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I have been receiving many comments and mails reporting browser incompatibility, mainly IE6 and IE8. One of iDream user Diana was kind enough to send a screenshot of her homepage having IE6 issues. Many of the users confuse between IE6 and IE8, I am not sure why.

IE6 Screenshot

The issues with IE6 are many, mainly with 24 bit PNG graphics and CSS, I have attached IE6 and IE8 screenshots. You can also test your site in different browsers using http://browsershots.org/ , I use adobe browser lab for browser testing. All the links with 24 bit PNG graphics as CSS background becomes non-clickable and they appear distorted.

IE6 is officially dead, Google phased out support for IE6, Microsoft said to have sent flowers for IE6 funeral. There is no point in trying to fix IE6 issues compromising the look and feel of the themes along with some Java Script functionality.

IE8 Screenshot

The only issue I can see on IE8 screenshot is the blurred text. Which is caused by IE8 filter called ClearType, you can remove the feature by following few steps.

-> Click on “Tools” on menu bar
-> Go to “Internet Options”
-> click on “Advanced” tab
-> In “settings” options scroll down to “Multimedia”
-> Uncheck Box for “Always use Clear Type for HTML”
-> Press “Apply” and “OK”

I would love to have your comments and suggestions for next templates and versions. Please write your blog URL when reporting bug/error.

This is a long pending post, should have posted long back. I was preoccupied with my office work and some personal affairs. Sorry for not being able to reply all your comments and mails.

Enable “Read More” Feature in wordpress

WordPress "Read More" link

Many of you have been requesting feature to post only “excerpts” or “summaries” of your post on front page or category or archive pages. But we already have that feature in WordPress text editor, a button called “Incert More tag (alt+shift+t)”. Place your cursor at the end of the line where you want the “Read more” link and press the “Incert More tag” button, which will end your post at the point of your cursor with a “Read More” link, or whatever the text is defined in theme.

But as Dr. G requested for custom excerpts, Means instead of using few lines of the post as intro, he want to be able to use a custom written summery of the post. For that I will have to add a theme option, which will enable the “Excerpt” (if you have written one in your post edit page, see the image), and replace the actual post from front page. I will try to add this option in future versions or any new theme release.

How To Change The Hyperlink Text Decoration

Another common request I have been receiving is “How to change link color” or “How to add underline”

Just add the following code at the end of style.css

div.postwrap div.postcontent a,
div.postwrap div.postcontent a:visited {
text-decoration: underline; /* For text-decoration, other values can be: blink, line-through, none, overline */
color: #3399FF; /* For hyperlink color, you can use http://www.colorpicker.com/ to choose color values */
}


Remember, you do not need the line “text-decoration : underline;” in idream, because it already has underlined link. And this will change hyperlinks in your post content only.