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Vfxdude » Topic: Announcements http://www.vfxdude.com/forum/topic/announcements premium wordpress themes en-US Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:49:57 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 <![CDATA[Search]]> q http://www.vfxdude.com/forum/search.php vfxdude on "Announcements" http://www.vfxdude.com/forum/topic/announcements#post-8168 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:08:13 +0000 vfxdude 8168@http://www.vfxdude.com/forum/ Version 1.4.2 is now available! new: <ul><li>Theme navigation options can now be added (click the navigation item name). Labels, target, title, class and rel attributes can be added.</li><li>Added custom timthumb url theme setting (useful for for <a href="http://www.vfxdude.com/forum/topic/caching-timthumb-with-apache-rewrite-rule#post-8119">cdn caching</a>). also added a bf_get_timthumburl function that can be overridden. Just add this function in a child theme and return a custom url.</li><li>improved the google font loader to also be able to load font styles and link code (all fonts will show up in the font selection lists).</li><li>added custom font family theme setting (that will be added to the available fonts dropdown lists). Useful when adding webfonts.</li><li>added font type select lists for the sitename, tagline and navigation. This way Google fonts can more easily be set in the theme settings instead of using a font-family style in a child theme.</li><li>added some new body classes (post type, taxonomies, post format)</li><li>added option for "text with html" for the text node in the bfthumbs layout GUI.</li><li>added shortcode template setting for including scripts.</li><li>added shortcode template setting for including the sidebars without using the widgetarea shortcode.</li><li>added post to the post types in the shortcode template targeting (make it possible to target single post view for the whole blog, excluding custom post types).</li><li>A "show only page navigation" parameter was added to bthumbs (works only for the first page. Can be used to create shortcode templates with bfthumbs and the offset parameter).</li> </ul> fixes: <ul><li>ajaxnav is automatically set to false when using shortcode templates.</li><li>localized the post date meta information.</li><li>nested lists is now possible with the list shortcode (add <li title="top"> to the top li tags)</li><li>fixed yarpp integration with shortcode templates.</li><li>fixed an issue with the yarpp plugin (the latest version of the plugin did not work with the theme).</li><li>fixed a dropdown menu issue with youtube oembed videos (url added to the video field).</li><li>fixed the include shortcode to include the theme setting variables.</li><li>tabs shortcode fix.</li><li>fixed a problem in shortcode templates when targeting single or archive together with taxonomy or post type. When setting only archive or single it will now be overridden by more specific targeting (f.ex. single and a category).</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.vfxdude.com/bigfeature/2009/10/faq/#how2upgrade">Here's how to upgrade</a>. vfxdude on "Announcements" http://www.vfxdude.com/forum/topic/announcements#post-7947 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:19:03 +0000 vfxdude 7947@http://www.vfxdude.com/forum/ Version 1.4.1.4 is now available, with a fix for the above bug. If you installed version 1.4.1.3 I highly recommend <a href="http://www.vfxdude.com/bigfeature/2009/10/faq/#how2upgrade">to upgrade</a>. Some new free child themes have also been added to the <a href="http://www.vfxdude.com/downloads/">download page</a>. They require at least version 1.4.1.4 of the theme. See the readme.html (inside the zipfile) for setup instructions. vfxdude on "Announcements" http://www.vfxdude.com/forum/topic/announcements#post-7939 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:54:00 +0000 vfxdude 7939@http://www.vfxdude.com/forum/ I just found a bfthumbs bug with version 1.4.1.3. The bug makes pagination (the page plugins) not work as it should with the bfthumbs shortcode. vfxdude on "Announcements" http://www.vfxdude.com/forum/topic/announcements#post-7920 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:51:31 +0000 vfxdude 7920@http://www.vfxdude.com/forum/ Version 1.4.1.3 is now available! new: <ul><li>Awkward Showcase shortcode. Demo <a href="http://www.vfxdude.com/testblog/shortcodes/sliders-galleries/awshowcase/">1</a>, <a href="http://www.vfxdude.com/testblog/shortcodes/sliders-galleries/awshowcase2/">2</a>, <a href="http://www.vfxdude.com/testblog/shortcodes/sliders-galleries/awshowcase3/">3</a>, <a href="http://www.vfxdude.com/testblog/shortcodes/sliders-galleries/awshowcase4/">4</a>, <a href="http://www.vfxdude.com/testblog/shortcodes/sliders-galleries/awshowcase5/">5</a>, <a href="http://www.vfxdude.com/testblog/shortcodes/sliders-galleries/awshowcase6/">6</a></li><li>the slider can now show the video preview image.