Any plans to discontinue Connections in the future? :P

Regarding what happens when you click the image: If the images are uploaded and attached to a post, and you choose "File URL" as the link for the image, clicking the image from the post will direct you to a single attachment page -- which acts like any other post (Tweet This, comments, etc) except it only shows a single image.

If you don't want that to happen, you'll can change the setting during the image upload process: near the bottom of the upload form you'll see "Link URL", which a choice on none, File URL, and Post URL. Post URL is what I'm describing above, File URL will just show the plain image by itself (and nothing else), and none removes the link completely.

Someone earlier mentioned excessive "leading." I agree There does seem to be a bit too much spacing between paragraphs -- maybe about 20% or 30% less space would look better.

Links in sidebar widgets aren't underlined, not even those in text widgets. I guess that's not much of a problem, as they do change color when moused-over. But it would be better if, during a mouse-over, they appeared underlined. Then they'd look more like links.

Like some other commenters, I'm not thrilled about the black rectangle with white text that highlights the selected menu choice in the header. (I use a white background -- the old "Cutline" look.) Maybe the solution that would work with all background options would be to underline the item instead of making it a reverse-color block. They are links, after all.

Also, by chance, trying to fix this problem, I see that the Tweet Button appears beneath each isolated image I've clicked on (if you see what I mean). Is that what it's supposed to do? It doesn't show up on the full posts.

Thank you! Removing the size-full attribute from my images now means that the visual editor behaves itself.

I think my one remaining problem is that images with captions retain the aspect of the original image.

Firstly, the Coraline Theme ignores the width and height attributes in an image. I have many small images which are all sized 40x29. However, The Coraline Theme displays these as 40wide, but with a height which retains the aspect ratio of the originally uploaded photo.

So, if I uploaded a photo which was 400wide and 600high, Coraline would display my image as 40wide and 60 high - not the 29 I requested.

So, how can I persuade Corlaine to use the width and height attributes specified by me? (Please don't suggest changing my pages - I have 1000!)

The second problem is again associated with images, but this time with the visual editor. There are a variety of problems....

a) If you try to reduce the image in size using the grab-handles, no feed-back of the reduced size is given. The image is always displayed full size (500x375).

b) After updating the post, the images do appear as the intended size - albeit that Coraline keeps the aspect ratio of the original. However, on re-editing with the Visual editor, images without a caption are re-displayed full size.

c) Images with a caption are displayed reduced size in the Visual Editor (albeit not with the aspect ratio I want). However, they cannot subsequently be edited - either with the gran handler or with the picture icon. Every time the image is clicked on, it appears to grow in size by a few pixels and the grab-handles and picture icon immediately disappear.

d) Editing a post with images in a table is impossible - especially if the original images were large. If say, I have a table with 3 columns - each one with a reduced-size image of 150wide, I can only see the first column because the Visual editor is displaying its image full size (500 wide) - not 150 wide.

I suspect all these problems stem from using {height:auto; width:auto} and also from a fault in the Theme which ignores the width and height attributes if they have been set.

Thanks to @Lance and @Themeshaper for their comments in this thread.

Actually, Coraline appears to be a very good theme, particularly for custom CSS users - very customisable, allowing almost a blank canvas to work on, once you've found your way around the style sheet elements.

I think we're all in agreement that the changeover could have been handled better by WP, with a much longer notice period etc, but at least the replacement theme is pretty good.

@tibaire4 You can switch to another theme at any time, the CSS Upgrade isn't tied to a particular theme – it's tied to your account.

@rossartgroup Unfortunately the navigation background color isn't changeable (unless you have the Custom CSS upgrade – in which case you could adjust the color as desired).

@gthankyou Looks like your site is running smoothly now.

It's a disaster!!!

I don't even know where to start.

Two business days notice; do you think we're all waiting around with nothing to do except wait for the hand of god to undo our blogs?!?!?!

Where do I start????

For more information, please read the Cutline to Coraline FAQs.

@thelordshousekeeper @fyiuso Like Twenty Ten, Coraline has special styles for the Visual Editor. What you're seeing when you're editing your post is very close to what it will look like when it's published.

@indiahomeschool Your site is working correctly from what I can see in IE6, IE7, and Firefox. Would you be able to clear your browser cache and let us know if you're still experiencing the same issues?

@veganactivist Coraline uses the same header font as Cutline. (Coraline is very similar typographically and layout-wise to Cutline.)

Let us know if you run into other issues. We're happy to help.

And this is quite alarming when you have no idea what's gone on! Thank goodness I actually thought to check here and found out that it's an arbitrary change that has been suddenly forced on us. Now instead of being able to write a new post I will have to focus my time and attention in trying to get my blog to resemble what it was before - what i had taken time and energy 'tweaking' over the last few years, like other users, and which is now all undone. I'm embarrassed by how it looks, and frustrated that I have to go re-do all my work! Please. Please try to notify people next time!

And why did you do this just before all your Support staff went on a hiatus? I've had no problems with WordPress up to now but this is a serious fault and it's very disappointing. Bloggers expect consistency in their hosting site! Are there more things which will arbitrarily change without notice on us?

The blog that I have developed has a following of people who check it everyday.

I just saw my blog and was jn shock because there was nothing there except my last post.

Unlike others, I do not have the time to basically remake my blog so that it will be up again by tomorrow.

This move on the part of wordpress was unprofessional.

It doesn't matter if this software is free or not. If wordpress is trying to develop a reputation, pulling stunts like this isn't helping it.

I have opened relevant threads in support forums as regards to compatibility with IE6. Even as of today, the sidebars drop in IE6 and also in FF 3.0 when you view the archives section. Can you also fully confirm that the theme is fully compatible with IE7 and higher as well as FF.

I'd appreciate some help here! I want to change theme, don't lika Coraline at all.. will they dissapear again, so I should do that first?

Greatful for help!

No longer.

you said users without the CSS wouldn't even notice the switch. well thank you. I noticed it and my readers will, too.

is this going to be fixed or do I have to start over from 0.

greetings,
Juergen

Better still if it didn't automatically italicize blockquoted text.

The solution -- maybe no one else cares --- is this. Just before the phrase within the blockquote to be italicized, turn off the span code, then set a new span code for font styleitalic, then enter the text, then turn off the span code, and then restore the span style to "normal" font again for the rest of the blockquoted material.

Within blockquotes that have been set to "normal" font, italics has to be done with span codes. Using "em" won't work.

So I was able to put things back to the sidebar. The information was in Widgets.

The next thing is the Header on our blog. It is so peculiar now. When I go to Header under Appearances, it says "This will restore the original header image. You will not be able to restore any customizations." I don't know if our image is considered custom...but I assume that means it was not a selection that came with the theme. Is Original Header the one that came with the theme?

Does this take it back to the Cutline header, or will I lose what I have?

I don't remember exactly what was up there next to the image either, such as Home, etc. Are those considered part of the header too?

Also in the admin section, now the columns are not as wide so information runs into the next column from the first. Is there a fix?

Also many of the articles that were written are now poorly viewed and the format is all changed. The wording is chopped off in sentences
like this.
And furthermore,
will we have to go back and reformat all of the articles on our blog?

http://wtpotus.wordpress.com