Magazine theme updates

Ryan Lerch rlerch at redhat.com
Wed Oct 14 22:46:59 UTC 2015


On 10/15/2015 02:22 AM, Jason Brooks wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Ryan Lerch" <rlerch at redhat.com>
>> To: "Fedora Marketing team" <marketing at lists.fedoraproject.org>
>> Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2015 8:28:56 PM
>> Subject: Magazine theme updates
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I have been working on the magazine theme, trying to get a bit of
>> functionaltuy in place for the upcoming systemd series.
>>
>> Here is a quick test of it working on a sample wordpress:
>>
>> http://fedoramagazine-rlerch.rhcloud.com/2015/10/09/systemd-article-1/
>>
>> It uses a wordpress custom taxonomy to group the posts and display them
>> in the sidebar if a post is part of a series.
> That's a nice feature -- looks good!
>
> One bit of comment on the theme more generally -- I really like to see
> date and author up near the top of a page. Those bits of information
> are extremely important when you see a post and decide whether or
> not to read on. Old posts are worth much less than current posts,
> and a trusted/recognizable name goes a long way to establishing
> interest -- I get annoyed when I have to scroll around for this info.
>
> I mention it here because when I saw the subject line, this is one
> of the updates I was wishing to see. :)
>
>
> Regards, Jason

Awesome! I have created a feature request in the theme issue tracker here:

https://pagure.io/fedoramagazine-theme/issue/1

Also, everyone else feel free to file bugs / feature requests against 
the theme there too!

cheers,
ryanlerch

>
>> You can create a new series in the menu item in the dashboard Posts >
>> Post Series, and then you can add posts to a specific series in the editor.
>>
>> In another quick edit in this version of the theme, i changed the recent
>> posts widget so it doesnt show the post you are viewing in the recent posts.
>>
>> Will try to get this version of the theme up on the stage ASAP so you
>> all can have a proper look at it.
>>
>> cheer,s
>> ryanlerch
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