Maruf scribbled this post.
Yup, we’ve released another fruity WordPress theme. The fruit of the moment is the Orange, so naturally I decided to call it “Orange Squash”
As usual, it’s available to preview and download over at WordPress.
Requests
I’ve had a few people throw in some theme requests over the past few weeks. Apparently our fruit basket is short of a Banana theme. I’ll hopefully get around to that in the next couple of weeks, so keep your eyes peeled.
While i’m happy to take requests, i’d just like to remind you all that building free templates is not our core business; it’s just something we’re experimenting with 
We actually DO charge clients for most of our professional services.
Support
A few people have required support, which we’re more than happy to provide. In some cases, i’ve recoded a few themes to meet the demands of individuals that want to use our themes. Like I said, more than happy to do that. So if you have any problems, just let us know, and we’ll do our best to assist.
comments
Going for a new look, hmmm. IMHO, I think you should stick with the design scheme you used for Citrus & Strawberry. The Orange Squash is all good and such, but it doesn’t have that trademark taste meaning if I see Citrus/Strawberry theme, I can immediately identify it as BrightCherry’s theme. However, this one seems like “seen too many times, been there too often” feel. If I dare to suggest, how about calling these “Fruity” themes, stick with the Citrus/Strawberry core design and utilize these major fruits? Apple, Watermelon, Kiwi, Banana(in the works), Cherry(since your site’s name is BrightCherry lol), Pineapple and Grape. After that, maybe if you find time a “Vegie” theme using the same core design would be cool, too. Carrot, Tomatoe, Lettuce, Potato… etc.
Chipping in my 2 cents.
I hear what ya’ saying, James!
However, I’m just trying to provide a little variety. I don’t want to create too many of the same themes, because some people may not like them
We intend on working through a large variety of the fruits you mentioned, it’s just getting the time to get through them all!
LOL, I can relate to that bro. Too many PHUN things to do but too little time to enjoy’em.
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I’m really digging this new theme. It’s fabuloso for my food blog http://www.marketingspoonful.com. Thanks! Can you help me make more room for the category list at the bottom of the entries and the preview sections on the front page? Thanks.
Hey Kansas,
Many thanks for your comment, and I’m glad you’re liking the theme.
I’ll work on a fix now, and I’ll let you know when it’s complete.
Kind regards.
Hey Kansas,
I’ve never ever seen blog posts with so many categories lol.
I’ve had to modify a bit of the code/design to accommodate your particular blog. There are small visual changes (I don’t know if you’ll like them), but try it out and see how you get on.
You can download the new version:
Orange-Squash 1.4
You only need to upload the following files:
style.css, search.php, index.php, archive.php, single.php.
Any probs let me know.
Kind regards
Thanks for the fix. Much better. Thanks.
Hi guys – really like the design, and I’ve had a crack at integrating it into my site.
One thing though: I wondered if it was possible to have comments listed below the post, as opposed to alongside? I also wondered if it’s possible to keep the sidebar info in place when the post is clicked on and read?
Sorry to be cheeky and ask, but I’m swimming in code and thought you might have some advice!
The blog currently lives @ http://tinyurl.com/6mgmor (all links etc disabled at the moment on the site)
Thanks,
Paul
Hey Paul,
The comments should appear below the posts. But you’ve removed the sidebar- was that intentional?
If you put the sidebar back in, everything should work as normal.
Cheers,
Maruf.
Hi Maruf,
Thanks for your reply! You guys seem to care a lot about your designs – reflects well on your business.
Anyway, I’m something of a “trial and error” designer! I’m really not sure how I managed to remove the sidebar from the blog post pages. It shows up (for me) on the main blog. I assume that I need to add somewhere – but I’m not sure where!
If you have any suggestions, I’d be very grateful!
Thanks,
Paul
Sorry that was meant to say: “add php get_sidebar();”. I removed the brackets so it would show up this time!
Hey Paul,
Many thanks
If you zip your entire theme up and email it to me, I can fix it for you, and i’ll send you back the theme.
design AT brightcherry DOT co DOT UK
Trail and error is the best way to learn!
Awesome – thanks Maruf!
Oh wow, you really have hacked through the code.
Some pages seem extremely odd. Anyways, download this version of the “single.php” page and replace your current version. Hopefully everything will look better.
Let me know how you get on.
Cheers.
Maruf
Is there a way to activate links in posts on the home page? Right now, they only work for me on the post page.
Hey Bill,
Can you link me to your blog so I can see what is happening?
Kind regards
Hey Maruf,
I’m using your theme for my new food blog. Loving the way it looks.
I’m having one small issue though. A couple people have pointed out to me that if you load the site in Internet Explorer, the bulleted or numbered items
load
like
this.
It seems that after everything is completely loaded it looks the way it should, but it takes quite a a long time for that to happen. The site loads just fine in Firefox. Here’s the url so you can check it out: http://www.wheatfreemeatfree.com.
