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If you’re looking for a tutorial on how to create a Thematic child theme, you should read this post.
A favicon is a small image displayed by modern web browsers. It is a must have for all websites, because it allows your visitors to quickly visualize your site among others when they have lots of browser tabs open at the same time.
This handy code will add your favicon to your theme. Make sure a favicon.png file is in your child theme images directory, and then paste the code in your functions.php file:
function childtheme_favicon() { ?>
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="<?php echo bloginfo('stylesheet_directory') ?>/images/favicon.png" />
<?php }
add_action('wp_head', 'childtheme_favicon');
Who doesn’t hate Internet Explorer? Unfortunately, most clients will require developers to make their site IE-compliant. And the best way to do so is to use some conditional comments and a dedicated stylesheet.
Create a file named ie.css in your child theme directory, and then insert the following code in your functions.php file:
function childtheme_ie_style() { ?>
<!--[if IE]>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://www.webdevcat.com/wp-content/themes/webdevcat/ie.css" />
<![endif]-->
<?php }
add_action('wp_head', 'childtheme_ie_style');
By default, Thematic outputs a XHTML 1.0 transitional doctype. If for some reason, you prefer using another kind of doctype, pasting the code below in your functions.php will do the trick.
function childtheme_create_doctype($content) {
$content = '<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">';
$content .= "\n";
$content .= '<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"';
return $content;
}
add_filter('thematic_create_doctype', 'childtheme_create_doctype');
Feedburner is very popular among bloggers. If you want to replace default rss feeds by feedburner feeds in Thematic, this code is for you.
function childtheme_rssfeeds($content) {
$content = "\t";
$content .= "<link rel=\"alternate\" type=\"application/rss+xml\" href=\"";
$content .= "http://feeds2.feedburner.com/Catswhocode";
$content .= "\" title=\"";
$content .= wp_specialchars(get_bloginfo('name'), 1);
$content .= " " . __('RSS feed', 'thematic');
$content .= "\" />";
$content .= "\n";
return $content;
}
add_filter('thematic_rss', 'childtheme_rssfeeds');
Google Analytics is another free and very useful service. In order to allow GA to collect your visitor information and create your stats, you have to insert a small piece of Javascript on your footer.php file.
Insert this code in your functions.php file, save it, and you’re done. Of course, don’t forget to replace the Google Analytics code with your own!
function ga(){ ?>
<script type="text/javascript">
var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");
document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E"));
</script>
<script type="text/javascript">
try {
var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-XXXXX-10");
pageTracker._trackPageview();
} catch(err) {}</script>
<?php }
add_action('wp_footer', 'ga');
If you’re building a Thematic child theme for a client, you may want to insert your credit link in the footer text. The following code will do it. Don’t forget to give credit to Ian Stewart for his awesome work on the Thematic theme framework!
function my_footer($thm_footertext) {
$thm_footertext = 'Copyright © 2010 Jean-Baptiste Jung. <a href="http://www.webdevcat.com">WebDevCat.com</a> is obviously powered by <a href="http://www.wordpress.org">WordPress</a> & the <a href="http://www.themeshaper.com/thematic">Thematic Theme framework</a>.';
return $thm_footertext;
}
add_filter('thematic_footertext', 'my_footer');
Want to have your navigation menu above your site header? That’s not a problem. This code will remove the menu from below the header and then put it above it.
function remove_thematic_actions() {
remove_action('thematic_header','thematic_access',9);
add_action('thematic_aboveheader','search_access',9);
}
add_action('wp','remove_thematic_actions');
Thematic “Read More” link displays Read More » by default. The following code allow you to change the “Read More” text.
function childtheme_more_text($content) {
$content = 'Click to read the rest!';
return $content;
}
add_filter('more_text', 'childtheme_more_text');
By default, Thematic displays 35px*35px gravatars. If you want to change this size, no problem: Just paste this code in, as usual, your beloved functions.php file.
function childtheme_avatarsize() {
return '56';
}
add_action( 'avatar_size', 'childtheme_avatarsize' );
Source: http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/on-using-avatars-in-thematic
If you want to make a squeeze page on your site or blog using Thematic, that’s quite easy: You only have to create a page template and remove the menu. To do so, just paste the code below in your functions.php file.
Don’t forget to set your page template name on line 2.
function remove_access() {
if (is_page_template('affiliate.php')) {
remove_action('thematic_header','thematic_access',9);
}
add_action('wp_head','remove_access');
}
Source: http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/conditionally-removing-thematic_access
By the way, if you’re interested in Thematic Theme help, don’t hesitate to ask me. I just started freelancing and I’m ready to help you for a reasonable price.
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BA strikes look likely to go ahead after the Unite union wins its appeal against an injunction stopping cabin crew strikes.
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A man who stabbed a heavily pregnant woman in a random street attack has been jailed for life.
Alan McMullan attacked Claire Wilson, 21, as she walked to work in a Grimsby pizza restaurant last June.
Hull Crown Court heard McMullan, 54, claimed voices had told him to harm people and he had previously received treatment from mental health services.
McMullan, of Sherwood Road, Grimsby, was told he would serve at least 20 years in jail for Miss Wilson’s murder.
McMullan admitted manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility when he appeared at Hull Crown Court last September.
However, his plea was not accepted by the Crown Prosecution Service.
The jury of six men and six women returned a verdict of guilty on the murder charge on Wednesday after deliberating for an hour and 30 minutes.
The seven-day trial heard how Miss Wilson, who was six months pregnant, and her unborn baby died in hospital after McMullan forcefully stabbed her in the back in Pasture Street before walking "casually" away.
He told police officers who arrested him: "I’ve got voices in my head telling me to do it. I left the knife stuck in her."
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Five paintings by Picasso, Matisse and other great artists are stolen at the Museum of Modern Art in Paris, police sources say.
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