Comments on: Checkmate: A Free Wordpress Theme http://curtishenson.com/checkmate-a-free-wordpress-theme/ Freelance Web Designer and Wordpress Guru Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:38:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Boreale http://curtishenson.com/checkmate-a-free-wordpress-theme/comment-page-5/#comment-1839 Boreale Thu, 01 Jan 2009 08:49:50 +0000 http://curtishenson.com/?p=111#comment-1839 Hi Curtis, Thanks for showing me the right path :-) I guess I should have deleted the former version from the server... Bah, I'm just going to do it better ! Have a nice day, and a year even better ! :-) Hi Curtis,
Thanks for showing me the right path :-) I guess I should have deleted the former version from the server…
Bah, I’m just going to do it better !
Have a nice day, and a year even better ! :-)

]]> By: Curtis Henson http://curtishenson.com/checkmate-a-free-wordpress-theme/comment-page-5/#comment-1838 Curtis Henson Wed, 31 Dec 2008 18:23:11 +0000 http://curtishenson.com/?p=111#comment-1838 Boreale, I hate to be the one that bursts the bubble, but if you are talking about La fabrique des idées, it hasn't updated yet. The new version has a slightly different design and theme options page. You shouldn't have to re-do the sidebar, but you will need to redo the color. However the new version allows you to create a new style sheet, upload to the styles directory, have it automatically detected, and you'll be able to choose it from the theme options page. You wont have to worry about redoing your style sheet ever again! Boreale,
I hate to be the one that bursts the bubble, but if you are talking about
La fabrique des idées, it hasn’t updated yet.

The new version has a slightly different design and theme options page. You shouldn’t have to re-do the sidebar, but you will need to redo the color.

However the new version allows you to create a new style sheet, upload to the styles directory, have it automatically detected, and you’ll be able to choose it from the theme options page. You wont have to worry about redoing your style sheet ever again!

]]> By: Boreale http://curtishenson.com/checkmate-a-free-wordpress-theme/comment-page-5/#comment-1837 Boreale Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:50:04 +0000 http://curtishenson.com/?p=111#comment-1837 I just installed the v.2 on the server ! Am I dreaming or it is instantly recognized !? :-) I thought I'd have to redo the little changes (color), the sidebar organization, etc... but all remain the same, and Wordpress tells me the current theme is in the new folder Checkmate_v2... Just wonderful ! Save a lot of time ! :-) I just installed the v.2 on the server ! Am I dreaming or it is instantly recognized !? :-)
I thought I’d have to redo the little changes (color), the sidebar organization, etc… but all remain the same, and Wordpress tells me the current theme is in the new folder Checkmate_v2…

Just wonderful ! Save a lot of time ! :-)

]]> By: Boreale http://curtishenson.com/checkmate-a-free-wordpress-theme/comment-page-4/#comment-1836 Boreale Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:37:41 +0000 http://curtishenson.com/?p=111#comment-1836 Thanks Curtis, I'm going to update first, then I'll go further to solve the problem. Thanks Curtis,
I’m going to update first, then I’ll go further to solve the problem.

]]> By: Curtis Henson http://curtishenson.com/checkmate-a-free-wordpress-theme/comment-page-4/#comment-1832 Curtis Henson Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:37:07 +0000 http://curtishenson.com/?p=111#comment-1832 Boreal, If you want the link in the header you'll need to replace lines 103 to 114 in header.php ( <a href="http://github.com/curtishenson/checkmate/tree/master/header.php" rel="nofollow">see it here</a> ) You also might want to <a href="http://curtishenson.com/checkmate-20-a-free-premium-wordpress-theme/" rel="nofollow">update to Checkmate 2.0</a> if you haven't. Boreal,

If you want the link in the header you’ll need to replace lines 103 to 114 in header.php ( see it here )

You also might want to update to Checkmate 2.0 if you haven’t.

]]> By: Boreale http://curtishenson.com/checkmate-a-free-wordpress-theme/comment-page-4/#comment-1830 Boreale Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:02:57 +0000 http://curtishenson.com/?p=111#comment-1830 Hi Curtis, I encounter some problem to activate my e-mail Feedburner feed. Maybe you could give me some advice ? Feedburner gives 2 ways to allow the reader to subscribe by mail : with a complete form, or with a link : "You can also offer email subscriptions from a link rather than a form. Just copy the following link code. Users who click it will be prompted to enter their email address in the form that appears." Here is the link : <a href="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/emailverifySubmit?feedId=2362983&loc=en_US" rel="nofollow">Subscribe to La fabrique des idées by Email</a> But do you know where I should paste it ? Because there's already a link to subscribe by mail in the header of Checkmate, I'd like to activate this one ! Big thanks for all ! :-) Hi Curtis,
I encounter some problem to activate my e-mail Feedburner feed. Maybe you could give me some advice ?

