Using Thesis

In this session we answer questions from our live answer session on how to upgrade from Thesis Theme 2.0 to Thesis 2.1 Beta.

In this session we demonstrate how to upgrade from Thesis Theme 2.0 to Thesis 2.1 Beta. This method does involve using an FTP client but once 2.1 has moved out of Beta there will be a typical upgrade process available.

In this session we discuss what the Javascript libraries are in the Thesis theme and when to use them. The Javascript libraries can be found under Thesis Design Options. They compress that library to an unreadable file in order to reduce the amount of load. The bottomline is, when you are writing your own Javascript,

In this session we discuss how to simulate a full width slider in the Thesis Feature Box and place a background image in the content area that has the same height as the Feature Box using the same color on all the images so that it expands from side to side. If the color is

In this session we show how to upgrade Thesis to Thesis 1.8.5. We demonstrate how to copy the old files to our computer so it will be easy to go back in case something goes wrong. We show how to download the database manually in BlueHost and download customization files from the live site to

In this session we discuss how Thesis styles were lost and fix it using Design Options. We recreate the damaged layout.css by saving the Thesis Design Options. Member: Yes, my website that I built through BYOB and I’m very happy with, phoenixdesertridge.com, it seems like the styling has gone away. The nav bar was… I

In this session we discuss where to put background images in the Thesis Full Width Framework and get them to tile down the page outside the header, content and footer area. We discuss the things that need to be considered in styling when using the Thesis Full Width Framework. For example, If we want to

In this session we show how to add a Vimeo video to the Thesis feature box using the BYOB Thesis Simple Feature Box plugin. In order to show the video on top of the home page, we need to widgetize the feature box. We drag a text widget into the feature box and drop in

In this session we show how to use Thesis Design Mode to reduce the HTTP requests. This is a new feature in 1.84 and can be found in Thesis Site options under Stylesheet Options. By unchecking “use design mode”, Thesis combines the Style CSS, Layout CSS and Custom CSS into a single stylesheet. We also

Thesis 1.8.3 was just released a few days ago and in this session we demonstrate how to upgrade your Thesis Theme. We also discuss the importance of backing up your site before doing any upgrade to avoid losing any of your content and design in case there are any problems with the upgrade. Video Transcript

In this session, we discuss the importance and function of Robots Meta Tags for your website. You can find it on your Thesis Site Options > Robots Meta Tags, then you can choose if you want it to be noindex, nofollow, noarchive and nodir. This are the meta tags that search engines look for to

This is a simple tutorial on how to create a header image using Photoshop for your Thesis Header. Rick: Good morning, Jim. How are you doing? Jim: I'm good, thanks! Rick: So, what was your question? Jim: Well, I'm brand new to WordPress and I do have a website now but it's pretty basic and

In this session, we discuss how to use shortcodes with the multimedia box. The multimedia box cannot take shortcode directly since shortcodes have to be filtered through some HTML content and that can only happen in the content area. So the work around is to configure your site so that you can put a shortcode

In this session, we discuss two ways of adding an external link to the navigation menu. The first one is to by adding a link category for the Thesis Nav Menu and second method is to add it directly on the WordPress Menu.

In this session, we show how to troubleshoot a broken thesis upgrade. In this example when a plugin activation is attemped, the admin panel is knocked out. After an upgrade from thesis 1.8 to thesis 1.8.2 it continued not to work correctly. Rick: Okay so the next thing we’re going to then, in the absence

In this session one of our members asks about adding social media tools such as a Facebook Like Button and a Twitter Button to his website's header. He wants to make sure that they are noticeable but not distracting. We show how to add Facebook Code and Twitter Link in the Header. Then we add

In this session we discuss the differences between Thesis full width framework and the WordPress page width framework, then show some sample sites to view their differences. Rick: So then Heidi, what we want to do is work on… you asked about the Full Width Framework? Heidi: Yes, I… you seem to have a preference

In this session we show how can you remove Thesis Header Image, Page Title, Thesis footer and Thesis Sidebars from a specific page using the BYOB Thesis Landing Pages plugin. We also show how to remove Thesis Nav from a specific page using BYOB Thesis WP Menus plugin.

This is a follow up question to the session "A Discussion of the differences between the Thesis Full Width Framework and the Page Framework" and in this session we discuss how Thesis calculates a page framework's width by pixels and ems. I sent you a question earlier and now that you were talking about the