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How To Add Rotating Header Images To Thesis

May 9, 2010 · 0 comments

This tutorial will show you how to add a large banner image to the top header section of your Thesis theme and have the images rotate randomly every time a page is viewed. You can see an example of this on Chris Pearson’s site http://www.pearsonified.com. This is actually easier than you may think. Just follow these simple steps: Step 1: From your WordPress dashboard, navigate to your Thesis Options → Design Options → Feature Box. [...]

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How To Change Sort Order of Links In The Thesis Navigation Bar

May 1, 2010 · 1 comment

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How To Change Sort Order of Links In The Thesis Navigation Bar

Adding links to the Thesis navigation bar is a very simple process using existing Thesis options. This post does not describe how to add links in the traditional way. What you’ll find is that it may be easy to add links to the Thesis navigation bar, but it is not very easy to order those links in the sort order of your choice. It isn’t as if you can just drag and drop the links [...]

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How To Add a Custom Header Image to Thesis That is Also Clickable

April 26, 2010 · 9 comments

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How To Add a Custom Header Image to Thesis That is Also Clickable

Almost all the websites and blogs I set up using the Thesis WordPress Theme require a custom header image or logo at the top, instead of the default text links. I’ve seen a number of methods to accomplish this. Update: After my original post appeared, I received some good feedback from a couple of talented Thesis professionals, suggesting a preferred method for adding a custom header image to Thesis, which is also clickable. I went [...]

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How to Upgrade to Thesis Version 1.7

April 22, 2010 · 0 comments

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Upgrading to the newest version of the Thesis WordPress Theme version 1.7 is very easy. If you’re wondering if it’s worth upgrading, I’d recommend you definitely upgrade. All new versions of Thesis include essential updates and new features. Just follow the simple steps below. If you are installing Thesis for the first time, visit the installation instructions for Installing Thesis WordPress Theme for the first time. Do this before upgrading Thesis! If you’ve renamed your [...]

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How to Install Thesis For The First Time

April 22, 2010 · 0 comments

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How to Install Thesis For The First Time

Note: Although this post was originally written when Thesis Version 1.7 was released, these basic Thesis installation instructions will also apply to newer versions of Thesis. You can also refer to some of the related installation instruction posts at the end of this tutorial. This quick guide will walk you through how to install Thesis for the first time. You can also learn how to upgrade Thesis. Steps To Install Thesis For The First Time [...]

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Thesis WordPress Theme Version 1.7 Now Available

April 4, 2010 · 0 comments

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Thesis WordPress Theme Version 1.7 Now Available

Fans and promoters of the Thesis WordPress Theme can rejoice over the newest version that is now available. Thesis 1.7 has been release to the world and this latest version includes many new features. Aside from all the things that make Thesis such a powerful WordPress theme, I personally love the typography. It’s just so clean, minimalist and impactful in its simplicity. This is not necessarily something new with this latest version, but it has [...]

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Use The Thesis 301 Redirect For Affiliate Links

April 4, 2010 · 2 comments

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Use The Thesis 301 Redirect For Affiliate Links

The latest version of Thesis, version 1.7 has numerous new features. One of them is the 301 redirect option. Let’s begin with what a 301 redirect really is. To keep things simple, it’s a way to redirect a URL on your site to point to somewhere else Here are two situations where you’d want to use a 301 redirect If you’ve moved a page but still want to maintain link juice and prevent links to [...]

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Add Drop Cap Styling To Post or Page In Thesis

April 3, 2010 · 7 comments

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It’s very easy to add drop cap styling to the first character in a paragraph in Thesis. You may have seen this feature on the DIY Themes website and it’s also used here on this site. The drop cap styling in Thesis is so simple to implement, and it really looks great on your posts. Simply add this code to your custom.css file, which can be found in your custom folder inside the Thesis theme [...]

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How To Add a Favicon To Thesis Theme

April 2, 2010 · 6 comments

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Update: The new favicon uploader introduced in Thesis 1.8 makes this tutorial somewhat redundant. The new, easier way to add a favicon to your Thesis theme is by using the favicon uploader. You can read more about it in this post: Thesis 1.8 Adds Favicon Uploader Whenever I set up a new WordPress blog, I always like to add a favicon. For those who don’t know, a favicon is the small image you see to [...]

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How To Use WordPress 2.9′s Post Thumbnail Feature (Featured Image) In Your Thesis Theme

April 1, 2010 · 36 comments

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How To Use WordPress 2.9′s Post Thumbnail Feature (Featured Image) In Your Thesis Theme

As of WP 3.0 the Post Thumbnail feature was renamed to “Featured Image” The new post thumbnail feature that was introduced in WordPress 2.9 is a great feature that I have used many times. What I like to do with it is have the ability to upload a single image, and allow the code to resize it for the home page thumbnail as well as a larger image for the single post page. There are [...]

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