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New version “Redux” out now!
Download and preview the new code - features cleaner code, “out of the box” usability, and to IEon’s suggestion, the first post is only unfurled on the front page and not in categories or archives of any kind. Also features a new set of images. Enjoy ^^

Bare.
When I originally set out to develop a Wordpress theme, one thing came to mind: simplicity. So I started with what files were absolutely necessary for Wordpress to do its thing, and which ones weren’t. And at the end of it all, I came out with 4 files, 3 scripts, and 1 image. Welcome to Bare!

Note: This theme was developed under Wordpress 2.1. If you have not upgraded yet, then I can not say whether or not this theme will work. (Although it probably should work, I’m just letting you know that I haven’t tested it with any versions of Wordpress prior to 2.1.)

*You can preview the demo of this theme by clicking here.

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Bare, Version:Complete
(this information is here only for informational purposes on the upcoming theme, which has not been released yet.)

Clean installation:

  • Unzip contents of download.
  • Move theme folder to wp-content/themes.
  • Move any plugins you want to use to wp-content/plugins and activate via plugins admin menu.
  • Done.

Everything in the html of the main index template has been commented for easy editing. Structure is - header, 404, main index, single post, page and then archives followed by everything at the bottom of the page. It’s all pretty self explanatory.

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Editing
The header, single post, single page, archives, search, and footer are all contained within the main index file using the if is command, and there is space open at the bottom for plenty of content (it has been commented with the line you can add content here).

Warning
If you do not know what you are doing, it is quite possible you can break this theme. I have programmed it pretty tightly with everything in its place. If you add to this theme, you do so at your own risk.

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Installation

  • Download Bare and un-zip it.
  • Upload to your /wp-content/themes/ folder.
  • Navigate to “Presentation” and then select it.
  • Done.

Plugins supported


Questions
A few questions that you may have that I have decided to ask myself.

Q: Only one page?! Have you lost your mind?
A: Quite the contrary. I often found myself going from one file to the next, editing and copying and pasting, and then tabbing back and forth. Once, I had 6 tabs open devoted to editing template files! I thought to myself, there has to be an easier way.

I’ve moved everything into one page for the simplicity of it: one file, one edit, one click to save. Simple.

Q: Why aren’t there any plugins (or code for plugins written into this theme)?
A: I developed this theme with one simple fact in mind: nobody wants to install multiple plugins just so a few special effects can occur (I certainly don’t, anyway. Although I have on rare occasions.)

Q: Will my plugins break this theme?
A: Truthfully? I have no idea. Although they shouldn’t (at least the non-obtrusive ones like word count, similar posts, time since, etc.), there is still always the possibility of the breakage occurring. I designed this theme with the bare necessities needed to run a viewable blog; most plugins (at least 90%) either don’t add any functionality that is truly necessary or just don’t interest me. I like keeping things simple yet pleasing. Hopefully, I have achieved this.

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Bugs

  • View links, when clicked, open up other posts. The only way that this would happen is if you have the exact same name for several posts. A workaround would be to add a unique identifier to the div layer name.
    top” div align=”left”>
    would be changed to
    top” div align=”left”>
    which would not only name the div layer the name of the post, but would also add the date of the post as well. The key is to make each div layer created within the loop unique so that the view link is able to drop the posts separately. Thanks to IEon for pointing me to this problem.
  • Lightbox/Thickbox conflicts with the javascript needed to run the drop down posts. (Thanks to Matt over at Olympus-mons.com.) Fixed: The lightbox javascript comes pre-installed and bundled with the package. To use the effect, your links should look like this: . Not exactly like that, but you will need the rel=”lightbox” in your href portion of the link.
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Anything else?
You can drop me a line at Boyevul@gmail.com with any questions you may have. Have any suggestions for a future version of this theme? Let me know; I’ll be more than happy to listen to them!

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