Author Archives: Kirk T

Stop Twitter Spam

Stop Twitter Spam is using the T1 theme. Check them out, and be sure to contribute your thoughts on how to Stop Twitter Spam.

A special thanks to Mike for the generous donation!

AustinWilliams.org

AustinWilliams using the T1 theme and already has some nice custom styles.

EvanAndKasey.com

EvanAndKasey.com

Using the T1 Theme in a unique way. There isn’t even a blog on this site yet!
This shows the ability to absolutely customize this theme to your liking—thanks to Sandbox!

Help Changing Daily Archive Links

Thanks to João Craveiro for pointing out a possible problem with the daily archive links structure.
I haven’t heard of anyone having problems with it, but let me know what you think. I may need to modify the link (along with everything else I need to do) for the next version of T1.
The Problem
The per [...]

600 Strong

Over 600 downloads of the T1 theme in barely more than two months since it was release!

Important Upgrade for T1

I’ll package these as an update soon, but if you want to make these changes on your own (because you’ve modified the theme to fit your needs) here they are.
First of all, there is a problem with images larger than 500px breaking the display in Internet Explorer 6 and earlier. The culprit is of [...]

Support Tumbling

Thanks to Damien you can now make a donations to support the T1 theme - check it out over at the download page.

400 Downloads

Over 400 downloads of the wonderful T1 WordPress tumblelog theme.  Tumbl away!

Riley Central

Riley Central is now using the T1 tumblelog theme with some nice changes and added category styles

smartArchives Plugin

I love the way smartArchives displays the archives of your blog. I’ve set it up on my site at the bottom of the page - just before the sidebars.
Following the instructions on the plugin page makes it pretty easy to set up, but here is what I did in case you’re curious.

300+ Downloads

Over 300 Downloads of T1 and counting…Enjoy

RockStarPoet

A more complete rework of T1.
Great example of how customizable this tumblelog theme can be for you

http://www.rockstarpoet.ca/

Tumble Shamus

A great example of a text Title and Description instead of and image

http://tumble.shamuswrites.com/

Plugly

Plugly
tumblin away

The Den

The Den
nice color change to the background image

HungryBlues.net

HungryBlues.net
gets to tumblin

Setting up the Archives and Tags Page

T1 comes with two Page Templates. The Archive template displays a category archive, and the Tag template displaying a simple tag cloud.
Here is how to set them up.
Go to Write>Write Page

Name your page Archives

Now give it the page template “Archives Page”

Publish the page, and it will automatically show up in the menu displaying your [...]

How to Upgrade Your T1 Theme

So you want the latest and greatest T1 theme? Follow these easy steps.

Download and install the theme
Copy over your customizations from the custom.css file
Copy over your title image and any custom header images and favicon
Continue blogging with your T1 tumblelog theme

That is it. If you need more help check out the setup page [...]

T1 Version 2 Released

T1 Version 2 is out for download. This fantastic tumblelog theme now supports WordPress tags.
To use the tags, just add them to your post and T1 will take care of the rest.

Journal posts get tags on the blog page
All other post get tags on their individual post pages
The Tag Archive Template displays a simple [...]

T1 Supporting Tags

I’ve been working on incorporating the new tags feature of WordPress 2.3 into the T1 theme. Because of the nature of T1 as a tumblelog theme, tags are a great feature for categorizing content.
The categories will still create different styles for the posts, and the tags will give it the categories.
Here is a look [...]

Where to Put Tags

Where should the tags of WP 2.3 go in this tumblelog theme?

bubbafish.net

Bubbafish.net
This site displays the use of larger header images in the T1 theme.

JustCommunicateIt

JustCommunicateIt.com
A marketing site getting set up with the tumblelog theme.

http://lolmatt.com/

lolmatt.com
Another site using the the T1 tumblelog theme.

T1 Customized

Here is a shot of a site using a customized version of the T1 theme.

from http://twigged.net/
Visit the T1 forum to show off your site using T1