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5.3.1 and Mobile Responsive Theme

MP Mr Papa
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Aug 24, 2013 · 3:31 pm · Edited

We are quickly approaching the beta release of our new mobile responsive theme!

In order to support that, we will be releasing SP version 5.3.1 in parallel with it… As part of our usual test out process, we are now running 5.3.1 here on our support forum. Also, we are running the latest of our mobile responsive theme called Unified. So if you visit this site on your mobile phone, you can give it a try out…

This latest update includes private messaging mobile stuff as part of unified now. We are still putting the finishing touches on private messaging mobile (mainly the compose form) but its a completely overhauled pm system. Improved database schema and improved layout. You will notice the new layout in standard desktop mode so simple press too.

5.3.1 will include a few bug fixes as well as some new features including using ajax for topic delete, post delete, marking forums read, post/topic pinning and topic locking. Ajax means no page reload – just perform the function and you can keep on working. We have also begun a major revamping of the admin. No, you wont notice any changes as the work done in 5.3.1 is all under the covers, but with MP6 and the wp admin redo and mobile responsive efforts, we need to follow suit, so the ground work has begun. Another added feature is the ability for admins to set the admin options of other users. There should be a nice performance improvement too when using non gravatar avatars.

Okay, that does it for now. Please report any issues you see here in the forums. The beta rollout of Unified mobile responsive theme should be within a week away.

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ME Meztli
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Aug 25, 2013 · 11:06 am

I have been waiting for the responsive theme for a long time, so this is fantastic news!

Really looking forward to implement the theme at my site.

Thumbs up!

P.S.

And by the way, it looks fine at my Sony Xperia Go.

D.S

Thanks as well for all the great changes in 5.3.0.

MP Mr Papa
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Aug 25, 2013 · 11:26 am

Thanks for the feedback! It has been a long road… and the journey is about to hit beta…

NH Nick Horton
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Aug 25, 2013 · 2:51 pm

Looks fantastic. I’m totally in or the beta-test. I love beta tests ;-) do them constantly in own business.

 

also, it looks fantastic on my iPhones 5

MP Mr Papa
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Aug 25, 2013 · 4:12 pm

thanks!  will let you know.  Should be very soon.  just let it soak her for few days to a week, then go…

YS Yellow Swordfish
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Aug 26, 2013 · 7:03 am

Thanks for that. Few more days… this has been a long, long haul!

JD John Drake
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Sep 1, 2013 · 5:05 am

After upgrading I see this on the footer of posts:

 

Warning: The function sp_build_qurl() has been deprecated and will be reomoved in a future update in /problem-with-post-edit-buttonome/wwwrugb/public_html/secret/wp-content/plugins/simple-press/sp-startup/site/sp-site-deprecated.php on line 74 – 

 

Any ideas?

YS Yellow Swordfish
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Sep 1, 2013 · 5:09 am

I can think of 2 possible reasons.

The first would be that you have written some custom code that makes use of this function in which case we can tell you how to change your code as needed.

The second reason would be that you have updated your core Simple:Press but have not upgraded any plugins you are using and if that is the case then you really do need to do this as there are a lot of dependencies.

So – either of those?

JD John Drake
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Sep 1, 2013 · 6:32 am

Yellow Swordfish said
I can think of 2 possible reasons.
The first would be that you have written some custom code that makes use of this function in which case we can tell you how to change your code as needed.
The second reason would be that you have updated your core Simple:Press but have not upgraded any plugins you are using and if that is the case then you really do need to do this as there are a lot of dependencies.
So – either of those?

Thanks so much for the quick reply!

The updating plugin was the fix, I am confused how this even bypassed me :)

P.S Great update btw!

YS Yellow Swordfish
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Sep 1, 2013 · 6:39 am

Thank you. And that is good news. We took the opportunity in 5.3.1 to deal with some old leftover functions and variables that needed changing so it involved a large number of unusual plugin dependencies. Sadly, the WP Updater has no facility to deal with dependencies so we understand why it can be easy to miss…

JD John Drake
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Sep 1, 2013 · 7:12 am

Yeah no problem.

Moving from Invision has been a big shock to the system but it’s feeling better.

I also see you included the fix for the Invision Scheme which is great to see!

YS Yellow Swordfish
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Sep 1, 2013 · 8:34 am

i was hesitant about the importer fix but went with it. To be honest we do not get that many converts from Invision and the original importer was partly written by a user. As an Invision user until recently, my wife reports they seem to change their schema every now and then so I am hoping your schema change is the more up to date.