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Monday, June 16, 2008

Downloads

I got an email asking about whether people had to pay again if they wanted an updated version of the theme. That got me thinking about the logistics of paying/not paying on updates. For now, I am going to make the download available for 30 days after it is purchased. That way, if you purchase a theme and I update the theme within 30 days, you can get the new version for no charge.

I don't plan on making overly frequent updates so you are not going to have to spend a dollar every few days to get the new version. Unless there is major issue that requires and update, I will probably update every few months and clearly explain what the update is for so you can decide whether or not the new download is necessary.

Twitter will be the best way to stay on top of updates.

Please be patient, this is new and I know a little unpopular with some people. I am trying to make all sides happy which is hard. Remember, you can still get the free version of my theme from AMO.

Saturday, June 14, 2008

Issues with Vista?

Has anyone tried my themes with Vista? I have heard a couple of people say that themes will not work with Vista as their OS?

Friday, June 13, 2008

Firefox 3 Coming June 17th.

With the release of FF3 coming in a few days, I believe I am ready to upload all my new themes by this weekend. I am also going to launch an improved website showcasing all my themes. I will also keep this blog around to give updates and may create a user forum to go along with it. I am not sure what the purpose of it would be other than to have a user forum. I will put it together and see if there is enough interest in it to keep a forum around.

Stay tuned. I should have it all up and running by Saturday night.

Friday, June 6, 2008

Stay Tuned

I am working on a new website and some new themes for when Firefox 3 is released.

There are some minor changes to the themes but overall they look and feel the same as before. I hope you will find some of the changes to improve the themes. Due to the change in structure of the themes by the Firefox developers, I decided to redo the way the tabs look and operate. They made it very difficult to change the tabs but I think you will like the way they look. The changes should also prevent any issues related to extensions that add functionality to themes. Most of the changes I made were done to keep my themes more compatible with popular extensions.

On a bigger note, I have joined the team at Flock theme development will now become my profession. After teaching high school for five years, I am excited for something new and what could be better than doing something I love to do and have been doing as a hobby for the past year and a half.

I will announce my new site soon so stay tuned.

Monday, May 12, 2008

Theme Compatibility

As of now, all of my themes are created on a Windows PC. Since I do not have a Mac, I cannot test my recently updated Firefox 3 themes to see how they operate on OSX. Has anyone tried my updated FF3 themes on a Mac? If so, how do they operate? I have read some things that suggest there may be some problems on Macs using themes built on he default Windows theme and on Windows using themes built on the default Mac theme.

Has anyone noticed any issues?

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Aero Fox Silver

I have put a silver version of my Aero Fox theme together for those of you who like the Aero style buttons but may not like the darker themes.

I have not finished putting a version of this theme together for use with Firefox 3 yet but I will have one available shortly. You can download this from the Firefox Add-ons site under the experimental themes.

Please let me know what you think of this theme.

Sunday, April 20, 2008

Aquatint Redone for Firefox 3

You can download my updated Aquatint Redone theme here.