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Wren - Minimalist and free portfolio theme for Wordpress.

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  • Meloncov
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    Meloncov greentooth
    Am I correct that there's no way to use the Wren theme if you're hosting through Wordpress.com?
  • Rurouni Strife
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    Dude, this is awesome. Going to set it up...probably for a Spring Update or whenever I'm less busy. 
  • Sythen
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    Meloncov said:
    Am I correct that there's no way to use the Wren theme if you're hosting through Wordpress.com?
    Unfortunately not until I submit it to Wordpress, that'll take some time !
    Rurouni Strife said:
    Dude, this is awesome. Going to set it up...probably for a Spring Update or whenever I'm less busy. 
    Great! :smile: 

  • battlecow
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    Hey Sythen , thank you again I'm playing with the theme right now, it's working great, I just wanted to ask if there is a way to reorder the thumbnails in the customization options? I am changing the creation date/time to get them where I want for now so it's fine but who knows, I might have overlooked something :D
    Cheers 
  • Sythen
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    battlecow said:
    Hey Sythen , thank you again I'm playing with the theme right now, it's working great, I just wanted to ask if there is a way to reorder the thumbnails in the customization options? I am changing the creation date/time to get them where I want for now so it's fine but who knows, I might have overlooked something :D
    Cheers 
    This is the plugin I usually use, works really well with Wren - once enabled just drag and drop your posts :)
    https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-custom-post-order/

  • battlecow
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    Oh fantastic thank you, I'm a total idiot and ignorant when it comes to web stuff :)
  • kolayamit
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    Absolutely beautiful, thank you very much SYTHEN. 
  • kolayamit
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    Hi Sythen, please add Artstation in Social icons.
  • pixelb
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    Slythen, this is amazing, I can't thank you enough. I was just about to reformat my website to accommodate a bunch of new work, but this is way better.

    I have a few requests, if you're feeling generous:

    • option to set an image for the sidebar background
    • profile pic in the sidebar. I use my logo a lot in my personal branding and it's a drag I can't fit it into the template somewhere.
    • more options for the typeface. Wren's default font is idiot-proof, but again, I've got all this design from my old site and I wish I could work it into Wren.
    • +1 for an Artstation icon.
    I'll use it regardless, though. Thanks again for all your work!
  • Sythen
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    kolayamit said:
    Hi Sythen, please add Artstation in Social icons.
    In the process of doing that actually, trying a quick fix in a couple of days for now. But the social icons are based on font-awesome, a CSS icon library. I've requested them to add Polycount and Artstation icons to the library.

    pixelb said:

    Slythen, this is amazing, I can't thank you enough. I was just about to reformat my website to accommodate a bunch of new work, but this is way better.

    I have a few requests, if you're feeling generous:

    • option to set an image for the sidebar background
    • profile pic in the sidebar. I use my logo a lot in my personal branding and it's a drag I can't fit it into the template somewhere.
    • more options for the typeface. Wren's default font is idiot-proof, but again, I've got all this design from my old site and I wish I could work it into Wren.
    • +1 for an Artstation icon.
    I'll use it regardless, though. Thanks again for all your work!
    All possibilities! Not sure about the sidebar image, but definitely can look into it. Typefaces & Logo/Avatar are already in the works!

  • RaptorCWS
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    Sythen said:
    Unfortunately not until I submit it to Wordpress, that'll take some time !

    Can you let us know when you submit the theme looks awesome.
  • kolayamit
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    I am having a issue, theme is showing fine in wordpress customise theme. But when i check the website in a browser, it's all messed up(please check the screenshots). Can anyone figure out what i am doing wrong.
  • root
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    kolayamit said:
    I am having a issue, theme is showing fine in wordpress customise theme. But when i check the website in a browser, it's all messed up(please check the screenshots). Can anyone figure out what i am doing wrong.

    I'm having the same problem.  Also all of my 'pages' - cv/resume, contact, and blog page - all just render as blank.

  • Sythen
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    root said:
    kolayamit said:
    I am having a issue, theme is showing fine in wordpress customise theme. But when i check the website in a browser, it's all messed up(please check the screenshots). Can anyone figure out what i am doing wrong.

    I'm having the same problem.  Also all of my 'pages' - cv/resume, contact, and blog page - all just render as blank.

