I’ve now more or less completed version 1.0 of the theme displayed at this website. It’s been tested on WP 2.05 and works with WP 2.1 (as you can see). In total I’m running 20 plugins on this site, but it should be possible to use it even with only a few of them installed. Both XHTML and CSS validates, with the exception of the iframe search results from Google (which I really have noe way of influencing).

Please feel free to comment and make future requests, as this theme is still considered work in progress.

ToDo

1. Create printer friendly CSS and text to replace graphics on prints
2. Make it 100% plugin independent
3. Support for more plugins based on feedback from you

Have you ever wondered how your site is being ranked by Google™? Well the guys at PR checker seams to have figured it out. Not only can you look up any website or page you can also get a tiny snipplet to put on your page to have your PageRank displayed.

Just a few minutes ago I upgraded my WordPress installation from version 2.05 to the latest available version (2.1 Ella). In total, including backup routines and uploading, it was all done in less than 1 hour. I followed the detailed instructions like a zombie, and it paid of as it went flawless.

After logging back on I was probably a bit to enthusiastic, as I was expecting to see a complete new wp-admin with overwhelming functionality and design. Basically it all looks the same, but after clicking around there’s definitely something going on in the background that makes this upgrade worthwhile. Just tried the spell checker but it didn’t work at all, fortunately as a Firefox user this really wasn’t needed as FF already has a nice multilingual spell checker plugin to do just that. See a description of the British English and the US English dictionaries for more on this (other languages available also).

Below is a list of plugins that apparently work with the new release:

• Akismet Spam Count
• Articles
• Contact Form ][
• Download Manager
• Fuzzy Recent Comments
• Fuzzy Recent Posts
• Popularity Contest
• Search Hilite
• Share This
• SimpleCode for WordPress
• WeatherIcon
• WordPress Database Backup
• WP-SlimStat
• WP Movie Ratings
• Youtube Brackets

I’ll keep testing throughout the week and post back here if I come across something worth mentioning besides the obvious notes from the developers.

SimpleCode wasn’t working after all, but an update is availble at the same location.

I have just finished setting up a brand new theme at Blogvaria and are naturally very curious as to how this new layout will work with the forthcoming release of WordPress 2.1. I do hope it’s only a matter of upgrading some of my favourite plugins, but then again you never know…

The new theme is based on Qwilm but I decided to add a nice photo (taken in my country of origin Norway) at the top of the page to “live it up” a little. I’ve also strongly modified the CSS to make headers and links stand out more. I’ve also tried to make sure positioning etc. works with all browsers (even IE), and so far it looks okay.