http://themehybrid.com/community/ WordPress theme ideas, child themes, showcase, and job board en-US Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:26:02 +0000 bbpress 1.0.2 q http://themehybrid.com/community/search.php http://themehybrid.com/community/topic/hybdrid-news-sorting-headline-categories#post-2775 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:20:23 +0000 prahovasport 2775@http://themehybrid.com/community/ <p>can someone help me and tell me how to sort by id Headline Categories in to news child theme?</p> <p>thank you </p> http://themehybrid.com/community/topic/bonfx-design-redesign-second-using-skeleton-hybrid#post-2772 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:21:01 +0000 dbonneville 2772@http://themehybrid.com/community/ <p>I just completed a complete redesign of my site BonFX.com using Skeleton. Very cool, I must say once again. </p> <p>From Photoshop to done was only a matter of hours. This was so easy. I had to edit some CSS to handle tweaks to the layout, but most changes were CSS for color and image reference. </p> <p>One of the pages, a reference for an iPhone app about fonts, was my first 'no widgets' page. I had to ad some page-specific CSS to get rid of certain elements. I'm not sure it was the "right" way to do this, but it worked perfect.</p> <p>The site is still messy in IE6, but I don't think I care whatsoever.</p> <p>Do check out the iPhone app page while you are there!</p> <p><a href="http://bonfx.com" rel="nofollow">http://bonfx.com</a> </p> http://themehybrid.com/community/topic/strongbridgefundingcom-skeleton-on-hybrid#post-2755 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:32:26 +0000 vldotad 2755@http://themehybrid.com/community/ <p>Strongbridgefunding.com is my very 1st site. It is built using Skeleton as a starting point.</p> <p>Just a month ago I knew nothing about CSS, PHP, or Wordpress for that matter. Somehow I volunteered to build a blog, and a website. I spent the last 3 weeks working on this site full-time. I must say I learned more in the past moth that in the whole previous year. Before I found Hybrid theme I tried thesis and ran into some issues/limitations.</p> <p>The blank canvas of the skeleton child theme is what helped me figure out wordpress and CSS.</p> <p><a href="http://strongbridgefunding.com" rel="nofollow">http://strongbridgefunding.com</a></p> <p>I will be extremely grateful to anyone who would take the time to critique my work.</p> <p>Thank you all!</p> <p>-Vlad </p> http://themehybrid.com/community/topic/malleable-hybrid#post-2590 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:18:12 +0000 Patrick Daly 2590@http://themehybrid.com/community/ <p>A News type theme with a slider and some theme options.</p> <p><a href="http://developdaly.com/themes/malleable/" rel="nofollow">http://developdaly.com/themes/malleable/</a> </p> http://themehybrid.com/community/topic/hybrid-tutorials#post-2768 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:30:27 +0000 Momof9Blessings 2768@http://themehybrid.com/community/ <p>Ok I just installed Hybrid, but I have no idea how to tweak it.... In fact, I really do not know how to do much in Word Press.... yesterday I spent quite a few hours trying to do a tutorial on making your own themes. But I gave up after the index page step....</p> <p>SO, I want to know if in the paid section - IS there tutorials that will help me to get up and running and tweaking of Hybrid - I will probably install Hybrid News as well.... I want a front page that has lots of sections.... But I need help which assumes you know nothing.....</p> <p>I have worked with blogger for several years (even at tweaking / making my own template changes).... so I do know a little bit....</p> <p>Thank you for your help! </p> http://themehybrid.com/community/topic/mandarinmnemonicscom-structure#post-2765 Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:08:35 +0000 Nathan Cain 2765@http://themehybrid.com/community/ <p>Check out my site about using mnemonics for learning Chinese vocabulary.</p> <p><a href="http://www.MandarinMnemonics.com">MandarinMnemonics.com</a> </p> http://themehybrid.com/community/topic/hybrid-and-buddypress#post-2417 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:23:04 +0000 Justin Tadlock 2417@http://themehybrid.com/community/ <p>I wanted to open up an official topic that deals specifically with the Hybrid theme and BuddyPress because this can be a huge topic in and of itself.