Great white theme! Love the big header picture. Is it widget-supported?

This theme is widget ready starting version 0.2 .

what kind of license does this theme have? Is it ok to change the header picture, colors? I am new to this.

Thanks.

Emptiness Theme uses GPL to keep it consistent with WordPress? itself. More info about GPL can be found here http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html

Customising this theme is ok, feel free to modify the styles and the header image. Keeping the credits on the footer is highly appreciated.

as simple as zen! I like this Theme

Thanks for digging where the 'emptiness' comes from :).

Hi Cliffano. this is a beautiful theme. However it doesn't work seem to work properly on my IE6 on PC. Just checking that you are aware. How would I tweak the theme to make it display correctly on IE? thanks, Anthony

Would you be able to take a screenshot of the problem you're seeing on IE6 on PC? Please raise an issue http://code.google.com/p/bitpress/issues/entry and attach the screenshot to the issue. I can't suggest a tweak before knowing the exact problem first. Thanks for notifying me about this issue.

hi cliffano, have done that. Thanks for being so helpful. anthony

I am a complete novice to css and websites, but it seems to be something to do with the way the "float" is rendered on the right hand side elements? Anthony

It's related to the side elements indeed, only affects IE6. Fixed in version 3.0.1 . http://code.google.com/p/bitpress/issues/detail?id=1&can=1#c1

cliffano - thanks very much, I will try it, tinker around and let you know how it goes. All the best, Anthony

Hi cliffano-I am a novice at html, etc. Could you please give me a hint about how I would upload my own photo into your editor? Thanks for creating such a flexible theme. I wouldn't want to change a thing but that picture though! Bairbre

Do you mean the header image (tree branches + leaves)?

Go to the home directory of your WordPress?, find navigate through wp-content/themes/emptiness directory, and you'll find header.jpg image.

Replace that header.jpg image with your own. Use the same dimension 500 pixel width and 265 pixel height.

Please let me know if you meant other picture/image.

Thank you! That is exactly what I meant. Now if I can only figure out what went wrong w/filezilla! Can't get it to work today. sigh...

B

Great theme, congrats! The plain look should add some missing basic functionality though and I already submitted a bunch of issues. Great work, guys! You can check out the slightly customized version of Emptiness at http://blog.artiklz.com/

Thanks for raising the issues. They're included in v0.4, submitted to WordPress?.org.

Hi Cliffano, I just discovered Wordpress as a way to add blog function to my website. It's at http://billirwinarts.com/blog. I found your theme, it is exactly what I needed. I've tweaked it a little to try and match my main site, no doubt will keep fine tuning it over the next few days. Great work!

Thanks for using the theme. Nice customisation you have there :).

Hi Cliffano, how can I add my profile picture to that post sidebar?

Dusan, you have to register at Gravatar.com, make sure you add the email that you use on your blog's user account.

Thank you!

Hi Cliffano, thanks for the theme, but could you check the width under resolution 1024x768? It seems with such a resolution, there's a drag bar at the bottom of the page. How can I fix it, by changing the page width px? Thanks.

kastnerx, I'm guessing you're having this problem on IE? The body's right bar gets pushed down when there's a lengthy content in the middle area (just like a post titled 'XStringBundle NS_ERROR_FAILURE in my blog). I tested the theme with 1024x768 resolution on Windows using Internet Explorer, and it's ok when there's no lengthy content.

If you need a wider area for your content, then you might want to modify style.css' width attribute for div#container and div.main .

The theme really has problems under IE. In the sidebar, all widget titles such as "Recent Comments", "Tags", etc. are indented a bit. Looks fine on any other browser though.

Nikolay, the body right sidebar issue getting pushed down on IE6 was reported by anthony.goh and was addressed in Emptiness 3.0.1 . The indentation difference only appears on IE6, and it was a compromise I made in order to keep the stylesheet simple (improvements are always welcome). IE7 doesn't have any problem with the indentation or the lengthy content. Ditto for Safari, Opera, and FF, all good AFAIK.

Love your elegant and highly readable theme -- thank you! One question: I would like to add multiple categories for the linkroll on the right sidebar, but the Wordpress link "categories" option doesn't appear to work with the theme. Is there a way to customize the sidebar file to allow for multiple categories?

alykatz, you can try to use the Link widget and add it to Body Right sidebar, this way you're using the standard WP Link display rather than the simplified linkroll on Emptiness Theme. If you do use the widget, you might want to also add the Recent Posts and Recent Comments widgets to Body Right sidebar.

Hi Cliffano! Thank you for Emptiness! It's the perfect layout I've been looking for. I customized it a bit and tweaked it. Works perfectly except for the indentation of sidebar titles on IE6 (well, I don't use IE6, anyway). You can check out my blog to see how I made it all pink. :)

Thanks again! http://pinkcoconut.izces.com

Hi hotpinkcoconut, thanks for using Emptiness. Nice touch! Happiness indeed lies in pink fonts :).

Hi Cliffano! What an absolutely top theme! Nice and simple, although I'm still getting back into using Wordpress, so I'm still making changes! I really like how the theme can be customised to suit individual needs.

I'm going to try and remember CSS to personalise it even more! Thanks Again :) Http://www.paintedghost.co.uk

Just downloaded it - reminds me of the first, best theme that got me into WP ('white as milk'). Can't wait to try it out

Thanks paintedghost & s. The idea behind the theme is definitely its simplicity while at the same time allowing it to be a canvas for further customisation.

I can't "see" the current widgets in the administrtion panel of WP. There are many widgets in the blog but empty in the administrtion panel.

