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[Stallion Responsive] New Stallion Responsive 8.2 Update on Sale

Released Stallion Responsive 8.2 on January 1st and a small bug fix on the 2nd, so Stallion Responsive users should be seeing the 8.2.1 update available under their WordPress Dashboards. Also updated the Stallion Responsive Child Theme to v8.2 which includes three new header/banner image sets (dogs, kittens and wild flowers). Both the main theme and child theme zip files can be downloaded at https://stallion-theme.co.uk/stallion-responsive-theme/

Note: to update a child theme download the child theme zip file, extract on your PC and upload using FTP.

As the subject of this mailing states, Stallion Responsive is currently on sale (Christmas sale), but not for much longer, so if you haven’t already purchased a license, don’t wait too long.

The 8.2 update is another huge leap in features.

Been hearing the Stallion theme series looks dated for sometime and agree some of the styles I’ve developed aren’t that inspiring.

To bring even more options into how to style a WordPress site I’d split the styling into two parts in Stallion 8.1:
Layout (how wide sidebars are etc…)
Colour (font colours and font styles)

This worked quite well, but meant to use a different font family and font sizes required building a new colour scheme. With Stallion 8.2 I’ve split the colour part into two parts so now colours and fonts are separate, so we now have:

Layout (how wide sidebars are etc…)
Colour (font colours)
Font (font styles)

Means we can build a new colour scheme and use it with any of the current font schemes, or build a new font scheme and use it with any of the current colour schemes. This multiplies the number of possible theme styles possible, currently in 8.2 there are:

12 Layouts
32 Colour Schemes
26 Font Schemes

Which means there’s a total of 12 x 32 x 26 = 9,984 theme styles.

If I/you create just one new layout or colour or font scheme it adds 384 new combinations.

For the font families I’ve used websafe fonts (will work on all devices).

These sites for example use…

# http://www-news.co.uk/
Layout = #3 Main Content 660px : Left sidebar 310px
Colour = White n Dark Blue
Font = Times New Roman, Times, serif Rounded Corners

Want something a bit out there, what about neon yellow and comic sans.
# http://www.free-funny-jokes.com/
Layout = #3 Main Content 660px : Left sidebar 310px
Colour = Neon Yellow
Font = Comic Sans MS, cursive, sans-serif Rounded Corners

Also made a neon green, neon pink, neon purple and neon red, so if you like over the top colour schemes or feel like your site should look like it’s been hacked by the Matrix, go for it…

# https://stallion-theme.co.uk/
Layout = #3 Main Content 660px : Left sidebar 310px
Colour = White n Dark Blue
Font = Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif

There are 9,984 combinations, the above are the main settings, you can also set these on a post by post basis (every post on the posts edit page can have a different layout, colour, font combination).

# https://stallion-theme.co.uk/stallion-responsive-theme/
Layout = #3 Main Content 660px : Left sidebar 310px (same as main layout)
Colour = White n Red
Font = Georgia, serif

# https://stallion-theme.co.uk/stallion-wordpress-seo-theme/
Layout = #3 Main Content 660px : Left sidebar 310px (same as main layout)
Colour = Dazzling Blue and Cayenne
Font = Palatino Linotype, Book Antiqua, Palatino, serif

# https://stallion-theme.co.uk/mailing-list/
Layout = 1 – Main Content 760px : Left Sidebar 210px
Colour = Light n Marsala
Font = Times New Roman, Times, serif

I do like the Marsala colour (like a red wine), have a colour scheme with more colour called White n Marsala : https://stallion-theme.co.uk/website-optimization/ Have been using the website http://www.pantone.com/ for colour inspiration, Pantone produces colour trends for fashion designers etc… for example Marsala is supposed to be big for 2015.

This is just a taste of the new Stallion Responsive 8.2 customizations possible.

Many of the main Stallion options can now be overwrote on a post by post basis, want just one post with a top banner image of kittens, not a problem: https://stallion-theme.co.uk/technical-support/
Want the site to have AdSense ads, but on your posts which are selling a product/service not to have any ads, not a problem: https://stallion-theme.co.uk/stallion-responsive-theme/
Want a custom header image above the main title, not a problem: https://stallion-theme.co.uk/wordpress-header-images/

You can now disable or enable almost everything on a post by post basis, the possibilities are almost infinite.

There’s plenty of other new features as well like lazy loading images (improves performance, faster site = better Google rankings), but without using Jquery: most lazy load plugins require Jquery which slows a site down. So you add lazy loading to speed a site up by adding a huge 100KB javascript file, didn’t make sense, so found a solution (thanks to a Stallion Responsive user: thanks Erik) called Rocket Lazy Load Images. The stand alone plugin has a major flaw (when javascript is disabled there’s a big block where the image should be) I’ve fixed in the built it Stallion version (mines better :-)).

