Pura – Water

So I’ve quickly finished Water 1.7.1 and are releasing it.

Here’s the list of changes:

• The theme is, by default, 2 columns.
• The edit button has been completely removed.
• The edit button has become a link below the post.
• The edit button has become a link next to the comment’s LINK.
• Sidebar options for the Theme’s settings page has been removed; it was not needed.
• The right sidebar has all the main contents. Use widgets instead if you want it customized for two or so!
• A few settings in certain tabs have been merged.
• Bug where the RSS did not work was fixed.
• …maybe more?

Get it here:

• Water 1.7.1

So I recently noticed that the total comments shown was bugged, so I did a quick fix for it. I’m sorry about this and should have tested Water before I ever did anything. Now everything should be OK.

• Water 1.6.1

After lots of editing to the Water theme, I believe it should be released. Though, some things done might not be too appreciative; I’ve removed a few options and made changes to better fit WordPress 2.7 (or maybe 2.8) and above. Plus, I’ve made a bunch of improvements to the theme so that the speed is slightly increased (though I can’t ensure that it is increased).

• Water 1.6

Improvements:

• All files related to posts/pages are about 3-4 lines; most content is evaluated in the inc/posts.php instead.
• wp_title() displays the blog’s title without the use of excessive if-statements.
• Author page looks better as it is more organized and takes up more room from the post content.
• The tag cloud does not need a custom function anymore.
• A few repetitive functions (or really, unneeded functions) were removed.
• Trackbacks/Pingbacks are now separate from the comments
• An image is used to show the tags in a post instead of the text “Tags:”
• … and others?

Removed Features:

• Ability to hide Gravatars
• Removing the Top Menu tabs require you to leave the title of it empty.
• Coloring Track/Pingbacks has been removed as it’s just a list now.
• The >> for the sidebar’s icon has been reverted to using text and not images; it’s faster that way anyways.
• Theme Info page has been removed along with any content that was affiliated with it; WordPress said having JS loaded from an external site was dangerous.
• Having two types of how the post time and total comments are displayed has been removed; it’s an old feature and really is not needed.
• … and others?

New Features:

• Threaded Comments now work visavi to WordPress’ default settings and not the plugin.
• Similar to above, paged comments has also been “added”
• Tags of your blog/post will be added into the header so that WordPress can find your blog better.
• Author page can show the e-mail of the users
• … and others?

Also if you noticed, this blog’s theme is Water but instead is showing much less than normal. This is because I made nearly everything in the theme “Static;” it doesn’t have any settings and does things the way I want it to. As said in the Important section of the sidebar, this blog shouldn’t be gaining any comments but instead should gain pings/tracks. Blogs aren’t exactly meant to ask for support in or anything.

If you don’t want to use the support board (forum) for whatever reason, feel free to e-mail me at admin@pura.hostzi.com, but I would much prefer you to use the forum instead.

So I “rushed” the release of Water 1.5.1 and noticed one small error: The Theme Info page in the Theme Settings kept on saying the Water theme was out of date. As of now, this is normal! This problem will be permanently fixed in Water 1.5.2.

You can see the fix in the Trac here: https://opensvn.csie.org/traccgi/water/changeset?format=diff&new=458&old=456&new_path=trunk%2Finc%2Fsettings.php&old_path=trunk%2Finc%2Fsettings.php

• Water 1.5

Water 1.5.1 has a few minor improvements and bug fixes. The minor improvements are really just CSS changes. Bug fixes are things in the settings, such that some settings were poorly coded (copy pasta = problems). One big addition to 1.5.1 is that it supports WP Threaded Comments (the plugin) to a certain extent.

If you encounter any errors, please feel free to post it in our forums. You can also comment here for any errors, though it is suggested you ask in the forums (as that is what forums are for).

Edit: There is only one bug currently know, explained here: http://pura.hostzi.com/?p=25. But this little bug can be ignored as Water 1.6 won’t have a Theme Info page.