After a period of silence we have returned to active development with this theme plugin.
A new version 0.8.22 has just been released with several improvements including more flexibility with the look of the (right) side panel, RSS feeds, fixes for the case when Confluence is not installed as root web-application.

We are planning to follow this up with a release targeting the latest version of Confluence and localization to make it easier to use the theme internationally. Any other suggestions for improvements are greatly appreciated.

If you are still (hopefully) interested in TechTime Blog Theme please review the new version and send us feedback via our Tracker.

Besides, if you have some idea/need for a plugin for your Confluence instance - we'd like to hear it and might be capable of bringing it to life.

Recent changes

1. Added link to Dashboard to the top (user) menu for authenticated users
2. Fixed numerous places where links used to break in the case when Confluence was deployed not as a root web application.
3. Changed RSS links from the Page Options pane. They now include space name in the title. They are now Anonymous for Anonymous users, and use Basic HTTP Authentication for authenticated ones leaving it up to Confluence to filter the data.
4. Brought auto-discovery RSS links picked up by browsers automatically in line with the Page Options pane. They now include space name in the title. They are now Anonymous for Anonymous users, and use Basic HTTP Authentication for authenticated ones leaving it up to Confluence to filter the data.
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5. It is possible to define page with the name "Side Panel" to completely override the side pannel with it's contents.
6. It is possible to define the following "parts" to override respective parts of the side panel individually:
   1. Search - Side Panel Part One
   2. About - Side Panel Part Two
   3. Page Options - Side Panel Part Three
   4. Calendar - Side Panel Part Four
   5. Recently Updated - Side Panel Part Five
   6. Popular - Side Panel Part Six
   7. Popular Labels - Side Panel Part Seven
   8. Featured Articles - Side Panel Part Eight
   9. Archive Links - Side Panel Part Nine