Slider: A WordPress Theme
Mar 4, 2007
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Slider is a playful theme, full of javascript effects, for WordPress versions 2.1 and higher. It’s a simple three column, brown and yellow theme, and supports widgets in the sidebar.
Slider X an alternative style choice for Slider.
New version: Slider Red
Slider uses an em based elastic layout. To see it in action, try changing the text size on your browser. If you are using Firefox, turn the scroll wheel while keeping CTRL pressed.
Slider Navigation : Tutorial and Files.
Older Themes:
Scroller { Ozone | Brown }
Black Hole { Default | X }
44 Comments
Mar 5, 2007 | 5:31 pm
Hmmm… demo doesn’t seem to work in any of my browsers (Safari, Firefox, Flock…) – only see the sidebar on the left…
Mar 5, 2007 | 8:57 pm
This theme requires javascript to be on. The sidebar you are seeing is the starting point, click on things and you will see slider work. If not, you probably have javascript turned off on your browser.
Mar 5, 2007 | 11:40 pm
[...] Slider is a playful theme, full of javascript effects, for WordPress versions 2.1 and higher. It’s a simple three column, brown and yellow theme, and supports widgets in the sidebar. [...]
Mar 6, 2007 | 1:38 am
[...] Slider ist ein verspieltes Theme voller JavaScript-Effekte für Wordpress Versionen größer 2.1. Es ist ein einfaches, dreispaltiges, braun-gelbes Theme mit Support für WordPress Widgets. [...]
Mar 6, 2007 | 3:18 am
[...] Slider es un tema juguetón lleno de efectos javascript. Para WP versión 2.1 y superiores. Es un tema simple a 3 columnas, marrón y amarillo, y está preparado para widgets en la barra lateral. [...]
Mar 6, 2007 | 7:12 am
[...] The free wordpress theme Slider from KarmaDude is exactly that. First, I’m diggin on the color – a rich, lush chocolate brown which I just don’t think you see enough of when it comes to web pages. The ’sliding action’ as each block is drawn via javascript is nicely done – interesting without falling into the ‘annoying’ trap. Everything looks lovely whether viewed in Firefox or IE and in general it’s the type of theme I’d like to see a lot more of. [...]
Mar 6, 2007 | 8:16 am
Interesting concept
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Mar 6, 2007 | 10:34 am
Nice theme
Do you plan to release a lighten version?
Mar 6, 2007 | 10:42 am
CLAUDIO, yes, I am currently working on a lighter version. It will be available early next week.
Mar 6, 2007 | 5:20 pm
This is a very pretty theme, but it definitely doesn’t load up in any OS X browsers for me either, and javascript is on. I just get the left menu.
Mar 6, 2007 | 9:05 pm
JONATHAN, I am not really sure why the javascript would not work in an OS X browser. In this theme, by default, the first thing you see is the left menu. Try clicking on things, and see if you see anything different.
Mar 7, 2007 | 3:41 pm
this is pretty cool, any chance of creating a plugin with the sidebar functionality? id love that on my site but using my current theme, or maybe you could give me some pointers as to how to edit things in the download to get it on my site?
Mar 7, 2007 | 3:53 pm
ALEX, when I get a chance I will post a little tutorial on how to take apart the sidebar and reuse it.
The idea for a plugin is a good one, I will look into that as well.
Mar 7, 2007 | 6:52 pm
This is a great theme.
How can I add an author archive message similar to the ones on the monthly archives and the search results page?
Mar 7, 2007 | 7:03 pm
Also, it screws up when the search returns no results!
Mar 7, 2007 | 9:25 pm
SAM, I have fixed the issue with the search page. The latest download, has the fix. Thank you for pointing out the issue.
Regarding how to add an author archive message, are you looking to add an author archives page or do you want it to behave like how the monthly archives results behave; have everything displayed in the first column?
Mar 8, 2007 | 4:51 am
Thanks for the swift fix.
I’ve changed the author info on single.php to a link using
the_author_posts_link();Upon following this link I’d linke a little sentence below the results in the left colum like how the monthly archives results behave.
Mar 8, 2007 | 5:00 am
thats cool, i look forward to the tutorial and plug-in!
@ jonathan and benp, ive worked out that you start with the left sidebar, then when you click on a link, you get the middle column, and only if you click to see comments for that post/page do you see the third column/right sidebar.
