SWIFT : Fastest loading, SEO optimized wordpress theme
Hello folks,
I just finished designing my first wordpress theme named SWIFT. You can check the live demo here
http://geeksplanet.net
http://linuxhere.com
There are many wordpress themes out there with beautiful graphics, image resizers and fancy java scripts, but this theme is different. SWIFT, as the name says is the fastest loading, SEO optimized server friendly wordpress theme.
This theme is mainly aimed at blogs running on low server resources and for those who like clean and simple designs. It’s always good have themes like SWIFT at your disposal so that you can easily switch to it if you are expecting a spike in traffic from social media sites.
Here are some of the best features of SWIFT which makes it stand away from crowd.
- Loads very fast, minimum number of http requests. Your server will love it
- Zero images used.
- SEO friendly, For example,this theme uses h1 tag for post titles, instead of the blog title.
- Cross browser compatible (Works well on ie6 too
, except for the curves ) - Easily customizable.
- Popular posts are highlighted on the home page to give them more exposure, this will turn the first time visitors to your blog into regular readers.
- Sidebar and footer with four widgetised sections.
- Theme options page for easy maintenance.
- Eight different color schemes to choose from.
- Ads integrated into theme options page.
I have been seeing this theme for the last 7 days, and i lost my judgment. I would like to have your valuable suggestions before i proceed with adding different colour schemes.Please drop in your suggestions here.
Here are the results of webpage speed analysis.
- TOTAL_HTML – Congratulations, the total number of HTML files on this page (including the main HTML file) is 1 which most browsers can multithread. Minimizing HTTP requests is key for web site optimization. Y
- TOTAL_OBJECTS – Congratulations, the total objects on this page (including the HTML) is 9 which most browsers can multithread in a reasonable amount of time. Minimizing HTTP requests is key to minimizing object overhead (see Figure II-3: Relative distribution of latency components showing that object overhead dominates web page latency in Website Optimization Secrets for more details on how object overhead dominates web page latency.
- TOTAL_IMAGES – Congratulations, the total number of images on this page is 3 . Most browsers can send multiple requests, which can speed display of multiple images.
- TOTAL_CSS – Congratulations, the total number of external CSS files on this page is 1 . Because external CSS files must be in the HEAD of your HTML document, they must load first before any BODY content displays. Although they are cached, CSS files slow down the initial display of your page. Remember to place CSS files in the HEAD and JavaScript files at the end of the BODY to enable progressive display.
- TOTAL_SIZE – Caution. The total size of this page is 112708 bytes, which will load in over 20 seconds on a 56Kbps modem – or 24.26 seconds on a 56Kbps modem. Consider reducing total page size to less than 100K to achieve sub 20 second response times on 56K connections. Be sure to provide feedback for pages over 100K by layering your design to display useful content within the first two seconds. Consider optimizing your site with Website Optimization Secrets, Speed Up Your Site or contacting us about our optimization services.
- TOTAL_SCRIPT – Caution. The total number of external script files on this page is 4 , consider reducing this to one or two. Combine, refactor, and minify to optimize your JavaScript files. Ideally you should have one (or even embed scripts for high-traffic pages) on your pages. Consider suturing JavaScript files together at the server to minimize HTTP requests. Placing external JavaScript files at the bottom of your BODY, and CSS files in the HEAD enables progressive display in XHTML web pages.
- HTML_SIZE – Congratulations, the total size of this HTML file is 20594 bytes, which less than 50K. Assuming that you specify the HEIGHT and WIDTH of your images, this size allows your HTML to display content in under 10 seconds, the average time users are willing to wait for a page to display without feedback.
- IMAGES_SIZE – Congratulations, the total size of all your images is 19651 bytes, which is less than 50K. Even with a 50K HTML page this page should load in less than 20 seconds on a 56Kbps connection. Ideally each image should be less than 1160 bytes, to easily fit into one TCP-IP packet.
- SCRIPT_SIZE – Warning! The total size of external your scripts is 71695 bytes, which is over 20K. Consider optimizing your JavaScript for size, combining them, and using HTTP compression where appropriate for any scripts placed in the HEAD of your documents. You can substitute CSS menus for JavaScript-based menus to minimize or even eliminate the use of JavaScript.
- CSS_SIZE – Congratulations, the total size of your external CSS is 768 bytes, which is less than 8K.
- MULTIM_SIZE – Congratulations, the total size of all your external multimedia files is 0 bytes, which is less than 10K.
Source:http://analyze.websiteoptimization.com/
url analyzed:LinuxHere.Com
P.S. The admin-core.php file exists with:
$data2.= fread($fh1, filesize($base_style)); at line 90.
The custom-style.css file does not exist. Again, I have d/l and unpacked twice, once using FF2, then using IE8. Same result. Thanks.
