bn technical support forum Tag: webdesign

"New bbPress theme/template"

dirt — Sun, 10 Dec 2006 04:45:38 +0000

Just wanted to say thank you. I'm trying to make my own theme for bbPress.

"New bbPress theme/template"

virtual — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 02:49:47 +0000

After working a few hours hacking the bbPress code, I have been able to include a few refinements that make me a bit more confident in rolling out bbPress to other sites.
They are as follows:

Prominent RSS feed link with recognizable button
Better heatmap with snazzy striped background
Included Google Adsense in the theme
Included Google Analytics in the theme
Included dynamic footer that changes from blog to blog

There will be more features to come - the theme is not final, just a sort of compendium for all the changes made to the site today.
You can download the blandname bbPress theme by clicking on this link.
Installation is the same as any other bbPress theme or template - it will install to the my-templates folder, and bbPress will use it instead of the default template.
Oh, you'll want to edit the header file to include your adsense number, and edit the footer while you're at it to insert your analytics code.
(I'll be making that dynamic soon, I promise)

"blandname forum open!"

virtual — Sun, 12 Nov 2006 19:54:19 +0000

I haven't been getting much feedback on the latest poll, and it's probably my fault because it's positioned under the adverts... oh well.
As a lazy developer and software-lover, my only choice is to implement ALL of the solutions, one at a time.
So that's how we got here with our second real announcement, after the Digg plugin for Pandion (thanks to 43things for reminding me once weekly that I needed to start an open-source project).
I've opened a forum for all to use - you can feel free to post tech support questions, links you have found, or just general chit-chat if need be. I've set up a pretty good spam filtering system, but we'll see how it works. I honestly have a hard time believing anything could work as well as Dr. Dave's Spam Karma 2 plugin for WordPress.
So head on over to the blandname forum and check it out!
I've set up BBPress there, and to be honest it was a cinch. I'll post a how to later, but it's not so involved. I was able to get modrewrite going right away - which in my opinion is an absolute necessity for proper SEO. I will be attempting to integrate the themes and users via MySQL shortly, so if you've registered with blandname, you'll have access to the forums as well.