I currently working trying to fix a bunch of the bugs that have been reported over the last month, and while I’m at it I’ve been adding a few little features here and there to incorporate thing people have requested recently. Thing like the FireFox banner that appears when viewed in IE will now be an option.
I have alos been considering what things I could potentially remove/reduce. I want to try and make Redoable load a bit faster, which is hard because of all the javascript and such that has to be loaded initially, but I’m working on it. I also notice that alot of people are just using the default sidebar, which is great except it doesn’t appear to alwasy work as I expected.
For instance I included two modules, ‘listen’ and ‘watch’, with the intention that I’d use them to highlight music and tv/movies I was recently enjoying. But as yet I haven’t used them at all, and I can’t say that any of the ‘Redoable powered’ site I’ve visited have been using them either.
So I will most likely be removing them from the default sidebar for Redoable 1.2, they will remain available to be used as sidebar modules however, so all is not lost.
Also now is the time to give me a reminder about that bug you reported, and want fixed, or that feature you want added, or that plugin you would like supported. Just leave a comment to make sure I don’t miss it. You’ve probably got about a week to make final requests for Redoable 1.2.
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i like it too.
Cool…
i use them, check out my page. theyre perfect.
I use the listen module. I incorporated the last.fm favorite artists cloud by http://www.village-idiot.org/. I edited the size of the text to grow or shrink by how often i listen to the artist based on last.fm. Great app, love it!
I use the modules too!
But it always also show on the Blogroll Lists.
It’s not good-looking on the Blogroll Lists.
I actualy use them!
Hi Dean,
Awesome Theme, awesome support.
Simple Tagging for sure. Utilising the blank space on right hand side would be great. Ads, RSS (scrolling) would be awesome.
It would be great to have these. I do use listen and watch, but just for the heck of it.
I would actually love to remove blogroll completely and provide that as a page!
That brings me to pages… would be great if we could have more page links… at present on right, would be great to have 5 more on left.
i love the firefox thing… only if we could get adsense code for firefox in there…
what else… hmm…sidenotes, i have had no success, but will try…
it would be great to have something like this…. http://elliottback.com/wp/archives/2006/06/19/new-plugin-wp-asides/#comments
Thats it for now… Sorry, did not mean to shoot of such a list…
Cheers! Alpesh
That would be a great option, and if you wish I could help making the Dutch version. :)
BTW, not an improvement to the theme properly but, wouldn’t it be great to have the option to set the theme to a different language?
If you have the file with the english texts used in the theme I could do the translation myself into spanish and you could publish it as an extra option for all spanish people out there using the theme.
I use a spanish translation for redoable 1.1 from another guy’s blog I found around the comments, but I had to do some extra translation inside the php files to properly cover every word that was missing in that translation, so I think the idea of distributing some language support from the theme’s original site would be well accepted.
When viewing Redoable on a monitor with 1024x768 as a resolution, I get a horizontal scrollbar. Could it be possible to make sure you add a fixed weight or whatever is needed tot fix that?
Thanks in advance!
Of course I will. I’mplanning to set up a test site this week (to not interfere with my tests in the main one, and thus be able to test and “touch” your upcoming Redoable new version), and try to reproduce it there so we can find how to work it out.
Regards, Luis
I use the Listen and Watch modules with the default sidebar but only because I am a little short on time. Keeping them in the custom sidebar options is fine with me.
You have used slightly different icons (that are .png instead of .gif as well) that are much nicer and work better with the black background with a couple of plugins (share-this/gregarious and post ratings I know of). I have managed to grab the files and make the code changes but I bet a lot of users would like these bundled with Redoable (or providing Redo version of the plugins).
It great that you are providing such a fantastic looking theme, with incredible support plus the opportunity to provide input. Keep up the great work.
Dean,
Changing 123px to a smaller amount moves the title text up towards the top of the screen, but the “red space” remains the same height. I would fiddle with this more right now, but I managed to break my main laptop tonight trying to install linux…and by break, I mean fry.
Thanks, Dean. I don’t use the listen/watch modules either, and I don’t use the default sidebar. I would appreciate a three-column option so I can keep my ads above the fold, though. :)
I love this themes. Very Clean and Professional. Since this is a K2 Mod, the feature I miss the most is that top article navigation slider. I find it great for navigation trough the blog. Can you add this as an optional feature?
