GLOSS 2.0 is a major update that overhauls 98% of the theme. If you have customizations outside of the custom.css file, please backup your files. You will need to re-do any template changes to the new version, if necessary.

To Update:

  1. Download a fresh copy of the theme from your Obox Profile
  2. Unzip the file to find the new gloss folder
  3. Connect to your site via FTP and go to wp-content/themes
  4. Rename your existing gloss folder to gloss-backup
  5. Upload the new gloss folder to wp-content/themes/
  6. If you had customizations in the custom.css, you may copy that file into the new theme folder. Do not copy any other modified files from Gloss 1 into the new theme.
  7. Visit your Appearance > Themes page to verify the active theme now says Gloss 2.0.1 or higher, with the updated theme graphic
  8. Go to Plugins > Add New and download/Install the Regenerate Thumbnails plugin, then run it from Tools > Regen Thumbnails
  9. Review the below changes to understand how Theme Options and Widgets have changed. You will need to review your widget setup to configure the new widgets.

Updates:

  • WP3.4+ compatibility updates
  • OpenGraph support
  • oEmbed support
  • New sidebar gallery widget
  • Removed timthumb/main image dependency for posts – if you have old posts where the WordPress featured image was not being set automatically, you will need to edit those posts, click Set Featured Image, and select the image in your media library.
  • Color-coding of widgets and welcome page for easier setup
  • Option added to homepage widgets to display thumbs or videos
  • New black and white color style added
  • Better handling of fonts
  • Theme option added t hide specific post meta
  • Old Cufon font has been replaced with a Google Font option.

Fixes:

  • Fixed many depreciated tags and missing text domain for better localization
  • Popular posts now pulls correctly from chosen category
  • 3 column page widget will now show formatted page content. Please ensure paragraph tags are retained in the HTML tab of the post editor if you notice your content is not spacing.
  • Color styles now have matching link colors and icons.