WordPress.com Forums » Topic: When should Pilcrow Theme be available for Wordpress.org? http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/when-should-pilcrow-theme-be-available-for-wordpressorg WordPress.com Forums » Topic: When should Pilcrow Theme be available for Wordpress.org? en Tue, 21 May 2013 20:05:13 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 thesacredpath on "When should Pilcrow Theme be available for WordPress.org?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/when-should-pilcrow-theme-be-available-for-wordpressorg/page/2#post-544185 Sun, 09 Jan 2011 07:12:28 +0000 thesacredpath 544185@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Although the wordpress.COM blog subscription thing is a nice tool, this is exactly the reason I always suggest an outside service such as feedburner. You can move your blog anywhere and switch software without loosing subscribers.

@auxclass, with a self-hosted blog, you can use the slick feedburner javascript code in a text widget and everything happens right there on your site. No new windows opening or anything else. It works nicely in my experience.

]]> auxclass on "When should Pilcrow Theme be available for WordPress.org?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/when-should-pilcrow-theme-be-available-for-wordpressorg/page/2#post-544174 Sun, 09 Jan 2011 06:32:19 +0000 auxclass 544174@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ The WordPress.ORG software does not have a built in Subscribe Widget.

Feedburner should do the same thing (I have not used it) - you sign-up and then put a link on your site usually in the Sidebar (use a text widget probably)

You will need to ask your regular subscribers to subscribe again - there is no way of transferring a subscriber list. If you export your subscribers email and send them a separate email you will be in violation of several laws against spam depending on where you live or your subscribers live. Yes you will probably loose a few subscribers on the move.

]]> macmanx on "When should Pilcrow Theme be available for WordPress.org?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/when-should-pilcrow-theme-be-available-for-wordpressorg/page/2#post-544171 Sun, 09 Jan 2011 06:27:12 +0000 macmanx 544171@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You could try this plugin on your WordPress.org blog:

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/subscribe2/

Unfortunately, since you're switching subscription systems, your email subscribers will need to resubscribe.

]]> edenbaylee on "When should Pilcrow Theme be available for WordPress.org?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/when-should-pilcrow-theme-be-available-for-wordpressorg/page/2#post-544169 Sun, 09 Jan 2011 06:21:25 +0000 edenbaylee 544169@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ @ Thesacredpath, thanks for responding..

sounds like there is no email subscription option for .ORG ??? Does feedburner do the same thing by delivering a notification to a subscriber's email ? What do you mean by "re-up"? It took me a long time to get these subscribers so I really don't want to go through it with them again if I can help it.

E

]]> thesacredpath on "When should Pilcrow Theme be available for WordPress.org?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/when-should-pilcrow-theme-be-available-for-wordpressorg#post-544149 Sun, 09 Jan 2011 05:10:31 +0000 thesacredpath 544149@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Subscribers have nothing to do with the theme if you are thinking it did.

You can export your subscribers by going to blog stats and in the "general" section click on subscriptions, then click the X active" next to "Site:" and you can download a CSV file. Unfortunately I've not found any email subscription services that allow you to import them (probably a hedge against spammers).

The built-in email subscription thing here is a wordpress.COM feature. It is not built into the core wordpress software, so no direct way of doing it.

I use feedburner's subscription service, but there is no import.

Likely all your subscribers are going to have to "re-up" at your new site.

]]> edenbaylee on "When should Pilcrow Theme be available for WordPress.org?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/when-should-pilcrow-theme-be-available-for-wordpressorg#post-544139 Sun, 09 Jan 2011 04:50:01 +0000 edenbaylee 544139@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Themeshaper, in your Jan 4 10:34 post, you wrote " Transferring to a self-hosted site should be a snap with the exception of subscriptions. Those are exclusive to WordPress.com. "
This is a huge issue for me. I've collected subscribers on my WP.com Pilcrow and now want to self host on WP.org Pilcrow.
Firstly,
How can I transfer my current subscribers?
Secondly,
What is the equivalent for WP.org Pilcrow for this service?
Thx, Eden

]]> thetennisorganizer on "When should Pilcrow Theme be available for WordPress.org?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/when-should-pilcrow-theme-be-available-for-wordpressorg#post-542770 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 03:28:01 +0000 thetennisorganizer 542770@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Got it installed - thanks for your help Themeshaper! I know who can get things done now...

]]> themeshaper on "When should Pilcrow Theme be available for WordPress.org?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/when-should-pilcrow-theme-be-available-for-wordpressorg#post-542752 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 02:24:26 +0000 themeshaper 542752@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Soonish has arrived. :) Pilcrow is available for download now.

