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I’ve made so many changes around here from the original Andreas 04 Theme that seem to add a little flavor to the Basic offing that I decided to go a little further. I wanted to make it a bit darker and more functional at the same time.

Introducing…

Andreas04 3.1-the dark side

Some things I changed/added include:

• “More”… the split post never worked in the old theme, it does now
• RSS feed subscription links at the top of the page
• More room for the Tag line in the header
• Dynamic Footer (not just the bottom of the page anymore)
• Drop down menu for Categories
• Added Titles to the previous/next posts
• Shrunk the container (actual space used) to 900px
• Search. New to the Navigation section
• Oh, and I made it Darker.

You can take a look at the Darkside Theme live on the Joe’s Freeware Finds Blog or download Andreas04 3.1 now.

Well, this is the way I’ve been spending at least part of my time lately. Let me know what you think of the new iteration of the theme and if you think I should use it here or not.

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January 2nd, 2008 at 06:10am | Posted by Joe | Andreas04 Tweaks, Promotion, WordPress | reader remarks | Print This Post

Add Post Count to Categories in Andreas04 2.0

Once again I have tweaked the Adreas04 2.0 Theme. I didn’t feel like writing yesterday (that’s for tomorrows post) but still wanted to get something accomplished. I was looking for a way to split the double right sidebar into a left and a right setup to alliviate the (over)crowding on the one side.

As you can see, I couldn’t figure it out, so I changed direction. I also wanted to show the Post Count in the Category List. I already Alphabetized it the other day, and thought this would make a good ready view of the Category contents.

This is the way I added Post Count to Categories:

Look for this code in the sidebar php

h2 categories /h2
 ul class=”sellLi”

?php wp_list_cats (’ ‘); ?

or this, if you used the code to Alphabetize

?php list_cats(0, ”,’ name’,'ASC’, (/), true, 0, 0);  ?

Replace it with

?php wp_list_cats (’sort_column=name&optioncount=1&hierarchical=0′); ?

As usual, don’t forget to use the “less than” and “greater than” signs at the beginning and end of the statement. (To all of you that recommended using the & amp ; lt thing, I did and it DIDN’T WORK).

I hope you find these suggestions helpful.  They can be adapted to any WordPress Theme for similar results, you just need to experiment.

Other Andreas04 2.0 Tweaks:

How to Alphabetize Categories in Andreas04 2.0

How to Fix the Next and Previous Pages in Andreas04 2.0

The Fix for (more) in Andreas04 2.0

November 21st, 2006 at 01:27pm | Posted by Joe | Andreas04 Tweaks, Basics, Tips, WordPress | 2 reader remarks | Print This Post

How to Alphabetize Categories in Andreas04 2.0

Did you notice the Category List in the Sidebar?

Yes, I have it in Alphabetical Order. Just another in the growing list of fixes I worked out to tweak the Original Theme (Andreas04 2.0) to my liking.

I never really liked the fact that as I added something to the Category List, it ended up at the bottom because it was newer than previous listings. Hence, I had things so mixed up that even I had to look to find them.

This is the simple fix to Alphabetize the Category List:

Look in the Sidebar php for the code under

h2 categories /h2

ul class=”sellLi”

You will see this bit of code

?php wp_list_cats (”); ?

Replace it with

?php list_cats(0, ”, ‘name’, ‘ASC’, ‘/’, true, 0, 0); ?

Don’t forget to place the “less than” and “greater than” signs before and after the ?’s

I really do like this Theme, but as with any other, it needs tweaking to get it the way you want it. (One day I will figure out how to present the code so it can be copied directly).

Related Posts:

How to Fix the Next and Previous Pages in Andreas04 2.0 

The Fix for (more) in Andreas04 2.0

November 15th, 2006 at 07:20am | Posted by Joe | Andreas04 Tweaks, Basics, Tips, WordPress | 16 reader remarks | Print This Post