</li><li>added setting for google api jquery import.</li><li>added sticky post and target parameters to the bfthumbs shortcode.</li><li>added a theme setting to remove the self linking of the default image in the single post page (for lightbox popup).</li><li>cached optionstyles.css is now saved to child theme folder when using a child theme (might have to make it writable).</li><li>theme settings can be saved per child theme (separate settings from the parent theme).</li> </ul> fixes: <ul><li>Wordpress 3.3 compatibility fixes (background uploader, theme settings, bfthumbs layout gui).</li><li>read more localization.</li><li>shortcode template bfthumbs numposts fix.</li><li>child theme customizations and fixes.</li><li>sidebars automatically added when widgets added to them (width calculation done without the need to save the theme settings).</li><li>footer text can now be removed from the theme settings.</li><li>adjusted lineheight for image captions</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.vfxdude.com/bigfeature/2009/10/faq/#how2upgrade">Here's how to upgrade</a>. vfxdude on "Announcements" http://www.vfxdude.com/forum/topic/announcements#post-7260 Fri, 09 Sep 2011 21:47:07 +0000 vfxdude 7260@http://www.vfxdude.com/forum/ Version 1.4.1.1 is now available! new: <ul><li> Shortcode template system changes. Possibility to target taxonomy type and custom post types, and also option for using external php templates (takes over for the custom single functionality). Also added possibility for automatic and manual archive and search headings (add heading="true" to the bfthumbs shortcode). Option for removing all header and footer html, so that the template can have it's own div structure.</li><li> The BF Page Widget can now use the template targeting system. Create a template and target where to display the widget.</li><li> Heading tag (h1 or h2) option added to the title node in the bfthumbs layout. Also changed the meta node (added align and width parameters, and changed the styles).</li><li> Automatic thumbnail images for Youtube and Vimeo videos when using url or iframe embed in the video field (without the need to install Proplayer).</li><li> Taxonomies added to the theme settings navigation admin. Makes it possible to add a taxonomy type to a sidebar navigation and all terms will be listed (very useful for a context navigation).</li><li> Vertical navigation styles added. Example shortcode: <code>[bfnav sid="sidenav" name="sidebarnav" style="navsmall verticalnav" admin="bf" jslib="none"]</code></li><li> Added post_type parameter to the slider.</li><li> Clicking the labels in the theme setting will now save the settings. This way the save button is everywhere and there is no need to scroll to the bottom to save the theme settings.</li> </ul> fixes: <ul><li> heading tag changes for the blog title, archive and search headings (SEO).</li><li> fixed a pagination problem with the shortcode template system.</li><li> fixed nivoslider caption bug.</li><li> fixed a problem with the thumbslider.</li><li> fixed cf-link for the image and readmore nodes in the bfthumbs layout (makes it possible to add custom links to thumbnail posts without redirecting).</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.vfxdude.com/bigfeature/2009/10/faq/#how2upgrade">Here's how to upgrade</a>. vfxdude on "Announcements" http://www.vfxdude.com/forum/topic/announcements#post-7133 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 10:20:29 +0000 vfxdude 7133@http://www.vfxdude.com/forum/ added some video tutorials <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/vfxdudedotcom">here</a>. More videos will be added soon, so bookmark/subscribe the youtube page. vfxdude on "Announcements" http://www.vfxdude.com/forum/topic/announcements#post-7106 Tue, 16 Aug 2011 20:09:34 +0000 vfxdude 7106@http://www.vfxdude.com/forum/ <a href="http://www.vfxdude.com/bigfeature/2010/01/changelog/">The