It appears somehow the uploads directory I had on my Dreamhost account got wiped out. Nothing important there… except my Garland theme release. Since several people have been asking me about it lately, I thought it was time to wrap up a fresh release.
If you’re looking for the Garland theme for a stand-alone Wordpress blog, you’ve come to the right place!
In theory, this release shouldn’t be any different than the previous one, but I can’t promise that - I don’t recall having made some of these changes previously.
I’ve tried to get in touch with Matt to see if there is any way to get these changes into the Wordpress.com themes repo, but I have not yet heard back from him. In any event, please let me know if you notice any problems!
Changes
In a nuttshell, the changes are purely superficial - URLs mostly. The path for reaching the theme on the Wordpress.com servers differs from that of standalone blogs. Additionally, jQuery is not available on the admin pages of the current Wordpress release by default, while it is on Wordpress.com.
SVN / 2.5 Notes
While testing on the latest copy of trunk, I noticed that the plugin is unable to register its admin page. This is because the page for theme-related config has changed from ‘Presentation’ to ‘Design’ during the admin redesign project. Whether this will be true of the 2.5 release or not, I have no idea.
If you’re trying to run Garland on the bleeding-edge of Wordpress, you’ll want to change ‘Presentation’ to ‘Design’ in the 3rd to last line of functions.php to make sure it knows the proper page to hook into.
Download
Snag ‘er here: garland-standalone_1.5.zip
Yes, We Can.
In the past on this blog, I’ve supported Ron Paul for President and Chris Dodd for fighting the FISA immunity bill. Throughout both, I’ve always realized that there was something uplifting and inspiring about Barack Obama, but have been unable to put my finger on it.
Thanks to Nick Harris of NewsGator’s Inbox product, I no longer have to wonder:
After you’ve enjoyed the motivating musical adaptation, I encourage you to watch the entire speech, given by Obama after the New Hampshire primaries: Yes, We Can.. The really good stuff starts at around 9:45…
While others constantly demonstrate how wrong our country is and point out the seemingly endless list of things that are broken in our society, Obama has spoken positively of the great things America has accomplished and that it has yet to accomplish. You don’t have to like all of his positions — when was the last time there was a candidate you did? — but how can you deny that this man has our best interests at heart after watching that moving presentation?
While I still think Ron Paul would make an amazing President, it’s clear he’s not going to win this election. Faced with the prospect of a McCain or a Hillary Clinton term, there is absolutely no doubt in my mind that Barack Obama represents our best hope for changing the negative path we’ve been on for far too long. So with pride I say: Obama for President!
Yes, we can!