WordPress Theme Developers Tip – Automatic Feed Links in 3.0

Version 3.0 of WordPress is due out soon, and theme developers are getting geared up to implement the new features. The new menu system has received much attention as it’s one of the biggest changes, besides the merge of the WPMU code, that most users will use.

One feature that I didn’t know exists until now is automatic feed links which will output all the different feed links to current page the users is on to the header. It was added in 2.8 but has been changed how it works for 3.0. For example on a single post page the main blog feed, and the single post comment feed links are added to the header allowing a user to easily subscribe to the either feed. Another is on a category archive page the feed for the main blog, as well as the feed for all posts in that category are added. So I’ve got this feature added to my Techozoic theme but to maintain backwards compatibility I though I would share the simple function I came up with.
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HTC Incredible – Name That Fits

I’ve recently traded my trusted Blackberry 8330 smartphone for a HTC Droid Incredible and I have to say the name truly fits this tiny powerhouse called a phone. The biggest feature that I’m loving right now is an usable app store, if you’ve every used Blackberry’s app world you’ll know what a painful experience that can be.

I’m also loving the camera, 8 megapixels is as same as my Canon DSLR. Browsing the web is now a dream as well, the included browser even supports Flash albeit in a lite format. Another handy feature is the speech recognition is very good and very well integrated into the built in Google search, allowing very quick searches via speaking rather than typing.

Although I did have some doubts with the onscreen keyboard, I have fat fingers and always struggled to type on the tiny Blackberry keyboard, but the key recognition is spot on. The predictive text is also very good and eases some of the typing. Battery life can be a bit iffy for a full day of use, but as powerful as the phone is I’ll certainly trade having to charge it more often for the power. Continue reading

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Transfer to new hosting provider

Over the weekend I will be transitioning over to my new hosting provider, DreamHost. During this time this site will be down, sorry for any inconvenience. I will update this post after the transfer is complete.

Update: Transfer complete, if you notice any problems please let me know.

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Techozoic Fluid now on Google Code

Techozoic Fluid LogoI’ve just setup proper project management for my Techozoic Fluid theme using Google Code. I have also designed a logo for my theme. If you would like to always have the latest version of Techozoic you may now use Subversion to checkout a copy. If you are like me and keep up with the latest WordPress nightly releases then you’ll know how to checkout code using svn. I use Linux but I’m sure svn works the same for Windows as well.

View the Techozoic Fluid project page.

Svn Checkout Instructions

#cd /path/to/your/blog/wp-content/themes/
#svn checkout http://techozoic-fluid.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ techozoic-fluid
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WordPress Theme Developers Tip – Adding Theme Menu

I’ve already discussed how to add an theme options page. Sometimes, as my theme has, a theme just outgrows having one menu page for everything. Instead of adding a second page under the Appearance Menu a separate menu might be best. The below code is an example of the functions required to use a separate menu.
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