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• Posted 2 years ago
• By tomfoley
• Latest reply from milo
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• buddypress

1. 

   tomfoley
   

   new member
   

   
   Posted 2 years ago
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   Hi there,

   First let me say thank you for making the Solitude Buddypress theme freely available. I'm very grateful and it's very functional. I'm getting a notice that version 3.17.1 is available but when I try to extract the zip file (downloaded automatically from WP/extend) I from I get a CRC error. I wonder is that just me, or do others experience the same thing? So on the website here is another direct download from 4shared.com, but I *think* that's the original 3.7 version, or is that just me again? ;-)

   Secondly, is there a change log available? And finally, is there any documentation on the features and their usage. I know it's probably self-evident when you use the theme but I thought I'd ask anyway.

   Thank you again,

   - Tom
2. 

   milo
   

   moderator
   

   
   Posted 2 years ago
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   Have an url to check the theme in action?

   4shared is always the latest update,
   while wp themes org needs approval,
   so the latest is always through my site.

   change log with next update
   theme has an options page with settings for all items
   fully widgetized and bp enabled

   error seems to be wp based as ver 3.17.1 is the latest
3. 

   tomfoley
   

   new member
   

   
   Posted 2 years ago
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   Greetings Milo,

   Thank you for taking the time to reply. The site is located at http://www.athlonecommunityradio.ie This, as the name suggests is a local community radio station although the theme is of course really for a magazine.

   But with a small mod to vid.php I have placed a link to stream audio, rather than display a magazine cover image. So that's a hack, but for our needs it's fine, as the functionality for building blogs, forums etc remains ideal.

   Our aim is to empower both radio presenters and their listeners to interact as much as possible, as well as to attract advertisers eventually and become a focal point for our community on the web.

   So far, just a couple of people have registered. They are testing it from an end-user perspective and are beginning to provide feedback on what they like/dislike. The most pressing issue right now is that the sign up button is not evident when the main site index is loaded. I think you will see the issue when you visit the site. As a workaround, I used an HTML widget to link to the register page.

   It's quite exciting as this is a completely new install, and we are free to do as we wish, so I would be more than happy to keep you informed as how it is received by the public. I'm on Skype multiple IM's, but maybe I'm getting ahead of myself :-)

   In conclusion I thank you again for the theme, and I can really appreciate all the work that has gone into it. My hat's off to you!

   - Tom
4. 

   milo
   

   moderator
   

   
   Posted 2 years ago
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   Perfect if the solitude theme fits your website,
   pls be sure to the updates on theme versions by subscribing to my rss feed.
5. 

   tomfoley
   

   new member
   

   
   Posted 2 years ago
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   Thanks Milo,

   I'l add the feed to my reader. One question if I may - In order to make the "Sign up" and "Login" buttons in the header visible one must tab through the user id and password fields. This causes the html block to scroll and the buttons can then be seen.

   Is there any way to make the buttons visible without having to go through that procedure?

   - Tom
6. 

   milo
   

   moderator
   

   
   Posted 2 years ago
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   You can add them to the main menu like this:

   open Solitude/inc/navi php template
   and add the following links after this line
   <?php do_action( 'bp_nav_items' ); ?>

   < li>< a href="http://athlonecommunityradio.ie/wp-login.php" title="Login">Login< /a>< /li>
   < li>< a href="http://athlonecommunityradio.ie/wp-sign-up" title="Register">Sign Up< /a>< /li>

   (without the spaces at li and a tags)

   or you can try to lift the form by adjusting this value
   #search-login-bar{padding:30px 0 0 0;}
   in the stylesheet, ie padding:5px 0 0 0;