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triSexuality Standard

triSexuality Standard is an unpersonalized version of the very layout that I use here. It is a non-standard 3-column design that follows the wide-thin-thin idea rather than the normal thin-wide-thin design that most layouts of this type use. The colors are easy on the eyes, attractive and a lot of fun.

Installation

Upload the entire folder that is included in the .zip to wp-content/themes. Click on the “Presentation” tab in the administration panel and select “triSexuality Standard” from the list.

Features

• Includes Gravatar support without any modifications needed, other than to install the plug-in.
• Includes support for the Official Comments plug-in.
• Includes the ability to make use of my implementation of asides via the Customizable Post Listings plug-in.
• CSS includes proper notations for those interested in using a Flickr Badge, similar to what you see here.
• Included is “gallery.php” for those using the Flickr Gallery plug-in by Ramon Darrow.

Official Comments Implementation

If you would like the ability to have a simple visual cue for comments by official users of your Wordpress installation then follow these simple instructions:

• Install and activate the Official Comments plug-in by Brett Taylor.
• In the comments.php file within the triSexuality Standard directory find the following line:<div id=”comment-<?php comment_ID() ?>” class=”comment”>Modify it so that it becomes the following:<div id=”comment-<?php comment_ID() ?>” class=”<?php echo (is_wpuser_comment() ? ‘officialuser’ : ‘comment’ ); ?>”>
• You are done! :-)

Asides Implementation

If you would like to implement the same asides that I use here, which will offer you the ability to have a LinkBlog that is commented on, then follow these simple instructions:

• Create a new WP category and annotate the category ID. My “asides” category is ID 17.
• In your root WP 1.5.x installation, your index.php should look like so:< ?php
  /* Short and sweet */
  define('WP_USE_THEMES', true);
  $cat = "-17";
  require('./wp-blog-header.php');
  ?>
• Modify the $cat = “-17″ and replace the “-17″ with the ID of your newly created “asides” category.
• Install my slightly modified version of the Customizable Post Listings plug-in (I merely added a “sanitized” output that does not include line-breaks after the content).
• Add the following to footer.php, *above* the del.icio.us code:<h2>Asides</h2>
  <ul>
  <?php c2c_get_recent_posts(20, ‘<li>%post_content_sanitized% (<a href=”%post_url%”>%comments_count%</a>)</li>’, ‘17′); ?>
  </ul>
• You are done! :-)

Download

v0.50.

License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 License.