Teaching Wed, 17 Oct 2007 18:56:32 +0000 http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2007/10/16/new-theme#comment-159381 I also have used the WordPress category system like a tagging system, but some of the categories have to stay categories while some of them have to be converted to tags. I hesitate to start converting because of the amount of work, but some of the suggestions here may be very helpfull I also have used the WordPress category system like a tagging system, but some of the categories have to stay categories while some of them have to be converted to tags. I hesitate to start converting because of the amount of work, but some of the suggestions here may be very helpfull

]]> By: Jen / domestika http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2007/10/16/new-theme#comment-159373 Jen / domestika Wed, 17 Oct 2007 11:05:23 +0000 http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2007/10/16/new-theme#comment-159373 Great idea, to cross-reference tags: I do a similar thing with Gmail labels (upper case labels for blog categories, lower-case labels for tags) so I'm kicking myself for not thinking to expand the system to del.icio.us and such. Thanks for the tip! Great idea, to cross-reference tags: I do a similar thing with Gmail labels (upper case labels for blog categories, lower-case labels for tags) so I’m kicking myself for not thinking to expand the system to del.icio.us and such. Thanks for the tip!

]]> By: Tom J. Kiehn http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2007/10/16/new-theme#comment-159372 Tom J. Kiehn Wed, 17 Oct 2007 09:29:36 +0000 http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2007/10/16/new-theme#comment-159372 I also started using WP categories as more of a tagging function a few years ago. Now I have tens of dozens of tags, some very closely related to each other. Once I get around to upgrading my WP, I might have to revisit this post. Let us know if you have any other tips or trouble in the process, please. I also started using WP categories as more of a tagging function a few years ago. Now I have tens of dozens of tags, some very closely related to each other. Once I get around to upgrading my WP, I might have to revisit this post. Let us know if you have any other tips or trouble in the process, please.

]]> By: Eats Wombats http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2007/10/16/new-theme#comment-159347 Eats Wombats Tue, 16 Oct 2007 22:22:30 +0000 http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2007/10/16/new-theme#comment-159347 I don't get the reference to converting tags to lower case. WP2.3 seems to insist on it, unless the tag was previously the name of a category--if I'm not mistaken. Who said consistency was the hobgoblin of foolish minds? Your Pepys Project link is dead. There's a link on my blogroll to an ongoing Pepys project. I don’t get the reference to converting tags to lower case. WP2.3 seems to insist on it, unless the tag was previously the name of a category–if I’m not mistaken. Who said consistency was the hobgoblin of foolish minds?

Your Pepys Project link is dead. There’s a link on my blogroll to an ongoing Pepys project.

]]> By: Ingrid http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2007/10/16/new-theme#comment-159346 Ingrid Tue, 16 Oct 2007 22:20:43 +0000 http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2007/10/16/new-theme#comment-159346 I have never thought about cross referencing tags between Flickr and Wordpress, but that is a brilliant idea! I have never thought about cross referencing tags between Flickr and Wordpress, but that is a brilliant idea!

]]> By: Patrick Havens http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2007/10/16/new-theme#comment-159343 Patrick Havens Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:25:33 +0000 http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2007/10/16/new-theme#comment-159343 Hmmm got an error the first time I saw the site... but no other funkiness. I guess I can delete the email, and also tell you personally thanks for the help on gl_tail. Hmmm got an error the first time I saw the site… but no other funkiness.

I guess I can delete the email, and also tell you personally thanks for the help on gl_tail.

]]> By: Dougal http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2007/10/16/new-theme#comment-159341 Dougal Tue, 16 Oct 2007 20:52:56 +0000 http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2007/10/16/new-theme#comment-159341 I started with the "Categories to Tags Converter" importer (Manage/Import). I also have a subset of posts that have 'keywords' post-meta data. I used the "Jerome's Keywords" importer to convert those, but first I disabled the line in the importer that deletes the post-meta values after import. I wanted to keep that, despite the redundancy. No SQL-fu required! Though, at some point, I might go in and convert all my tags to lowercase, just because I prefer them that way. I started with the “Categories to Tags Converter” importer (Manage/Import).

I also have a subset of posts that have ‘keywords’ post-meta data. I used the “Jerome’s Keywords” importer to convert those, but first I disabled the line in the importer that deletes the post-meta values after import. I wanted to keep that, despite the redundancy.

No SQL-fu required! Though, at some point, I might go in and convert all my tags to lowercase, just because I prefer them that way.

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