There’s something about this P2 theme that I like. Maybe it’s because the default font is Helvetica Neue, or maybe it’s the Twitter-inspired look and feel.
The P2 theme is really nice from a blog author’s point-of-view, with its AJAX-like live updates of posts and comments, and the post box up there at the top of the main body is really nifty.
But I was just alerted to the fact that this theme doesn’t scale well when viewed on the iPhone; you can’t double-tap to zoom in and out. Bugger.
The screengrab on the left shows how the P2 theme loads in Mobile Safari. It doesn’t reflow to fit the iPhone screen, and double-tapping to zoom out doesn’t work, unlike the Sandbox theme as seen in the screengrab on the right.
I’ll leave this on for a couple of days and see if the cannot-zoom-in-iPhone problem bugs me or not. Considering how I blog from only my iPhone these days, it probably will.
Fuck it; the inability to zoom is really annoying, so it’s back to the old theme. That, and the fact that all of you have made it loud and clear your dislike of the new theme. But I’m liking Helvetica Neue too much I’m slipping it into the previous layout.
Ok, business as usual…
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I recently switched from The Journalist to P2 and am loving it with just minor tweaks to CSS. Everything is very elegant and I’ve written to support about possible improvements including a visual editor when [Edit]ing from the main page. Not sure what they were thinking when they designed the page. It’s one thing to be Twitter inspired but even Twitter doesn’t make you learn HTML.
I see you’re in Singapore. I’m in Brunei. :)
Hi Jan,
Great to hear from a fellow photographer! I think the post box in P2 is meant for quick updates; personally, I feel a visual editor would be an impediment to what the P2 theme is designed for.
wow i liked p2 as well but i cant get my header pic to be up :(
It’s very easy to add an image header if you have paid from Custom CSS. Simply add the following bit of code into your CSS:
#header {
background:transparent url('http://YOURIMAGEURL') no-repeat scroll 0 0;
height:140px;
}
@ ser
I don’t think P2 theme is meant to have a header image. I did the opposite and had the header text removed through CSS script. All I’ve got was a rectangular block that reads “SHIMWORLD”. Removing it made it look more elegant.
Oh wait a minute, I see what you mean by header. I just had another look at the images in this post and I was under the impression that those were the author’s Sandbox 1.1 header. I should look into this a bit more when I have some time to kill.
Hey. I am using P2 :) and i really digg your font style, what you used in your P2 theme. (Helvetica Neue) if i post my post they appere in italic.
Can you tell me how to change font style? :)
Hi there,
Sorry for the late reply. To change font type, specify the following in your CSS code:
body {
background:#fff;
color:#333;
font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue Light", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-weight:normal;
font-size:72%;
text-align:center;
margin:0;
padding:0;
}
Hi again,
I wonder if you know the codes to get rid of P2 theme’s top post box. It’s become quite a nuisance where people post short messages that are meaningful to me but meaningless to my readers when subscribers receive one liner feeds from my blog. Apparently Feedburner regards this as a new post and pushes updates to over 100 of my subscribers.
P2 now has a new option for WordPress member to post via your post box. You should check if this has been disabled under ‘Appearance’ > ‘P2 Options’.
If you’d rather disable the post box entirely, look for this code:
#postbox {position:relative;
margin-right:1px;
font-size:14px;
padding:16px 18px;
}
and add
display:none;one line after#postbox {