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  Hanna 12:44 pm on 14 October, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: Options theme, ThemeHybrid (4), ThemeShaper (2), Wordpress (12)   

  Options Theme 

  I decided to write a little bit about the theme I am currently running on the blog – not because it lacks documentation – it has splendid one at ThemeHybrid site, but because I would like to share my perspective – the perspective of a new to Wordpress.org user.

  The most important for me in this theme are following features:

  1. It has (nomen omen ) options page or – settings – it means you can easily configure some vital functions of your blog (more about it below) .
  2. It has Home page. Yes, it is very important if you would like to transform your Wordpress CMS from blog to Website.
  3. It has Child Themes – actually it comes with 3 (!) different looks in the pack (blue, grey and beige – all very nice). You can also, as member of Theme Club, download one more theme – Good & Evil – which I chosen on this blog.
  4. Options being Parent Theme can be easily upgraded without you loosing your small “tweaks”.
  5. The Theme comes preloaded with many other interesting features like inserting thumbnails into the posts and few Page Templates.
  6. It has fantastic navigation.
  7. One can “easily” add new functions by editing functions.php file – well, this is not really easy – but possible – and even I could do it by following the manual written by Justin Tadlock HERE.
  8. It has splendid look – and I write here not about the colours but about typography.

  One can in relatively easy way transform Wordpress blog into the centre of your “Internet life” – create your own personal or professional place on the web. Options “plays well” with most of plug-ins but honestly speaking – you will not need many additional.

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    ofyavs 10:53 pm on 16 April, 2009 Permalink | Reply

    i did not find Options Theme v1.3 anywhere. Can you help me for this?
    Sorry for my bad english.
    ofyavs[at]gmail.com

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    tamihania 11:29 pm on 16 April, 2009 Permalink | Reply   More from author

    I'm sorry but I cannot help you – Options Theme is discontinued by theme author, Justin Tadlock.
    Explanation here:
    http://themehybrid.com/support/topic/cant-downl...

    (but you can try other themes by Justin – f.i. one used on this side is the child theme of Hybrid

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    ofyavs 1:43 pm on 17 April, 2009 Permalink | Reply

    Unfortunately Hybrid is not the same thing. Maybe in future it will become better but now Options my N1. Anyhow, thanks for your explain.

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  Hanna 12:26 pm on 14 October, 2008 Permalink | Reply
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  Hanna 9:22 am on 14 October, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: learning, Open Source (4), ThemeHybrid (4), ThemeShaper (2), Wordpress (12)   

  Great catastrophe… 

  So, it finally happened – my dear, modest blog – clothed with Thematic theme by Ian Stewart – “exploded” on me. Well – it did not literally explode – it simply disappeared – together with the content.

  Sad…

  I spent whole night trying to recover the thing – but, shortly speaking, I did not manage. (I have a backup of a few first posts from September but not the last ones).

  Why did it happened? He, he – my own fault – I was “tinkering” too much and experimenting with some plug-ins and themes. The poor, old blog did not obviously stand this amount of ill-directed “creativity”.

  I strongly believe though that all events – especially of the aforementioned kind, have an aim. My “mini-catastrophe” made me thinking. Perhaps I was going the wrong way…? Well, certainly, I was! The thing I know a bit about is how to write and present things, which eventually become interesting for some people. It is definitely too early for me to write my own style sheets or PHP functions.I should rather keep for a while easier (from the user point of view!) blog theme.

  I also realized that I need some kind of support – just like I had while starting with Linux (3 years ago) – and nothing beats the support one can get from the forum (Ubuntu, Arch, Sidux). That’s why I decided to try Options Theme right now – it has marvellous documentation and – you can browse forum on the ThemeHybrid site. Not mentioning the quality of the theme – splendid, a lot of pre-built functions and possibilities.

  But Options is another subject – I feel obliged to write about this piece of software next time and a bit more than just few sentences.

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