28 January 2007

3 Column K2 0.9.5 Release candidate

Here you go, one more update to 3 Column K2. As I mentioned previously, I am going to name the releases based on K2 releases to avoid confusion. But this update is not based on K2 V0.9.5 RC1, instead I updated 3 Column K2 with the latest SVN release (SVN 288). So we are uptodate with the latest development of K2. I am still trying to figure out the IE6 problems as I don’t have access to IE6, but I think I have managed to fix the sidebar problems in IE6. So far everything looks fine but please let me know if you find anything wierd. I will be using the same RC1 on my blog for another week, so you can check my blog before downloading. Enjoy!

Download 3 Column K2
Version 0.9.5 RC1
3 Column K2 0.9.5 RC1 – Zip file

  4. Actually, when I posted my last comment, your blog spewed a long list of error messages to me. Don’t know if the comment came through.

    Stephanie Booth • •

  7. Stephanie: Thx for pointing out the errors. It’s related to one of the plugins and its fixed. So, nothing wrong with the theme. :) Thx again

    Bharath Kumar • •

  9. I am having trouble with it. I only see “Sidebar 1″ in by K2 Sidebars Modules tab. Furthermore, the second sidebar is exhibiting some weird behavior.

    On a static page, it appears exactly as it does here (With subscribe in the second sidebar).

    On a blog page, the second sidebar mirrors the first, with the subscribe added at the top.

    Christopher O'Connell • •

  10. Christopher: I just made the changes and re-uploaded it. Can you please download it again and try. Sorry for the inconvenience. Now you can see both the sidebars in the K2 sidebars modules tab. Thx

    Bharath Kumar • •

  11. Thanks a lot,

    Works great now.

    ~ Christopher

    Christopher O'Connell • •

  12. yes, confirmed! 2nd sidebar appears with the last update now.. *PEW* You really saved my day, thx a lot Barath! :)

    phanthomas • •

  13. Ok,

    I am actually getting some weird behavior in IE 6.

    Each column begins getting drawn at a level just below the end of the previous column. That is to say, things are in the right relative position, but column 2 (lsidebar) is drawn with whitespace equivalent to column 1 height above it. A similar effect occurs with column 3.

    Thank you very much for everything you are doing.

    ~ Christopher

    Christopher O'Connell • •

  14. Bharath -

    I tried installing the new version to my WP 2.1 setup, but get a variety of errors after clicking “view site”, as well as clicking several links under the “Manage” tab, such as:

    Fatal error: Call to undefined function: is_active_module() in /home/dikarro/public_html/blog/wp-content/themes/3ColumnK2-0.9.5-RC1/app/includes/info.php on line 186

    I tried disabling all plugins, but it made no difference.

    Do you have any thoughts on what this means? Is there some special way we should perform the upgrade?

    Thanks
    Andrew

    Andrew Janjigian • •

  15. Here’s another error, after a fresh install (to make sure I had downloaded the correct one) and selecting “view site”:

    Fatal error: Cannot redeclare register_sidebar() (previously declared in /home/dikkaro/public_html/blog/wp-content/plugins/widgets/widgets.php:44) in /home/dikaryo/public_html/blog/wp-content/themes/3ColumnK2-0.9.5/app/includes/sbm.php on line 27

    Hope this helps,
    Andrew

    Andrew Janjigian • •

  16. I’m getting something like this “Fatal error: Call to undefined function: is_active_module() in /wp-content/themes/3ColumnK2-0.9.5-RC1/theloop.php on line 76″

    I’m useing WordPress 2.1, and a Firefox browser

    Blog adress is http://empikarnia.pl/

    I don’t have idea how to fix this

    MikeC • •

  17. MikeC: In the K2 Options, click on the Uninstall K2 button which will deactivate and clear all your K2 options. Ignore the headers error if you get. Then activate the 3columnK2RC1 from the Themes panel. let me know if you still get that error. Thx

    Bharath Kumar • •

  18. Andrew: Deactivate the WordPress Widgets plugin. Uninstall k2 from k2 options and then activate the new theme. Please let me know if you still get that error. Thx

    Bharath Kumar • •

  19. Looks fine in IE7 and Firefox, but in IE6 both sidebars are being pushed down to the bottom of the primary div content.

    Scott • •

  20. Bharath -

    Okay, I followed your instruction, disabled widgets and uninstalled the old one before activating the new, and loaded the new one. It showed up fine, except it was only a 2 column layout. Then when I clicked to reactivate Sidebar widgets, I got this error:

    Fatal error: Cannot redeclare register_sidebar() (previously declared in /home/dikaryo/public_html/blog/wp-content/plugins/widgets/widgets.php:44) in /home/dikaryo/public_html/blog/wp-content/themes/3ColumnK2-0.9.5/app/includes/sbm.php on line 27

    I pretty much get the same error no matter what I clock now, so I’ll probably need to delete the hew 3C2K manually to get it to load another theme, unless you have a quick fix for what is happening with this one.

    Thanks
    Andrew

    Andrew Janjigian • •

  21. Thanks for the updated version Bharath.
    It works fine except for widgets.

    I get the same error message as Andrew.
    I have tried deleting all of the theme, and widgets plugin, and reinstalling the both but widgets still won’t work.

    I’d appreciate any ideas on how to fix it.

    -Tnanks, Michael

    Michael • •

  22. One follow-up bug…wondering if anyone else is having the same issue. The Akismet badge seems to display correctly on my 2-column K2 blog, but not on my blog using 3ColumnK2. If you pick it from the available module list it does not include the background image at all. If you manually use it with a PHP module (entering the call), then the text is not centered vertically on the background image (the second line of text gets cut off).