Mar 9, 2007 | 4:10 pm
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Mar 10, 2007 | 5:46 am
No, I understand what should b happening. Having tried the demo, it works fine on other sites. I’m thinking this may be a conflict w/ a javascript call in a plugin? In the status bar, when I hover any of the javascript links, this is what i see:
Go to “javascript:;”
Is that what I should be seeing? I know nothing about javascript, but I’m used to seeing something more down there than “:;”
I’ll try disabling any javascript-employing plugins, see what I can ascertain.
Mar 10, 2007 | 7:20 am
I’m not 100% sure, but I think the culprit may be Link Harvest.
Do you have any idea why some browsers show no bullets by the lists in the navigation menu (Archives, Pages etc) and others do? Just different HTML support?
Mar 10, 2007 | 8:53 am
Me again! OK, I figured out the ul thing, very easy, but two final things. In webkit based browsers, there always seems to be a little bit of unrequired vertical scroll. I don’t see this with Firefox and Camino. And, would I be right in saying that Lightbox won’t work with this?
Mar 11, 2007 | 1:01 am
JONATHAN, in the latest version of Slider, v1.0.3, I have removed the use of Javascrip:;. See if this update resolves the Javascript issue you are experiencing.
Regarding Ligthbox, in the latest version of Slider, I have removed the conflict between jQuery and prototype. So, Lightbox should work with Slider.
Thank you for pointing out these issues with the theme, let me know if the fixes resolve your issues.
Mar 11, 2007 | 5:54 pm
It does, but the right column has become erratic now. I opened it in Firefox w/ the Web Developer toolbar, and get this javascript error:
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Mar 11, 2007 | 9:08 pm
JONATHAN, I had missed a couple of areas of conflict in the code. The new download has that fixed.
Let me know if you see any more issues, thank you for your patience.
Mar 12, 2007 | 6:12 am
No, thank you for the great theme!
Works great! Now I can put my own few slight changes in. One query: I’m not sure I’d want to, but is there a way for the default home page to display the latest post?
Mar 19, 2007 | 6:37 am
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Mar 29, 2007 | 7:07 pm
Whilst transferring your new 1.0.3 code to my css I’ve found a fair few missing closing tags. Mainly li tags in the postsSmall div and a few h6 tags elsewhere.
I’ve also managed to have child pages listed under a collapsible parent sidebar tab using for example:
<h5 id="projectsLink">Projects</h5>
<div id="projectsContent">
<ul>
<?php wp_list_pages("child_of=1&title_li="); ?>
</ul>
</div>
Currently, however, I’m hard coding all the parent pages into sidebar.php. Is there a way to auto detect parent pages and output them in a syntax compatible with the slider nav as some of my authors won’t have theme editing capabilities.
I’ve also set up the sidebar to be consistent throughout the site and made use of a recent posts plugin
Thanks again.
Mar 29, 2007 | 7:13 pm
Sorry… wrong link pasted in for the recent posts plugin.
It should be:
http://rmarsh.com/plugins/recent-posts/
Mar 29, 2007 | 11:49 pm
Sam, thanks for pointing out the missing tags. Regarding your question about detecting the parent page, you can use $post->ID for the parent id
wp_list_pages("child_of="
.$post->ID."&title_li=");
May 28, 2007 | 1:38 am
Hi! I loved the sliding menu thingie. Did you do that via plug-in or coding? I’m looking for something similar for my site because I find the archives section too long.
May 28, 2007 | 2:00 am
@Kaoko, you can find more information and code on the sliding menu here
May 30, 2007 | 2:40 am
Thank you so much. I tried it at once but my page broke ^_^ I’ll try comparing your theme with the sliding menu tutorial you linked to and figure out where I went wrong. Thankies
Jun 3, 2007 | 2:07 pm
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Sep 12, 2007 | 11:31 pm
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Nov 6, 2007 | 1:42 pm
What an excellent theme. Thank you very much.
Jan 26, 2008 | 2:59 am
I think this is a bug…
When i click on an archive or category link in the sidebar, the Blogroll menu disappears from the sidebar…Any suggestions?
Thanks.
Feb 13, 2008 | 10:17 am
Hi I really like your theme, but I have an issue with Next Gen Gallery.. the images mess up the post templates
Feb 13, 2008 | 11:00 am
@Karl, could you provide the url to the site where you are using the theme, so I can take a look? thx
Feb 13, 2008 | 11:57 pm
Hi
Just down loaded scroller-ozone-1.0.1
How and where do put in my Flickr information so my pictures are being shown
Thanks
ksikes “at” pioneer-technologies.com
Feb 14, 2008 | 12:07 am
@Kellee, in sidebar.php file locate div tag with id flickr_badge_wrapper, and insert your flickr badge script.
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