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Minor bug fixes<\/p>"},"ratings":{"1":0,"2":0,"3":0,"4":0,"5":0},"assets_icons":[],"assets_banners":[],"assets_blueprints":{},"all_blocks":[],"tagged_versions":["1.0","1.1","1.2","1.3","1.4","1.5","1.6","1.7"],"block_files":[],"assets_screenshots":{"screenshot-2.png":{"filename":"screenshot-2.png","revision":"1539068","resolution":"2","location":"plugin"},"screenshot-3.png":{"filename":"screenshot-3.png","revision":"1539068","resolution":"3","location":"plugin"},"screenshot-1.png":{"filename":"screenshot-1.png","revision":"1539068","resolution":"1","location":"plugin"}},"screenshots":{"1":"How to tweak your theme using Theme Tweaker<\/em>.","2":"Theme Tweaker<\/em> in action - on my own blog. Before tweaking.","3":"Theme Tweaker<\/em> in action - on my own blog. After tweaking to inverted colors."}},"plugin_section":[],"plugin_tags":[83,1250,356,1141,11242],"plugin_category":[59],"plugin_contributors":[80064],"plugin_business_model":[],"class_list":["post-47255","plugin","type-plugin","status-closed","hentry","plugin_tags-admin","plugin_tags-colors","plugin_tags-css","plugin_tags-theme","plugin_tags-tweak","plugin_category-utilities-and-tools","plugin_contributors-manojtd","plugin_committers-manojtd"],"banners":[],"icons":{"svg":false,"icon":"https:\/\/s.w.org\/plugins\/geopattern-icon\/theme-tweaker.svg","icon_2x":false,"generated":true},"screenshots":[{"src":"https:\/\/ps.w.org\/theme-tweaker\/trunk\/screenshot-1.png?rev=1539068","caption":"How to tweak your theme using Theme Tweaker<\/em>."},{"src":"https:\/\/ps.w.org\/theme-tweaker\/trunk\/screenshot-2.png?rev=1539068","caption":"Theme Tweaker<\/em> in action - on my own blog. Before tweaking."},{"src":"https:\/\/ps.w.org\/theme-tweaker\/trunk\/screenshot-3.png?rev=1539068","caption":"Theme Tweaker<\/em> in action - on my own blog. After tweaking to inverted colors."}],"raw_content":"\n

Theme Tweaker<\/em> displays the existing colors from your current theme, and gives you a color picker to replace them. It also lets you change them in bulk, like invert all colors, use grey scale etc.<\/p>\n\n

Furthermore, Theme Tweaker<\/em> allows you to preview or activate your changes. Finally, you can save the modified stylesheet locally and upload it into your blog server to deploy your new color scheme.<\/p>\n\n

Theme Tweaker<\/em> will now generate a fully functional child theme for you! Using child themes, you leave your original (parent) theme untouched, so that it can be updated independently without losing your tweaks.<\/p>\n\n

Cannot complete the tweaking in one sitting? No problem, Theme Tweaker<\/em> lets you save your work and pick it up from here you leave off. Moreover, Theme Tweaker<\/em> will remember your saved color schemes for any number of themes.<\/p>\n\n

If you like Theme Tweaker<\/em>, you may want to check out my other plugins: Easy AdSenser<\/a> and Easy LaTeX<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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  1. Upload the Theme Tweaker<\/em> plugin (the whole theme-tweaker folder) to the '\/wp-content\/plugins\/' directory.<\/li>\n
  2. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' page in WordPress.<\/li>\n
  3. Go to the Design -> Theme Tweaker and start tweaking your theme colors!<\/li>\n
  4. Or, use the \"Settings\" link in the Plugins page next to Theme Tweaker<\/em> to reach the tweaking paradise.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n
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    Great idea, but doesn't work with my theme. What gives?<\/dt>\n

    This plugin works as follows: It first identifies the strings in the style.css<\/code> file of your theme that look like colors. It them presents them to you with an option to replace them using a color-picker. The replaced colors are dynamically inserted in the header of your pages as they are generated.<\/p>\n\n

    This scheme worked great when I first developed. But now, more and more themes (especially the ones that offer you a color-picker) are using the same strategy to control the appearance of your pages. They keep the color definitions in places other than the style.css<\/code> file such as their php<\/code> files, and the database. Such schemes will foil the color tweaking strategy of this plugin.<\/p><\/dd>\n

    How come there is not a single frequently asked question?<\/dt>\n

    Two possible reasons.<\/p>\n\n

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    1. Theme Tweaker<\/em> is so simple and straight-forward that no question could be thought of.<\/li>\n
    2. More likely, the plugin is too new for any questions.<\/li>\n<\/ol><\/dd>\n
      I need your help<\/dt>\n

      Theme Tweaker<\/em> has an option to convert your color scheme to grey scale. The algorithm used is this: for a color rgb = (r,g,b), find y = 0.3r + 0.59g + 0.11b, grey = rgb(y,y,y).\nI am thinking of other color tweaking options such as increase\/decrease contrast or brightness, convert to sepia and so on. If you have the algorithms for such conversions, would you like to post them?<\/p><\/dd>\n

      How do I report a bug or ask a question?<\/dt>\n

      Please report any problems, and share your thoughts and comments at the plugin forum at WordPress<\/a> Or send an email to the plugin author<\/a>.<\/p><\/dd>\n\n<\/dl>\n\n\n