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Hey Kalinda,
Hmm..I looked at your site in I.E7 and everything seems to look fine. So I’m a bit lost! Has the issue been resolved?
Kind regards
Doesn’t look like it. I’ve looked at the site in IE7 on two different computers. I forgot to add in my first comment that the most recent post loads normally, it’s just the older posts that have issues with the bulleted points.
I don’t know if maybe your internet connection is fast enough that everything looks ok by the time you scroll down? But as I said, I’ve looked at it on two computers and I’ve had two other people report to me they’ve seen it. Here’s a link to a screenshot of what happens: http://www.wheatfreemeatfree.com/WFMFsite.jpg
Many thanks!
Hello Maruf,
I just started a WP blog using Orange Crush. Thanks! I love the colors and feel of the site. However, I would like to change the or maybe it’s the “insert more tag” function. Instead of showing four lines of my text, is it possible to disable the shortening of the text so that the whole blog text is shown on the front page?
Thanks,
Sarah
Hey Sarah,
You just need to open up index.php and replace the_content(); with the_excerpt();
Hope that helps. Any probs, let me know.
Kind regards
Hi Maruf,
I’m a bit confused because the code is stated this way in Orange Squash:
Excerpt is already there. So do I replace excerpt with the word content?
Because I did try that and nothing changed even when I deleted the old index.php and added the new changed one.
I’ve reverted back to the old one stated as above, but I don’t see anything else that might be the code your are referring to.
Thanks,
Sarah
Ahh sorry, yeah, I meant replace the_excerpt(); with the_content();
That should work. If not, there is another setting in the control panel which also sets if you want to show a summary or full text. Make sure full text is selected.
But it should def be the_content(); as opposed to the_excerpt();
Kind regards
Hi Maruf, I am having some trouble using the Orange Squash. Look at http://www.nadiamoya.com.br using IE6 or IE7. Both are presenting some problems.
You will see I changed the look a little, but I think it should work anyway, right?
Do you know what do I have to change to work with the IEs?
Thanks a lot for your help!
Hi Gustavo,
Is the problem the white space at the top?
Hi Maruf, I am wondering if you got my last message! Did you!
Exatly! The white space!
There is a friend complaining, she said it was not possible to see the image in the front page! She is using IE6! That is another problem!
Hi Maruf, would you please help me with that?
Hey there Maruf!
Ive just started working on it and I wanna say thank you soooo much for this awesome theme!
Im totally in love with your your citrus mix theme! Its just fantastic!
Another satisfied orange-squash user here. I’ve noticed though that the #comments and #respond anchor tags don’t work from my home page when I use the “More” functionality to abbreviate the post. I saw this article on a WP forum: http://codex.wordpress.org/Migrating_Plugins_and_Themes_to_2.7/Enhanced_Comment_Display Is it possible I need to upgrade my comments.php file to work correctly? (I’m using WP 2.8.3 now.)
Thanks!
Also, the catblock div tag seems to float too high in some browsers. Looks like the bottom:12px below in Safari works fine, but in IE and Firefox, it raises the category tag too high:
.catblock{ position:relative; width:400px; float:right; left:5px; bottom:12px;}
I’ve given you credit, btw in the footer of our new site: http://www.crosswordfiend.com.
Thanks again!
Well I guess I’ve hacked workarounds to both of my problems–I removed the catblock div entirely (not sure why it needed to be a div at all, perhaps I’ll find out why in time!) and moved the id=comments from the h4 header tag that lead the comment section to the ol (ordered list) tag.
Hope that helps anyone else struggling with these!
Hello! I just sent a message via your regular contact form about Orange Squash. I love the freshness of the theme & really appreciate you making it freely available. I have two small problems: captions not centred under pics, and the category line not straight. http://smallbones.ca/blog (the rug hooking post is the best example)
Hey Jane,
Regarding the category alignment – you’ll need to modify style.css. It will be located in the theme directory.
Find the following chunk of code:
.catblock{
position:relative;
width:400px;
float:right;
left:5px;
bottom:12px;
}
And replace it with:
.catblock{
position:relative;
width:400px;
float:right;
left:5px;
margin-top:3px
}
Regarding the image captions:
Find the following chunk of code in style.css:
.wp-caption p.wp-caption-text {
font-size: 11px;
line-height: 17px;
padding: 0 4px 5px;
margin: 0;
}
And replace with it:
.wp-caption p.wp-caption-text {
font-size: 11px;
margin: 0;
text-align:left;
width:90%;
padding:5px;
}
Let me know how you get on.
Kind regards
Thank-you Maruf! Both fixes work beautifully!
Now that I’m talking to a pro, do you have a suggestion for where I should put my Smallbones’ logo on the blog (and how to do it)? Sorry if I’m taking advantage.
Dear Maruf,
I have one small hiccup; formatting is lost when using bullets or numbered lists. For example, you can go to:
http://www.techtangerine.com/2010/05/18/buying-norton-360-read-the-fine-print/
There is way to rectify be adding to each and every bullet point but as you may imagine thats cumbersome. Any ideas?