Simple Things

Simple Things v1.3

More updates have just been submitted to Tumblr for approval. These include bug fixes as well as a couple additional features.

Added Google +1 and Facebook “Share” buttons
Support for Google Analytics tracking
Widened main content column to allow for larger images (now 500-pixel width)
Fixed some issues with animated gifs in photosets

Thank you again to everyone who wrote in with bugs or feature requests. These features should automatically be available once approved if you don’t have any custom HTML in your theme.

Posted 12 years ago

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First of all: I love your Simple Things theme! Now to what I'm here to ask: I've realized that it seems that the theme automatically enlarges images of photo posts that are smaller than the width of, I assume, 450px (since in previews the model image looks fine). This makes the smaller images uncomfortably blurry and stretched out. Is there a way to disable this (might have missed it), or is there some piece of code you could give us to swoop in to the rescue? :P

moorgate

Ah yes, this is a bug I meant to fix earlier. Thanks for reminding me. I have just submitted the bug fix to Tumblr and you should see the changes reflected in a couple days if you haven’t made any custom HTML changes.

Posted 13 years ago

Simple Things v.1.2.2

I’ve just submitted a few bug fixes and small feature upgrades, so look for these to be approved in the coming days.

“Sidebar Text” color now affects the about section too
Sidebar link color can be changed (separate from navigation color)
Option to remove the white shadow on the sidebar text
Navigation link background on hover is now a darker shade of the background color (now dynamic, as opposed to a darker shade of the default background color)

If you haven’t made any custom HTML modifications you will see these updates automatically upon approval. If you have made custom HTML changes you’ll need to note them, reinstall the theme (once these are approved), then make your changes again.

Posted 13 years ago

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Feedback forum

First things first, I created a site to showcase the Tumblr themes I’ve created and used an old domain at http://www.draftsixdesign.com.

As part of this website launch I’ve also set up a feedback forum using Idea Informer. This feedback forum is used for all the Tumblr themes, so feel free to make suggestions, give feedback, etc. on Simple Things or any other theme I’ve created.

I’m hoping this will reduce the number of email requests I am sent and it will also provide a way to document any frequent questions to reduce the number of duplicate answers I may have to give.

Posted 13 years ago

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v1.2.1

Due to popular demand, I’ve added a checkbox option to the Appearance tab to show/hide “Posts I Like”. So if you’re still having trouble removing the “Posts I Like” section in the sidebar, check out the new option and un-check the box.

Please keep reporting any bugs you may come across. It’s a big help!

Posted 13 years ago

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Simple Things v.1.2.0 available

Good news! The latest updates have been approved. Simple Things now adds support for endless scrolling, Disqus comment count, “posts I like”, and more. Thanks to everyone for their patience.

Posted 13 years ago

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v1.2 Updates submitted

I just finished up the final touches on the latest round of updates. They have been submitted to Tumblr for approval. I will keep an eye on them and let everyone know when they are approved.

Updates include:

Enabled endless scrolling
Twitter and Facebook share buttons
Show posts I like
Show people I follow
Tags are now links
Disqus comment count displays on main page
Show album artwork is now optional
Add a random post link with custom label in the sidebar navigation
Various bug fixes

Overall I’m very pleased with the amount of new features and updates that are available. I tried to take into consideration all the feedback and suggestions I got as well as throw in a couple that I thought others might like too.

Posted 13 years ago

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Working on updates

Rather than just keep answering questions here I figured I would update everyone following on the progress of the updates.

I’ve been making some good progress lately on fixing bugs and adding features. I’m hoping to submit these updates sometime next week, and then it’s only a matter of time (hopefully short) until they’re approved and reflected in your own themes.

Here’s a list of what I have completed so far:

Bug fixes (mostly oversights on my part like bulleted lists and bold italic text not showing
Make tags into links
Add tag page headings (“posts tagged with {tag}”)
Random post link in navigation with customizable label
Display number of Disqus comments on main page

And here’s what is still in the works:

Share posts on Twitter and Facebook
Option to show “Posts I Like” in the sidebar
Ability to enable endless scrolling

So that’s where we are with everything. I will put out another post when these updates have been submitted, and another when I see they have been approved.

Thank you to everyone for the wonderful compliments on this theme. It was my first Tumblr theme and something I’m very proud of, and I’m so happy not only to share it but that you all like it.

Posted 13 years ago

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Thanks for the fast reply and the code, Dan! I appreciate it a lot. And yes, I'm back with another question. As I cruised through my older posts today, I noticed that bullet lists sometimes don't display correctly. If I open the post for editing and immediately resave the entry (without making any changes), the bullets suddenly start working. Here are a couple of examples of the problem: - http://johnkaufeld.com/post/3203305195/the-folks-at-happy-created-a-completely-different - http://johnkaufeld.com/post/3158423426/three-words-two-minutes-one-killer-ad In both cases, the text at the end should display in bullets.

johnkaufeld

Ah yes, another oversight. I had someone mention this to me a little while back and should have posted the fix on here.

The problem stems from the fact that I only added bullet styles for text posts. Don’t ask me why I did that because I haven’t the slightest idea.

Here’s some custom CSS in the meantime:

.post ul {list-style: disc; margin: 0 50px 15px} .post ul li { padding: 3px 0; }

Sorry about that!

Posted 13 years ago

I noticed that I can't do bold italic text in this theme. Text formatted that way displays correctly when I edit my post, but when I publish it, it shows only as bold. Was that a deliberate decision or an undocumented benefit? On an entirely different note, I'll second the vote for clickable tags on posts. I would love that!! You crafted a delightfully clean and straight-forward theme. I particularly like the way you handle multiple pages. That's great. Thanks for making Simple Things!! :)

johnkaufeld

Thanks for the wonderful compliments. The lack of bold italic text was not a deliberate decision, just an unfortunate oversight on my part. This will be included in the update I’m working on at the moment (which should be ready shortly).

In the meantime, you can add this Custom CSS (in the Advanced tab of the customization toolbar) that should fix it:

strong {font-style:inherit}

Thanks again!

Posted 13 years ago