    Hey can you both go to Wren Settings, hit right sidebar save, and then left side bar and save? :) Otherwise link me and I'll check the code!
  • root
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    Sythen said:

    Hey can you both go to Wren Settings, hit right sidebar save, and then left side bar and save? :) Otherwise link me and I'll check the code!
    That seems to have fixed it!  Pages are still blank though.  They're all linked off the call-to-action buttons at the bottom here.
  • iadagraca
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    Is there an option for each post to display in a lightbox gallery instead of opening individual posts? I would imagine some portfolios (like painters) would rather have a gallery for their home page to be more effective.

    Another alternative would be for the post to open in a lightbox using magnific popup or something, that way a viewer isn't constantly reloading pages but they still get all the detail posts.

    Just some ideas.  
  • kolayamit
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    Sythen said:
    root said:
    kolayamit said:
    I am having a issue, theme is showing fine in wordpress customise theme. But when i check the website in a browser, it's all messed up(please check the screenshots). Can anyone figure out what i am doing wrong.

    I'm having the same problem.  Also all of my 'pages' - cv/resume, contact, and blog page - all just render as blank.

    Hey can you both go to Wren Settings, hit right sidebar save, and then left side bar and save? :) Otherwise link me and I'll check the code!
    Yeah that fixed it, thanks.
  • kolayamit
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    The orange icons, i mean Resume, blog and contact icons are gone. This happened after i copied a link to the Resume button link menu. Please check the screenshot.hot
  • m4dcow
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    iadagraca said:
    Is there an option for each post to display in a lightbox gallery instead of opening individual posts? I would imagine some portfolios (like painters) would rather have a gallery for their home page to be more effective.
    I get what your saying, but 99% of other wordpress portfolio themes pretty much work like that where-as this one is geared more towards the sort of portfolio style of cg artists.
  • Sythen
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    m4dcow said:
    iadagraca said:
    Is there an option for each post to display in a lightbox gallery instead of opening individual posts? I would imagine some portfolios (like painters) would rather have a gallery for their home page to be more effective.
    I get what your saying, but 99% of other wordpress portfolio themes pretty much work like that where-as this one is geared more towards the sort of portfolio style of cg artists.
    Unfortunately I won't be adding any sort of lightbox support. The theme was developed in such a way that it uses full width and scroll on mobile/tablet/desktop for optimal viewing of images in the portfolio anyway. Lightboxes are also inherently non-effective, most are based on Javascript and have little to no fallback. My personal opinion is that they're really more of an affectation when most of the time they don't impress but cause navigation issues.
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    kolayamit said:
    The orange icons, i mean Resume, blog and contact icons are gone. This happened after i copied a link to the Resume button link menu. Please check the screenshot.hot
    Hey! try deleting the text for each button's label and typing it again.
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    root said:
    Sythen said:

    Hey can you both go to Wren Settings, hit right sidebar save, and then left side bar and save? :) Otherwise link me and I'll check the code!
    That seems to have fixed it!  Pages are still blank though.  They're all linked off the call-to-action buttons at the bottom here.
    Hey! I may have neglected to add page support.. :tongue: I'll get it in with the next build - my apologies!

  • kolayamit
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    Sythen said:

    kolayamit said:
    The orange icons, i mean Resume, blog and contact icons are gone. This happened after i copied a link to the Resume button link menu. Please check the screenshot.hot
    Hey! try deleting the text for each button's label and typing it again.
    It is working now thanks Sythen.
  • kolayamit
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    Hi Sythen, can we have some more option to choose colors. Like colors for posts, icons and title text. And can i use Menu's in your theme.
  • BeanyCoffee
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    Hey Sythen, I've been trying to get the Wren theme working on my site and I've been running into an issue with the main portfolio page. The images aren't fixed to a set size thumbnail, so the combination of vertical and horizontal sizes creates big gaps of emptiness depending on the number of images. I'm not sure if I set things up wrong, but I've been adding featured images to posts in the portfolio section. If you have any idea what might be going on, please let me know!
    Thanks!

  • kolayamit
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    Hey Sythen, I've been trying to get the Wren theme working on my site and I've been running into an issue with the main portfolio page. The images aren't fixed to a set size thumbnail, so the combination of vertical and horizontal sizes creates big gaps of emptiness depending on the number of images. I'm not sure if I set things up wrong, but I've been adding featured images to posts in the portfolio section. If you have any idea what might be going on, please let me know!
    Thanks!

