Hello Swiftler’s,
I need your help. I made some major changes to the back-end of the theme. Earlier each option of the SWIFT was stored in a separate variable, that’s 200+ records related to the swift in the options table. Though mysql database can handle such number of records easily, it’s not a good practice. So [...]
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Satish has written 31 articles so far, you can find them below.
SWIFT
Need beta testers for the latest version of SWIFT
How to
A complete guide to integrating wordpress and vBulletin
As your blog grows, you might want to build a community around it. If vBulletin is your choice, this guide is for you.
Importing WordPress users to vBulletin 4.0 forum
If there are lot of users already registered on your blog, It’s a good idea to start the forum with those users already registered on the forum. Unfortunately there are no [...]
News
SWIFT is now XHTML valid
Here are few reasons
- Validation is a sign of professionalism.
- Many engines cannot properly catalog or index a site that has serious HTML errors. This can greatly reduce the amount of traffic your web site receives from search engines. With SWIFT you don’t have that problem.
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Theme Development
Modified version of get_the_category to limit the number of categories displayed.
Unfortunately WordPress functions get_the_category(), the_category() do not take any arguments and display all the categories the post is filed in. I wrote a small custom function during the development of swift to echo a specific number of categories a post is filed in. I hope this will help the fellow theme developers
SWIFT
SWIFT needs your help before I make it translation ready
I need your help before I start working on it. SWIFT has lot of options and it might be difficult for a newbie to figure what a particular option does. Even though I have described each option, they might not be clear enough as I lost the perspective of a regular blogger after working on it for 6 months.
Wordpress
A common misconception about updating themes in wordpress
Usually updating a software means replacing the old files with the new ones, but there is a better way to do it when it comes to wordpress themes. The main advantage of following the procedure described in this post is you can quickly switch back to the old version of the theme if you find any problems with the new version or if it clashes with any plugins you are using.
News
A major update of SWIFT to solve problems with thumbnail and file permissions
If you check the support forum and the comments on this blog, One question that’s asked again and again, One thing that most of the Swiftler’s have trouble with is thumbnails, which in turn is due to file permissions.
version5.1.0 solves the above problem by moving the cache folder and the custom-style.css to uploads/swift_custom folder with [...]
News
version 5.01 is out with some bug fixes.
The following bugs are fixed in v5.01
Blank screen after posting a comment. { Found by Alexander Gieg }
Footer scripts bug.
Custom color of block quote.
Page menu sub-pages showing underneath the categories navigation menu.
If you have any suggestions for new features or want to request a new feature feel free to post them here.
Free Themes
SWIFT version 5.0 is now available
Hello Swiftler’s,
SWIFT version 5.0 is out after a long wait.Lot of care was taken in designing and implementing every feature in the theme. I can proudly say that SWIFT is the best WordPress theme available.
Thank you all for your continuous support, v5.0 wouldn’t have been possible without your support.
Special thanks to
Dawn of http://huffmasterfamily.com/ for answering [...]
News
SWIFT v5.0 is coming on 11th JAN, beta version available for download.
Hello Swiftlers,
Belated wishes for the new year.
Most of the work of version 5.0 is done except for
Banner ad integration.
Page templates.
RSS links and search box in navigation area.
Subscribe widget.
This version is called beta only because the above mentioned features are yet to be added. Core of the theme is very stable, you can safely use this [...]
News
Wish you all a very Happy Christmas
Hello Swiftler’s
I wish you, your family members and your planet mates a very very happy and peaceful Christmas. Be good and do good.
News about version 5.0
Santa just called on my mobile and informed me that his sledge is stuck in the snow also his reindeer’s are moving slower than their usual speed as he is [...]
Design
Suggest default thumbnail image and social media icons for SWIFT v5.0
Default Thumbnail Image
I selected the color pencils as default thumbnail image in a hurry, It’s time to have a better image which will be apt for all types of posts. v5.0 will be having an image selected Swiftler’s.
Post url’s to the images which can be used as the default thumbnails, once we have enough entries [...]
News
Features and design ideas for SWIFT v5.0
SWIFT needs your ideas and suggestions
If you want some feature to be added in SWIFT or have a suggestion about design or usability please post it here.
If you have seen a blog with unique design,layout or features post it here, may be we can have it in SWIFT to.
I really need some ideas/inspiration on how to display author info,tags,related posts and social media icons at the end of the post.
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