New Template: Chalkboard [Archive]

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linolium

09-04-2006, 01:06 AM

I've done a bit of work on the theme I made for my Pixelpost blog and have decided to make it available for public consumption. All I ask is that you keep the credit at the bottom.

Update: There was a slight bug in the last 0.9 version which did not allow visitors to post comments. (I had renamed the textarea to try and combat spam. It didn't work.) Please download the updated version below:

Theme Demo (http://linolium.mine.nu/)
Theme Download (update! 0.95) (http://linolium.mine.nu/chalkboard-0.95.tar.gz)

http://linolium.mine.nu/chalkboard-0.95/preview.jpg

Thanks!

RAitch

09-04-2006, 02:50 AM

Looks pretty cool... but the hover thumbnails don't resize in IE.

linolium

09-04-2006, 02:56 AM

Looks pretty cool... but the hover thumbnails don't resize in IE.

True... I guess I could get that working with some scripting. It just seems kind of silly since it is easily achieved using CSS in a browser with any sort of proper support.

tobbes

09-04-2006, 11:06 AM

it isnt valid xhtml 1.0 strict

RAitch

09-04-2006, 01:16 PM

I don't use IE... but there's still a large population that does.
Glad to see people like yourself trying to spread FF! ;)

DikkieBurger

09-04-2006, 03:10 PM

It's a really nice template, but you have to validate it! :)

Vernon.Trent

09-04-2006, 03:12 PM

a cool one. :)

GeoS

09-04-2006, 10:42 PM

Its nice to see some template/addon/hack with live demo example :)

Nice template :)

linolium

09-05-2006, 05:53 AM

Ah, I should have known better than to post on here and expect people not to check the validity of the code... anyways, that is fixed now.

@GeoS: Honestly I would rather omit the whole addon hack stuff since most of it is just getting Pixelpost to produce sensible semantic output. I don't know why it doesn't already do this, and I hope that it will in the near future...

GeoS

09-05-2006, 09:55 AM

What exactly do you mean by sensible semantic output? What do you want to get as output? Pixelpost only parse template files. More or less there isnt any output (excluding feeds).

linolium

09-05-2006, 08:52 PM

What exactly do you mean by sensible semantic output? What do you want to get as output? Pixelpost only parse template files. More or less there isnt any output (excluding feeds).

Pixelpost often comes out with stuff like this (for example with categories):

<a href='index.php?x=browse&pagenum=1'> All (15) </a><br />
<a href='index.php?x=browse&category=3&pagenum=1'>Audio ()</a><br />
<a href='index.php?x=browse&category=1&pagenum=1'>default (4)</a><br />
<a href='index.php?x=browse&category=2&pagenum=1'>Environment (10)</a><br />

Now, you may just look at that and think, "fine, it's a list of categories, so what?" And you just put your finger on the problem. It is a list, and must be marked up thusly. In HTML, there is a tag designed just for this reason. And believe me, it is a lot easier to style with CSS too. Here's what I would like to see Pixelpost spewing out (ul stands for unordered list):

<ul>
<li><a href='index.php?x=browse&pagenum=1'> All (15) </a></li>
<li><a href='index.php?x=browse&category=3&pagenum=1'>Audio ()</a></li>
<li><a href='index.php?x=browse&category=1&pagenum=1'>default (4)</a></li>>
<li><a href='index.php?x=browse&category=2&pagenum=1'>Environment (10)</a></li>
</ul>

This can be styled an infinite number of ways. Check out some examples at Listamatic (http://css.maxdesign.com.au/listamatic/).

And to be honest, these changes are ridiculously easy to make to the source code of Pixelpost.

withgrace

09-05-2006, 11:57 PM

I've downloaded the theme and can't get it to open? What gives?

Vernon.Trent

09-06-2006, 04:24 AM

I've downloaded the theme and can't get it to open? What gives?

do your unpacker handle tar.gz files?

linolium

09-06-2006, 11:29 PM

I've downloaded the theme and can't get it to open? What gives?

Sorry about that.. here's a ZIP version:

http://linolium.mine.nu/chalkboard-0.9.zip

doolittle.fr

09-13-2006, 08:06 PM

How can i install this template please?

linolium

09-16-2006, 12:10 AM

How can i install this template please?

From the readme.txt:

INSTALL
-------

Put the "chalkboard" folder in the "templates" folder of your PixelPost
installation. Upload the "chalkboard_theme.php" file in the "addons" folder.

Go into the administration area of your photoblog and click on the "Options"
page. From there, in the "Template" portion, set the template to Chalkboard.
Then go to the "Thumbnails" portion, and set the thumbnail row to display 5
(five) images. The thumbnail optimum size should be 115 x 80 pixels. (You
may want to regenerate any existing thumbnails after.)

By "put" it means "upload" or whatever you have to do to get it there. If you have any problems let me know.

linolium

09-18-2006, 02:22 AM

Erm. There was a bit of an error on my part in the last version 0.9 of this template. I had renamed the textarea box for comments to try and combat spam (it didn't exactly work). Please download updated versions below!

Update: There was a slight bug in the last 0.9 version which did not allow visitors to post comments. (I had renamed the textarea to try and combat spam. It didn't work.) Please download the updated version below:

Theme Download (update! 0.95) (http://linolium.mine.nu/chalkboard-0.95.tar.gz)

Thanks to Jose (http://www.dominiometal.com.ar/fotolog/) for bringing this to my attention.

GeoS

11-16-2006, 08:25 PM

Hi zimdriver.

1. Link doesnt work.
2. Base href value is from PP URL's setting in admin panel.
3. All links must be relative to this URL.

Joe[y]

11-19-2006, 10:39 PM

This can be styled an infinite number of ways. Check out some examples at Listamatic (http://css.maxdesign.com.au/listamatic/).

And to be honest, these changes are ridiculously easy to make to the source code of Pixelpost.

always agreed with this but it's always slipped by with new releases. adding it to my to-do list.

linolium

11-20-2006, 10:22 PM

;39468']always agreed with this but it's always slipped by with new releases. adding it to my to-do list.

I would be happy to do it if I had a guarantee they would be included in the next release. The only worry I have would be breaking existing themes. The obvious solution would be to provide a configuration option in themes to set whether it is strict semantic new meaning or the old code. Unfortunately this only results in more bloated code and infrastructure.

What are your thoughts on this problem?