changelog is now updated</a>. vfxdude on "Announcements" http://www.vfxdude.com/forum/topic/announcements#post-7080 Mon, 15 Aug 2011 13:16:01 +0000 vfxdude 7080@http://www.vfxdude.com/forum/ Here's some screenshots showing the shortcode gui, the bfthumbs layout gui and the shortcode template system. <img src="http://www.vfxdude.com/external-images/scguibutton.png"> ------------------------------------------------ <img src="http://www.vfxdude.com/external-images/scgui.png"> ------------------------------------------------ <img src="http://www.vfxdude.com/external-images/bfthumbslayout.png"> ------------------------------------------------ <img src="http://www.vfxdude.com/external-images/bfthumbslayout-gui.png"> ------------------------------------------------ <img src="http://www.vfxdude.com/external-images/sctemplates.png"> The coming video tutorials will make this easier to understand and use... vfxdude on "Announcements" http://www.vfxdude.com/forum/topic/announcements#post-7040 Fri, 12 Aug 2011 07:52:38 +0000 vfxdude 7040@http://www.vfxdude.com/forum/ Version 1.4.1 is now available! Here's a description of the new features: This version has been about making BigFeature more flexible. Instead of being stuck with a one post layout design you can now switch it anywhere on the website with a click of a button. For this a shortcode template system was built. Check "Enable Custom Templates Feature" in the theme setting. And now a custom post type called Templates will appear. Create a new post there and add a bfthumbs shortcode like this to the post: <code>[bfthumbs sid="bfthumbs-blog" showposts="10" width="153" height="120" numcols="5" marginright="20" numwords="10" ajaxnav="false"]</code> and then select blog below the editor, and then this will be the post design for the blog index. Select the search and it will be used for search too. The Archive and Single post view can also be further refined by selecting categories, tags or custom taxonomies. This means you can have a separate design for every category or taxomony. Just add a category to the navigation and it can work as a portfolio, shopping listing etc. Here's an example of a single post template: <pre><code>[bfbreadcrumbs sid="template2-breadcrumbs" style="lines"] [widgetarea sid="widgetarea-single" id="sidebar3" width="270" marginleft="50" align="right"] <div class="alignleft"> [bfthumbs sid="bfthumbs-single" numposts="1" numcols="1" width="500" height="200"] [bfyarpp template="yarpp-template"] [bfcomments] </div></code></pre> or this with a feature image like in the original template: <pre><code>[bfhook name="bf_featured_area"] [widgetarea sid="widgetarea-single2" id="sidebar3" width="270" marginleft="50" align="right"] <div class="alignleft"> [bfthumbs sid="single-template2" numposts="1" numcols="1" width="500" height="200"] [bfcomments] </div></code></pre> This is showcasing some of the new shortcodes too, like bfbreadcrumbs (shows the Breadcrumb NavXT plugin), widgetarea (shows any sidebar/widgetarea. New ones can now be created in the theme setting), bfyarpp (makes it possible to have bfthumbs template for the yet another related posts plugin), bfcomments (display the comments), bfhook (display a hook content). Other new shortcodes are bfinclude (makes it possible to include a php file) and bfauthorinfo (display author info in single post view). Some shortcodes have also been improved, like bfthumbs (new layout system. press the bfthumbs layout button when editing a current post shortcode in the shortcode gui (the shortcode must have a sid (a unique shortcode id) for this to work)), nivoslider (fixed the issues, and improved the thumbs layout) and galleria (added a no thumbs theme). The most improved shortcode is bfthumbs. In the bfthumbs layout it is possible to change the post look totally. And add any information, and rearrange like you want. For example: Add an image node, then add a caption node, then click on the image to open it, then drag the caption on to the bottom of the image node to nest it. Now the image got a customizable caption. This you can do with the meta node too, add any info (category, taxonomy, plugin) to it and choose the style. Meta nodes like category or plugin can be added outside the meta node too though, and styled anyway wished, because any node got a class input field. A class name can be added there and the node can be styled in a child theme. And google font support is added too. Google fonts