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1. Sr-ultimate.com | Web 2.0 & Me » DarkPad [Wordpress Theme]
   March 18th, 2006

   [...] DarkPad v1.0 is Dark WordPress theme , which mainly uses Black and Dark Grey Colours. [...]
2. Grace
   March 18th, 2006

   Nice theme Sree!
   keep up the good work :)
3. miklb
   March 18th, 2006

   Nice looking theme, but you may want to look at your line height of your post headlines.
4. Sreejith
   March 18th, 2006

   Thanks Grace & miklb . The line height was intentional :p , well anyway i’ll increase it right away.
5. sorahn
   March 21st, 2006

   i really like the theme, but i’d like to have it only take up the middle 70%ish of the screen, how would i do that?
6. Sreejith
   March 27th, 2006

   in css file.
   width: 70%;

   of container I think.
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   April 5th, 2006

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8. Heavidem
   April 7th, 2006

   I like this theme very much. Is there also a theme available for the admin-section?
9. steve
   April 11th, 2006

   Great wordpress Theme. Just a couple of questions. I don’t see an archives section, does the “latest” sidebar turn into an archive after a certain amount of posts?
10. Brian
    April 21st, 2006

    Wow, great template, I’m in love with it. I edited the CSS to make it look a little more flashy, but overall, it’s very impressive. I’ll be using this for a long time.
11. Steve
    April 26th, 2006

    Thanks for the great theme.

    apologies for the dumb questions: where do I use class=”articleimgleft” In the post body itself? in the Upload dialog?

    And is there an “easy” way to determine where images uploads will go to – e.g. /wp-content/uploads/2006/04/img.jpg –

    I’ll keep looking on your site for the answers.

    S
12. Sreejith
    April 26th, 2006

    If this image.gif is the image. you have to put the class inside the image tag. like this

    <img src="http://location/image.gif&quot; class="articleimg" alt="" />
13. Steve
    April 27th, 2006

    Thanks, Sreejith –

    Where’s the best place to add that class attribute? When I do it directly in the Post via the HTML editor, the result is the image layer / div hangs below the Post itself (see the URL above)

    When I use the “insert image” TinyMCE control, I get the same thing. (I see this in Firefox and Safari on the Mac)

    Again, thanks, and my apologies for the simplistic questions.

    S
14. Sreejith
    May 1st, 2006

    You can always choose the “html” option in the TinyMCE editor and insert the class code and update it.
15. Robert
    May 15th, 2006

    Sorry if this is a silly / obvious question. How can I add a graphical image to the banner.

    For example, let’s say I have an image I would like right justified and can trim it to be the same height as the existing banner.

    thanks…
16. xiGang Blog » Blog Archive » 805+ Free WordPress 1.5 and 2.0 Themes
    May 20th, 2006

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17. Robert
    May 20th, 2006

    Has anyone noticed that on long posts, the text starts to slide off the “page” to left. If the post is long enought, the leftmost letters become unreadable.

    Any thoughts?
18. Sreejith
    May 23rd, 2006

    Can you tell me which browser you are using?
19. Will
    June 19th, 2006

    Robert, I am also experiencing the issue where the text on my page is gradually shifting to the left. I am sending an email to the creators about this.

    Thanks,
    Will.
20. Sreejith
    June 20th, 2006

    Please download the theme again and replace the style.css file.

    The blockquote was causing this problem on Internet explorer and browser using IE engine.
21. GFXedit.com » Darkpad won Best Liquid Design award!
    July 2nd, 2006

    [...] I am happy to announce that in the WordPress Theme Competetion by ArenaWP that took place last month, My theme Darkpad was anounced the “Best Liquid Design” . Yay ! [...]
22. Sreejith’s NETwork » I Won ! I Won ! I Won !
    July 3rd, 2006

    [...] Yay ! In the WordPress Theme Competetion held by ArenaWP that took place last month, my theme Darkpad was rated the “Best Liquid Design” . Yay ! [...]
23. jay
    July 21st, 2006

    Here’s a little hack to make the side bar titles to stand out more:
    #right .title{
    background: url(images/head.gif) #555;
    font-weight:bold;
    margin: 0 0 10px 0;
    padding: 2px 2px 2px 2px;
    font-family:lucida,verdana,sans-serif;
    text-align: left;
    border: 1px solid #666666;
    }

    you can see it at toddapalooza.org
24. Jerry
    August 25th, 2006

    Hi Sreejith!

    Just downloaded your theme and installed it. Looks great! There are so many to choose from and get’s quite confusing. First let me know the things I personally look for:

    Darker themes – Too many pages throughout the internet using plain old shocking white (not to mention Windows Explorer in XP et al. When one uses the computer for hours on end, I tend to like darker colors, or some what sub-dued colors, like a dark blue would be nice, or even a wine-colored, dark red.

    Sub-category indentation – I like this. Most themes DON’T indent the subcategories and just list ALL the categories, sub- or not, in a flat list. The indentation really helps to find things once you start gathering a number of categories and sub-categories.

