NOTE: T1 is no longer under active development, but feel free to use the theme however you want. If you have any questions, you can still contact me.
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!
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 per day dates link separating your posts seems to be a bit fragile depending on what type of permalink structure you have.
Here’s what T1 has now:
<div class=”posted-date”><h2><a title=”Permanent link to <?php the_time(’F j,Y’); ?>” href=”<?php bloginfo(’url’); ?>/<?php the_time(’Y/m/d’); ?>”><?php the_date(”,”,”); ?></a></h2></div>
João Craveiro came up with this alternate way of calling the daily permalink:
<div class=”posted-date”><h2><a title=”Permanent link to <?php the_time(’F j, Y’); ?>” href=”<?php echo get_day_link(get_the_time(’Y'),get_the_time(’m'),get_the_time(’d')); ?>”><?php the_date(”,”,”); ?></a></h2></div>
This seems to work great on his site, and it makes sense in the way it’s calling the permalink.
Let me know what you think about the change or if you see any problems with it. I’ll probably be incorporating this into a new T1 version to keep all your tumblelogs running efficiently.
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 course IE, but more specifically the fact that IE6 and earlier doesn’t recognize the max-width property (which is what I used in the style sheet). Larger images will expand your “Wrapper” forcing the content outside of the background image.
The solution I’ve found to work is using this line of code:
img { width: expression(this.width > 500 ? 500: true); } /* fix for ie6 not recognizing max-width */
I’ve heard that other browsers will skip this, and therefore only the IE6 and earlier will obey this code. If that’s the case, you can just plug this code into your custom style sheet, or link to an extra style sheet just for IE6 (which is what I personally like to do – just in case).
Another solution would be to size your images down below 500px before using them on the site.
Pick the solution you like the best, and when I get a few free minutes, I’ll package this into an update for future T1 users.
Enjoy.
Thanks to Damien you can now make a donations to support the T1 theme – check it out over at the download page.
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. Read More
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 archives. Set up the Tags archive the same way using the “Tags Archive” template instead.
That’s it.
So you want the latest and greatest T1 theme? Follow these easy steps.
custom.css fileThat is it. If you need more help check out the setup page or visit the T1 forum.
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.
Go download the theme, and keep tumbling.
Click Here to find out how to update your T1 theme from a previous version.
Click Here to find out how to set up your Archives and Tags pages.
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 at what to expect in the next release of T1 which will support tags:
The T1 theme is officially available. Grab it from the Download section.
Remember, if you have trouble or suggestions, visit the T1 Forum.
Enjoy!
I just set up a forum for the T1 theme.
If you have troubles or suggestions for improvements, head over to the forum.
The Setup Page is now complete giving detailed instructions for getting your tumblelog up and running with WordPress and the new T1 theme.
The T1 site has been rearranged to give newcomers a fresh landing page letting them know everything they need to know about the T1 theme. Check it out.
The T1 Theme is almost complete and ready to be released. The theme site is up and running using the actual theme to give you a working example. Although most of the blog post fall in the “Journal” category, you can still get a good idea of how your site will be displayed with a wide variety of content.
The basic Conversation Category is now styled. You have two default options for how it looks.
If you keep all your dialog in one paragraph, each speaker will not be separated by the darker blue line, but if you put each person in their own paragraph, the conversation will separate out nicely. Check it out below ↓ .
I would like to eventually incorporate the ability to automatically separate each line as well as the person from what they are saying so everything can be styled individually. I’ve seen this done with Gelato, and I even have the code to merge into the T1 theme somehow, but I haven’t spent the time to figure it out. For how little I plan to use the conversation category, what I have will work fine for now.
While not much has changed with the visual of T1, there have been several changes made to the code. I’m currently working on cleaning up, organizing, and commenting the stylesheet so even I can figure out what’s going on.
While it seems like I’m adding to the ToDo list faster than I’m completing things, one of the more time consuming items is getting a working category and date archive template. Right now, I’m using the Extended Live Archives Plugin for the “Archive” page, but I still need to make the category and date archive pages look and function like the rest of the site.
The ELA plugin is no longer supported/styled by default in the T1 theme.
The Archives Page template now supports the Extended Live Archives plugin with the styles from the K2 theme.
See it in action over in the Archives.
Of course with WordPress 2.3 soon to arrive, I may have to look for another solution. But for now, this will do the job.
T1 now has a custom stylesheet for easier modifications to specific elements thanks to Chris Pearson’s tip for Future Proof CSS Styling.
This is where you will be able to make custom changes to the theme without modifying the original stylesheet.
I plan to move the custom category styles to this sheet along with a blank slate example for adding other custom categories of your choice.
The Development Menu has been removed since the release of T1
I’ve just placed a Development Menu on the site to help navigate through things as changes are made to the theme.
Right now you’ll see a list of pages and a simple ToDo list of what needs to be done with T1. Let me know if you have ideas to add to the list.
This site is dedicated to T1 Theme for WordPress. Here you will find updates as the theme develops and moves closer to an official release. Check back often, and if you want to contribute, feel free to Contact Me.
T1 is build from Sandbox and is created to resemble a Tumblelog style site.
The goal is to create T1 from solely a new stylesheet for Sanbox while making minimal changes to the template files.
