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W3C Validation Errors
Hi david,
I got the email this morning with the link for the new theme. i notice that according to w3c validator, the new stallion theme (assuming this site is running the new theme) contains several errors but talian 5 contained no errors. Will you be fixing this in the futore so that this new theme is w3c validated?
thanks
ally
Facebook Code Causes Validation Errors
The Stallion theme validates, but some of the additional (optional) features don’t.
You’ll see the validation errors are related to the Facebook like button and the Twitter tweet button. These are turned off by default.
Both sets of code are using pretty much the default code supplied by Facebook and Twitter, they apparently didn’t care about HTML validation.
Facebook is javascript code so won’t cause any SEO type problems (shouldn’t break anything) and the Twitter code is an iFrame which again shouldn’t cause problems.
I did try to fix the validation errors with the code, but in the case of Facebook I’m not familiar with that coding, so couldn’t fix them all (proprietary code from the looks of it).
David
Facebook Code Causes Validation Errors
WordPress Theme Security
Hello David,
Your theme security procedure is clumsy and malicious when it when it detects an invalid transaction ID. I am sure I enter the valid ID. There is only one ID on my original email from Paypal.
What do I need to do the repair my site?
It should not put the website on twenty-ten. It should go back to the previous talian 5 theme. Now, I cannot find talian 5 theme now. It is also removed from my theme list.
Please review the code and make it less damaging to the website.
I now get You do not have sufficient permissions to access this page message and your refer to two ID’s. My original email from paypal only has one ID.
Yours in frustration
Paul
WordPress Theme Security
DRM Protected Software
No arguments on the clumsy part of the DRM protected software, the DRM protection is not malicious though as it only removes database entries related to Stallion (hooks into the delete theme system to keep a clean database : all good options themes should have this ability).
Talian will still be available with the options you had before. Go back to the Themes page and reactivate Talian (or any theme you are using, it will not change those settings).
See other comments and I’ve edited the main content of this page with info about the permissions error. Working on an update to the DRM protection so TwentyTen isn’t activated when the wrong ID is used. This is the first release of this DRM theme activation system, did not expect this issue on this scale.
I’ve put your email address (or an email address associated with your name) into the reminder form, so you should have the correct ID in your inbox.
David
DRM protection bug fixed in Stallion 6.0.1
DRM Protected Software
Multi-Site Theme Licence
I have installed Stallion on mywordpress.co.uk and what I was wondering is does the purchase price include multiple site installations.
Also any chance in the next release of creating a page template with no ads and no left and sidebars.
Premium WordPress Theme Developer Licence
You can install it on as many of your websites as you like, no limitations. If you sell a site the new owner will need to purchase Stallion. If I find people selling sites without buying a new licence I’ll have to deactivate the ID (will deactivate ALL that users sites).
I’m thinking about a premium developer licence.
There is a no ad page template for the static Pages, but it does use the sidebars, so if you have ads on the sidebars they will show.
In the next update (not the one to change the activation system) I’ll be working on layout options so we can have different sidebar layouts. Aiming for both sidebars on the left or right and a one sidebar version where the sidebar is wider (at least 300px wide) so we can add the 125 px wide ads two side by side and the wider AdSense and other ad systems ads on the sidebar. If I can will add a no sidebar version.
David
Premium WordPress Theme Developer Licence
Website Background Images
Hello Dave,
is it possible to have an image in the white areas outside of the theme?
My niche is about woodworking and i want to have a wood panel on the outside of my theme.
Thanks..Bill
WordPress Background Images
Stallion isn’t designed specifically for something like that, but you would be able to have a background image for the entire page.
You’ll probably have it as an entire background though if you use a tile type image (like you can use on a Desktop with Windows) so it will work with all screen resolutions, but it would show behind the text etc…
I’d start with editing the style.css file (found at /wp-content/themes/stallion-seo-theme/ at:
#wrap_stallion {Add below it:
background-image:url('background.gif'); background-repeat:repeat;Put the background image “background.gif” into the Stallion theme folder.
If you use a 100px by 100px wide image it will be repeated over the entire background.
If you want the image not to show behind text I think creating a white 1px by 1px wide white image. and using this code on some of the other areas will stop it showing.
Try this, below:
#content_all {add
background-image:url('white.gif'); background-repeat:repeat;where white.gif is the 1px wide white image.
I think that should do it.
You might have a problem with this concept with the Simple colour scheme.
LMK how it turns out.
David
Update: Adding a background image is part of WordPress, so built into Stallion: Appearance >> Background.
