Scaffold update released

It’s been a little while coming, but the latest Scaffold theme update has finally been released. A full list of updates is available on the Scaffold site, but they include:

an optional single-column layout
an option to show your ‘liked’ posts
the ability to manually specify album art
Facebook ‘Like’ button
lightboxing for images that don’t have a click-through URL
a new optional ‘slim’ audio player

A few of the new features are highlighted below.

Single column layout

This has been a popular request, so I’m happy to announce the inclusion of an optional single-column layout for main pages, following the design of the existing individual post pages.

Slim audio player

A late addition to the update, this ‘slim’ version of the audio player sits along the top of posts rather than beside them.

The slim player is great if you tend to post a lot of text with your audio posts, as it doesn’t reduce the size of the text area in double-column layouts. This version of the player is an optional setting, with the existing player being used by default.

Showing ‘Likes’

A number of people asked for the ability to show your recently ‘liked’ posts, so this is now an option also. When selected, your latest four ‘liked’ posts will display along the bottom of index pages, along with a title (that can be customised) and a link to see more via the standard Tumblr interface.

Facebook ‘Like’ button

A lot of requests were made for the addition of the FB Like button, so this is now included in the theme. However, it is only currently available in all views except the double-column view. This will be rectified shortly but requires a larger change to the way the footer section of these panels is coded, something which the current update lays some of the groundwork for (it also paves the way for being able to display tags, another feature a lot of people request).

If you already have the Scaffold theme, and haven’t made any changes to the theme HTML, then you will get the update automatically. For those that have made changes, see the Updates page for details on how to get the latest version.