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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Need beta testers for the latest version of SWIFT
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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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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.
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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 [...]
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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.
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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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[Help] Design a logo and mascot for SWIFT and Swiftlers
Hello Swiftlers,
I started working on v5.0, there are going to be lot of features than you can imagine. I would like to release it with a new logo and a mascot for Swiftlers. I need your help with some graphics and logo. I would appreciate if you can spare some time.
What you will get in [...]
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Bug in version 4.1.3
Hello SWIFTLERS, there is a small bug in single.php file of version 4.1.3.
An extra div crept into single.php and it was breaking the layout on single post page. I corrected it and uploaded the new version on WordPress theme directory. Use the following download link until its updated on WordPress theme directory.
Sorry for the inconvenience [...]
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version 4.0.1 is out with bug fixes and 2 new features which are not found even in premium themes
As there were several requests asking to support images from other hosts, I found a work around for it. SWIFT now downloads the first image in your post and saves it to wp-content/swift_uploads folder in case if its from other host and use it for generating thumbnails. A feature thats not present in any premium themes 
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Much awaited SWIFT v4.0 is out.
SWIFT v4.0 is now available for download after much delay due to my personal commitments and academic work.
v4.0 includes
- 2 magazine layouts.
- 2 different header styles (SWIFT original and the new full width header)
- 468*60 ad in the header.
- Drop down navigation.
- Customizable background colour for the footer.
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