Almost forgot, also added social media Open Graph meta tags using the Yoast WordPress SEO plugin data format (Yoast data will work with Stallion, Stallion data will work with Yoast).

There’s lots of new options scattered through the options pages, for example we can turn off the continue reading links or set the header image to load above the main title area.

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David Law
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Stallion Responsive the Best WordPress SEO Package Online https://stallion-theme.co.uk/stallion-responsive-theme/
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[Stallion Responsive] New Stallion Responsive 8.2 Update on Sale

[Stallion Responsive] Stallion Responsive 8.3 Update

Released Stallion Responsive 8.3 in January 2016. Current Stallion Responsive users should see the update under their WordPress Dashboards. If not the zip file can be downloaded at https://stallion-theme.co.uk/stallion-responsive-theme/.

The update includes a bug fix in the Stallion Recent SEO Comments widget which broke the widget for WordPress 4.4 users. Rather than loading unique recent comments it was loading the last comment made multiple times.

Updated quite a bit of depreciated code.

Added some new options…

Under Performance Options : Clean the Header Code
New option: emojis_off Off: Removes pointless Emojis (OFF)

Tick this option and the new WordPress Emojis are disabled. If you don’t use Emojis tick this off, WordPress adds a bunch of pointless javascript and CSS which will have a small negative performance hit.

Under SEO Advanced Options : SEO Super Comments Settings
New option: Source of More Comments by Author.

In Stallion 8.2.2 if a commenter had more than one comment an excerpt of those comments could be shown on the Stallion SEO super comments pages. With this new option you can choose how those comments are selected. “Source of More Comments by Author All Posts” is how Stallion 8.2.2 works. “Source of More Comments by Author Same Post**” is the new Stallion 8.3 option which when selected will only show comments from the same WordPress post.

For example I have the Same Post option set at https://stallion-theme.co.uk/mailing-list/?cid=47542 you can see near the bottom under “More Comments by SEO Dave” all 5 excerpts are from comments by me under the https://stallion-theme.co.uk/mailing-list/ WordPress post.

This new option is useful for sites with a lot of comments and the commenter’s tend to post multiple times on the same posts. Means the internal linking and text is much more likely to be more related adding additional SEO benefit. Though it does mean there will tend to be less “More comments” excerpts shown. For example on this SEO super comment page https://stallion-theme.co.uk/seo-check/?cid=47494 there’s one excerpt because I’ve only commented on the corresponding post twice.

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David Law
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Stallion Responsive the Best WordPress SEO Package Online https://stallion-theme.co.uk/stallion-responsive-theme/
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[Stallion Responsive] Stallion Responsive 8.3 Update

[Stallion Responsive] Stallion Responsive 8.4 Update : 70+ New Color Schemes!

Currently have a $30 sale on for Stallion Responsive 8.4 https://stallion-theme.co.uk/stallion-responsive-theme/, don’t know how long I’ll keep it at this price (lowest it’s ever been!).

Released Stallion Responsive 8.4 in September 2016. Current Stallion Responsive users should see the update under their WordPress Dashboards: tested with WordPress 4.6 (I have it running on 60+ blogs). If not the zip file can be downloaded at the link above.

This is a small update in features, but HUGE in new color schemes.

Small improvements to the mobile responsive CSS code, in particular regarding AdSense ads: Google changed it’s policy on the size of Ads above the fold on small mobile devices.

Added more social media promotion options, ability to override the Twitter creator @name option on a post by post basis (useful for guest posts).

Huge update in the number of color schemes.

In 8.3.1 we had around 40 color schemes, with the 8.4 update that jumps to a whopping 112 color schemes! I used the color scheme creator feature (under “Stallion Theme” > “Color Options” : “Color Scheme CSS File Creator ON”) to create over 70 new theme color schemes over a few days (really easy to customize Stallion).

I’m using the post override features to show different color schemes on a post by post basis, so if you randomly browse the site https://stallion-theme.co.uk/ you’ll see the color scheme change to some of the new ones.

I found most of the new colors at http://www.w3schools.com/colors/colors_groups.asp and others at Pantone colors of the year like Rose Quartz and Serenity are this years colors: http://www.pantone.com/color-of-the-year-2016.

Find the colors HTML code like-
Dark Slate Gray = #2F4F4F
Use a site like http://www.color-hex.com/color/2f4f4f to find complimentary colors and shades.