]]> thetennisorganizer on "When should Pilcrow Theme be available for WordPress.org?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/when-should-pilcrow-theme-be-available-for-wordpressorg#post-542707 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 00:16:04 +0000 thetennisorganizer 542707@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Here's the screen on Manage Themes:

Broken Themes
The following themes are installed but incomplete. Themes must have a stylesheet and a template.

Name Description
Revision-5413-pilcrow Stylesheet is missing.

]]> thetennisorganizer on "When should Pilcrow Theme be available for WordPress.org?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/when-should-pilcrow-theme-be-available-for-wordpressorg#post-542706 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 00:12:09 +0000 thetennisorganizer 542706@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Here is the full screen:

Installing Theme from uploaded file: Revision-5413-pilcrow.zip
Unpacking the package…

Installing the theme…

Theme installed successfully.

Warning: fopen(/home/thetenn2/public_html/wp-content/themes/Revision-5413-pilcrow/style.css) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/thetenn2/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 4165

Warning: fread(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /home/thetenn2/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 4168

Warning: fclose(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /home/thetenn2/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 4171

Actions: Preview | Activate | Return to Themes page

]]> thetennisorganizer on "When should Pilcrow Theme be available for WordPress.org?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/when-should-pilcrow-theme-be-available-for-wordpressorg#post-542705 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 00:08:26 +0000 thetennisorganizer 542705@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I uploaded a .zip file of the Pilcrow theme files you provided and it says it uploaded successfully but also gave the following warnings - are they a problem? Can they be rectified or just ignored?

Warning: fopen(/home/thetenn2/public_html/wp-content/themes/Revision-5413-pilcrow/style.css) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/thetenn2/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 4165

Warning: fread(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /home/thetenn2/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 4168

Warning: fclose(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /home/thetenn2/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 4171

]]> themeshaper on "When should Pilcrow Theme be available for WordPress.org?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/when-should-pilcrow-theme-be-available-for-wordpressorg#post-542637 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 20:04:34 +0000 themeshaper 542637@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ The easiest thing to do will be to wait for the official release at the WordPress.org Free Themes Directory. In the meantime, there's always the Coraline Theme. It's very similar to Pilcrow.

]]> thetennisorganizer on "When should Pilcrow Theme be available for WordPress.org?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/when-should-pilcrow-theme-be-available-for-wordpressorg#post-542632 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 19:20:39 +0000 thetennisorganizer 542632@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Sounds easy but I've crawled through the .org site and haven't figured out how to create a pilcrow folder that can then can have the files downloaded how? All I see is the browser method to acquire new themes for the site....

]]> themeshaper on "When should Pilcrow Theme be available for WordPress.org?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/when-should-pilcrow-theme-be-available-for-wordpressorg#post-542600 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 17:31:41 +0000 themeshaper 542600@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Yep. They can be downloaded and put in a "pilcrow" folder in the themes directory of your self-hosted WordPress install.

]]> thetennisorganizer on "When should Pilcrow Theme be available for WordPress.org?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/when-should-pilcrow-theme-be-available-for-wordpressorg#post-542584 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 16:31:17 +0000 thetennisorganizer 542584@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thanks for your help - I'm not tech savvy enough to know what to do with those Pilcrow theme files right now. I assume I could install them on the .org platform?

]]> themeshaper on "When should Pilcrow Theme be available for WordPress.org?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/when-should-pilcrow-theme-be-available-for-wordpressorg#post-542577 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 15:34:54 +0000 themeshaper 542577@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ No politics for me. :) Pilcrow needs to be reviewed and approved by the WordPress.org Theme Review Team before it will be available for download in the Free Themes Directory. I can't say for sure when that will happen but it should be soon. There shouldn't be any glitches delaying it's release. In the meantime, the Pilcrow theme files are available here.

Transferring to a self-hosted site should be a snap with the exception of subscriptions. Those are exclusive to WordPress.com. We have some great instructions on moving to WordPress.org in our support docs.

Good luck with your blog!

]]> thetennisorganizer on "When should Pilcrow Theme be available for WordPress.org?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/when-should-pilcrow-theme-be-available-for-wordpressorg#post-542572 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 15:24:46 +0000 thetennisorganizer 542572@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Are there any current "glitches" delaying the Pilcrow release?

]]> thetennisorganizer on "When should Pilcrow Theme be available for WordPress.org?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/when-should-pilcrow-theme-be-available-for-wordpressorg#post-542571 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 15:23:27 +0000 thetennisorganizer 542571@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You should be in politics - "soonish" is very noncommital. Will it be possible to have all files for the .com site transferred, including comments and subscriptions, to the .org site hosted on JustHost with the same domain thetennisorganizer.com?

