Introducing Dateless Sniper 1.1
May 20th, 2008 by CourtAs some of you know, WordPress 2.5+ has some issues running widgets in certain themes. Buggy code in 2.5 causes a break in quite a few themes that run double sidebars. Since this is the case with the original Dateless Sniper, I decided to create a new version that doesn’t break, and have make a few other significant changes including:
- Removal of the RSS icon
- Change to a single sidebar
- Increased width on content section
This theme was created for maximum SEO benefit, is widgetized, and could be used in any niche. Here’s how the new version looks:
Enjoy and please let me know if you have any questions about the theme!!
~ Court
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May 20th, 2008 at 10:08 am
“unbreakable” i like it.
May 20th, 2008 at 10:36 am
I hate it when they update their software and things stop working. Thanks for looking out for us Court.
May 20th, 2008 at 10:50 am
I have one Noob question for all users of Dateless Sniper Theme. I can’t figure out how to put AdSense on top of post titles. I see that is possible on Court’s Colorado Lasik site, but the code confuses me.
I would appreciate any help in this matter.
May 20th, 2008 at 11:18 am
You are going to edit both the home.php and index.php files and paste your Adsense code right after the div tag that ends with: id=”contentleft”>
It should be near the top of each of those files.
May 20th, 2008 at 11:26 am
Ok, I got it.
Thanks for a quick answer Court.
May 20th, 2008 at 11:03 am
Court, you say that the new version “was created for maximum SEO benefit.” Forgive my noob Q:, but exactly how does this new design help with SEO?
May 20th, 2008 at 11:15 am
The old version was also created for maximum SEO benefit Ed. However, if you want to read about why I have created this theme and have taken on the huge project of creating SEO friendly versions of many themes, you can read this post:
http://courtneytuttle.com/2007/11/27/48-seo-wordpress-themes-and-why-you-should-use-one/
Back then I had 48, now there are over 100.
May 20th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
Thanks, Court.
May 20th, 2008 at 11:39 am
I liked having 2 colums. It gave me a extra good CTR spot for adsense and affiliates. How easy would it be for someone to hack like that? I bet if someone did it court would post it? Maybe?
May 20th, 2008 at 4:19 pm
If someone did it and it worked properly, of course I would post it!
May 20th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
The first thing I thought of when I read the title to this post was “Match.com” .
I’ve been awake too long.
Very elegant theme,
Barbara
May 20th, 2008 at 3:05 pm
Do those SEO themes other than this one print well? On this very site, I cannot get a decent printout with either Firefox or I.E. Print Preview in I.E. chops off right side regardless of scale. Firefox ordinarily does an OK job of scaling, so I prefer it. BUT, Print Preview in FF in any scale shows just one page running off the bottom, even though if it would print properly, there would be several pages.
This happens all too often on websites that try too hard to be “kewl”.
A pity, since I think you have a great site – contentwise.
Your previous theme WAS JUST FINE — AND it printed well.
Regards,
David Bean
May 21st, 2008 at 8:46 am
Sorry to disappoint David. Honestly, my previous theme wasn’t working with my goals – this theme is. There are a lot of reasons to go to a ‘kewler’ theme. If you could see the stats and evaluate the performance of the new theme, you would agree that we’re a lot better off now.
May 20th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
Does this new theme work on free WordPress blogs or only self hosted blogs?
Thanks.
May 21st, 2008 at 8:48 am
Sorry Sunshine, I don’t know what the rules are at WordPress.com. Does anyone know if you can use any theme you want there?
May 20th, 2008 at 5:47 pm
Thanks Court…I have been using the sniper 1.0 version for my niche site….now I could replace them with this
May 20th, 2008 at 9:10 pm
Kinda giggling.. I had the same response at first as Barbara…. just wondering where the name came from… perhaps its time for me to get out as well!! LOL
May 21st, 2008 at 12:44 am
Thanks Court, I’ve been looking for a really really simple WP theme and this is it!
May 21st, 2008 at 6:46 am
I was just wondering, how is the CTR with the sniper 1.0 theme? It seems like there are a limited number of built in spots to place adsense ads, so I’m just wondering how well it does.
May 21st, 2008 at 10:33 am
Ahh a new theme to be added to my collection of wordpress themes. This one appears to be simple and easy to use.
May 21st, 2008 at 2:56 pm
Thank you Court…I like the extra left margin space; in the old version the text was flush against the left edge. This is much better, thanks.
May 21st, 2008 at 3:14 pm
It is nice to see a good theme made by someone you can trust. That is something that can be hard to find now.
May 21st, 2008 at 8:18 pm
Hi Court, Thank you so much for your continued efforts.
I’m curious where you suggest placing adsense codes and what format you would use with this theme?
May 22nd, 2008 at 5:52 am
That’s the biggest problem I see with the theme right now. I don’t know where others think would be the best spot, but I like to have a leaderboard, a tower on my inside column and a 250×300 in my first post. I guess you could just skip the tower on this but it has one of my highest CTRs.
May 23rd, 2008 at 3:15 am
Is it possible to beat out a wikipedia entry for your keyword using keyword sniping?
May 23rd, 2008 at 5:28 am
On single post pages, the original “About”, “Search” and “Admin” sections get shoved to the bottom right. Was that intended?
May 23rd, 2008 at 7:47 pm
Was the RSS feed icon causing an issue? Or was there some other reason for removing it?
May 24th, 2008 at 7:24 am
Hi Court Could you look at my site and tell me…if the ads placement are good with the sniper theme
My site:- http://www.chemo-therapy.info
May 25th, 2008 at 2:08 pm
@ Chemotherapy
The ad is easily missed in my opinion, when visitors will arrive they will read the headline and slowly start to scroll down, doing so they will completely miss your Adsense ad.
Use the Shylock Adsense plugin to insert your Adsense, google for it and you’ll find it right away.
June 2nd, 2008 at 2:21 am
Hi Court:
If putting up an informational niche site that is not updated frequently, why is blog software necessary? (Assuming one can do html, php, css and do the head tags, h1 tags, page titles, menus, keyword sprinkling, etc., oneself similar to what you do). That is much more flexible, less complicated, and you know what you got.
And,specially, why have comments on a niche site that is not a blog? Facilitating comments seems be the only reason to use blog software. (It’s a hassle to code comment handling oneself.) What am I missing?
Thanks for an interesting and informative site.
David Bean
June 6th, 2008 at 2:59 pm
Its faster in any case. You can take free themes and modify parts you want. There is also a comment system once you need it – the same with postings. Change the design instantly with only one click and one new theme upload…For beginners its the more flexible solution than a static html page.
June 25th, 2011 at 6:08 am
I should pay more attention to the author section of your posts
June 29th, 2011 at 9:30 am
There are a few niches out there like that.