</p> <p>What we'll be discussing here is ideas about the best way to integrate BuddyPress features and theme templates into the Hybrid theme.</p> <p><strong>Some rules for Hybrid</strong></p> <ul> <li>Integration cannot affect WP users that don't use BuddyPress.</li> <li>BuddyPress needs to be as separate from the core framework as possible to avoid as much extra PHP running for non-BuddyPress users.</li> </ul> <p>That's basically it at this point. Hybrid is a WordPress theme first and foremost. It's purpose isn't to be a BuddyPress theme, but one of its goals can be for complete integration with BuddyPress.</p> <p><strong>Some ideas</strong></p> <p>I'm thinking of making a separate <code>/buddypress</code> folder inside of <code>/hybrid</code>. Hybrid would then check to see if BuddyPress is installed before loading any of those files.</p> <p>Everything about BuddyPress would live inside of the <code>/buddypress</code> directory, including templates. I don't really want to clutter the root <code>/hybrid</code> folder with a lot of extra templates and folders.</p> <p><strong>Where I stand</strong></p> <p>There's a reason Hybrid is good at what it's used for &mdash; I've been using and developing with WordPress for years. I've spent a few days, at most, playing around with BuddyPress. Diving straight into this thing without a lot of feedback, usage, and tinkering around with the code won't work well.</p> <p>I need to understand the system and how the system is used before making Hybrid compatible with BuddyPress.</p> <p><strong>ETA?</strong></p> <p>I don't want to set any kind of timeframe on this. There's just too much involved to even begin to start thinking about when it'll be ready.</p> <p><strong>Your turn</strong></p> <p>Offer any feedback, ideas, links to other BP themes, documentation, and whatever else you feel would help. </p> http://themehybrid.com/community/topic/hybrid-version-08-discussion#post-2383 Thu, 14 Jan 2010 06:38:41 +0000 Justin Tadlock 2383@http://themehybrid.com/community/ <p>I wanted to give myself a bit of a break before getting into discussing Hybrid 0.8 There was such a change between the 0.6 and 0.7 branch that I needed to cool off for a bit.</p> <p>But, it's now time to start thinking about version 0.8. I'll start off by listing some of the things I'd like to see, and I hope we have as much input as we did in the 0.7, which ended up with 149 posts.</p> <p><strong>Page template name changes</strong></p> <p>In 0.7, I deprecated all the file names of the custom page templates. What I'd like to do is finish the template hierarchy change by making all page templates begin with <code>page-</code>. This makes things much more organized.</p> <p>For example, the <code>archives.php</code> file would be changed to <code>page-archives.php</code>, the <code>biography.php</code> template file would be changed to <code>page-biography.php</code>, and so on.</p> <p>I want people to be able to recognize these as page templates.</p> <p><strong>Full support of custom post type templates</strong></p> <p>WP 3.0 is getting massive changes for support of custom post types. I'd like to make sure all post types follow the same pattern as posts and pages do in the template hierarchy. So, the hierarchy would be:</p> <pre><code>{$post_type}-{$custom}.php {$post_type}-{$post-&gt;post_name}.php {$post_type}-{$post-&gt;ID}.php {$post_type}.php</code></pre> <p>This also goes along with the name changes of the page templates.</p> <p><strong>Atomic hooks allow more than one argument</strong></p> <p>Right now, only <code>apply_atomic()</code> allows a single argument (other than the name of the hook). <code>do_atomic()</code> takes in no extra arguments. I'd like to be able to add any number of arguments to either.</p> <p>If this is all Greek to you, don't worry. This is mostly a developer feature.</p> <p><strong>Change the byline and entry meta to shortcodes</strong></p> <p>In 0.7, I introduced the ability to use shortcodes in the byline and entry meta filters, but the default is still a bunch of jumbled up PHP code. Much of this has to do with preserving legacy functions.</p> <p>But, I'd like to change the functions to shortcodes by default. This helps out with cutting back on code and makes it easier to translate.</p> <p><strong>Removal of Tabular Data extension</strong></p> <p>This extension (located in <code>/library/extensions/tabular-data.php</code>) was a legacy file carried over from the earliest days of Hybrid and hasn't been loaded by default in several versions.