]]> themeshaper on "When should Pilcrow Theme be available for WordPress.org?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/when-should-pilcrow-theme-be-available-for-wordpressorg#post-542238 Tue, 04 Jan 2011 16:30:45 +0000 themeshaper 542238@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi, thetennisorganizer. Pilcrow should be available soonish in the WordPress.org themes directory (it's not dependent on the release of 3.1).

]]> thetennisorganizer on "When should Pilcrow Theme be available for WordPress.org?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/when-should-pilcrow-theme-be-available-for-wordpressorg#post-541808 Mon, 03 Jan 2011 12:06:50 +0000 thetennisorganizer 541808@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thanks for your expertise and the very pertinent information - Mahalo!

]]> thesacredpath on "When should Pilcrow Theme be available for WordPress.org?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/when-should-pilcrow-theme-be-available-for-wordpressorg#post-541804 Mon, 03 Jan 2011 11:04:00 +0000 thesacredpath 541804@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ 3.1 is at RC2 (release candidate 2) and I expect we will see it in probably a week or so. I've been watching the development trac and there are right now only 7 open tickets and most of those have patches but just need testing.

Generally they had been doing pretty major releases several times a year, but as things have evolved, the cycle has slowed a little. It takes more time for development as it gets more robust and more complex.

]]> thetennisorganizer on "When should Pilcrow Theme be available for WordPress.org?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/when-should-pilcrow-theme-be-available-for-wordpressorg#post-541799 Mon, 03 Jan 2011 10:49:52 +0000 thetennisorganizer 541799@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I had to like a theme that doesn't follow the normal release pattern...

]]> thetennisorganizer on "When should Pilcrow Theme be available for WordPress.org?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/when-should-pilcrow-theme-be-available-for-wordpressorg#post-541796 Mon, 03 Jan 2011 10:48:59 +0000 thetennisorganizer 541796@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Still Beta testing on the 3.1? Since I'm a newbie I have no clue how often new version releases occur - 3.1 might be approx. expected when?

]]> thesacredpath on "When should Pilcrow Theme be available for WordPress.org?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/when-should-pilcrow-theme-be-available-for-wordpressorg#post-541795 Mon, 03 Jan 2011 10:46:13 +0000 thesacredpath 541795@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Oh, you know what? I don't think it will show up till the official release of 3.1. I think Pilcrow has some advanced stuff that needs WordPress 3.1. (we got 3.1 early).

]]> thesacredpath on "When should Pilcrow Theme be available for WordPress.org?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/when-should-pilcrow-theme-be-available-for-wordpressorg#post-541794 Mon, 03 Jan 2011 10:44:26 +0000 thesacredpath 541794@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Normally, they come out at the same time. I was kind of surprised when this one did not.

]]> thesacredpath on "When should Pilcrow Theme be available for WordPress.org?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/when-should-pilcrow-theme-be-available-for-wordpressorg#post-541793 Mon, 03 Jan 2011 10:43:38 +0000 thesacredpath 541793@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ If it was rolled out here, then it should be pretty close I would think. They have to back some of the wordpress.COM specific stuff out of it to post it over at .ORG and make sure that it won't break things over there.

]]> thetennisorganizer on "When should Pilcrow Theme be available for WordPress.org?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/when-should-pilcrow-theme-be-available-for-wordpressorg#post-541784 Mon, 03 Jan 2011 10:26:13 +0000 thetennisorganizer 541784@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ So you think it might be that close to release?

]]> thesacredpath on "When should Pilcrow Theme be available for WordPress.org?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/when-should-pilcrow-theme-be-available-for-wordpressorg#post-541782 Mon, 03 Jan 2011 10:19:45 +0000 thesacredpath 541782@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Yeah, let's hope it was just because of the holidays and it is ready to go.

]]> thetennisorganizer on "When should Pilcrow Theme be available for WordPress.org?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/when-should-pilcrow-theme-be-available-for-wordpressorg#post-541781 Mon, 03 Jan 2011 10:13:25 +0000 thetennisorganizer 541781@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thanks for the help... Maybe the squeaky wheel will prompt a positive response

]]> thesacredpath on "When should Pilcrow Theme be available for WordPress.org?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/when-should-pilcrow-theme-be-available-for-wordpressorg#post-541776 Mon, 03 Jan 2011 10:06:26 +0000 thesacredpath 541776@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Just come back to the forums and at the top where it says, "Welcome, thetennisorganizer!" click on your username and it will bring up a list of all threads you have posted in. That is the easiest way to find it.

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