Although it began life as nothing more than a simple bugfix, version 1.4.2 has turned out to be quite a bit more than that. For starters, it contains some new styles and minor efficiency improvements in the code, so even if you weren’t experiencing problems with 1.4.1, you’ll definitely want to upgrade to the new hotness.
Here’s a list of specific fixes and enhancements found in this latest version:
- fixed the post preview redirect problem
- restored proper unhook functionality to common elements (especially
thesis_comments_link, which got mentioned quite a few times) - corrected the “read the full article” teaser link destination (it no longer points to the comments!)
- fixed the
getimagesize()function error issue that some users (mainly those on Dreamhost) were experiencing (thanks to Rick for this, he pwned it) - the feature box hook now works as expected, and it even contains a wrapping
divwith appropriate padding automatically applied, thereby freeing you up to focus on adding content - teaser headlines and bylines now receive the same font styling as your normal headlines and bylines (which is, in my opinion, the expected behavior before modifications are made)
- the Killer Recent Entries widget has been partially rebuilt to completely disconnect it from the active query (thereby reducing WordPress weirdness and ensuring that all your customizations work as expected)
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post preview redirect problem not fixed when I installed 1.4.2
Tom — Can you check the active version of
/lib/launch.phpand tell me what line 7 says?OH NO!
nm. The post preview problem doesn’t trouble me that much. Im sure you’ll figure it out. You might want to give people the option to download older thesis versions while the bugs are worked out of this one.
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Hawk!
Thanks for the fix. Seems the release is not stable enough, I plan to do more testing in my local environment first, and wait for some more time before apply to my production.
It doesn’t seem to be working for me. Even though i went to Default theme first and reinstalled Thesis, teasers still show errors. So I am back to 1.4 until this is fixed.
I think Sara is right. It would be a good idea to provide for download the last stable version (1.3.3) and the last-night-build for the ninjas.
I am still getting “Cannot load thesis-design-options.” when I try to activate the theme. This is happening on two different blogs, both operating WP 2.7. This did not happen before 1.4. Ugh.
It appears 1.4.2 fixed my problems. Preview works now.
I activated the theme anyway, saved the design page, and the theme is active.
You know, Thesis “used” to be great but it’s getting way too bloated and cumbersome. It’s not the most SEO friendly theme out there anymore by far, the section is full of bloat, it STILL doesn’t display without a huge horizontal scroll in the standard 1024×768 which is just plain bad.
Also visiting a site running Thesis, the first thoughts are “Oh no not another blocky Thesis blog”.
It’s a shame.
The previous odd error messages seem to be gone, but the teaser view is still minus the thumbnails of associated post images.
Appreciate 1.4.2, especially the Preview fix. I love the Feature/Highlights option but only wish tiny thumbnails of existing images with posting would show automatically. The cut and paste style of making images work with Feature/Highlights seems rather primitive for a theme as cool as Thesis.
Actually I get the error on any page, even with the rotating images selected.
So far I’m loving the new functionality, especially the teasers and features box. Thank Chris. I know you weren’t expecting the issues when 1.4 dropped but it all worked out.