It's normal. Can I administrate these widgets?

belem, when you say "there are many widgets in the blog", could you please tell me what they are?

Hi,

How can I get rid of this Warning: Warning: gzinflate() function.gzinflate?: data error in /home2/kickmagn/public_html/wordpress/wp-includes/http.php on line 1787 On my first page here: http://www.kickmag.net/ Thank you again for a clean theme.

It was a Last Fm plugin issue sorry to bother you!

Hi,

Yes, there was a number of people reporting the same problem with Last.FM plugin . I'm guessing you started having the problem after upgrading to WordPress? 2.8 from WordPress? admin dashboard?

The cause is actually a corrupted wp-includes/http.php file. I believe Last.FM plugin itself is fine.

One solution is to replace wp-includes/http.php file with the one from here http://core.trac.wordpress.org/export/11450/trunk/wp-includes/http.php

Another solution is to do a manual 're-upgrade' of WordPress? 2.8 .

Hope that helps. :)

Thanks for your beautiful theme, and your very helpful instructions and links. Simple and effective, just like the theme itself. I'm attempting this kind of simplification in all areas of my life... I feel like my blog has just showered and meditated. Lovely.

hi, i've been in love your theme ever since i saw it on my friend's blog at http://glow.whyiamnotdying.net/ and i have been meaning to install it for my own but this little lovely item keeps popping up.

Warning: file(/usr/local/ndn/web/oneclicks/wordpress/wp-content/themes/emptiness/style.css) function.file?: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /usr/local/ndn/web/oneclicks/wordpress/wp-includes/theme.php on line 180

Warning: implode() function.implode?: Invalid arguments passed in /usr/local/ndn/web/oneclicks/wordpress/wp-includes/theme.php on line 180

and frankly, i'm very much clueless with what to do here D:

Hi appleFTW,

Can you check whether the file /usr/local/ndn/web/oneclicks/wordpress/wp-content/themes/emptiness/style.css really exists?

How did you install the theme? Was there any error during the process?

Hi Cliffano,

I really love this theme and have gotten rave reviews from visitors. I just upgraded to the latest version but I lost the photo header that sold me on the site: the stones across the brook.

How can I get that back? Is the code available so that I can change the current photo of a green field?

This is rather important to me.

Thanks for the site design and your help.

Tony

lauriatony, I'm currently away, I will make the stones image available for everyone to download as soon as I return home (unfortunately, 2 days from now).

Cliffano, I have solved the problem that I referred to above but would still like to replace the photo in the header to the original one of the stones across the brook. Thanks.

Hi Cliffano,

I'm still waiting for the photo of the stones in the brook from the previous version of Emptiness. That header sold me on the theme. This current photo is flat of field and adds little to the eye appeal.

Please make the previous header available as you said you would on Aug 6th.

thank you, Tony Lauria

Hi Tony, I've just uploaded the header image that you requested http://blog.cliffano.com/2009/08/22/emptiness-header-images/ . I'm sorry it's taking so long. Thank you for using Emptiness Theme.

A thousand thanks! Can't tell you how much better I like this photo! Once more thank you for this theme too!

Tony

Thanks, figured out the gravitar, do you know how to make the header image clickable to the home page?

writebentaylor, the image is actually a background to div#splash . So what you really need to do is actually to make the div a link, you can try the approaches discussed here http://www.ajaxprojects.com/ajax/tutorialdetails.php?itemid=223

Hi,

It has been said before, but this theme is really beautiful!

My only concern is the HTML used behind the scenes. It's built up in the wrong order in my opinion. The little SEO I know tells me that content should go before sidebars. A good measure for me is if the site looks good without css and if all the stuff is in the right template.(there's only one of the four sidebars in sidebar.php)

Your layout goes like this: sidebar title sidebar sidebar header sidebar sidebar content sidebar

I'd doe it like this: title header content sidebar sidebar sidebar(left side, maybe with exception of the post sidebar) sidebar sidebar sidebar(right side)

And then play with position relative and absolute. The difference is the you laid it out in columns, I'd lay it out in rows. An additional advantage of this approach is that you'd have all the sidebars in sidebar.php instead of scattered acros the whole template.

pepijndevos, thanks for the great suggestions, I really appreciate it. Content-first stylesheet has been on my TODO list for a while, but I haven't had the time to implement it yet - major CSS change tend to occupy a lot of testing time specially with browser compatibility. For now all I can say is that this will be implemented, but I can't promise when.

Hi, I love your theme! Is it possible to move the link for people to make comments to underneath the post instead of to the left of the post as people are having trouble finding the comments link. thankyou

selfhelpsolutions, I answered your questions here http://blog.cliffano.com/2008/05/31/emptiness-theme-v01/comment-page-1/?replytocom=385#comment-387 Please let me know how you go with it.

Cliffano, your theme is great, thanks so much for providing it. I have used it twice now and found it simple to modify and pleasing to the eye. Two questions for you: where would I go to change the link "Feed" in upper left to have a different title and how could I add a link near Feed and Home that says "Return to Site" so I can send visitors back from the blog to the main web site? Thank you!

By the way Cliffano, while searching your blog for an answer to my question came across your interest in Murakami. My cat's name is Haruki ;)

redlemoncreative, To change the link "Feed" title, please have a look at header.php, and find the line with <li><a href="<?php bloginfo('atom_url'); ?>">Feed</a></li>. You can change the word "Feed" with the title that you want. You can also add your own link (e.g. "Return to Site") on that same header.php file. Thank you for using the theme, I'm glad you find it simple enough to modify. And it's always nice to find a fellow Murakami fan :).