    Problems & Suggestions:
    ———————————–
    Categories: I noticed that your sub-category fonts overlap when there are 2 or more categories. Also, if possible, it would be nice to be able to hide or show sub-categories via a +/- type of pull down or flyout menu.

    Alternate Color Selection: As commenting above about colors, it would be nice if you can create this with alternate dark-themed (relatively) color selections (i.e., a dark red, wine-colored, or cool neon or oceanic blue, or dark foliage green representing an ‘earthy’ or ‘environmental’ theme.) The themes should still be relatively dark, but at the same time, good color selections so that fonts and text are easily readable.

    3-Columns: An idea? No possibility? It’d be nice to have left and right-side side bars.

    Anyway, this is my two-cents worth. For now, I am going to adopt your theme for my private (personal) blog. (I have more then one. ) (@J@).

    Cheers,

    Jerry
    Tokyo, Japan
25. Sreejith
    August 26th, 2006

    Thanks for the comment Jerry, I will try to implement the ones I can … soon.
26. Ronny
    September 1st, 2006

    Where’s the preview? When I follow the link, I get to a blog that looks completly different to the preview image.
27. Sreejith
    September 6th, 2006

    Fixed. Try now.
28. Chris Rue
    October 22nd, 2006

    Been using DarkPad for a while now over at the funcave. Thanks muchly for that, BTW.

    Glad to see DP & you getting some well-deserved kudos.

    All best…
29. MsUnderestimated
    November 1st, 2006

    Is this theme compatible with WP 2.0.4?

    Ms.U
30. Sreejith
    November 1st, 2006

    It is , and its compatible with 2.0.5 too.
31. Kate
    November 4th, 2006

    Nice theme Sreejith!

    I have looked and edited some of the CSS but can’t find where to edit the post heading which I think are just a little too much in the face. Could you tell me where to edit please?

    I like the theme.
    Jay: I like your sidebar layout
    K
32. Sreejith
    November 6th, 2006

    I have looked and edited some of the CSS but can’t find where to edit the post heading which I think are just a little too much in the face. Could you tell me where to edit please?

    .content h2 a, .content h2 a:visited {
    color: #000000;
    text-decoration: none;
    }

    Inside the above tag. :)
33. Iulian
    November 25th, 2006

    Please, how can I center more the theme ? I mean to have in the left more spacing. I’m new to html and css, sorry if this sounds noob. I’ve tried to edit style.css but I don’t know exactly how should I do it. Thanks.
34. Jeff
    December 21st, 2006

    Hello and wonderful theme. When I set pictures to “LEFT” (text-left) in WordPress, I get a hanging image. It droops over the area the post is in. However when I turn it off, the post is back to normal. How can I post text next to my pic without getting a hanging image?
35. Ryan McCue
    January 7th, 2007

    I’m using it on my site and I have made a few adjustments like changing
    $before_title = '';
$after_title = '';
    to
    $before_title = '';
$after_title = '';
36. Ryan McCue
    January 7th, 2007

    Ooops, check the source to see what I meant.
37. Escaflow
    January 24th, 2007

    Hi, after upgrade to WP 2.1 i resive follow error:

    WordPress database error: [You have an error in your SQL syntax. Check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '' at line 1]
    SELECT cat_id , cat_name FROM

    any fixes?

    regards
38. Adam
    January 30th, 2007

    I updated to WordPress 2.1 and there was a MySQL error in the sidebar in your DarkPad theme underneath Search. I use your theme, like it and corrected your query for the new database structure.

    Line 23 changed in sidebar.php FROM:
    $link_cats = $wpdb->get_results(”SELECT cat_id, cat_name FROM $wpdb->linkcategories”);

    Changed TO:
    $link_cats = $wpdb->get_results(”SELECT cat_id, cat_name FROM $wpdb->categories WHERE link_count!=’0′”);

    I believe this problem is because link categories are now integrated into the main wp_categories table.

    It works! No error. Wanted to share this with you and all other users of this excellent theme.

    Cheers,
    Adam
39. Adam
    January 30th, 2007

    Also, one more change that doesn’t fix an error but properly styles the Blogroll links. For design completists.

    Line 30 CHANGE the function FROM:
    wp_get_links($link_cat->cat_id);

    Line 30 CHANGE the function TO:
    get_links($link_cat->cat_id,””,””);

    Now, the white diamonds will return (as Elizabeth Taylor would say!) and the text will be the proper size.

    Cheers,
    Adam
40. Steve Spray
    February 2nd, 2007

    I’ve been using the DarkPad 1.0 theme for a while and REALLY like it. I just upgraded WP 2.1 and I’m getting an error, “…error in your SQL syntax…”.

    I’ve read it might be theme issue, so I thought I’d check first with you before I panicked.

    Thanks for a GREAT theme.

    -Steve
41. Blogtantra.com
    August 22nd, 2007

    i was searching for 3 column quite same like this…!!

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