</p> <p>The only person I know that actually uses it is me, and I don't even need it anymore.</p> <p><strong>Continue making the code lighter and more efficient</strong></p> <p>As with all releases, I want to cut back as much as possible while still offering the same or more functionality. </p> http://themehybrid.com/community/topic/evolu-blogzine-hybrid-child#post-2756 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:08:32 +0000 Robert 2756@http://themehybrid.com/community/ <p><a href="http://blogzine.evolu.com" rel="nofollow">http://blogzine.evolu.com</a></p> <p>Custom designed child theme on top of Hybrid. Site uses WPMu.</p> <p>A lot of work has gone into this custom theme. We have implemented complex theme settings configuration allowing the admin to control where the feature posts (and how many) on the home page and top category pages come from.</p> <p>A good number of plugins giving extra functionality like Facebook connect, MailChimp integration, ajax login, email and print articles, rate articles etc.</p> <p>Evolu is one of New Zealand's top skincare brands and the aim of the blogzine is to extend and enrich their interaction with their customers and community.</p> <p>The site is just about to be "launched" so there are a few content tweaks to be done.</p> <p>Opinions and feedback welcome. </p> http://themehybrid.com/community/topic/face-body-studio#post-2744 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:36:30 +0000 five40 2744@http://themehybrid.com/community/ <p><a href="http://folsomfacial.com" rel="nofollow">http://folsomfacial.com</a></p> <p>The site has a lot more content to be added but the layout is pretty much done.</p> <p>Feedback welcome, please let me know if you see areas that could be improved.</p> <p>Thanks,</p> <p>Rick D. </p> http://themehybrid.com/community/topic/plugin-idea-custom-post_type-editor#post-2013 Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:20:21 +0000 Jan Egbert 2013@http://themehybrid.com/community/ <p>WordPress 2.9 makes developing custom post_type plugins much easier. Still to hard for me, although I would develop this myself if I had the knowledge. My idea is an editor to create new post types and associated post editors. WordPress offers post, page and attachment as standard post types. I need more post types. Some post types I'd personally like to add for some of my websites:</p> <ul> <li>book (bibliography)</li> <li>video</li> <li>camera review</li> <li>event (event calendar)</li> <li>classified ad (I don't like the hacky classified ad themes and plugins that are currently available)</li> <li>faq</li> <li>product</li> <li>wiki</li> <li>photo</li> <li>etc.</li> </ul> <p>I know some plugins are already doing this job. I even tried all of them, but after reading what <a href="http://themehybrid.com/support/topic/event-template#post-28792">Justin Tadlock wrote about this</a> I decided to stop using them.<br /> <strong>Existing plugins doing this job in a "wrong" way:</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="http://pods.uproot.us/">Pods CMS</a></li> <li><a href="http://magicfields.org/">Magic Fields</a></li> <li><a href="http://flutter.freshout.us/">Flutter</a></li> </ul> <p>Anyone else interested in a plugin like this? Anyone interested in developing it? </p> http://themehybrid.com/community/topic/themehybrid-issuu-api#post-2738 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:00:30 +0000 Jan Egbert 2738@http://themehybrid.com/community/ <p>Anyone interested in building a connection between Theme Hybrid and the Issuu API?</p> <p><a href="http://issuu.com/services/api/" rel="nofollow">http://issuu.com/services/api/</a></p> <p>I wish I could do this myself. Perhaps someone can explain how such a connection should be built? </p> http://themehybrid.com/community/topic/colourform-creative-studio#post-2599 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:24:50 +0000 colourform 2599@http://themehybrid.com/community/ <p>Creative studio site showcasing my recent work. Based on Leviathan originally but the CSS edits took it in a completely different direction. Custom smoothgallery plugin for the galleries and Cufon for the headline fonts.