Julian Klewes

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This Wordpress theme is the third version of the all-time famous and beautiful Rainbow Feather theme.
Rainbow Feather is a fluid one-column wordpress theme. As the name suggests the colours in this theme are rainbow-ish. From blue, baby blue, to yellow, orange, white, blue gradient and pink, barbie pink to evil pink. Cool features include: Fancy web2.0 like headings (wet graphics), custom badges â€œread onâ€ and â€œcontinue readingâ€, matching color scheme/palette, Login area that shows logged in users (well it shows you and gives you options).

This version includes many bug fixes and modifications, specifically it can now boast with unmatched cross-browser compatibility in regard to such a complex design and piece of Wordpress code: Firefox, Internet Explorer 7, Internet Explorer 6 and Safari render the site identically. Another great feature is the added widget-support. This version of Rainbow Feather is now 100% widget-ready. This means you can drag & drop most widgets into the pink footer.

Improving the usability of this theme was a major goal that is why in addition to the changes described above, I have contacted many people to help me out with the localization of the theme. As by the time of writing this manual the Rainbow Feather v3 theme is available in German, English, Portuguese (Brazilian), French, Turkish and Romanian. Plans to release Dutch, Italian and Danish localized versions are in progress. I need to thank everyone involved and the 100+ mails I have received to date as well as the 70+ comments on the theme itself. It is you, the people, who have motivated me to put extraordinary amounts of time and love into this project and to love â€˜designing and programmingâ€™ again.
Thanks everyone!

Demo (use drop-down theme switcher on bottom of page) at themes.h4×3d.com

Download Rainbow Feather V3

Are there resouces, Photoshop files (PSD), etc? YES!

Here is a quick teaser video (Windows Media File) that shows how beautifully the widget-support is built-in, as well as the native Lightbox/Slimbox support, but also the cross-browser compatibility. Rainbow Feather is now looking all the same in every modern browser (Firefox, Internet Explorer 7, Internet Explorer 6, Safari). Also, I added more php-fanciness to auto-cut long titles, a (currently) four pages manual and even more… please stay tuned and don’t hesitate to bug me/leave a comment.

Overall Preview (21MB WMV) | Show video online (new window)
Cross-browser compatibility (16MB Flash) (new window)

Remark concerning the “possible” XHTML Invalidness: Rainbow Feather is XHTML Valid if it wasn’t for the fancy widgets. Don’t worry – it displays all fine in all major browsers, see screenshots blow (click to enlarge).

The theme page of the initial release is here (this page’s old content so to speak)

RESOURCES I decided to put them on a separate page to not increase the clutter on this page (even more)

* Icon credits on this page: nato-kino

From the latest Rainbow Feather manual

h4x3d.com does not host any illegal content. Links/Files referred to are for educational purposes only.

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July 12, 200711:12 am
July 12th, 2007 11:12 am

XIII

Now that’s colourful and glossy. Very nice.

July 12, 200711:42 am
July 12th, 2007 11:42 am

jayne d'Arcy

This is a really stunning design. I haven’t downloaded any of your themes and so this was the first. I’m really impressed. I wish it fit with the theme of my blog so I could use it.

Two things I noticed on this theme that you might want to consider for the upcoming designs:

1. The recent post area – long titles overwrite the date. Is it possible to truncate the title or wrap it?
2. The line space between links for my archives and sitemap was really tight. It makes it a bit hard for bad eyes.

Great, gorgeous job. I’ll keep an eye on your future themes.

July 12, 200712:06 pm
July 12th, 2007 12:06 pm

jez

hey jayne, thank you a lot for your feedback, I probably did not have those problems as I worked with the database copy of the themeviewer. Damn.
I’d have to look into truncating titles. It probably requires some loop hacking. Not sure if it has been done before. I am sure a plugin will do.

Same applies for the line-issue, I have not seen it before. one might try either decreasing the font-size or putting it all in one line.. or even increase the background height and change the upper part. it’s like a 5 minute hack.

for your website, you might consider

also thanks xiii for your comment, you have a beautiful site, too!

July 12, 20077:38 pm
July 12th, 2007 7:38 pm

Miguelio

Hi! I’m trying with this theme but in the live demo i see that don´t see well in internet explorer, i only can see correct in Mozilla. There is any solution? Thanks!

July 12, 20077:46 pm
July 12th, 2007 7:46 pm

jez

hey,
thanks for reporting back here, you might have found a bug. can you please more precise and in addition post a screenshot of your error? You can upload it to one of the many websites that can be found on Google for “image upload”. post the image here and I will see what I can do. thanks and sorry for the inconvenience!

July 16, 20074:18 am
July 16th, 2007 4:18 am

Miguelio

Hi! Internet Explorer 6 cannot see this theme because it can’t see PNG. I was seeying a lot of webs with information, but the solution is very difficult :(

July 16, 20078:54 pm
July 16th, 2007 8:54 pm

super rats

This is one of the best looking themes I’ve seen in long time.

July 17, 200710:05 am
July 17th, 2007 10:05 am

Christoph

What a wonderful and stylish theme, which I really would like to use on my blog. It’s really cool, well designed and placed and comes with a fresh and readable interface. Nice gimmicks though.

Although I found some issues here, which should help you for further progress (not browser related):

- Links like Login or Dashboard seem to be hardcoded, so as I installed Wordpress under domain.com/wordpress/ they for instance point for the dashboard to domain.com/wp-admin/ instead of domain.com/wordpress/wp-admin/

- I really would like to have categories displayed (above Recently in the blue bar or at the bottom in the pink bar.