can be added in the theme settings (typography tab). Just copy the font name from <a href="http://www.google.com/webfonts">the list on google</a> and now you can add it in the font-family field in the layout gui (The font can also be loaded from the layout gui). In the plugin node (in the bfthumbs layout gui) support for several plugins has been added. Like rating, ecommerce, facebook plugins etc. And plugins not there can be added with the php node. The post image can now be any size, it can be resized or a featured image size can chosen. The image can also be left, right or center aligned by choosing it in the shortcode gui (image_align). If aligning the image when using timthumb separate image_width and image_heigth dimensions can be set. And timthumb has been upgraded to version 2.7, that is more secure and got a new zoom crop alignment feature, that is also added to the theme. These are some of the new features, a complete list and video tutorials will come soon, but after this introduction you will be able to play around with the new stuff, and figure stuff out for yourself too... <a href="http://www.vfxdude.com/bigfeature/2009/10/faq/#how2upgrade">Here's how to upgrade</a>. vfxdude on "Announcements" http://www.vfxdude.com/forum/topic/announcements#post-7038 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 16:24:42 +0000 vfxdude 7038@http://www.vfxdude.com/forum/ finally finished version 1.4.1. added it for review to Themeforest. Will write here and on <a href="http://twitter.com/vfxdude">twitter</a> when it available. A list of features and video tutorials will come soon. vfxdude on "Announcements" http://www.vfxdude.com/forum/topic/announcements#post-7035 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 10:14:43 +0000 vfxdude 7035@http://www.vfxdude.com/forum/ Finishing off version 1.4.1 today (10 Aug). Development always takes longer time than anticipated. Will do some testing tomorrow, and probably release it then. Will be back in the forum when this is done. Coming stuff: 1. Video tutorials showing the new stuff. 2. Post layout templates. 3. Child themes (an ecommerce theme, several portfolio themes etc.). 4. Release 1.4.1.1 with changes done after creating the child themes. After this I will start developing a plugin with many of the features in BigFeature, so this functionality can be used with other themes too. And eventually I will create other themes too, but then maybe bundling this plugin. vfxdude on "Announcements" http://www.vfxdude.com/forum/topic/announcements#post-6940 Mon, 01 Aug 2011 09:03:09 +0000 vfxdude 6940@http://www.vfxdude.com/forum/ I'm back, and will start answering questions...only new ones though, since old ones might be solved, so bump the topic if it's still not solved. vfxdude on "Announcements" http://www.vfxdude.com/forum/topic/announcements#post-6907 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 15:45:15 +0000 vfxdude 6907@http://www.vfxdude.com/forum/ If you are wondering why I'm not active in the forum...and reason is that I'm taking all of July off from work. As I have done every year. Now I'm just enjoying summer, and will be back in august with a new version of the theme, new child themes, and answering questions. vfxdude on "Announcements" http://www.vfxdude.com/forum/topic/announcements#post-6652 Tue, 31 May 2011 08:48:32 +0000 vfxdude 6652@http://www.vfxdude.com/forum/ I will not be able to make the deadline I have set for version 1.4.1. Much is finished, but it's just not ready to be released yet. I'm currently working on plugin integration, with all kinds of social adding plugins, rating, and also e-commerce. These things take time. Here's some screenshots showing some of the functionality of the new layout manager. <a href="http://vfxdude.com/external-images/layout-manager.gui-1.png">Screenshot 1</a>, <a href="http://vfxdude.com/external-images/layout-manager.gui-2.png">Screenshot 2</a>. vfxdude on "Announcements" http://www.vfxdude.com/forum/topic/announcements#post-6474 Fri, 29 Apr 2011 08:44:21 +0000 vfxdude 6474@http://www.vfxdude.com/forum/ Version 1.4.0.4 is now available! Some of these features was intended for version 1.4.1, but since that release is taking more time than planned, this version got some of it's candy. new: <ul><li> GUI for the Shortcodes (button below the editor).</li><li> Normal page navigation for bfthumbs (need one of the pagenavi plugins). ajaxnav="false". <a href="http://www.vfxdude.com/forum/topic/tips-and-tricks#post-5359">more info</a>.