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Tersus

An achingly simple WordPress theme without all the usual cruft.

Version History

0.4.2 — The “Skim Coat” Release

  • Set default <body> background colour
  • Changed <body> margin values from px to em
  • Reduced the amount of default indentation applied to <ol>, <ul>, and <dl> elements
  • Tidied up the appearance of the “Reply” and “Edit Comment” links
  • Simplified several labels and instructional text on the comment form
  • Changed post page navigation to “Newer Posts” and “Older Posts”
  • Changed comment page navigation to “Newer Comments” and “Older Comments”
  • Removed duplicate tag archive navigation
  • Added missing meta class to image.php and single.php templates
  • Fixed link to home page when viewing paginated home page posts
  • Added home.php template for consistent display of posts on home page
  • Removed inline CSS inserted by the [gallery] shortcode
  • Removed superfluous update_option() function causing ‘undefined array key’ errors
  • Renamed the $whitelist to $allowed_class_list in the body_class filter because inclusivity

0.4.1 — The “Seeing Things” Release

  • Removed link to home page when viewing the home page
  • Links to untitled posts now display proper title attributes
  • Added character escaping to validator links in the default sidebar
  • Improved access to wp_get_theme() data

0.4.0 — The “Burn It All Down” Release

  • Theme now requires WordPress 5.0 or later
  • Theme now passes the basic Theme Review Process tests
  • Added character escaping to the home_url() function
  • Added wp_body_open function to header.php
  • Added theme_location to wp_nav_menu function and simplified parameter loading
  • Added theme text domain to register_nav_menus function
  • Added html5 theme support feature
  • Replaced wp_title with title-tag theme support feature
  • Refactored add_theme_support functions
  • Removed Windows Live Writer manifest link from <head>
  • Removed WordPress emoji styles and scripts from <head>
  • Removed Gutenberg block editor cruft from <head>
  • Removed linked icon elements from <head>
  • Embiggened site icon artwork
  • Added a dark variant of the site icon
  • Removed legacy icon and artwork files
  • Removed duplicate post and page navigation located above the content
  • Removed posts by author function from archive.php since it wasn’t being used
  • Removed gallery decrufting function per theme check guidelines
  • Added missing title attributes to post navigation links
  • Added missing title and rel attributes to image navigation links
  • Added missing title and rel attributes to post pagination links
  • Added missing title and rel attributes to comment pagination links
  • Fixed improperly defined category and tag variables in 404.php
  • Fixed naming references for the dynamic sidebar elements
  • Added WordPress and PHP version requirements fields to style.css header
  • Added .screen-reader-text class to core.css
  • Changed all HTML entities back to their original ASCII characters
  • Replaced reset.css with normalize.css
  • Removed HTML5 Shiv because really
  • Updated license to GPLv3
  • Added plain text version of read me file to comply with theme requirements
  • Moved the version history from the read me file to its own document

0.3.1 — The “Missing, Inaction” Release

  • Theme now requires WordPress 4.1 or later
  • Fixed error where $tersus_body_class wasn’t defined in functions.php
  • Added id attributes to register_sidebar() function
  • Added Text Domain field to style.css header
  • Fixed duplicate text-decoration attributes on <abbr> and <acronym> elements
  • Fixed broken display of theme options
  • Custom link delimiter functions are now filterable
  • Changed post and page navigation to <nav> elements
  • Removed duplicate closed comments messaging
  • Embiggened theme screenshot, this time with feeling
  • Removed deprecated theme tags
  • Updated to HTML5 Shiv 3.7.3

0.3.0 — The “Chk-Chk-Boom” Release

  • Added $content_width theme feature
  • Added alt attributes to post and comment author avatars
  • Reinstated body_class() function with an extremely stripped down set of classes
  • Reinstated comment_form() function
  • Reinstated default comment form anchors
  • Removed extraneous slashes from tag cloud links
  • Removed weird “do not load this page directly” check from comments template
  • Removed renegade styles injected by the Recent Comments widget
  • Standardized attribute quoting for several WordPress functions and template tags
  • Embiggened display of content on image attachment pages
  • Decrufting filters are no longer applied to avatars on admin pages
  • Namespaced all theme functions with the tersus_ prefix
  • Custom theme functions are now pluggable by child themes
  • Updated to HTML5 Shiv 3.7.2

0.2.2 — The “Pretty Pony” Release

  • Theme now requires WordPress 3.4 or later
  • Replaced deprecated get_theme_data() function with wp_get_theme()
  • Replaced bloginfo('language') function with language_attributes()
  • Replaced bloginfo('stylesheet_directory') function with get_stylesheet_directory_uri()
  • Replaced get_option('home') and bloginfo('url') functions with home_url()
  • Replaced the_date() function with the_time(get_option('date_format')) to use the formatting specified in settings
  • Replaced TEMPLATEPATH constant with get_template_directory() for more consistent support in child themes
  • Replaced a handful of renegade PHP short tags for code consistency
  • A custom menu must now be defined to display navigation above main content
  • Decrufted navigation and page menu lists
  • Removed unused _e() and __() text localization functions
  • Removed $post hack from archive.php since the_date() is no longer being used
  • Reinstated the get_search_form() function in sidebar.php because drunk
  • Reinstated properly formatted tag cloud title attributes
  • Reinstated some core WordPress classes so the theme options look prettier
  • Removed reset button from theme options
  • Added theme option to toggle the display of custom footer text
  • Consolidated display of theme and version information in footer
  • Consolidated comment feeds for individual pages and posts in footer
  • Tidied up the comment form and related support text
  • Added a handful of declarations for WordPress-generated classes to core.css
  • Added icons to support iOS 7
  • Updated all iOS and Windows 8 icons for typographic consistency
  • Embiggened theme screenshot, again
  • Replaced the rather free spirited theme tags with official WordPress tags
  • Changed all raw high-ASCII characters to HTML entities

