Mimbo 2.0 is Available for Download

New Features and Improvements

Read more and grab the files here! If you’re already familiar with v1.1, you will enjoy the new features:

Image paths are now relative to the theme (ex: wp-content/themes/mimbo2/images/) instead of the root
The homepage now uses “index.php” as a template; previously it used the custom template “homepage.php”; any extra configuration is no longer necessary
A navbar is included for content pages
The sidebar is now widget-enabled
A third column has been added to the layout
A print-CSS document has been included
A PSD file of the original layout has been included; it features guides and layer groups which match the css class-names
Explicit commenting has been added to some templates
Optional tags for Microformats are included in the footer
Dynamic copyright/date info is included in the footer
An RSS icon is included in the /images/ folder
All sample images are included in the /images/ folder
The CSS is lighter and more concise overall

Thanks

This project has directly benefited from the feedback of other developers out there – big thanks especially to Bryan Pearson, Chris Makarsky and Tyler Gore.

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Oct 18
7:56 pm

Eric
Excellent work! I know lots of people have been anticipating version 2.0 of this theme. Good to see it available. :)

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Oct 19
3:07 am

will
Another example of the good side of the web. Thanks for making this high quality and innovative theme available for free.

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Oct 19
6:32 am

will
OK – still tweaking but here’s my personal blog using MIMBO 2.0

http://www.cycling-challenge.com

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Oct 19
6:46 am

Francis
Thanks Darren ! I will test and review it on my blog next week for my french readers. Continue the good work ! What’s next now ?? ;-)

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Oct 19
12:15 pm

j. noronha
Thanks a lot! It’s the first time I keep an eye on a release announcement. My
current theme has some issues I just can’t solve and it seems this will do.

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Oct 20
6:41 am

Michael Jubel
well.. quite complicated for them who are not using wordpress 2.3… i’m still using wordpress 2.2.2 and i’m confused with the php error messages.. :(

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Oct 20
6:42 am

Michael Jubel
something about “tags” that are not supported in wordpress 2.2.2

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Oct 20
8:17 am

Michael Jubel
by the way, i’ve applied this new theme on my site.. check it out http://www.majarikanayakan.com.

and can somebody help me how to modify the CSS to get a normal-positioning of numbered list? i want the numbered list to be indented inside the paragraph..

thx a lot!!

ANYWAY MIMBO 2 ROCKS!!!!

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Oct 20
9:37 am

Darren
Guys: I amended the download page to say that Mimbo works best with the latest version of WP, currently 2.3.

Michael: If you’re not seeing numbers in your comment list, it’s because the CSS contains this rule:

.commentlist li { list-style: none;

If you remove it, the numbers will display, and then you can adjust the padding and margins however you want.

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Oct 20
10:03 am

Aditya
Thanks a lot for this release Darren. Can’t wait to try this out. Looks simply marvelous. Cheers!

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Oct 20
5:53 pm

grooves1200
i’m a total newbie and just installed your theme. i’m getting a couple of error messages that i don’t understand, but i’m sure you or some other reader will recognize right away. when i click on any category, i get the following error message:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: is_tag() in /home/grooves/public_html/version3/wp-content/themes/mimbo2/archive.php on line 4

on my posts, i get this error message at the bottom:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: the_tags() in /home/grooves/public_html/version3/wp-content/themes/mimbo2/single.php on line 19

i’m sure you know what i’m doing wrong–can you help? also, how do you add categories to the top nav beyond “about” and “home”?

Thanks!

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Oct 20
9:19 pm

Darren
“Call to undefined function: is_tag() in”

Versions of WP prior to 2.3 did not support tags. Mimbo 2.0 was built for version 2.3. Long story short, anyone having this problem should be able to solve it simply by upgrading.

See also from the installation page:

“The latest version of Mimbo is most compatible with the latest version of Wordpress, currently v2.3″

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Oct 21
4:43 am

Carlo
Thanks Darren – awesome design which was relatively simple to set up using your excellent instructions. I haven’t got wordpress 2.3 so I’ve had to remove search options (for the moment), but everything else seems to be working really well. Here’s my site:

http://www.carlobezoari.com

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Oct 21
12:58 pm

Patrick
Theme fantastic … How have the same font size for titles “Widget ad on” than those of native Mimbo and the same graphics card?

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Oct 21
3:16 pm

will
To rephrase Patrick”s question:

How do you get the same formatting for sidebar widgets as the Mimbo sidebar items?

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Oct 21
3:23 pm

patrick
Exactly Said. Excuse my English

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Oct 21
8:27 pm

Darren
Patrick, open your CSS and change this:

#sidebar h3 { border-top:5px solid #BBB; border-bottom:1px solid #BBB; padding:6px 0 6px 2px; margin:22px 0 15px 0; }

To this:

#sidebar h3, h2.widgettitle { border-top:5px solid #BBB; border-bottom:1px solid #BBB; padding:6px 0 6px 2px; margin:22px 0 15px 0; }

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Oct 22
4:39 am

dem
really like it!… That’s the thing :)

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Oct 22
8:57 am

Hoodgrown_Magazine
Great theme. Thanks for all of the help getting it up and running. I’ve finished most of the customizing…. but definitely add me to the list of sites running Mimbo 2.

http://www.hoodgrownonline.com

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Oct 22
12:42 pm

Jenny
Nifty, I’ll have to check it out. :)

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