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Standard Theme 2.7.0 Released

Michael Novotny
posted this on November 28, 2011 11:27 am

8BIT is proud to announce the official release of Standard Theme 2.7.0, a premium WordPress theme for professional blogging!  

This latest release contains many incremental updates to features, enhancements, and bug fixes. Full details about the Standard Theme 2.7.0 release can be found on our blog and release notes.

Support License holders can find the new release in the downloads section of the Standard Theme forum. If you are not a Support License holder, you can always upgrade your Standard License to a Support License at any time to gain forum access and get support help, downloads, and tutorials.

Please feel free to ask any questions about Standard Theme on the blog post, Twitter, or by sending an email to sales@8bit.io.
 

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Jeremy Myers
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I am just trying to gear up for this transition. 

I have performed dozens of customizations to ST 2.6.1. Just so I'm clear.... I looked under the release notes and found the following list of files. On upgrading, these are the only files that will get changed by upgrading to ST 2.7? 

  • /admin/functions.php
  • /admin/home.php
  • /lang/standardtheme2.mo
  • /lang/standardtheme2.po
  • /lib/followcount.php
  • /lib/socialnetworking-webkit.php
  • /lib/socialnetworking.php
  • /lib/standardtheme.php
  • /theme-options/ads-125x125_8.php
  • /theme-options/ads-300x250_9.php
  • /theme-options/ads-468x60_10.php
  • /theme-options/author-box-settings_5.php
  • /theme-options/comment-options_6.php
  • /theme-options/framework-options_2.php
  • /theme-options/general-settings_1.php
  • /theme-options/sharing-options_7.php
  • /theme-options/theme-updates_13.php - REMOVE THIS
  • /comments.php
  • /header.php
  • /loop-aside.php
  • /loop-image.php
  • /loop-link.php
  • /loop-quote.php
  • /loop-video.php
  • /seotitles.php
  • /style.css
So, for example, if I made changes to archives.php, the changes will not get overwritten? 
November 28, 2011 08:35 pm
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Jeremy Myers
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Let me rephrase my question.....

I see that ST 2.7 has all the files necessary for a full install. If I only upload the files above over my previously existing Standard Theme 2.6.1 install, will that effectively upgrade me to ST 2.7?

November 28, 2011 08:39 pm
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Michael Novotny
8BIT Team

Jeremy Myers : : 

Technically this should work, but I'm going to give you a list of bullet points...

  • If you've heavily customized your site, I highly doubt that you didn't touch the standardtheme.php file and thats where most of the 2.7.0 changes took place. Replacing it, or any other file you've modified, would kill any of your changes.
  • While technically possible, this method has not been tested and is not supported. If you try this, you do so at your own risk. It would be wise to back everything up before you try. Upgrading Standard Theme, for now, is only recommended in this manor.
  • Unless there are some strongly compelling features in the release notes of things you need to have, then I'd suggest waiting until Standard Theme 3.0 officially drops. If you're going to put work into updating your site, you might as well wait for the big one.

Good luck!

November 28, 2011 11:22 pm
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Jeremy Myers
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Michael, 

Yes, I made substantial changes to standardtheme.php, and several other files listed above. I have been keeping a changelog.txt, but still... 

It looks like some of my changes are no longer necessary considering the updates you have made to 2.7.

I think I will take your sage advice, and just wait for 3.0 to release, then tackle the transition then. 

Thanks!

November 29, 2011 08:45 am
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Ben Brandt
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Awesome changes guys! I'll give this a go on my personal blog first and make sure everything goes smoothly :)

November 29, 2011 12:48 pm
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Darren Squashic
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I'va also made a significant amount of modifications to my theme... and I'm still running 2.0. I think I want to wait for 3.0 to come out before putting the hours in to overhaul my child theme to work with a newer version of Standard. Any guestimate to when 3.0 will be available? Next 3 months, next 6 months, longer?

December 02, 2011 05:45 pm
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Darren Squashic
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Nevermind, I should have read a little more before asking about 3.0! 

December 02, 2011 05:46 pm
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Kons
Support License

The Theme Update information is showing Version 2.7.2 ?

December 16, 2011 06:43 am
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Michael Novotny
8BIT Team

Kons, there have been two minor patches, which here also released as an FAQ.

January 26, 2012 11:23 am
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Tengku Faris
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it's necessary to upgrade to 2.7?

January 29, 2012 05:57 am
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JBrad
Support License

@tengku, it's not necessary, but it does have a lot of improvements in there. If you have done a lot of customizations, you may need to be careful, but if you haven't, the upgrade should be pretty straightforward.

January 29, 2012 11:23 am
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