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Adding the Dynamic Content Gallery to the Thesis Header

This topic was raised by a member who would like to create a Dynamic Content Gallery and add it to her header. We discuss how large the images in the banner should be. Take a brief detour to view the Firefox add-on called “MeasureIt”. Next we look at the configuration of the Dynamic Content Gallery. [...]

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How to Add Self Hosted Videos to Your Site – Part 7 Add HTML to the Video

This is Part 7 of How to Add Self Hosted Videos to Your Site series and in this session we talk about how to add HTML to the video. We show how to add a splash image using an HTML code generated from the WordPress post editor. Select this link to go to video 8 [...]

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How to Create a Twitter Shortcode

This is part 2 of the Shortcode Seminar. In this session we take an HTML link to twitter and make it into a shortcode that can be entered into any post or page. This is a different style of shortcode than we looked at in the first part of the seminar. This is a relatively [...]

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How to Add Self Hosted Videos to Your Site – Part 8 Add a Video to the Sidebar

This is Part 8 of the series on How to Add Self Hosted Videos to Your Site and in this session we discuss how to add a video to the sidebar. We show how to generate a shortcode for the video using your WordPress post editor and then grab and insert the code into a [...]

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How to Display Different Header Images on Different Pages

This member wants to add different header images on different pages of his Thesis based WordPress Website. He wants certain images displayed based on the context or parent of the page. I discuss the conditional statement and point him to the videos that teach how to do this. Select the link below to watch a [...]

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How to Create a Header with a Logo Image Beside the Navigation Menu

A member asked for help in creating a header with a logo image on the left and the navigation menu on the right. This requires us to have 3 images, a main background image, a logo image and “current” menu condition image. We demonstrate how to add a background image for the header and then [...]

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How and When to Use the Thesis Home Page SEO Options

This member asked how and when to use the Home Page SEO options in Thesis. We discuss where those options are displayed and when they are used. This is different for a blog style site than it is for a static front page style site. I demonstrate how this works on my own website. Select [...]

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Thesis Custom Templates Part 1 – How Thesis Uses Custom Templates

In this video we discuss how Thesis uses custom templates. Thesis bypasses the standard WordPress template system in favor of its own. This can confuse people who are accustomed to using and creating custom templates in WordPress. However, the Thesis system reduces a significant portion of server processing which speeds up the loading of Thesis [...]

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Recommended WordPress Plugin for Inserting Tables

This member asked for a suggestion for a plugin that would easily allow inserting a table in the content section of a post or page. In this video I show my recommended plugin WP-Table Reloaded. I demonstrate how easy it is to add tabular data with the plugin. I include a demonstration of using the [...]

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Creating Breadcrumb Navigation

This video will show you how to implement “breadcrumb navigation” on your site. We install and configure the NavXT plug-in. We also describe the code needed to add the breadcrumb navigation to our page. That code is included below. Video Transcript Rick: First, I’m going to start off with Pam. Pam, I’m going to un-mute [...]

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How to Add Self Hosted Videos to Your Site – Part 1 – Install the FV WordPress Flowplayer Plugin

This is an updated and expanded version of an earlier lesson on using the FV WordPress Flowplayer plugin to host your own videos. In the first part of the lesson we install the plugin. Select this link to go to video 2 on self hosting videos. How to Add Self Hosted Videos to Your Site [...]

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How to Add Self Hosted Videos to Your Site – Part 2 – Upload Videos to Your Site

This is part 2 of an updated and expanded version of an earlier lesson on using the FV WordPress Flowplayer plugin to host your own videos. Now that we’ve installed the plugin we learn how to upload videos to our site so that they are accessible to the plugin. Select this link to go to [...]

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How to Add Self Hosted Videos to Your Site – Part 3 – Configure the FV WordPress Flowplayer Plugin

This is part 3 of an updated and expanded version of an earlier lesson on using the FV WordPress Flowplayer plugin to host your own videos. Now that we’ve installed the plugin and uploaded videos we learn how to configure the plugin to play those videos. Select this link to go to video 4 on [...]

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How to Add Self Hosted Videos to Your Site – Part 4 – Why Not Use the Media Library Instead of FTP?

This is part 4 of an updated and expanded version of an earlier lesson on using the FV WordPress Flowplayer plugin to host your own videos. In this part of the lesson I explain why I suggest using FTP to upload your videos rather than using the Media Library. Select this link to go to [...]

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How to Add Self Hosted Videos to Your Site – Part 5 – Add a Video to a Post or Page

This is part 5 of an updated and expanded version of an earlier lesson on using the FV WordPress Flowplayer plugin to host your own videos. In this part of the lesson we add a video to a post or page. Select this link to go to video 6 on self hosting videos. How to [...]

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How to Add Self Hosted Videos to Your Site – Part 6 – Add a Splash Screen to the Video

This is part 6 of an updated and expanded version of an earlier lesson on using the FV WordPress Flowplayer plugin to host your own videos. In this part of the lesson we demonstrate how to add a splash screen to a video. Select this link to go to video 7 on self hosting videos. [...]

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Adding the Dynamic Content Gallery to the Thesis Header

This topic was raised by a member who would like to create a Dynamic Content Gallery and add it to her header. We discuss how large the images in the banner should be. Take a brief detour to view the Firefox add-on called “MeasureIt”. Next we look at the configuration of the Dynamic Content Gallery. [...]

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