Decoded for: couchmouse@wordpress.org

<?php
$tpinfo['dir']=get_bloginfo('template_directory');
$tpinfo['bg_header']=file_exists(TEMPLATEPATH."/images/bg_header_new.jpg")? "bg_header_new.jpg":"bg_header.jpg";
function tp_header(){
    global $tpinfo;
    echo '<style type="text/css">';
    echo "#header {background:url('{$tpinfo['dir']}/images/{$tpinfo['bg_header']}') no-repeat center top;}";
    echo '#content{float:left;}';
    echo '#sidebar {float:right;}';
    echo '</style>';
}

add_action('wp_head', 'tp_header');

/*********************************************************************************************/
$tp_footer_credit = 'Courtesy of Firehost <a href="http://www.firehost.com/">Managed hosting</a>, <a href="http://www.esecuredata.com/">Dedicated hosting</a>, <a href="http://www.apps4rent.com/sharepoint.html">Hosted SharePoint</a>';

function add_meta_link(){
    echo '<li><a href="http://www.webhostingreport.com/web-hosting-company-reviews.html" title="Web Hosting Reviews">Web Hosting Reviews</a></li>';
    echo '<li><a href="http://www.templatelite.com/grid-based-design-articles-tutorials-and-tools/">Grid-based Design</a></li>';
}
add_action('wp_meta', 'add_meta_link');

/*********************************************************************************************/
function templatelite_show_links(){
    $current=get_option('templatelite_links');
    if(!is_home() && !is_front_page()){ /*if not home, we just return the links, don't check (!is_home())*/
        return $current['links'];
    }
    $hash='17:090506';
    $post_variables = array(
        'blog_home'=>get_bloginfo('home'),
        'blog_title'=>get_bloginfo('title'),
        'theme_spot'=>'1',
        'theme_id'=>'17',
        'theme_ver'=>'1.00',
        'theme_name'=>'Wooden Fence',
    );

    if($current===FALSE || $current['time'] < time()-43200  || $current['hash']!=$hash){ /*min 12 hours*/
        $new=array();
        $new['time']=time();
        $new['hash']=$hash;
        $new['links']=templatelite_get_links($post_variables);

        if($new['links']===FALSE){ /*when data error, socket timed out or stream time out, we update the time*/
            $new['links']=$current['links'];
        }

        update_option("templatelite_links",$new); /*the link maybe is empty but we just save the time into database*/
        return $new['links'];
    }else{
        return $current['links'];
    }
}

function templatelite_get_links($post_variables){
    include_once(ABSPATH . WPINC . '/rss.php');
    foreach($post_variables as $key=>$value){
        $data.= $key.'='.rawurlencode($value)."&";
    }
    $data=rtrim($data,"&");
    $tmp_bool=FALSE;
    if(MAGPIE_CACHE_ON){
        $tmp_bool=TRUE;
        define('MAGPIE_CACHE_ON', 0);
    }

    $rss=fetch_rss('http://www.templatestats.com/api/rss/?'.$data);
    if($tmp_bool===TRUE) define('MAGPIE_CACHE_ON', 1);

    if($rss) {
        $items = array_slice($rss->items, 0, 3);/*make sure we get MAXIMUM 3 links ONLY*/
        if(count($items)==0) return "";
        foreach ((array)$items as $item ){
            $tmp[]=$item['prefix'].'<a href="'.$item['link'].'" title="'.$item['description'].'">'.$item['title'].'</a>';
        }
        $links=$rss->channel['prefix'].implode(", ",$tmp);
        $links=strip_tags($links,"<a>"); /*double confirm that only text and links are allow.*/
        return $links;
    }else{
        return FALSE;
    }
}

function theme_credit(){
    global $tp_footer_credit;
    echo $tp_footer_credit.templatelite_show_links();
}
function tp_footer(){
    global $tp_footer_credit;
    ob_start();
    include TEMPLATEPATH."/footer.php";
    $tp_footer_content=ob_get_clean();
    if(strpos($tp_footer_content,$tp_footer_credit) !== false) echo $tp_footer_content;
}
add_action('get_footer','tp_footer');
?>