    Hi BeanyCoffee, i had that issue, the way to fix this is using square images as featured image.
  • BeanyCoffee
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    kolayamit said:
    Hey Sythen, I've been trying to get the Wren theme working on my site and I've been running into an issue with the main portfolio page. The images aren't fixed to a set size thumbnail, so the combination of vertical and horizontal sizes creates big gaps of emptiness depending on the number of images. I'm not sure if I set things up wrong, but I've been adding featured images to posts in the portfolio section. If you have any idea what might be going on, please let me know!
    Thanks!

    Hi BeanyCoffee, i had that issue, the way to fix this is using square images as featured image.
    Thanks for the tip! That seems like an easy fix
  • iadagraca
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    Hey Sythen, I've been trying to get the Wren theme working on my site and I've been running into an issue with the main portfolio page. The images aren't fixed to a set size thumbnail, so the combination of vertical and horizontal sizes creates big gaps of emptiness depending on the number of images. I'm not sure if I set things up wrong, but I've been adding featured images to posts in the portfolio section. If you have any idea what might be going on, please let me know!
    Thanks!

    Hm? Thats odd it doesn't use a plugin to autocrop the images? 
    @Sythen should try aqua resizer which is what i use for one of my sites. Here's a wordpress tutorial if it helps.

    After you enable the plugin instead of using 
    <?php the_post_thumbnail( 'portfolio-featured' ); ?>
    
    It would like more like this but maybe more simplified (example from one of my sites homepage)
    <?php $thumb = get_post_thumbnail_id(); $img_url = wp_get_attachment_url( $thumb,'full' ); $image = aq_resize( $img_url, 534, 300, true, true, true );?>
    <a href="<?php echo the_permalink(); ?>"><img src="<?php echo $image ;?>" alt="Post Image" itemprop="thumbnailUrl"></a>

     
  • iadagraca
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    Uh, ok well i suggested a fix for @Sythen but i added a link to my example code and the post is up for review XD

    I submitted a pull request on github though, i hope that helps resolve this issue.
  • Sythen
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    iadagraca said:
    Uh, ok well i suggested a fix for @Sythen but i added a link to my example code and the post is up for review XD

    I submitted a pull request on github though, i hope that helps resolve this issue.
    Hey! So I'm not going to pull this into Wren as I feel it's a little over the top for a simple fix. Wordpress' thumbnail system already does this, hence the 700x700 portfolio-featured image size in the line you replaced, it just needs to be forced. I'll get on adding it too.

    My apologies to everyone on the delay in getting a new version of Wren up - this week has been really busy. :/
  • iadagraca
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    Sythen said:
    iadagraca said:
    Uh, ok well i suggested a fix for @Sythen but i added a link to my example code and the post is up for review XD

    I submitted a pull request on github though, i hope that helps resolve this issue.
    Hey! So I'm not going to pull this into Wren as I feel it's a little over the top for a simple fix. Wordpress' thumbnail system already does this, hence the 700x700 portfolio-featured image size in the line you replaced, it just needs to be forced. I'll get on adding it too.

    My apologies to everyone on the delay in getting a new version of Wren up - this week has been really busy. :/
    Are you sure? Does it upscale images smaller than your set size? I experimented with WordPress options myself last year on my sites and the built in WordPress feature is too limited.