WordPress Background Images
WordPress Theme Testing
Maybe day 2 when all is running and you are cranking out clickbank sales, you set up a Stallion research page/center on your site – with a little professor icon -for people to give feedback on things they have tried with the Stallion. It could include polls etc. Or a suggestion box or people brainstorming about SEO.
Maybe that defeats the purpose of Stallion which is a turn-key theme so people focus on their core business. But I love to test and tweak things. Regarding the old adage ‘if it ain’t broken don’t fix it’. Well I believe if it is not broken, this is where and when you try to tweak it to amp up already good results.
Testing Stallion colors –
I am testing which colors work best. I like the white theme the best for look, it can look very professional with the right banners and headers. However, black, yellow are doing very well in my initial analysis for the green stuff. But not enough data to really make a conclusion.
Facebook Stallion –
I noticed a huge disproportional spike in Facebook visits. It is increasing exponentially almost with the inclusion of the like button. For example, a on a site with 500 page views I have over 100 referrals from FB. I am not complaining at all, I just can not explain it. I have seen a little increase though the eyes of Google Analytics but WP-Stats shows large numbers. I wonder if Google does not count FB likes the same way as WP-Stats. Either way the simple inclusion of SEM elements in your theme has really seemed to help.
Stallion ad placement –
I have experimented with the old themes of moving the bottom footer ad up to the end of the content where the link ads are now and it works pretty well.
But the most important area is the top of the content. I do not know what is the best for this, right or left align – but it seems the large rectangle is the best in either case. Just do not want to overwhelm people so I either push the side bar ads down or off if I use this.
The Expander plugin looks very tempting and is on my list.
These are some of the things I am trying, but not everything. I like to subscribe to comments here as I feel if you are not reading the Stallion comments you are missing something. Reading your comments on your Talian theme site and 45 year old millionaire, I have learned a lot about SEO.
WordPress Theme Testing
Stallion SEO WordPress Plugins
Hi David.
Am gradually putting my new site together with Stallion which is generating a few queries.
1. I brought WP Expander plugin to your attention, revised version of which you will be selling soon. Am I still OK to use my original purchase version or are there significant differences which mean I should purchase your version to use with Stallion?
2. You mention you use a customised version of WordPress SEO Super Comments Plugin for Talian 05 but there is no download link for your version. can you provide a link and also confirm it’s OK with Stallion please.
3. Can I remove the “Leave a reply” boxes and/or facebook/twitter from any of the pages such as Contact, Privacy Policy etc whilst still leaving them on post pages?
Thanks
Nigel
Stallion SEO WordPress Plugins
Stallion WordPress Theme SEO Plugins
My version of the WP Expander plugin fixes a few minor coding errors, basically the author has left white space at the end of PHP code, if you know anything about PHP you’ll know this can cause problems.
I realized the issue because when you leave blank spaces at the end of a PHP file and view source of the web page running it you sometimes find empty lines at the very top of the code. Every blank line tends to equal one white space error. East to fix, load each file in a text editor and remove any blank lines or spaces after the PHP code.
So you won’t need to buy again, if you run into problems remove the blank lines and white space.
The WordPress SEO Super Comments Plugin for Talian 05 is included with the Talian 5 zip file, you need to install it like any other plugin.
In Stallion I’ve incorporated the plugin code directly into the theme with a major rewrite, so to activate it go to the Stallion Advanced SEO options page.
If you run Stallion on a site turn the Talian version of the plugin off, it interferes with the new Stallion version of the code. The Stallion version includes some new features, works in combination with the Comment title plugin, uses the titles as the title element (title tag) of the comment pages and in other areas. Also incorporated the gravatar code into the Stallion SEO Super comments plugin and the automated thumbnails plugin built into Stallion, if the original post has a image shown (feature image or a YouTube screenshot for example) it’s also shown on the comment pages. If you leave the Talian version turned on those three features don’t work as the separate plugin version overrides the theme version.
To remove elements from the static blogs Pages you’d create a new Page template. As it happens I just realized I forgot to delete a template I made for this site, I’m running a plugin for the ordering system and it uses static Pages for the Thank You and Download pages. I made a static Page template and stripped out various elements I didn’t want on those pages, tested it in my test site and forgot all about it, so it’s in the zip file :-)
You can access it via the Static Page template system when you create/edit a static Page (like the About page), the template is called “Static Page Download” and I’ve removed a lot of stuff from it (filename page-download.php), that about as clean as it gets. There’s other Page templates including “Static Page No Ads” (filename page-ad-free.php) which has ads removed.
David
Stallion WordPress Theme SEO Plugins