The most common support items for Mimbo Pro are to do with the TimThumb script - and minor problems with it’s usage. Below are the three things that fix the problems with the image resize system.
- The scripts/cache folder needs to be given the permissions 777 in order to save the cache files. This speeds up the image serving which in turn makes your server happy.
- The custom field key is case sensitive. It must be “Image” not “image”
- The custom field value for the image path should be relative to the site root. This means you should not include the http://sitename.com bit, but include everything else.
- On some server setups the .htaccess file found in the scripts folder can break things. If this happens then renaming/ deleting the .htaccess file should fix things. Make sure you try all the other suggestions first.
With any luck the suggestions above will solve your Tim Thumb related problems. If not then you can still contact us through the help ticketing system.
When I started Pro Theme Design I was thinking about what I wanted it to be and, whilst I wanted to sell Premium Themes, I also wanted to expand my knowledge, and the first way I am going to do this is by designing, and giving away for free, a free icon set.
Well this is it, Circular. In creating the set I learnt an awful lot about icon design, both technically and creatively - and will talk more about this on my personal website. Some of the icons I’m really proud of, and others could do with some work. I can promise you I don’t (often) make the same mistake twice, so my second set will be immeasurably better 
As you can see I use some of the icons on this site, and hopefully someone out there will be able to make use of them in some way.
You can get more details and the download on the Circular icons page.
Been a couple of weeks since an update. In that time we’ve done a fair amount of support on the forum, and it’s taught us a lot about what people want and how people use the theme. We’re going to be updating the faq to reflect the problems people have had.
Yesterday I made the stupid mistake of upgrading this blog to Wordpress 2.5 without making any backups, and something went wrong so the blog stopped working for 20 minutes. Thankfully it was simple to fix (reupload the files) but there were a few minutes of mild panic.
Mimbo Pro Updates
This weekend we spent some time working on the next Mimbo Pro update. It’s our intention to keep the updates few and far between but obviously if important things crop up we’re going to fix them.
This update includes one minor html change, some improvements and bug fixes for the recently open sourced TimThumb, and some changes to the admin to fix Wordpress 2.5 display bugs.
In order to send out Mimbo Pro updates we have set up a Google Group. We did this because the Plimus email system is less than stella, so we are now asking all users to sign up. Hopefully Google will send you all an invite soon, but the invites have to go through a verification process to make sure we’re not spamming people. The group is invite only so have your order number to hand so we can verify it’s you signing up.
We plan to release the Mimbo Pro 1.2 update within the next 24 hours so I would suggest signing up to the group soon as the information for getting the update will be announced there.
More Payments Options
One of the things we’ve been asked for is more payment options. Specifically an upgrade option, and a price for charities. We now support both charities and upgrade. Simply submit a help ticket asking about them and we will send you the necessary information.