0.2.1 — The “Engorged” Release

  • Theme now requires WordPress 3.0 or later
  • Added support for archives page template
  • Added support for links page template
  • Archive and search result page titles are more descriptive
  • Enabled viewport page zoom
  • Embiggened theme screenshot to support HiDPI displays
  • Embiggened theme avatar to support HiDPI displays
  • Added support for the proliferation of various iOS and Windows 8 iconography
  • Added specificity to the [if IE] conditional
  • Updated to HTML5 Shiv 3.7.0
  • Replaced deprecated get_settings function with get_option
  • Replaced deprecated wp_specialchars function with esc_html
  • Replaced deprecated automatic_feed_links function with add_theme_support equivalent
  • Fixed ‘undefined index’ debug errors in theme admin functions
  • Fixed ‘undefined variable’ debug error in simple_post_class function
  • Fixed ‘undefined variable’ debug error in searchform.php

0.2.0 - The “Flavourless” Release

  • Removed theme ‘flavours’ and the related switching option
  • Theme styles are now supported via child themes
  • Theme now uses both parent and child theme favicons
  • The theme version has returned to the footer
  • The name and version of the child theme are now displayed in the footer
  • Fixed improperly generated gallery description lists
  • Fixed display of empty wrapper elements on post and archive pages
  • Standardized comment navigation links
  • Added support for wp_nav_menu navigation menu
  • Added theme option to toggle the display of navigation menu
  • Added theme option to toggle the display of theme information in the footer
  • Added language attribute to <html> element
  • Simplified subcategory lists
  • Replaced the externally linked HTML5 Shiv with a local, minified version
  • Embiggened theme screenshot

0.1.6 - The “Nice Consistency” Release

  • Added support for category archives
  • Added support for tag archives
  • Added support for basic post format styles
  • Fixed intra-blockquote margins
  • Fixed widget spacing on advanced layouts
  • Post formatting is more consistent in archives and search results
  • Fixed and tuned up non-functional the_excerpt links
  • Fixed viewport wonkiness on non-desktop screens
  • Fleshed out hAtom microformats markup
  • Added smarter handling of parent pages for categories and tags
  • Replaced the default gallery with a decrufted version
  • Tidied up the display of attached images
  • Date stamps are now based on the WordPress Date Format setting

0.1.5 - The “Good, Bad & Less Ugly” Release

  • New theme options for non-widget’d page, category, and archive lists
  • Sidebar markup changed to <aside> elements
  • Wrapped author names in <cite> elements
  • Added basic stylee for <blockquote>
  • Super Ginormous layout style is more responsive
  • Fixed collapsing margins when using advanced layout on small screens
  • Fixed display of archives when widgets are active
  • Comment lists now use custom callback function
  • Further decrufting of comments and comment forms
  • Removed crufty classes from avatars
  • Consolidated decrufting functions
  • Fixed stylesheet parsing errors uncovered by CSS Lint
  • Tidied up the display of search results

0.1.4 — The “Wrap It!” Release

  • Updated markup to use <section> and <article> elements
  • New theme option to display site-wide ‘announcement’ banner
  • Advanced layout style is more responsive
  • Advanced layout typography and colours have been adjusted
  • Form elements now have more consistent stylee
  • Tag lists now only appear if there are tags present
  • All rel attributes now validate
  • Added current theme style to footer
  • Removed a schwack of empty CSS selectors
  • Standardized stylesheet naming conventions
  • Lots of text consistency tweakage

0.1.3 - The “About Time This Thing Was Updated Again” Release

  • Added theme options for switching between stylesheets
  • Added “Advanced” and “Super Ginormous” alternate stylesheets
  • Added support for post formats
  • Added missing get_sidebar() function to applicable templates
  • Added fallback for the_title for untitled pages and posts
  • Changed base font stack to sans serif
  • Updated simple_post_class to support a format-type classname, if applicable
  • Replaced static class declarations with post_class function
  • Standardized “Not Found” messaging
  • Standardized and simplified header text and formatting
  • Simplified “Older” and “Newer” post navigation link text
  • Fixed invalid <textarea> attributes
  • Removed non-valid, IE-specific CSS selectors
  • Removed get_search_form() function from everywhere except the sidebar
  • Continued HTML5 conversion

0.1.2 — The “Dustbunnies” Release

  • Added theme information constants
  • Added contextual delimiters to next and previous links
  • Updated sidebar formatting and default “meta” links
  • Tags and categories are now formatted as unordered lists
  • Paging links are now consistent top and bottom of pages
  • Edit links are now consistent
  • Removed superfluous list formatting around search text
  • Removed duplicate search form from 404 page
  • Removed crufty classes from comment lists

0.1.1 — The “We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Stylesheet” Release

  • Fixed the ‘headers already sent’ error
  • Reset and base stylesheets are now based on the Yahoo! User Interface Library
  • Added artwork for the screenshot and favicon files
  • Updated screenshot.png
  • Updated favicon.ico

0.1.0 — The “Getting Our Feet Wet” Release

  • Initial tinkering