</li><li> Possibility to only show something on the first page with bfthumbs (when using the feature above). onlyfirstpage="true".</li><li> Current post as default for nivoslider and galleria. Just add a shortcode without parameters, like this (to the "Feature HTML" input box or into the editor): [galleria]</li><li> Added tax custom field parameter to page templates.</li><li> Added support for several website links in the portfolio page template (link,name;link,name).</li><li> Created a Galleria theme where the thumbnails are hidden. theme="nothumbs".</li><li> Added sorting for link category in the navigation (add sorting to notes area of the link (numbers or letters)).</li><li> Divider with toplink added for the divider shortcode.</li> </ul> fixes: <ul><li> fixed nivoslider shortcode bug, and improved the thumbs preview.</li><li> fixed the vertical slides for bfslider.</li><li> fixed post_types parameter in bfthumbs so that multiple custom post types are now possible (post_type="portfolio,photoblog")</li><li> fixed the feature area content filter problem caused by some plugins (duplicate stuff was added below the feature image).</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.vfxdude.com/bigfeature/2009/10/faq/#how2upgrade">Here's how to upgrade</a>. vfxdude on "Announcements" http://www.vfxdude.com/forum/topic/announcements#post-5733 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 12:12:46 +0000 vfxdude 5733@http://www.vfxdude.com/forum/ <a href="http://ryowebsite.com/wp-plugins/category-visibility/">RYO Category Visibility</a> is now updated to work with WP3.1. vfxdude on "Announcements" http://www.vfxdude.com/forum/topic/announcements#post-5715 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 08:40:18 +0000 vfxdude 5715@http://www.vfxdude.com/forum/ The wp3.1 compability release 1.4.0.3 is now available. there is also some new stuff added: <ul><li>custom post type support. Use <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/simple-custom-types/">this plugin</a> to add a custom post type (include custom fields to show the "Big Feature Post Settings" for the custom post type created). add post_type custom field to a page template to use it or post_type parameter to bfthumbs. If you add a custom post type called portfolio it will automatically use the single-portfiolio.php template for single view (without sidebar).</li><li>custom taxonomies support for bfthumbs. use <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/simple-taxonomy/">this plugin</a> to add custom taxonomies. Parameter example: tax="genre:action,thriller;actor:Mel Gibson"</li><li>shortcode formatting problem fixed.</li> </ul> The custom post type support was added in a hurry because all category exclusion plugins stopped working with version 3.1. Now you can create a custom post type for the portfolio and use the post_type custom field to show it with the page template (can be combined with the category custom field). This functionality is included in all templates and bfthumbs. <a href="http://www.vfxdude.com/bigfeature/2009/10/faq/#how2upgrade">Here's how to upgrade</a>. vfxdude on "Announcements" http://www.vfxdude.com/forum/topic/announcements#post-5463 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 13:56:26 +0000 vfxdude 5463@http://www.vfxdude.com/forum/ some users have been blocked from posting in the forum by the spam filter. I have now unblocked some posts from the spam inbox and will continue to monitor this. <a href="http://www.vfxdude.com/forum/topic/blocked-posts">more info here</a>. vfxdude on "Announcements" http://www.vfxdude.com/forum/topic/announcements#post-5305 Wed, 19 Jan 2011 14:22:11 +0000 vfxdude 5305@http://www.vfxdude.com/forum/ here's what's coming: - Version 1.4.1 of BigFeature. The to do list massive as always, but it's probably out in march. - new page templates, like the ones on the demo website. - new child themes (3 new ones). vfxdude on "Announcements" http://www.vfxdude.com/forum/topic/announcements#post-4692 Wed, 10 Nov 2010 12:17:46 +0000 vfxdude 4692@http://www.vfxdude.com/forum/ The bugfix release 1.4.0.2 is now available. fixes: <ul><li>bfthumbs in the sidebar formatting issue.</li><li>auto paragraph/br problems fixed (wpautop).</li><li>feature image with url problem (extra closing div) fixed.</li><li>fixed the toggle shortcode (p tags broke it).</li><li>fixed the problem with that the image width (resizing large images with image width) was overridden by max width.