Mimbo 2.2 is Available for Download

The new version is out — meanwhile read about what’s new:

The path to files and images now uses the template_url parameter instead of a hard-coded link. This should make upgrades easier.
Contextual sidebars: on single-post pages, the sidebar now contains a “More from this category” module.
‘News’ headlines have been removed from single-post pages to make room for the module described above.
On the homepage sidebar, I’ve linked the word “News” to its archive.
On a recommendation from this forum thread, the author photo now checks for a username.
Tags and formatting have been added to single-post pages.
The <title tag> on all pages checks for current category instead of saying “Blog Archive»”

Upgrading

Mimbo is a strange beast in that it’s made to be customized, but cannot necessarily be “upgraded” in the traditional sense. For folks who have greatly customized their site and don’t want to overwrite it with v2.2, I would suggest downloading this recent version and copy-pasting in whatever bits of code you need — I have done my best to write concise comments for these recent changes. Let me know if you can’t find anything.

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Nov 28
9:41 am

Daniel Mirante
Thanks for your continued efforts in honing your classic design. Basically I have your mimbo to thank for helping me ‘get into’ wordpress, so viva for a great educational resource….

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Nov 29
7:35 am

Aditya (aka laem)
Thanks a lot. Will go through the updates and make changes accordingly.

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Nov 29
9:47 am

will
Well done for providing such active support.

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Dec 2
8:27 am

Jonas
Hello, I was wondering if it’s possible for Google to index the main index page?
As I experience it now, google only indexes the posts, but not the front page…

Thanks for mimbo!

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Dec 19
4:15 pm

JaC
It would be great (especially for people who have no clue who to write PhP) if you could insert conditional IF in the code for the lead story and feature images.

Those images have to be of a fixed size both for width and height and some authors are not able to edit the images accordingly prior to publishing their articles.

The conditional would insert a predefined default image to allow the time fir somebody else to intervene later by inserting the related correct image.

Anyway great “beast”

Many thanks

Best regards

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Dec 29
12:12 pm

claudya
Darren, iÂ´ve downloaded your theme Mimbo 2.2, and iÂ´ll install it. Great theme and lovely site/blog!!! Congrats! Would you put a translate button at it, for brazilian visitors and others can read it in an easy way? Happy Holidays.

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Jan 20
5:20 am

Chick-Autz
Hi,

I upgraded my theme to 2.2 but I noticed that 404 is not working.

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Jan 20
9:35 am

Chick-Autz
^In IE7.

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Feb 1
7:39 am

Daniel
Hi! I have a problem with the theme and I do not know how to fix it. I installed Mimbo theme at http://tinerisararie.bycoddot.com. Basically it works fine, but it adds a point http://tinerisararie.bycoddot.com/. after the address in some browsers and the page does not work anymore. Could you, please , be kind, and fix this?

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Jun 8
6:53 am

Wilma Boekholt
Thank you so much for the theme. I used it on http://livingenzo.com. I love it!

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Jun 26
4:35 pm

butter
mimbo is easy to maneg a nd gret to work

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Aug 11
1:00 pm

Pinyo
I recently implemented Mimbo on my blog. Great looking theme and very easy to work with. Thank you.

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Aug 11
4:24 pm

anon
Can you change the font and font size easily?

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Aug 28
9:06 am

Writergal
Hi!

I had some trouble unzipping the Mimbo file. Got error messages saying that there was already a file of the same name. Please help.

Thanks

C

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Sep 10
6:12 am

Rich
Absolutely incredible theme that i have been using for a few months now on my site. I heard rumblings of Mimbo 3 so cannot wait for that :)

See my slightly customised Mimbo at http://richl.com/

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Sep 28
3:18 am

ozn
Thank you very much

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Dec 9
10:14 pm

wino
Anyone know how to remove one category from the side bar? I’ve got “Wine Bars by Neighborhood” instead of categories. I also want to write articles and would like them to show up in their own “category” field.
http://www.oaklandwinebars.com/
Thanks!

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Feb 11
3:24 am

George
Great theme ever, suited me better than every premium theme I ever demoed.

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Jun 5
1:28 pm

Mang Oka
When i tried to use (upload) “mimbo3 wordpress theme,” there were a warning: fatal error…public html/wp-content/themes/mimbo3/indeks php online….

What’s wrong, and how to solve that problem?

Thanks for your help

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Jun 19
11:46 pm

Haidir
it’s free!..yeah,, i like it…thank you very much, sir…

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