Cutline Theme for WordPress

Ladies and gentlemen, today’s a great day in the history of Cutline, and it really has little to do with the fact that version 1.1 is now on the table (get it here). The most excellent thing about this new release is that I’ve tweaked the theme in such a way that your life might now be easier.

I realize that with past theme updates, you tweakers and hackers out there have had a rough go of things. Adapting modified styles and sifting through stylesheets isn’t anyone’s idea of a good time, so in addition to playing nicely with WordPress 2.1, finding a way for you guys to futureproof design modifications was priority number one.

Thanks to a handy little custom stylesheet solution, your CSS changes will no longer be affected by future versions of the theme. This excellent update stands at the top of the list of this release’s major changes, which you can read about below. [Read more →]

On January 22^nd, the Automattic crew unleashed WordPress 2.1 on the world, thereby wrecking (ok, causing minor problems with) a bundle of themes in the process. Sadly, Cutline was among the ranks of the afflicted themes, but only for reasons that were not unexpected.

Naturally, I can’t just leave you with a theme that is anything less than fully functional, so to solve this problem, I’m going to release a newer, hotter, better version of Cutline within the next few hours. In fact, by the time you finish reading this post, it’ll probably already be here.

Until then, it’s time to think about making this important upgrade, and I’d like to take this time to examine the following:

• Potential issues with the WordPress 2.1 upgrade
• How this upgrade affects Cutline
• What you can do to ensure that your theme is performing at optimum levels for whatever version of WordPress you choose to run.

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Over on my home site, I’ve been covering simple SEO tips that just about anyone can incorporate into their Web site.

Recently, I addressed both XML and XHTML sitemaps. In the case of the XHTML sitemap, I even released a special WordPress theme Page that can be incorporated into any existing site without additional modification.

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Whenever you create a Page while you’re using the Cutline theme, you’ll need to make one important decision that will ultimately affect both the presentation and dynamic qualities of that page.

Default WordPress Pages in Cutline have been constructed so as to allow for comments. In many cases, however, comments may not be appropriate, and by turning them off for a particular page, you can clean up the styling and save yourself some potential spam troubles down the road. [Read more →]

It’s rare that you can accomplish anything noteworthy on the Web in just 10 seconds, but today’s little tip is the real deal. Instead of publishing full posts on the front page of your site, you ought to try implementing post teasers — inticing tidbits that you can use to lure in readers and get ‘em focused on your content. [Read more →]

It seems like there’s always something out there to fix, something to improve upon, and as a result, I bring you Cutline version 1.03. While it’s not quite as significant an upgrade as version 1.02, version 1.03 does contain a couple of major additions as well as a few cosmetic and under-the-hood changes.

All in all, this is yet another big step for the theme, and just like last time, I’ve gone ahead and compiled a list of the individual changes and the affected files. Oh, except this time, I was a little less reverent and a little more funny [Read more →]

Update: The Subscribe to Comments Plugin is fully supported in Cutline version 1.03.

In order to make this site more useful for you, the Cutline user, I’ve added the excellent Subscribe to Comments Plugin. By checking a box in the comment form, you’ll be able to receive email updates whenever a comment is added to any post to which you’ve subscribed.

This way, you won’t have to check back in constantly to see if I’ve responded to your question. Instead, you’ll receive an email notification, and you’ll know that you’ve got some love waiting for ya here at the Cutline support site.

It’s all about efficiency and accessibility, two words that the geek in me just love.

A great way to make the front page of your Web site more dynamic is to use random header images. Instead of seeing the same image on every visit, users will see random images, thus making each experience on your site a little less predictable (and a little more fun!). [Read more →]

Over the past week or so, hundreds and hundreds of you have provided feedback on Cutline by pointing out issues and requesting changes. Thanks to your wonderful input, I’ve been able to craft a newer, stronger, cooler version of the theme, and you can (and should!) download it now.

Although there are numerous cosmetic changes in version 1.02, there is one major update that you all need to be aware of, so please read on to get the scoop. [Read more →]

Cutline comes pre-loaded with three navigation links in the header:

• Front Page
• Archives
• About

That’s all fine and good, but what if you need more links in your navigation menu? In this quick tutorial, you’ll learn just how easy it is to add these links in seamless fashion. [Read more →]

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