I was working on this theme and I really loved it but was despairing that I’d never manage it. The issue with not being able to refresh my edited blog in any browser came from super-cache! Apparently they are having some issues with it. Then there was the issue of every time I activated this theme I lost my blogroll. There was no link in the widgets at all. I finally found it and would never have even wondered what that code was all about, but I was desperate.

function unregister_problem_widgets() {
unregister_sidebar_widget(‘Search’);
unregister_sidebar_widget(‘Links’);
unregister_sidebar_widget(‘Rss 1’);
unregister_sidebar_widget(‘Recent Comments’);
unregister_sidebar_widget(‘Recent Posts’);
unregister_sidebar_widget(‘FlickrRSS’);
unregister_sidebar_widget(‘Calendar’);
}
add_action(‘widgets_init’,’unregister_problem_widgets’);
}

For some reason it thought the blogroll was a problem widget! I just deleted that one and it’s good to go. But while I had Bean helping me figure out where my blogroll went, I activated Theme Test Drive and so of course I couldn’t update! lol, it took me longer than it should have to figure that out because I was already having trouble refreshing (for those that don’t know, theme test drive lets you see the theme you’re test driving but it’s not actually activated. Everyone else sees the one that is). Then there was the line in css for em…which took a couple of my italicized words and just threw them randomly around the post. I have no idea why you would want them to do that :p

Then I finally got it all basically working and I had to add styling to every widget to get them to center. Heck, my Zazzle store was out in right field. I did learn a cool trick to apply different css for Firefox and IE though, good thing because I could not get those buggers to line up with one style applied to both.  I added the second sidebar myself. I’m practically a genius! 😀

There is only one issue left and I have to think it’s the theme causing that too because I tried all the fixes I read about and nothing helped. I have no visual editor while writing and editing posts. It seems to be a common problem based on all the posts I found about it but I’m not sure mine is related in any way to theirs, because  I can get the visual editor back by switching themes. It doesn’t last, so I think it’s got to be the theme. I have no idea how to solve that one so I guess I’ll live with it. I’m sure in a few months I’ll be bored with this theme and want a change again.

All in all, there were a lot of strange problems beyond just wanting to customize the look. I think it’s pretty spiffy though, what do you think? Is it the coolest theme you ever set eyes on? Is it way to freaking bright? Tell me what you think!