Feedburner gives 2 ways to allow the reader to subscribe by mail : with a complete form, or with a link : “You can also offer email subscriptions from a link rather than a form. Just copy the following link code. Users who click it will be prompted to enter their email address in the form that appears.”

Here is the link :
Subscribe to La fabrique des idées by Email

But do you know where I should paste it ? Because there’s already a link to subscribe by mail in the header of Checkmate, I’d like to activate this one !

Big thanks for all ! :-)

]]> By: Curtis Henson http://curtishenson.com/checkmate-a-free-wordpress-theme/comment-page-4/#comment-1763 Curtis Henson Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:18:21 +0000 http://curtishenson.com/?p=111#comment-1763 I took a look, it loads pretty fast for me, but I did notice some things that might explain a slowness. 1. jQuery is now loaded 3 times, this is a problem with the plugins, you could delete Checkmate's call but you'll still have two more. Not a lot you can do about it short of editing the plugins. 2. The plugins load their javascript at the top of the code, which slows the whole page down, my javascript loads at the very end, which is probably causing an ugly "jump" after the page loads if it is slow. 3. There are 18! external javascript files now, that's huge, but a plug-in problem again. The calendar plugin is the one most at fault, but I really don't see much lag on loading. I took a look, it loads pretty fast for me, but I did notice some things that might explain a slowness.

1. jQuery is now loaded 3 times, this is a problem with the plugins, you could delete Checkmate’s call but you’ll still have two more. Not a lot you can do about it short of editing the plugins.

2. The plugins load their javascript at the top of the code, which slows the whole page down, my javascript loads at the very end, which is probably causing an ugly “jump” after the page loads if it is slow.

3. There are 18! external javascript files now, that’s huge, but a plug-in problem again.

The calendar plugin is the one most at fault, but I really don’t see much lag on loading.

]]> By: JOhn http://curtishenson.com/checkmate-a-free-wordpress-theme/comment-page-4/#comment-1761 JOhn Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:11:38 +0000 http://curtishenson.com/?p=111#comment-1761 Curtis, I've upgraded my site to your Early v.2 of checkmate (Lovin' it). But as with the original theme using jQuery I have the following two scripts that are quite heavy on javascript and slowing me down. http://code.google.com/p/wpng-calendar/ http://www.4-14.org.uk/sermon-browser Any chances of you taking a peek for me? Curtis,

I’ve upgraded my site to your Early v.2 of checkmate (Lovin’ it). But as with the original theme using jQuery I have the following two scripts that are quite heavy on javascript and slowing me down.

http://code.google.com/p/wpng-calendar/

http://www.4-14.org.uk/sermon-browser

Any chances of you taking a peek for me?

]]> By: Curtis Henson http://curtishenson.com/checkmate-a-free-wordpress-theme/comment-page-4/#comment-1756 Curtis Henson Sun, 07 Dec 2008 06:37:00 +0000 http://curtishenson.com/?p=111#comment-1756 Leong, Let me know which plugin is the problem, I'd like to figure out what is conflicting. I am aware of the javascript problem, Checkmate uses jQuery which will conflict with other libraries. There is a way to fix this, I thought it was in the last update but I guess not. Leong,
Let me know which plugin is the problem, I’d like to figure out what is conflicting.

I am aware of the javascript problem, Checkmate uses jQuery which will conflict with other libraries. There is a way to fix this, I thought it was in the last update but I guess not.

]]> By: Leong http://curtishenson.com/checkmate-a-free-wordpress-theme/comment-page-4/#comment-1755 Leong Sun, 07 Dec 2008 06:20:57 +0000 http://curtishenson.com/?p=111#comment-1755 Hi Curtis, Looks like I managed to solve the 'mystery'. Apparently it was one of the other plugins having a conflict. What I did was remove all plugins & re-activated them one at a time. The Welcome widget worked. Now all I've got to do is to test the rest of the plugins individually to identify the one that caused the problem. On another note, have you come across comments about the theme having problems with widgets using Scriptaculous for effects ? Mine doesn't seem to work. Was trying it out with the WP-dTree & Collapsing Links widget. Thanks. Hi Curtis,

Looks like I managed to solve the ‘mystery’. Apparently it was one of the other plugins having a conflict.

What I did was remove all plugins & re-activated them one at a time. The Welcome widget worked. Now all I’ve got to do is to test the rest of the plugins individually to identify the one that caused the problem.

On another note, have you come across comments about the theme having problems with widgets using Scriptaculous for effects ? Mine doesn’t seem to work. Was trying it out with the WP-dTree & Collapsing Links widget.

Thanks.

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