We’ve just released updates to our Modularity theme framework and its child themes which include some exciting new features:
Functionality Enhancements
- iPhone Video Support
- Theme Internationalization (i18n) and Localization (L10n)
- Improved Theme Options Panel
- PhotoShelter Configurator Compatibility Fixes
- Theme Minification
iPhone Video Support
You can now add iPhone ready versions of your videos to posts by creating a custom field that contains a key named iphone and pasting the full path to your MP4 video file as its value.
Theme Internationalization (i18n) and Localization (L10n)
One of the most requested features during the last several months has been the ability to translate our themes without actually needing to hard-code any translations into our theme files. You now have that ability in Modularity version 2.7 or newer:
If you are multilingual and interested in helping us create new translation packs for Modularity and its child themes, please get in touch with us.
Note: We already have translators for the following languages:
- Dutch
- French
- German
- Norwegian
- Russian
- Spanish
- Swedish
Improved Theme Options Panel
The theme options panel has been made even better in Modularity 2.7. We’ve added in links to theme instructions files, our new FAQ page, video tutorials, and our support forum. Panels for disabled theme options have been minimized, iPhone video support has been added to Modularity and its child themes, and we’ve also added in a navigation bar link generator for Photoshelter users:
PhotoShelter Configurator Compatibility
We worked closely with our friends at PhotoShelter to increase the number of supported themes from two to seven. PhotoShelter users can now choose from seven of our themes, including:
Just how easy is integrating our designs with PhotoShelter? This video should give you a good idea. Check out our PhotoShelter Integration page for all the details. PhotoShelter is also giving Graph Paper Press users a special $70+ discount available only until April 30, 2010. Click here to take advantage of this rare special offer.
Additional tweaks
Unnecessary Javascript functions and obsolete legacy files have been removed from Modularity and its child themes, reducing your site’s response time and increasing your theme’s overall speed. Videos contained in password protected posts are now properly hidden. The thumbnail slider in F8 now correctly responds to its selected category option and CSS tweaks to the footer allow for proper embedded image margins.
Themes Updated
What’s next, you ask?
All we can say is think big. Think wide. Our next themes are going to push the envelope in more directions than one. Expected release date? C’mon, we’re designers, not prophets.