Inanis Seven is up to 0.9.4.5 now.

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I’ve added quite a few things over the past couple of days. These additions are mostly cosmetic.

Here’s the (almost) complete list:

  • Changed some sub-themes to be creative commons compliant
  • added the ability to plop regular widgets into the “System Tray”
  • Implemented stretched backgrounds and “Peek” as suggested by “Long P” in the comments here. Go over to the sandbox and hover over the “Show All” button in the lower right corner – I dare ya. (And no, it didn’t bloat the code, it was actually fairly easy to implement. It also has a function: so you can peek at the background image since it’s usually all buried behind the window content and stuff.)
  • Added drop shadow support to IE for the Custom Image Header area. This really is a vital feature if you are planning on having a custom image header that has plenty of variation in color and contrast. Without it, you can’t read the text. The drop shadow option in the theme options gives you the ability to put a soft shadow around the custom image header text so that the text will be visually separated from the header picture.
  • Changed some theme options stuff – cleaner now.
  • Confirmed positive functionality with WordPress 3.0. It doesn’t support the new 3.0 features, but it loads and works correctly. A future version of the theme will add full 3.0 support.
  • Lots of tiny little tweaks noone will notice.

I think this is going to be my last major revision before I throw it out for beta testing.There’s lots to see. Go on over to the Sandbox and check it out. Like always, leave me comments and input so I can make it better!

5 thoughts on “Inanis Seven is up to 0.9.4.5 now.”

  2. Will you be providing a “user option” to change the default width of the sidebar? I have an xbox widget that is too big for the current width, causing it to spill over edge of the border…

    Alternately, could you please advise where to manually edit the script files to make the necessary changes?

    • Hey, thanks for the suggestion. I never thought of it too important for the blog owner to be able to dynamically change that width, as it’s static in most themes. The alpha version of Inanis Seven has changed the sidebar (now called the Gadget Sidebar) so that there is much more space inside each widget, so it may be good for you in that format.

      It is probably technically possible to change the theme to allow a different size, but it’s a bit more complex than just changing a couple of lines – this is due to the theme’s dynamic ability to adjust center column sizes and the position of the sidebar based on how the user resizes the browser window. It would probably involve some changed math routines in the functions.js file and some dynamic tag injection, or other JavaScript magic.

      I’ll investigate this prior to the beta release. Let me know if you’d like a beta copy for testing, since you use the theme in a “non-typical” way. (not really non-typical, but I can’t think of another way to put it.)