30 January 2010, 11:53 am
Flexi Pages Widget updated to version 1.6.1.
- Fixed the include/hierarchy issue
- ‘current_page_ancestor’ and ‘current_page_parent’ classes shown.
At least one major issue has been fixed in this release. There may still be issues with this version. If so, your feedback welcome.
Versions 1.5.10 and older used the wp_list_pages() function to generate the pages list. But from v1.6, we have our own function to generate the list, we don’t use wp_list_pages() anymore. So the latest version of our plugin may not work well with certain other plugins that acts on or filters wp_list_pages(). In case you use FP Widget with such a plugin, you can always download and use an older version of Flexi Pages Widget plugin.
9 January 2010, 11:40 am
Flexi Pages Widget plugin for WordPress updated to version 1.6.
- New feature to show the items in the widget as dropdown.
- Core functions have been thoroughly overhauled. Hopefully no more strange behaviour when some options are selected, and better compatibility with latest version of WP and certain themes and plugins.
- Localization in Catalan and Dutch languages added. Thanks to Robert Buj Gelonch and Rene for the respective translations.
I have not been able to respond to all the comments and emails in the last two weeks or so. That’s because I was busy, and the little time I had for my plugins and themes, I chose to work on improving and updating them based on the feedback recieved instead of actually replying to the feedback. 
That said, I will try and respond and reply to as many emails and comments as possible in the next few days. Thanks for your patience!
13 December 2009, 5:15 pm
F2 WordPress theme updated to version 1.0.8 with localization in Lithuanian and Faroese languages. Thanks to Tomas Šiurna and Hjalti á Lava for the respective translations.
10 November 2009, 11:17 am
Quotes Collection plugin for WordPress updated to v1.3.6 with localization in Bulgarian and Czech languages. Thanks to Martin Petrov and Josef Ondruch for the respective translations. No other changes this time, so unless you blog in Bulgarian or Czech, you don’t have to upgrade.
3 November 2009, 2:18 pm
F2 WordPress theme updated to v1.0.7.
- Added localization in Russian and Chinese languages. Thanks to Mihail Pomaskin and Awu for the Russian and Chinese translations respectively.
- Minor improvements in styling.
Flexi Pages Widget plugin for WordPress updated to v1.5.10. Just a minor fix (closing quote for ‘exinclude-values’ in line 408). Thanks to SoFi and Kevin for notifying me about this bug.
1 October 2009, 1:35 pm
F2 WordPress theme update to version 1.0.6 with localization in Italian and Norwegian (Bokmål) languages. Thanks to Gianni Diurno for translating the theme in Italian and Eilif Nordseth for the Bokmål translation.
Flexi Pages Widget plugin updated to version 1.5.9 with localization in Brazilian Portugese, Swedish and Turkish languages. Thanks to Tzor More, Ove Kaufeldt and Hakan Demiray for the respective translations.
24 September 2009, 10:13 am
Flexi Pages Widget version 1.5.7
- Ukrainian localization added. Thanks to the team at wpp.pp.ua for the translation.
- Support for user defined widget arguments before_pagelist and after_pagelist
before_pagelist and after_pagelist are widget arguments that can be defined in the functions.php of your theme. These arguments can be used, for example, if you want to enclose the pagelist within a <div> (thanks to SoFi for the tip).
Quotes Collection version 1.3.5
- Brazilian Portugese localization by Tzor More.
- Modifications in quotes-collection.js (for better debugging in case of error)
F2 WordPress theme version 1.0.5
- Dutch language localization by R. Helmes.
- Minor improvements (styling for
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18 September 2009, 2:20 pm
If you want to add your own customizations to a readymade WordPress theme downloaded from here or elsewhere, the most obvious way to do it is to directly edit the template files and style.css of the theme. But this method can lead to complications when the theme author updates the theme to a newer version. If you directly overwrite the files from the newer version, you will lose all your customizations. So, you will have to check every file of the new version for changes, and apply those changes to your customized files. This can be a demanding process especially if you are using a theme that’s updated frequently. Alternatively you may choose to skip the upgrade process, in which case you may miss out on important security updates.
This is where theme inheritance is such a versatile method to add your own customizations to a theme. Creating a child theme is as simple as creating a folder and putting a style.css file into it with a just a few lines of code. With theme inheritance, you don’t have to miss out on updates to the parent theme, and your customizations will never be overwritten.
For example, if you want to customize the F2 theme, here is how to do it. Continue reading ‘Using theme inheritance to customize your theme’ »
14 September 2009, 8:31 pm
Flexi Pages Widget plugin is updated to version 1.5.6 with localization in German language. Thanks to Frank Hempel for the translation.
14 September 2009, 6:08 pm
F2 WordPress theme updated to version 1.0.4.
- Localization in Tamil language by Ravi. ஆம், தமிழ் வலைப்பதிவுகளிலும் பயன்படுத்த ஏதுவாகியுள்ளது F2. அழகிய தமிழில் மொழிபெயர்த்தவர் ரவி.
- Support for custom.css.
The second point needs some explanation. When you customize the theme by directly editing the style.css file, you will lose your customizations when the theme is upgraded to a newer version. For this reason, it is advised that you create a file named ‘custom.css’ and put in all CSS customizations into that file, leaving style.css unchanged. The filename ‘custom.css’ is important as this file will be automatically included when WP loads.
Update on 2009-09-18: It seems that even the custom.css file gets deleted on upgrades. Therefore, custom.css should be backed up before upgrades. Also refer to this post for a better method to customize your theme: Using theme inheritance to customize your theme