    Scott • •

  23. Andrew and Michael: Dont activate the widgets plugin. This version of K2 doesnt need widgets plugin anymore. According to K2 SVN Changelog

    Removed legacy support for Widgets manager since we have SBM and our SBM can also handle third-party widgets.

    So when you activated your theme dont activate the widgets plugin. Its built into K2. Thats what creating errors for both of you. Please let me know how it goes.

    Michael: yes when u uninstall previous version and activate this new version, you get only Basic K2 with 2 sidebars. You have to select the switch.css style from k2 options page.

    Bharath Kumar • •

  24. Scott: I see you have some customizations for this theme on your blog. Have you checked if you are having the same problem in IE6 before any customizations. Or you can check my blog and IE6 and let me know. I am running the same version without any customizations.

    Regarding the akismet module, I will check into that and let you know soon. Thx

    Bharath Kumar • •

  25. Thanks mate! I love this theme and have been waiting for the update because I didn’t see your warning about updating to WP2.1.

    Yetrina • •

  26. Thanks for the update and the instructions.
    I now have it working great. The sidebar modules are really useful too. I now prefer them than sidebar widgets.

    Great work Bharath.

    Michael • •

  27. Me too. It’s working fine now, after uninstalling, removing the widgets plugin, and reinstalling. After restoring my sidebar modules, it is good as new, better even. Thanks Bharath for your help, and the great theme.

    One question. I’ve been trying to use the plugin My Link Order, from http://geekyweekly.com/mylinkorder which allows you to order categories and links in your blogroll. It is 2.1 ready, but it does not seem to work with 3C2K.

    You are supposed to have to replace

    get_links_list();

    with

    wp_list_bookmarks(’orderby=order&category_orderby=order’);

    in sidebar.php to get it to work.

    Will this work? And isn’t get_links_list no longer functional in WP2.1? I was assuming I’d find wp_list_bookmarks in its place.

    Best
    Andrew

    Andrew Janjigian • •

  28. [quote comment="17933"]Scott: I see you have some customizations for this theme on your blog. Have you checked if you are having the same problem in IE6 before any customizations. Or you can check my blog and IE6 and let me know. I am running the same version without any customizations.

    Regarding the akismet module, I will check into that and let you know soon. Thx[/quote]
    Yeah, your’s looks fine in IE6. I’ll need to back everything out and see what’s causing the push. Thanks!

    Scott • •

  29. is there a way to put a horizontal line between the main page and the sidebar in a two column style? if there is what is the code?

    thanks

    aRmAn • •

  30. Bharath, I got home tonight and deactivated ALL plugins, completely uninstalled 3ColumnK2 (saving my customiztions in a file for later of course), downloaded a fresh copy of the theme from here, uploaded and activated it, uninstalled IE7 and rolled back to IE6 (we have IE6 at work…which is where I noticed the issue). Alas, I’m still getting the same issue with the sidebar pushing to the bottom of the main content in IE6 (I hate that browser!). This behavior isn’t just on my blog page, but also occurs on all static pages. However, your blog (which is supposed to be the same thing) looks fine in IE6?!?

    Scott • •

  31. I have had exactly the same problem with IE6, but again, your blog does look fine, and the sidebars don’t push to the bottom.

    ~ Christopher

    Christopher O'Connell • •

  33. Hi Bharath,

    I have installed the new 3 Clumn K2, however there is a problem with the custom header image. It doesn’t not seem to stretch to fit the header automatically. What do I need to do and where to make it stretch? Thanks.

    hakim • •

  35. Just updated my blog to this. It’s going to take a bit to mod it back to how I had it but for now, I don’t really care what it looks like.

    Oh, I’ve found one issue so far with IE7 (unsure about IE6), the blogroll doesn’t show up on the right most sidebar. Any ideas about that?

    Chris • •

  37. Thanks for all of your hard work on this… I love it!

    anyways, I’m using it now (just starting off), and I’m having a problem with my RSS feeds using the RSS sidebar module. Have a look at my site:

    http://www.firebettman.com/

    the RSS feeds under “Scores” and “OTW” are totally messed up looking. Any idea what may be causing this???

    thanks again for such great work!

    -Matt

    Matt • •

  38. Thank you for the wonderful theme^_^
    But I ran into a little trouble now, After I updated my 3 Column K2 from 0.9.3 to 0.9.5, the Rolling Archives no longer works, as I can’t see it on my frontpage both in IE 7 and Firefox 2. What can I do with it? Thanks! :-)

    mickeylili • •

  39. The problem has been solved, it is caused by a sticky plugin named “Adhesive”, deactive the plugin and rolling archives appears again^_^

    mickeylili • •

  43. Can someone point me to the directions on how to get Ultimate Category Cloud to appear in one of the columns? I know it has to be an obvious solution because i don’t see anyone requesting it.

    Thanks

    domino • •

  44. Tommy: yes I am working on it. As I dont have IE6 on my system, someone else is testing for me. I will release it as soon as it looks fine. Thx for your patience.

    Bharath Kumar • •

  45. Turning off ‘Advanced Navigation’ generates a page error. Not fatal but annoying nonetheless. Any idea how to fix it? Thanks!

    Robert • •

  47. Hello, when the fix for IE will be aviable?? thanks a lot!

    Daniel • •

  48. Hey I installed the new version… why am I getting only two columns? Did I miss something?

    JC • •

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