- Login bars don’t appear

- When using with Gallery2 plugin, a new window opens instead of loading into the main windows.

These are my found problems, but you did a wonderful job. Hope you can fix them and keep the good work up.

Thank you very much!

July 18, 20073:18 am
July 18th, 2007 3:18 am

`o-o`

The title and the date of the post in the blue area does not match with the content of the post. Any idea how to fix this?

July 20, 200710:49 am
July 20th, 2007 10:49 am

jez

hi, thanks for your comments, I would like to address some issues you brought up:
- blue area staying empty or yellow area not showing content or mixed up titles:
you are required to either change the code snippet of
< ?php $my_query = new WP_Query('cat=5&showposts=1'); ?>
to suit your need or create at least five categories, so that you will have a category 5. This query takes all posts from category 5 and shows them on the top part. If it worked on the themeviewer and my local installs it should also for you. Also for it to work you need to have some 3-4 posts. Send me your ftp details and I will have a look.

- Login bars not showing:
This is due to a setting you need to change on the Dashboard, it is under “General” and called “Everyone can register”. This will show the login forms.

- Gallery2 issues:
I am sorry, but I do not use g2, but it sounds like a setting related to the plugin. Check if there is an option to change the target=_ setting. Or even better, ask the developer of the plugin, I am sure he/she will be of greater help than me :)

- PNG issues:
I am working on a fix. I will upload it once the themeviewer is back online.

Thanks!

July 20, 200711:07 pm
July 20th, 2007 11:07 pm

Jack

Hi! Awesome theme :)

I’m having the same problem of mixed up titles / content. Your above fix doens’t really seem to address it. On the first page, the theme will always show the second entry on the page with the title of the first entry you’ve ever input, but it does show the proper content that is supposed to be there! I’ve tried it on a few comps – seems to always be the same

July 20, 200711:31 pm
July 20th, 2007 11:31 pm

jez

Jack, thanks for your comment, I already sent you an email!

July 21, 20073:50 am
July 21st, 2007 3:50 am

`o-o`

In case you haven’t noticed but the query to get the recently posts messed up the title and content of the blue area. Since, it’s too much of a hassle to fix it I use a plugin to get the recently post and take out the query. I would love to have a categories section before the recently area. Btw good job on the theme, I love it!

July 27, 20072:57 am
July 27th, 2007 2:57 am

Ryan

Hello,Julian!
I love your theme,but I have the same problem.And your fix doesn’t work in the title and the content in the blue area,they’re still mixed with different entries.

August 3, 20078:31 pm
August 3rd, 2007 8:31 pm

jez

ryan, if you stop by my mailbox and dispatch a quick info of your ftp information I will login and take a look, promised!
thanks to jaypee for the theme review! I added your link up there in the post!

August 6, 200710:04 am
August 6th, 2007 10:04 am

jodi

im a lil late.. but wow… every theme has its unique character.. i find this one fuss free and overtly neat! great job again jez

August 6, 20071:51 pm
August 6th, 2007 1:51 pm

Jaypee

You’re more than welcome jez! This theme is really nice and well designed. Looking forward to reviewing future Wordpress themes from you. :)

August 10, 20071:00 am
August 10th, 2007 1:00 am

Hanna

Hi Julian! I absolutely love your theme and I decided to use it for my upcoming blog! I was thinking of changing the header title to my blog name instead. I won’t be taking the credits out. I hope you don’t mind! If you do, please let me know!

August 19, 200711:24 pm
August 19th, 2007 11:24 pm

Kak

Hi
First, congratz for your website and all the templates
This one is pretty good and i downloaded it
But i got a problem, you can look on my blog that the title did not correspond with the real article
Could you help me ?
Thank you in advance

August 20, 200710:41 am
August 20th, 2007 10:41 am

jez

hey there,
if the title is borked,
you need to make sure you either have a category with the id of 5 (five),
or change the call in the php file to an id that does exist in wordpress.
to check if you got a category five,
go to your wordpress admin screen, press manage and go to “categories”.
the id is visible there.

hope this helps,
jez

August 21, 20079:57 am
August 21st, 2007 9:57 am

Ron

Hi there! Good job with the plugin! Love it too! But I have also found a bug that isn’t fixed yet. At the homepage there are 2 posts that will be loaded. The most recent post is in the top yellow bar that is working good. But the second last post is not good, it is posting the right log (the second last) but the date and the title is of the first post. This is as well on my log as also on your testsite. How to fix this? So the date and the title of the second post on the homepage is not good.

Thanks! Good luck.
Regards from Holland.

August 21, 200711:24 am
August 21st, 2007 11:24 am

jez

groetjes ron,
ik kan ook nederlandse praken, maar niet zo goed.

I checked wordpress.h4×3d.com again and couldn’t find the bug you have found. damn. can you send me a screenshot or two? this would be greatly appreciated!

also include a screenshot of your category IDs. might come handy soon or later. thanks again!

August 22, 200710:45 am
August 22nd, 2007 10:45 am

Steffi

Hallo,
ist es mÃ¶glich dass im ARCHIVE der komplette Beitrag also mit Bild oder Video angezeigt wird.

Steffi

August 22, 20071:48 pm
August 22nd, 2007 1:48 pm

jez

hi stefii, since this site is international, why not write in english as well?
to answer your question, yes full display of posts with images is possible if you change the_excerpt to the_content in the corresponding php files.

I would not do that though, because Google will hate you.
You can use a plugin like the excerpt reloaded (av. on Google) to make sure images (

Good luck,
jez