</p> <p><a href="http://colour-form.com" rel="nofollow">http://colour-form.com</a> </p> http://themehybrid.com/community/topic/saint-augustine-school#post-2708 Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:34:56 +0000 Eric Hassler 2708@http://themehybrid.com/community/ <p><a href="http://saintaugs.com/" rel="nofollow">http://saintaugs.com/</a> is a site I designed for my daughter's daycare. We launched it about a week ago, so it's a little slim on content. Also, much of the fun stuff (pictures of the kids) is password protected, and only accessible by parents. That's something we decided early on...</p> <p>I built this site by creating a child theme for Hybrid. It's been several years since I used WordPress, and not only was the concept of child themes completely new to me, WordPress itself has changed drastically since I last used it. </p> <p>There's still more work to be done on this site, but overall I think it turned out quite well, and the staff and parents really like it. </p> <p>Justin, thanks for all your help! </p> http://themehybrid.com/community/topic/bisnisedewe-hybrid#post-2050 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:11:36 +0000 8207h32 2050@http://themehybrid.com/community/ <p>I decided to release bisnisedewe child theme series, although it's still not perfect. There are 6 themes with different column layout that based on hybrid css library. And all of themes ready with cufon enabled.<br /> Hopefully it works for you. Any comments and feedback would be appreciated.</p> <p>Here is <a href="http://webedewe.com/theme/bisnisedewe/">download info page<br /> <a href="http://webedewe.com/demo">demo 6 themes</a> </p> http://themehybrid.com/community/topic/the-number-of-jscript-files-and-where-they-load#post-2695 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:49:43 +0000 cautery 2695@http://themehybrid.com/community/ <p>First... I have no idea how I got along before now without firebug and YSlow.... especially the css assistance I am getting from firebug....</p> <p>YSlow reports when javascript loads from the head. One of the recommendations is for them to load at the bottom of the page. Hybrid News w/ the <code>front-page.php</code> template loads 5 scripts... 4 at the top and one at the bottom.</p> <p>2 at the top are base WP<br /> 2 at the top are Hybrid News<br /> 1 at bottom is Hybrid</p> <p>Jscript files block parallel file downloads on the host from which they are being drawn. Since most folks are only serving WP from a single host this can present a pretty good lag... In the case I outline, it's 5 separate HTTP requests and each of them has to be served serially.</p> <p>Without getting into what each one does, dependencies, et al. Does it not make sense to keep an eye on the number of script loads and where they load in mind when coding? And shouldn't we also be mindful of how many scripts we call and consider consolidating the scripts? At least at the WP level, the Hybrid level, and the Child Theme level....?</p> <p>Maybe WP won't combine theirs, and Hybrid only has a single addition, but Hybrid News has two... apparently both required for the slider function on the home page.... Should at least these two files not be combined into a single script file?</p> <p>I'm not a jscript programmer, so I don't know. </p> <p>But it seems to me that proceeding from the assumption that fewer HTTP requests is generally better. Also, it would seem to be better that jscript should be allowed to block parallel downloading when it is least noticeable to the user.</p> <p>It does appear that in most circumstances the JavaScript files are loading after all the CSS files.... which I understand (now) is a good thing.</p> <p>I'm sure that far smarter folks than I have already addressed this, but as I learn more about this stuff I come up with questions and the questions bug me to such a degree that I can't focus on continuing to learn... ;)</p> <p>BOTTOM LINE: Should we not look at combining script files and figure out which ones can and what order to load them at the bottom of the &lt;body&gt; section of each page?</p> <p>PS: Couldn't decide what to TAG this post with... </p> http://themehybrid.com/community/topic/goldendogcom-design-firm#post-2688 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:49:08 +0000 goldndog 2688@http://themehybrid.com/community/ <p><a href="http://www.goldendog.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.goldendog.com</a></p> <p>I used the Skeleton child of the Hybrid Theme.<br /> This was my first WordPress site.