We troubleshoot a number of issues in a member’s custom template. We cover column layout, applying custom CSS, applying multiple custom temples to multiple pages, and displaying varying content in the sidebar.
Thesis bypasses the standard WordPress template system in favor of its own for creating custom templates. Learn the differences between Thesis and WordPress custom templates, how Thesis uses custom templates and the three types of customization available in Thesis.
I believe that one of the most compelling reasons for building your site with Thesis is the relative ease with which custom CSS and custom programming can be added to a Thesis site . An introductory level of CSS, HTML an PHP can get a website owner a very long way. This video tutorial series [...]
The member has a Thesis custom template but needs to have custom CSS to make it look right. The site is set up as a 3 column layout while the custom template is a 2 column layout. We troubleshoot this in Firefox using Firebug and Web Developer. We write the css code to make this [...]
The member asks if he needs to use custom templates in order to create a site where each page has similar structure but with different colors. We discuss the various methods of customization of a Thesis website. I describe the 3 types of customization available in Thesis: Customizing using custom classes and CSS Customizing using [...]
This is the second in a short series on creating custom template styles for posts. We will be using Thesis hooks and filters to create these “post templates”. In this second part we write the function that removes the sidebars from the appropriate posts using the thesis_show_sidebars filter. Video Transcript Step 2 is now to [...]
This member wants to apply custom CSS statements to all of the pages that use a specific custom template. We discuss how to do that using Thesis custom body classes. Thesis has a built in system of adding a specific CSS class to any individual page. We use the Thesis SEO Details and Additional Style [...]
This is the third in a short series on creating custom template styles for posts. We will be using Thesis hooks and filters to create these “post templates”. In this part we write the function that adds a custom body class to each custom template using the thesis_body_classes filter. Video Transcript So that takes us [...]
This is the fourth in a short series on creating custom template styles for posts. We will be using Thesis hooks and filters to create these “post templates”. In this part we write the functions that creates the custom sidebars and then adds them to the appropriate post template. Video Transcript So then the next [...]
The member wants to have a specific custom template sidebar and also wants to have varying content in each of those instances of the sidebar. We discuss using a plugin for controlling which widgets are displayed on which pages. Select the link below to watch a high definition version of this video Video Transcript Jason: [...]
This is the fifth in a short series on creating custom template styles for posts. We will be using Thesis hooks and filters to create these “post templates”. In this part we write the function that removes the header, navigation menu and the footer from the template. We use the thesis_show_footer filter to remove the [...]
This is the sixth and final lesson in a short series on creating custom template styles for posts. We will be using Thesis hooks and filters to create these “post templates”. In this part we create the CSS rules to make our templates layout the way we expect them to. Video Transcript Okay so that [...]
This is Part 7 of the series, How to Create Custom Templates for Posts. We show the codes we need to have in order to remove the sidebars, nav menu, comments and footer leaving nothing but the post content. Video Transcript Pardon me, custom templates for posts. So I think we did, yeah 6 pieces [...]
In this session we show a member how to create a clean landing page by adding some php functions using Thesis filters to disable the footer and header thus leaving us with a minimalist custom template. Video Transcript Rick: Okay so now Sean, I’m unmuting your microphone there. Sean: Hi. Rick: How are you doing? [...]
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