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The Extreme Video plugin actually seems to work for me. The website is a little strange, and the examples (for Google Video at least) are old, but I copied the two files into my plugin directory, edited them per the directions, then wrapped the video link with the gv tags (and square brackets). The video showed up even in preview mode, so I’m happy.

drmike, glad you mentioned that. I just discovered my link was 404’ing also. It’s fixed now.

I’m sure glad you guys got me addicted to this! ??

I’ve just received access to the graphical themes viewer, so I’ll be uploading the theme there this weekend (after tweaking the bits one more time!)

Thanks for this. I’m just reading it now, but it sounds like exactly what I’m looking for. Unfortunately I already tried installing it on my own, so first I have to back out my changes / check what I’ve already got configured… ?? If I’m successful I might write an article on that (recovering after you tried unsuccessfully to get WP running locally, then found better instructions).

JGatos, I’ve been looking for the same thing, (only for the Rubric theme). Unfortunately I think the answer right now is “no”. They probably haven’t created a distributable plugin, as they just recently got it working. I wish we could find a more definitive statement on it, of course, but it is a brand new (and very nice) feature for wp.com.
If you do find anything, let me know. If not, maybe I’ll create a plugin to do the same thing, since it’s on the to-do list for my theme. ??

Landing page here. WordPress rocks!

I’m working on getting it up at themes.wordpress.net. Want to make sure I have a decent landing page for it first. ??

vkaryl solved my problem and updated the theme for WP 2.04. I owe my undying gratitude… ??

A copy of the updated Rubric theme will be available on my blog sometime in the next day or two, if someone is looking for it: https://ransomedhome.com/blog.

I don’t know yet if vkaryl will put it up also, or how to get it on the official list, et cetera et cetera, but I’ll get it figured out in due time. ??

Doh! How’d I miss that?! And I’m usually so detail-oriented ….

(sheepish) uh, I can’t find your email address. My email is random 4444 at gmail {dot] com. Thanks for your help. (I also discovered the in-business theme won’t work until I implement some stuff that I’ve just got working in the Rubric code – hopefully I can make it a plugin).

Have you looked into something like the random image script from ‘photomatt’? https://photomatt.net/scripts/randomimage
Maybe some combination with the plugin you refer to?

Summary: it hasn’t gone well. I obviously don’t know what I’m doing, because the sidebar ceases to exist. After going through the limited documentation, it’s obvious I don’t know enough yet about CSS, PHP, WP, and possibly html. ??

I’ve tried several other themes again, but nothing else comes close to what I want (fluid width, separated but otherwise visually toned down separation between areas). Unfortunately Rubic looks to be lacking in the “page” area too – one thing at a time. I’m going to try the “in-business” theme for the moment and see if I can modify styles to look like Rubric.

Vkaryl, if you have the time in a week or two (or three) to help, I’d really appreciate it. I’d be glad to learn from you as well. Thanks for the help so far.

vkaryl, I don’t know why I didn’t think of that – just rip out the code for the sidebar and replace it. I hope it will be that easy ;), if not, and you do have time in a few weeks…hopefully I’ll have figured it out by then!

vkaryl, did the theme have the <div> style sidebar, or was it an unordered list? Rubric has the <div> style. It sounds like you didn’t even have to touch the CSS. I’ve put the php ‘if’ code in front and at the end of my menu div, which is what the sidebar consists of.

I obviously haven’t done it quite right, because the ‘sidebar widgets’ option doesn’t show up if I select my modified theme. If someone’s interested, I’d be glad to email them the index.php file with my changes…

moshu, vkaryl, I tried editing it myself but was only partially successful. By which I mean the widgets don’t work, but I didn’t completely break my page. ??

vkaryl, I didn’t find anything on mu.www.remarpro.com, though admittedly I’m tired of searching. Instead I followed the instructions, though they are more than a little confusing. I replaced the widget functions.php with my own, and replaced the theme’s default php with my own, both with the code added per the instructions. Now there aren’t any widget options in the administration panel, and no sidebar shows up. I quickly reverted until I figure out what went wrong. I haven’t defined any styles yet, could that be why?
My method was to create a second widgets plugin and a second theme, so I could switch back to the “safe” versions easily.