</p> <p>Many thanks for the wonderful support I received in the forums. </p> http://themehybrid.com/community/topic/greenjam-a-green-news-aggregator-built-with-hybrid#post-2683 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:47:34 +0000 notomato 2683@http://themehybrid.com/community/ <p>I'm just putting the finishing touches on <a href="http://greenj.am" rel="nofollow">http://greenj.am</a> - it has been build with Hybrid using the skeleton theme as a starting point.</p> <p>There are a few interesting things going on, as posts come in from various feeds they get sent to OpenCalais where they get tagged by who or what is talked about. I then put the tags into about 12 custom taxonomies (people, places etc) and the posts can all be browsed by these tags.</p> <p>I'd be interested on peoples views about the site and how it works. There is more functionality to come, particularly with stats and views of what topics are popular.</p> <p>Cheers,</p> <p>Chris. </p> http://themehybrid.com/community/topic/presenter-a-simple-look-in-a-complex-package#post-2676 Sat, 20 Feb 2010 22:59:21 +0000 Thomas Clausen 2676@http://themehybrid.com/community/ <p>I finally managed to finish my first child theme for Hybrid, but something tells me, that it wont be my last :-)</p> <p><a href="http://www.trendminers.dk/wordpress/presenter" rel="nofollow">http://www.trendminers.dk/wordpress/presenter</a> </p> <p>It's free so go ahead and get it... </p> http://themehybrid.com/community/topic/psd-to-child-theme-service#post-2509 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:43:18 +0000 Justin Tadlock 2509@http://themehybrid.com/community/ <p>In our discussion about <a href="http://themehybrid.com/support/topic/making-money-from-theme-hybrid">making money from Theme Hybrid</a>, one great idea was to offer a PSD to child theme service.</p> <p>I wanted to open a topic that deals specifically with this idea. So, the floor is completely open.</p> <p>Nothing has to be set in stone. We just need to go ahead and get the ideas rolling in, so we can make this happen. </p> http://themehybrid.com/community/topic/the-cad-geek-blog-hybrid-news-customization#post-2354 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:32:36 +0000 dgladfelter 2354@http://themehybrid.com/community/ <p>I've been using Hybrid News for some time now, but in it's near default form. Really liking Hybrid News, but wanting something a little more unique, I decided to build a custom child theme of Hybrid (using Hybrid News as my base). </p> <p>Overall, I'm pretty happy with the result. One of my readers commented "awesome site. Easy to read - not too many eyecandy distractions, etc." Nonetheless, have a look and let me know what you think!</p> <p><a href="http://www.thecadgeek.com/blog/" rel="nofollow">http://www.thecadgeek.com/blog/</a> </p> http://themehybrid.com/community/topic/a-forum-that-runs-off-wordpress#post-2554 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:22:38 +0000 Justin Tadlock 2554@http://themehybrid.com/community/ <p>I've been toying around with the idea of creating a forum that runs completely off WordPress. This makes it theme-<em>able</em> and allows you to use all of the WP functions within your forum. Plus, you can use any plugins you want alongside it because it would be based solely on WP.</p> <p>Here's something I put together this evening using WP 3.0's new custom post types:<br /> <a href="http://justintadlock.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/forum-idea.png" rel="nofollow">http://justintadlock.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/forum-idea.png</a></p> <p>It's just a basic front page like what you see here on the Theme Hybrid forums.</p> <p><strong>Runs off of...</strong></p> <p>It took only a few things to make this possible:</p> <ul> <li>Custom post type called "Forum Topic."</li> <li>Two custom taxonomies called "Topic Tags" and "Forums".</li> <li>A custom page template for the front page of the forums.</li> <li>Extra capabilities and roles added through my Members plugin: <ul> <li>Capabilities: Several for each taxonomy and the post type.</li> <li>Roles: Forum Admin, Forum Moderator, Forum Member.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p><strong>What do you think?</strong></p> <p>Right now, it's not a complete forum plugin. It's just the beginning.</p> <p>I don't know if I'll fully develop it, but I want to at least provide the code at some point for those looking to do something like this or dive into custom post types. I'm not even sure this is a one-man job.