</li><li>ie9 cufon fix.</li> </ul> new: <ul><li><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/breadcrumb-navxt/">Breadcrumb NavXT</a> plugin integration (it will be used if it's enabled).</li><li>added a thumbheight parameter for the BF Featured Posts widget.</li> </ul> vfxdude on "Announcements" http://www.vfxdude.com/forum/topic/announcements#post-4385 Fri, 08 Oct 2010 15:24:25 +0000 vfxdude 4385@http://www.vfxdude.com/forum/ The bugfix release is now out (version 1.4.0.1). It fixes: <ul><li>max-width (all too large images are now proportionally resized to fit it's container).</li><li>tab shortcode (any content can now be added).</li><li>list shortcode (wrong formatting of the li tags gave an error).</li><li>removed image border for thumbs (it caused a linebreak for the default width thumbs).</li><li>removed extra space in the nextgen gallery.</li><li>nivoSlider image stacking (it showed all the images when loading).</li><li>removed extra space when using the comment icon.</li><li>removed the default shadow from nivoslider (use class="nivoshadow" to add it back).</li> </ul> New stuff: <ul><li>added target parameter for the button shortcode (target="_blank").</li><li>added a timthumb "quirks mode" in the theme settings (this makes timthumb work with</li>problem urls (f.ex. urls with ~)).</ul> vfxdude on "Announcements" http://www.vfxdude.com/forum/topic/announcements#post-4027 Fri, 17 Sep 2010 09:26:51 +0000 vfxdude 4027@http://www.vfxdude.com/forum/ a spammer messed up the forum. Gotta do something to prevent spammers. I have forgotten to activate Akismet, but it is active now, so that will hopefully help. I'm also thinking about adding an approve user plugin, so I have to approve every user, and maybe require a link to their themeforest account. Actually I would really appreciate it if everyone linked to their themeforest user profile page. vfxdude on "Announcements" http://www.vfxdude.com/forum/topic/announcements#post-3813 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:34:18 +0000 vfxdude 3813@http://www.vfxdude.com/forum/ a new child theme is now available in the <a href="http://www.vfxdude.com/downloads/">downloads section</a>. <a href="http://www.vfxdude.com/bfarea/blog/">Here's a demo website</a>. vfxdude on "Announcements" http://www.vfxdude.com/forum/topic/announcements#post-3683 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:22:42 +0000 vfxdude 3683@http://www.vfxdude.com/forum/ version 1.4 is available now! vfxdude on "Announcements" http://www.vfxdude.com/forum/topic/announcements#post-3678 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:55:23 +0000 vfxdude 3678@http://www.vfxdude.com/forum/ finally finished version 1.4!! It will be available when Themeforest have approved it. Here's the <a href="http://www.vfxdude.com/bigfeature/2010/01/changelog/">changelog </a>(with demo links). next up is a new free child theme. with full width featured area. vfxdude on "Announcements" http://www.vfxdude.com/forum/topic/announcements#post-3646 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:07:49 +0000 vfxdude 3646@http://www.vfxdude.com/forum/ finishing off version 1.4. Working on browser compability, something that takes longer time than I wished. I will not be active in the forum b4 the new version is done. Here's some of the new stuff: - Lots of new content shortcodes, like columns, lists, tabs, buttons, boxes. - New slider and Image Gallery. - Lots of new thumbnail post styles. vfxdude on "Announcements" http://www.vfxdude.com/forum/topic/announcements#post-869 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:37:25 +0000 vfxdude 869@http://www.vfxdude.com/forum/ 19. May - Version 1.3.5.2 Version 1.3.5.2 is now available. <a href="http://www.vfxdude.com/bigfeature/2010/01/changelog/">Here's what's changed.</a> 04. May - Version 1.3.5 Version 1.3.5 is now available. <a href="http://www.vfxdude.com/bigfeature/2010/01/changelog/">Check the changelog for what's new</a>. Forum 20. Jan 2010 - The bbPress template used for this forum is now available in the <a href="http://www.vfxdude.com/downloads/">download section</a>. An alternative forum is simplepress, that might be a better option than bbPress, since it's a wordpress plugin and is fully integrated, and works with you current design. Info for how to set it up can be found <a href="http://www.vfxdude.com/forum/topic/simplepress-forum-issue">here</a>.