I’d be interested in a simple way to use a image/banner as the title. Typically I hack and slash my way through the code with a sledge hammer to get it, but I just couldn’t manage it on this theme.
I’m interested to use the Listen/Watch module, but I can’t figure out how. Are we suppose to post something in the post entry? Or title?
Yes, its a pain. I can’t even use them on my localhost install, or my test blog…and I’ve got no idea why, its something that alot of K2 users in general seem to come across at some point.
Yep, I’ve made the change, lets hope it fixes this problem for everyone.
If you haven’t already, can you please post some details about your problem in the support forum.
just wait until you see Redoable 1.2….
Speed improvements would be great, but finding the parts that are slowig things down is an ongoing challenge.
That looks like an interesting alternative to UTW, will definitely look further in to it.
I have added this option to Redoable 1.2
Have a look for this, about line 218-ish in style.css, the first value in the padding (123px), change that and you will adjust the ‘red-space’.
#title a {
display: block;
height: 37px;
line-height: 37px;
padding: 123px 20px 20px 20px; }
I finished ‘implementing’ a bunch of extra colour themes yesterday, so far it works brilliant, and it will be great to see Redoable in a bunch of colour schemes other than the red/black default.
I never really understood the inclusion of the Listen and Watch modules in the main config, and haven’t used them. Like others, I would be fine with them being removed.
As another poster noted, it would be nice if one could adjust the amount of blank space above the title, as it seems a bit much.
More color options for the theme would be nice, though I understand it’s a lot of work. Maybe someone could throw up a guide for people to create their own?
Hi, Dean.
Like Luis, i don’t use those modules, and i also use Simple Tagging. It works really good.
I think an interesting option could be the license of the contents.
I don’t use them.
Have changed the listen div to show my recent tracks from my last.fm account.
I can honestly say I have no idea how to use any of the “modules” included in Redoable. I have a whole folder full of them but have no clue how to apply them to the theme.
I dont use those modules…
I’m playing with it now (I just moved to a new server) and I’m pretty pleased with it - so I don’t know, although I don’t see myself really using the listen or watch modules as of right now. I just wish I could reduce the “red space” at the top, but I can’t find it in the redoable files.
Dean, I don’t use the listen & watch modules either. I’m not big into talking about movies or music on my site. I really enjoy using the Redoable theme and look forward to the upcoming update. I love the look and features.
Things to improve on: Extend Blogroll to display more than 10 links.
I use them, just not exactly like I should.
I renamed them to Personal and DeviantArt and use them as opposed to the blogroll, it is more personal preference than anything else.
BTW, I’ve recentl yadded to my Redoable theme a plugin called “Simple Tagging”, and, I have to say it, it’s quite cool (apart from the tag things that any other plugin does, this also generates tag clouds and some other cool stuff). You may want to check it out.
http://sw-guide.de/wordpress/wordpress-plugins/simple-tagging-plugin/
Hi Dean,
I don’t use the listen/watch modules either, so, if by removing them we get a faster theme, please do.
I’ve already tested the solution to the “comments mismatched” problem from the italian guy and works super-fine, so please add it to the new release.
My only problem now is not with the theme but with the categories plugin, which was not working properly, so I had to replace it with a different one from another “provider”, so it would be nice to have it working back again (if you need any beta-testing for this or other matters, I’d be more than glad to help).
One more thing. It’s kind of dumb, but I’m not that good with color schemes, so it would be nice if you could provide some new color schemes (at least for the header… Your theme is such a popular one that everybody is using it but with the red header scheme, and I’d like to have more options to choose from… well, in fact I’m working in designing an image that will cover that header completely, but I’m not happy with my results so far, so any help with ideas for new colored headers would be nice…)
As for the rest of the theme, any improvement in terms of speed would be gladly appreciated.
And, as usual, thanks for your hard work. Again, in case I could help you in any way, just drop me a line and I’ll be there.
Dean,
I don’t use the listen/watch modules at all. Also, my site uses the default sidebar because I have been unable to change the sidebar in the ‘Redoable Sidebar Modules’ page (I think you well know about these problems already). Making Redoable load faster would be amazing, but it is my experience that the problem with slow loading times is that it is just a problem with K2 in general, no matter what theme/mod you use. But it is an honorable goal to get Reloadable to speed up, and I thank you for this and all of your work on Reloadable. It is a great theme!
Chris
PS- If you need any help with Redoable (maybe not coding, but any grunt-work type stuff you might need done), I’d be happy to help!