</p> <p>I just wanted to get everyone's thoughts on using a plugin like this as opposed to forum software. </p> http://themehybrid.com/community/topic/scribe-scribeseocom#post-2662 Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:31:07 +0000 Patrick Daly 2662@http://themehybrid.com/community/ <p><em><a href="http://scribeseo.com" title="Scribe">Scribe</a></em> is built as a custom child theme for Hybrid.</p> <p>Scribe is an SEO plugin for WordPress that analyzes the content of your posts and pages. </p> http://themehybrid.com/community/topic/removing-comments-from-single-page-revisited#post-12 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:27:47 +0000 Robert Irizarry 12@http://themehybrid.com/community/ <p>As requested by Justin, I'm posting this as an idea. </p> <p>Months ago, Taylor asked about removing comments from the single page. He didn't want to see comments closed or any other indication that comments might have been possible.</p> <p>Justin suggested removing the code that generates the "Comments are Closed" but that leaves a small box because of the div - still suggesting that something was there.</p> <p>My solution was to remove the following from page.php:</p> <pre><code>&lt;div id=&quot;comments-template&quot;&gt; &lt;?php comments_template(); ?&gt; &lt;/div&gt;</code></pre> <p>This of course works but maybe we could have an option to globally disable comments for page posts along with eliminating any vestigial elements. Something like that. :) </p> http://themehybrid.com/community/topic/discussion-forum-favorite-button#post-2622 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:14:52 +0000 leekoo 2622@http://themehybrid.com/community/ <p>twitter's favorite button works wonders for me ...<br /> it'd be nice to have one in hybrid's discussion forum ...</p> <p>agree or disagree ... </p> http://themehybrid.com/community/topic/tanoraorg#post-903 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:45:26 +0000 Many 903@http://themehybrid.com/community/ <p>Hi all,</p> <p>I set up this site one month ago. <a href="http://www.tanora.org" rel="nofollow">http://www.tanora.org</a></p> <p>The child theme is based on leviathan.</p> <p>I really love the hybrid theme framework. It'sjust amazing to see the countless things you can do with it.</p> <p>Thanks to you Jason for your great work :D </p> http://themehybrid.com/community/topic/hybrid-news-for-governors-campaign#post-2255 Mon, 14 Dec 2009 01:33:59 +0000 thinkorsink 2255@http://themehybrid.com/community/ <p>Here I have restyled Hybrid News for a Vermont Campaign for Governor.</p> <p><a href="http://www.shumlinforgovernor.com/">Peter Shumlin for Vermont Governor</a> </p> http://themehybrid.com/community/topic/first-pic-of-a-hybrid-bed-and-breakfast-theme#post-2130 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:32:21 +0000 Craig 2130@http://themehybrid.com/community/ <p>I am working on a new project for a 5 star accommodation in the Catskills. Of course Hybrid. After looking at many spectacular designs for inspiration, from all the best hotels in the world, everything pointed me to doing this in WordPress. I have started from o'l skel and this will evolve because there is no rush and the people are great.</p> <p>So here is a start. I would love to hear any input and I would like to offer a version here for download.</p> <p><a href="http://twitpic.com/qeduj" rel="nofollow">http://twitpic.com/qeduj</a> </p> http://themehybrid.com/community/topic/hs-home-staging#post-2268 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:49:55 +0000 Lynne Robson 2268@http://themehybrid.com/community/ <p>Our latest project...<br /> <a href="http://www.hshomestaging.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.hshomestaging.com/</a> </p> http://themehybrid.com/community/topic/wwwjulietnicolecom-customized-structure-theme#post-2530 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 03:46:58 +0000 jewelz24 2530@http://themehybrid.com/community/ <p>Thanks to Justin and others help here on the forum I finished up my blog using the Structure Theme and customizing the layout with hooks and additional sidebars. I love the site and while there are a few little cosmetic issues to work out, I'm very happy.</p> <p>And I learned a bit about code as well.</p> <p>Thanks and enjoy! </p> <p><a href="http://julietnicole.com" rel="nofollow">http://julietnicole.com</a> </p>