Ray
Hello Satish,
I just d/l Swift theme from this website and installed it receiving the following errors:
Warning: fopen(/home/ezword/public_html/wp-content/themes/swift/includes/custom-style.css) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/ezword/public_html/wp-content/themes/swift/admin/admin-core.php on line 89
Warning: filesize() [function.filesize]: stat failed for /home/ezword/public_html/wp-content/themes/swift/includes/custom-style.css in /home/ezword/public_html/wp-content/themes/swift/admin/admin-core.php on line 90
Warning: fread(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /home/ezword/public_html/wp-content/themes/swift/admin/admin-core.php on line 90
I deleted and re-d/l and re-installed receiving the same errors. Also, I cannot get the sidebar to appear. Thanks for your help. Great Theme!!!
~~Ray
Thanks for the awesome theme. But I can’t seem to save my design options, some errors occured upon theme activation too.
First when I active swift theme (http://funnypleaze.com/wp-admin/themes.php?activated=true), it gives me this error:
“Warning: copy(/swift_default.jpg) [function.copy]: failed to open stream: Permission denied in …/wp-content/themes/swift/admin/admin-core.php on line 61
Warning: fopen(/swift_custom/timthumb.php) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in …/wp-content/themes/swift/admin/admin-core.php on line 74
Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in …/wp-content/themes/swift/admin/admin-core.php on line 78
Warning: fopen(/swift_custom/custom-style.css) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in …/wp-content/themes/swift/admin/admin-core.php on line 82
Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in …/wp-content/themes/swift/admin/admin-core.php on line 86″
The second time error was occured when I was on design options page ( http://funnypleaze.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=swift-design-options) tried to save design options, after I clicked “Save Changes”, it takes me to http://funnypleaze.com/wp-admin/options.php with errors:
“Warning: fopen(/swift_custom/custom-style.css) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in …/wp-content/themes/swift/admin/create-styles.php on line 10
Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in …/wp-content/themes/swift/admin/create-styles.php on line 203
Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at …/wp-content/themes/swift/admin/create-styles.php:10) in …/wp-includes/pluggable.php on line 868″
Can you please help me fix this?
After several personal option changes you can judge for yourself the speed criteria or results.Thank you.
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wow another clean template .. cool.. must try this one..can wait to try it
wow soooooooooooo nice satish
how to update swift
and can u teach me how i can fix missed schedule error i’ve been search every site in google and i cant fixed
plzzz email me if you don’t mind
Download the latest version of SWIFT from
http://swiftthemes.com/
extract the zipped file and upload it into wp-content/themes folder in your wordpress installetion and then activate it through appearence==>Themes page.
Oh, another thing…
The RSS is already in the menu bar above the header, isn’t having them again in the header area kinda redundant? How about making that area accept some code or script so we can decide if we want our RSS there or some ad script instead.
The second menu bar for categories is another super idea. I don’t know why most WP theme designers only consider pages as worthy to be in menus. I’ve been using pixopoint’s nav plugin for so long and I’m glad that there’s finally a theme that will allow me to put my categories in the menu without using additional plugins.
Thanks again.
I was actually thinking of it, now that you asked for it, i will add that option in the next release.
Hello.
Thank you for making this theme available for free.
I was considering using themasterplan or gridfocus but I decided to check out wordpress.org for new themes and I found swift.
I love the built-in ad postions but their ability to take only an image and URL pretty limits what we can do with them. Is it possible to make them accept scripts from ad networks?
Also, having control over the color of the outlines in the sidebar and featured posts and the background of the sidebar will make this fantastic theme even more customizable.
Keep up the good work.
Thank you.
VTY,
Bulalo
Hello Bulao,
Thanks for dropping in with your suggestions.
If you want to add some scripts, you can add them in a text widget on widgets page.
The colour of the outlines in sidebar is inherited from the background of the title. Giving an explicit colour to the outlines will spoil the look of the theme.
I will add the option to choose the outline colour of featured post box in the next release.
pls mail me the download file pls. tnx
gr8 job … nice theme
@rayees and HackMinded,
Swift theme is out of beta and here is the official site
http://swiftthemes.com
Need a Swifty theme for my site/…
pls.mail me the beta version of swift ::
Can you provide me ETA for full available version to download..
I would like to test the beta version, please email me
Thanks
hi satish, the theme is nice. can email to me?
Hey nice effort
@Juan and Ricky
Mailed you the beta version of the theme
@Simran
Thanks
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Hey Satish bro,
Can you email me the link pls?
please mail it to me…
really want to test it….
Great aimple and clean theme.
I really liked it.
Can you please also give the downloading link to the theme.
Thanks
Hello evildon,
This theme is not yet complete for final release, i mailed you the beta version.
Impressive, Liked