    In other words if someone has an image that's say 1000x400 or  640 x 480 you'll end up with an odd crop, no crop, or it will simply resize with the same ratio (depending on how you do it). You should make sure this isn't the case. The aqua resizer solution makes sure this isn't a problem regardless of the image size and format (WordPress resize doesn't work well with gifs). 
  • kolayamit
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    Hi Sythen, can we have some more option to choose colors. Like colors for posts, icons and title text. And in the current theme is there any way to use Menu's.
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    Sythen said:
    My apologies to everyone on the delay in getting a new version of Wren up - this week has been really busy. :/
    I appreciate all the work that you're doing! It's a totally rad theme.
  • kolayamit
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    root said:
    Sythen said:
    My apologies to everyone on the delay in getting a new version of Wren up - this week has been really busy. :/
    I appreciate all the work that you're doing! It's a totally rad theme.
    Thanks a ton for making this theme @Sythen, pretty awesome.
  • walreu
    Big thanks for making this , took a while to set it up and learn how all that wordpress mumbojumbo works, but now i got hang of it! Definetly beats coding a portfolio site from scratch.
     :D .... now i just need the content...
  • SekethThoth
    Could someone orientate me or help me set up some things with the theme?  :# I can't seem to be able to use pages, menus or featured images, still kinda new to wordpress and stuff.
  • kolayamit
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    Could someone orientate me or help me set up some things with the theme?  :# I can't seem to be able to use pages, menus or featured images, still kinda new to wordpress and stuff.
    Yes a mini tuto about how to set up the theme properly would be awesome :). Anyone one up for it, please.
  • Tzur_H
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    Thank you very much for this @Sythen.
    Wanted to ask, if there is an easy way to flick the order of portfolio items?  Right now it's being ordered by newest date and time published, maybe you could add an easier option if people want to order their pieces manually?
  • m4dcow
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    Tzur_H said:
    Thank you very much for this @Sythen.
    Wanted to ask, if there is an easy way to flick the order of portfolio items?  Right now it's being ordered by newest date and time published, maybe you could add an easier option if people want to order their pieces manually?


    Someone asked about this on the second page.

    Install this plugin https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-custom-post-order/

  • Tzur_H
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    Tzur_H said:
    Thank you very much for this @Sythen.
    Wanted to ask, if there is an easy way to flick the order of portfolio items?  Right now it's being ordered by newest date and time published, maybe you could add an easier option if people want to order their pieces manually?


    Someone asked about this on the second page.

    Install this plugin https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-custom-post-order/

    Thank you!
  • kolayamit
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    @Sythen is busy i believe, working on the new version of the theme. Can't wait :smile: . By the way what hosting provider are you guys using for WordPress.
  • kolayamit
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    I am using Godaddy for this month only, is anyone using them. Want to finalize one before locking in.
  • iadagraca
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    I only use go daddy for my domain, my host is Digital Ocean

    It's harder to set up cause a lot of stuff is manual, but you get your own server, with a set resource usage, and pay no more than other services.

    Plus if you ever want to expand the usage of your site you'll have less problems dealing with non as well documented proprietary site functions. This host has a ton of really helpful tutorials and a great community help too. The few people i recommended online usually didn't have any issues.

    Theres other similar services just as cheap too. 
  • kolayamit
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    Is the any way to contact godaddy @iadagracaother than phone support, i am having issues but there is no option for chat or email. I will switch to other options for wordpress hosting after asking around.

    iadagraca said:
    I only use go daddy for my domain, my host is Digital Ocean

    It's harder to set up cause a lot of stuff is manual, but you get your own server, with a set resource usage, and pay no more than other services.

    Plus if you ever want to expand the usage of your site you'll have less problems dealing with non as well documented proprietary site functions. This host has a ton of really helpful tutorials and a great community help too. The few people i recommended online usually didn't have any issues.

    Theres other similar services just as cheap too. 

  • iadagraca
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    kolayamit said:
    Is the any way to contact godaddy @iadagracaother than phone support, i am having issues but there is no option for chat or email. I will switch to other options for wordpress hosting after asking around.

    Sorry i haven't need a need to contact support. I'm sure there's a phone number. 
  • kolayamit
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    iadagraca said:
    Sorry i haven't need a need to contact support. I'm sure there's a phone number. 
    Yes @iadagraca phone support only, no email or chat. I couldn't find another support option. For me that is awful, because of the ISD charges here.
    UPDATE : just had a conversation with the support guys they told me that email and chat support will be available within one month.
  • kolayamit
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    Hi, @Sythen my website is almost finished, please have a look at http://www.kolayamit.com/. I cannot thank you enough for making this theme, absolutely love it. And I would like to ask which wordpress hosting service do you recommend, currently i am using godaddy. 
  • kolayamit
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    I cannot see my email and mobile number when accessing my website in mobile, desktop works fine. Please check http://www.kolayamit.com/ , anybody having this issue.
  • pixelb
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    Any word on when we can expect to see an update for this?
  • kolayamit
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    @Sythen you must be super busy, waiting for the new version of your theme with huge excitement.
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