This version includes the new [HMT ads] button in the visual editor which is used for placing ads directly within the content of individual pages and posts.

Important information about this release can be found in the HeatMap Insider Forum.

This update adds extra functionality to the HMT Ads button in the visual editor. You can now insert ad widgets directly in your posts from the WordPress visual editor. The new [square bracket] shortcodes also make it easier for you to see exactly where you’ve inserted those ad widgets.

HeatMap Theme Pro v5.1 is available in the Members area for download and testing.

The v5 user guide is now completed so you can now hop over to the v5 members area, download version 5 and discover the cool new features.

We’re also working through the public site to update all entries and links to refer to v5 features, so bear with us and don’t trip up over any loose wires.

v5 Members Area

The Child Themes (now known as PRO SKINS) have also been upgraded, and there’s some lovely new ones too! (24 skins in total)

I’ve been having a lot of fun myself giving HeatMapTheme.com a makeover with Pro v4. As you can see HeatMap may be great as an ads theme, but it also makes a great all round theme too!

Its an exciting journey for HeatMap Theme right now. If you’ve been thinking about hopping onboard with HeatMap Theme I encourage you to do so today.

Heatmap 3.0.5a is now the official new stable release, and fully supports the excting new WordPress Menu Manager, that now ships with WordPress 3.

This is great news for everyone who has yearned for more control over exactly what pages, categories and links are shown on the Heatmap Drop Down menus.

So if you have a yearning for more control (muhaha!) and you are still rocking the free download HeatMap Version 2.5.4 then its time to head over to the HeatMap Theme Store and get yourself a membership.

Custom drop down menu power can now be yours!

WordPress 3.0 is nearly here, so its time to have another look at the new menu manager, and integrate that lovely new feature fully into the HeatMap Theme drop down menus.

Version 3.0.5a beta allows both the pages nav bar and the categories nav bar to be fully customised using the new WordPress 3.0 menu manager. You can still use the old menu system too if you prefer your drop down menus to be automatically generated.

So, WordPress 3.0 beta testers start your engines! Custom WordPress dropdown menus are here!

As ever, the beta is available from the Heatmap Insider Beta Downloads area.

I was so excited to try out the new WordPress 3.0 menu manager, that I decided to get a bit ahead of the game and implement the new feature on the latest HeatMap Ads Theme beta.  You’ll need to be running a WordPress 3.0 Beta test server in order to have a play with it. WordPress 2.9 users will just have to wait a little longer

Whats new?

There’s a new addition to the HeatMap Theme options page which allows you to switch on support for the new menu manager (thus ensuring that the new menus are backward compatible with the ones you already have). At this time the menu manager only works for the Pages Nav Bar.

The new beta is available in the HeatMap Insider Forum Beta Downloads area.

HeatMap Theme version 3.0.3 has just landed in the Insider Forum Downloads area

This release brings a couple of extra useful goodies which HeatMapsters have been asking for in the shape of two new page/post templates which allow you to…

• Switch off the ads and/or auto thumbnails images when using the WordPress Gallery feature in pages or posts

• Turn off the auto thumbnail images when you are manually inserting images into pages or posts

These nifty little templates help to keep your blog formatting stay just as lovely as it should whenever you are using images in your pages and posts.

HeatMap Theme has just celebrated its 250th member, so if you are using the free download version, loving your HeatMap Theme and would like to take advantage of the latest and greatest theme updates direct from HeatMapster HQ then we invite you to jump aboard and join our happy band!

Because HeatMap Theme makes use of some of the latest WordPress features…

HeatMap Theme requires WordPress version 2.9 upwards.

Make sure you are running the latest WordPress version before installing HeatMap Theme.

Happy Heatmapstering!

HeatMap Theme 3.0.2 has now been released and comes with 2 new features…

Post Thumbnails

StuartWider.com gets the Thumbnail Feature makeover!

Its now super easy to add thumbnails and images to your posts and pages using the Post Thumbnails feature. Just set the thumbnail image in your WordPress Post Editor and the image will automatically be sized and included in your Recent Posts Plus sidebar Widget, pages or posts. You can also choose to automatically align these images left or right from the HeatMap Theme options page (this is feature only available in 3.0.2).

You can see this feature in full effect on stuartwider.com.

Hide either post details or the comments count (or both!)

Some Heatmapsters wanted more from the Hide Post Details Feature that was introduced in 3.0.1 and now you’ve got it. You now have the option to hide the post details (eg categories, tags, date, author etc) but still have the comment count showing!

Again you can see this in full effect on stuartwider.com. Note the neat looking comment count where normally the full post details would appear on the home page under each post.

Bugs Eradicated

Child Themes now correctly pull their favicon from the child theme itself.

Compatability

Please make sure you are running WordPress version 2.9 and upwards.

Support and Extra Goodies

The supported version of HeatMap Theme version 3.0.2 is available from the HeatMap Insider Forum.

Visit the HeatMap Theme Store