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wp-svbtle
Wordpress Admin & Theme inspired by Svbtle
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| Mar 2012 | 2012-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2012-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Apr 2012 | 2012-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2012-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 2012 | 2012-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2012-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jun 2012 | 2012-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2012-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jul 2012 | 2012-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2012-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 2012 | 2012-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2012-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Sep 2012 | 2012-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2012-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Oct 2012 | 2012-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2012-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Nov 2012 | 2012-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2012-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 2012 | 2012-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Jan 2013 | 2013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2013-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Feb 2013 | 2013-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2013-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Mar 2013 | 2013-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2013-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 2013 | 2013-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2013-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 2013 | 2013-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2013-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 2013 | 2013-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2013-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jul 2013 | 2013-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2013-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 2013 | 2013-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2013-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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wp-svbtle
Wordpress admin & Theme inspired by svbtle.com. Follow me on twitter
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Installation
Move the folder wp-content/themes/svbltle into wp-content/themes/
Enable the theme from the admin panel
Move wp-svbtle to the root of your wordpress installation.
Log in to yourdomain.com/wp-svbtle for a new blogging experience!
Admin area & theme are 100% independent from each other!
Screenshots
FAQ
Isn't this unoriginal?
Yes, in the same way svbtle is unoriginal. See the original ["inspiration" for svbtle].
License
(The MIT License)
Copyright (c) 2011 Ricardo Rauch <ricardo@gravityonmars.com>
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
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included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
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Read the full README on GitHubWhat Hacker News says
24 sourcesThe OP is just using a theme someone else put online. Here's what they have to say about it:
Isn't this unoriginal?
Yes, in the same way svbtle is unoriginal.
See the original ["inspiration" for svbtle].
https://github.com/gravityonmars/wp-svbtle#isnt-this-unorigi...
I certainly don't agree with that.
In A cry for helpthere's a svbtle theme that you can install on wordpress: https://github.com/gravityonmars/wp-svbtle
In [dead]> I don't like Dustin Curtis as a person, based on prior history (i.e., American Airlines, presumption in his articles bordering on know-it-all after accomplishing little, and so on). You might find that the majority of the haters you're talking about feel the same
I'm guessing that pg's comment was at least partially in response to my own below[0], and you've exactly stated my issue with Curtis and the Svbtle network. There's nothing horribly wrong with the general concept behind Svbtle - perhaps it'll work, perhaps not. It's definitely legitimate enough that it's worth a shot.
But the way dcurtis went about it - the way he worded his initial post on Svbtle, his responses to the Svbtle theme being cloned, and so on, were very off-putting, to say the least. Moreover, the fact that he was so fixated on people copying the theme suggests tha
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t he was placing value in the wrong things in Svbtle.
To use a newspaper analogy, is it the layout of the NYTimes that gives it prestige and distinguishes it from your average tabloid rag? Is it the font? Is it the type of paper they use, or the size of the paper? No, it's the content, and the people who create it.
By stirring up such an enormous shitstorm over some people copying the Svbtle theme and creating RoR[1] or WP[2] clones, dcurtis gave up his reputation (which is actually important for running something like Svbtle) in a futile attempt to preserve the uniqueness of the Svbtle theme (which isn't all that important). His best hope now is to spread Svbtle outside the tech community, to people who aren't familiar with him, and thus don't have any impression of him at all yet.
0: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5027577
1: https://github.com/NateW/obtvse
2: https://github.com/gravityonmars/wp-svbtle
Good point. I'm using wp-svbtl https://github.com/gravityonmars/wp-svbtle
I'll see if there's anything can be done to improve the fonts.
In Why Facebook Makes Us DepressedI like the svblte look, but I'm stuck with WordPress. So, I use the Open Source wp-svbtle[0] theme on my blog[1].
Gives me the looks and feel of svbtle for reading and posting without needing to abandon WordPress.
[0] https://github.com/gravityonmars/wp-svbtle
[1] http://shkspr.mobi/blog/
In The open-source "svblte like" blogging platformif you take https://github.com/gravityonmars/wp-svbtle and mix it with https://github.com/mhoofman/wordpress-heroku you can make a svbtle clone on heroku for free.
In Svbtle ExclusivityBut possibly Svbtle isn't that original? https://github.com/gravityonmars/wp-svbtle (scroll to FAQ)
In WSJ Ignores 5 other Square co-foundersTook me until I saw the Disqus comments at the bottom to realize this blog was not on svbtle.com. The theme is here:
http://github.com/gravityonmars/wp-svbtle
From the github readme:
> Isn't this unoriginal?
> Yes, in the same way svbtle is unoriginal. See the original "inspiration" for svbtle. (link: http://drawar.com/)
At that, I raise an eyebrow. Yes, dcurtis' svbtle does look like it may have been inspired by drawar, or any other blog theme with a persistent left-hand column. It's certainly not nearly as original as it is simply well-executed.
But wp-svbtle copied the style & spacing of svbtle down to just about the pixel-level. Legal or not, it's pretty blatantly ripping-off the brand dcurtis is trying to establish, and that leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
In Dear Netflix: You're doing it wrongYou should get someone at GitHub to take down https://github.com/gravityonmars/wp-svbtle.
Free idea: A minimalist blogging platform that is open to everyone. ;)
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