The biggest change in 1.5.6 is the inclusion of comment_form. The WordPress Themes Directory requires use of comment_form. K2 had a custom form in place for comments, so I removed that form and replaced it with the comment_form function. Changes other than that were pretty negligible (ie: replacing blog_info(‘url’) with ‘echo home_url()’).
Not a whole lot has changed since 1.5.3, but the changes that were made are significant. Unwakeable 1.5.5 is compatible with WordPress 3.1.
The most notable change is the removal of title.gif file. That was the image file with “Unwakeable” written on it that sat in the top left corner. Instead of that image, text is now used. The name of the WordPress site is pulled and used in place of the image. You can see a demo over at the Unwakeable demo site.
I’ve also added support for custom menus that were introduced in WordPress 3.0. By default, the top menu is a list of pages. If you want to use a custom menu just set one up in your WordPress dashboard (Appearance –> Menus) and set that menu as the “primary navigation”.
My goal with this release of Unwakeable was to get it included in the WordPress theme directory. It’s still pending approval or rejection in the theme directory. If it’s rejected I’ll make the necessary changes, bump the version number, and submit it again.
If you’re interested in the exact changes that were made in Unwakeable 1.5.5, have a look at the following revisions in subversion: r131 r132 r133 r134
The latest revision is r135 but that was just to tag the 1.5.5 release in subversion.
If you have problems or find something broken, please submit an issue on Github and I’ll look into it.
It’s been a very long time since I’ve changed the look of this website. I previously used my Unwakeable theme for WordPress, but wanted to switch to something else.
I came across the Mystique theme the other day and thought it had a nice look to it, so that’s what I’m using now. Just a base Mystique install, nothing changed but a bit of custom CSS added.
I’ll probably stick with Mystique for a while before switching to something else again. I do know that I’m not going to keep this theme as long as I did Unwakeable. I’m going to try switching up themes every six months or so.
Also been thinking about moving this site to Drupal for a while. I’ve never really used Drupal much, never on a live site anyway. We’re starting to use Drupal at work and I’ve liked it pretty well so far, although I still like the WordPress dashboard better.
What do you think of this new theme?
Update 1/21/2011:
I did end up having to modify an image that comes with Mystique. The image was box.png and it overlays the categories, tags, archives, etc on the right sidebar. I have an extensive archive (going back to March 2002). The image was only 2000 pixels high, so I had to make it a bit taller. So that’s really the only change I’ve made, bringing that image from 2000 pixels high to 3000 pixels high.
I came across this list of voice commands for Kinect on the Xbox 360.
I wanted to document them here as well for future reference. I also get quite a bit of traffic related to Xbox 360 stuff, so someone else reading might find it useful.
Please be aware that this is not a complete list. This list mostly covers voice commands that let you interact with the Xbox 360 Dashboard, not specific games. There are, however, voice commands for some apps: Hulu Plus, Last.fm, Netflix, ESPN and Zune.
You need to say “Xbox” before saying these voice commands.
Open Tray (only if there’s no disc inserted) -> Opens Tray
Kinect -> Opens Kinect Hub
Dashboard -> Takes you back to dashboard
ESPN -> Starts ESPN
Zune -> Starts Zune Marketplace
Video Kinect -> Starts Video Kinect
Trailer -> Starts Trailer
Dance Central -> Starts Game trailer
Play Game (disc) -> launches game
Next – > Takes you to next blade
Previous -> Takes you to previous blade
Sign In -> Signs you in
Achievements -> shows lists of achievements
friends -> shows friendslist
Face Id -> starts Face ID
Yes
Cancel
No
Last Fm -> Starts Last FM
Voice Commands In Last FM:
Love -> hearts song
Ban – > bans song
next -> skips song
play -> plays playlist
Voice Commands for Last FM, Hulu Plus, Netflix, ESPN and Zune
fast-forward -> Fast forward a video or song
rewind -> Rewind a video or song
pause -> Pause video or song
play -> Play a video or song
next -> Skip to next video or song
previous -> Skip to previous video or song
If you’re aware of any voice commands that are missing, please leave a comment describing the voice command and I’ll get it added to this page.
UPDATE 1/3/2011:
I just came across the official Xbox Support “How to control your Xbox 360 console by using your voice” page. It doesn’t list all the voice commands listed above, hopefully they will update it with all the voice commands at some point.
UPDATE 1/17/2012:
Martyn Herb left a comment with a tip on how to turn your Xbox 360 off via a Kinect voice command. Before you can turn your Xbox 360 off, you need to say “Go to settings”. Once you’re at the system settings panel, you can then say “xbox turn off” to shut your Xbox 360 down.
Google has some seriously nice looking fonts available for you to use for free in the Google Font Directory. All the fonts are under an open source license and are served right from Google servers.
Most modern web browsers support webfonts. The Google Font API FAQ would be a good place to visit if you have questions or are curious about some of the limitations.
Making use of these fonts in your WordPress theme is extremely easy, as long as you have a basic understanding of CSS. Now let’s get down to using these in your WordPress theme, we’ll keep it short and simple.
First, head over to the Google Font Directory and pick a font to use. I’ll be using IM Fell as an example, since that’s the font I use for post titles on this site.
Once you find a font you like, click on it. If the font you chose has variants, you will need to click on a variant to use. Once you’re on the font page, click the “Get the code” tab and google will generate the code for the font. You will embed this code in the header.php file for your theme. I usually put it right before the line that calls the theme stylesheet file. Here’s the code I used to include the IM Fell font:
After that, all you have to do is use the font in your CSS, typically the style.css file in your WordPress theme directory. To get my post titles to use the IM Fell font, I did this:
The font-size property defines what size of font to use (duh!). The font-weight property defines the thickness of the font (degree of boldness). You can apply the font-family property using the Google Font to pretty much any piece of CSS that targets text. You can use it for post content, links, widget titles, or whatever you want really.
If you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment and I’ll do my best to help you out!