Use those color HTML codes under “Appearance” > “Color Scheme CSS File Creator” (Stallion feature) to create a custom color scheme. The feature creates the CSS files and a backup file so you can deploy your color scheme on multiple sites (or add it to a Stallion Responsive child theme). It’s an awesome WordPress theme customization feature.

All Stallion Responsive Color Schemes
Blue – Airy Blue
Blue – Airy Blue Plus
Blue – Blue Izis
Blue – Blue Izis Plus
Blue – Cosmic Cobalt
Blue – Cosmic Cobalt Plus
Blue – Dazzling Blue and Cayenne
Blue – Dazzling Blue and Cayenne Plus
Blue – Facebook Blue
Blue – Facebook Blue Plus
Blue – Limpet Shell
Blue – Limpet Shell Plus
Blue – Riverside
Blue – Riverside Plus
Blue – Serenity
Blue – Serenity Plus
Brown – Burlywood
Brown – Burlywood Plus
Brown – Iced Coffee
Brown – Iced Coffee Plus
Brown – Maroon
Brown – Maroon Plus
Brown – Marsala
Brown – Marsala Plus
Brown – Potters Clay
Brown – Potters Clay Plus
Brown – Warm Taupe
Brown – Warm Taupe Plus
Cyan – Turquoise
Cyan – Turquoise Plus
Gray – Dark Slate Gray
Gray – Dark Slate Gray Plus
Gray – Light Slate Gray
Gray – Light Slate Gray Plus
Green – Emerald
Green – Emerald Plus
Green – Forest Green
Green – Forest Green Plus
Green – Green Flash
Green – Green Flash Plus
Green – Lush Meadow
Green – Lush Meadow Plus
Green – Light Sea Green
Green – Light Sea Green Plus
Orange – Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly
Orange – Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly Plus
Orange – Spring Tangerine
Orange – Spring Tangerine Plus
Orange-Red – Tangerine Tango
Orange-Red – Tangerine Tango Plus
Pink – Bodacious
Pink – Bodacious Plus
Pink – Honeysuckle
Pink – Honeysuckle Plus
Pink – Peach Echo
Pink – Peach Echo Plus
Pink – Radiant Orchard
Pink – Radiant Orchard Plus
Pink – Rose Quartz and Serenity
Pink – Rose Quartz and Serenity Plus
Purple – Rebecca Purple
Purple – Rebecca Purple Plus
Red – Aurora Red
Red – Aurora Red Plus
Red – Big Dip O Ruby
Red – Big Dip O Ruby Plus
Red – Dusty Cedar
Red – Dusty Cedar Plus
Red – Fire Brick Red
Red – Fire Brick Red Plus
Yellow – Mimosa
Yellow – Mimosa Plus
Yellow – Spicy Mustard
Yellow – Spicy Mustard Plus
White BG – Clean White n Hint of Blue
White BG – Clean White n Hint of Red
White BG – Clean White n Hint of Rebecca Purple
White BG – Clean White n Hint of Sea Green
Light BG – Light
Light BG – Light n Hint of Classic Blue
Light BG – Light n Hint of Marsala
Light BG – Light n Hint of Sinopia
Light BG – Light n Hint of Treetop Green
Light BG – White n Red
Light Blue BG – White n Light Blue
Dark Blue BG – White n Dark Blue
Marsala BG – White n Marsala
Dark BG – Dark
Dark BG – Black n White
Dark BG – Black n Blue
Dark BG – Black n Red
Dark BG – Black n Green
Dark BG – Neon Green
Dark BG – Neon Pink
Dark BG – Neon Purple
Dark BG – Neon Red
Dark BG – Neon Yellow
Dark BG – Charcoal n Orange
Dark BG – 50 Shades of Grey
Dark BG – Cyan vs Gray
Dark BG – Midnight Slate
Blue BG – Blue Door Tones by Marie
Blue BG – Night Sky by Marie
Brown BG – Coffee Cup
Green BG – Green Tea Tones by Marie
Light BG – Fresh n Green by Marie
Yellow BG – Celebrate by Marie
Blue – The Tale of Peter Rabbit
Blue – The Tale of Peter Rabbit Plus
Brown BG – PB I Want My Hat Back
Brown BG – PB I Want My Hat Back Plus
Basic Defaults – Light BG – Blue n Red Links

My wife and I are trying to break into the children’s book market : https://md-law.classic-literature.co.uk/ (uses the color scheme “Red – Fire Brick Red”). Four of the new color schemes are inspired by children’s picture books “The Tale of Peter Rabbit” and “I Want My Hat Back”. The Plus color schemes are the non-plus versions with the top header area and the widget headings using the main color (a block of color rather than white/light background).

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David Law
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[Stallion Responsive] Stallion Responsive 8.4 Update : 70+ New Color Schemes!