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How to Upgrade from Thesis 1.5.1 to Thesis 1.6

October 26, 2009

Upgrading Thesis is extremely easy. Be sure to back-up all files before upgrading any software.
Also don’t forget to upgrade your copy of Thesis to the Developer’s Option!

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Matt Industries Skin For Thesis

October 22, 2009

Download Matt Industries Skin for Thesis Here!
Installation Instructions:

Download and unzip from link above.
Rename your current custom.css file something like custom-old.css. Then upload the new, Matt Industries custom file [to domain.com/wp-content/themes/thesis_16/] you got from unzipping.
Thesis Options→Design Options→Framework Options→Outer Page Padding. Set to 0 [zero].
Thesis Options→Design Options→Multimedia Box→Select ‘Do Not Show Box’
Thesis Options→Design Options→Site Layout→Columns. Select 3 [...]

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Thesis Tutor and Thesis 1.6

September 19, 2009

The release of Thesis 1.6b marks a huge milestone for web design. Thesis 1.6 poses a few new challenges from a developer’s standpoint. It isn’t that Thesis is somehow more difficult, but rather it is simply a little different. The navigation area has had a ton of changes which means that some older tutorials on [...]

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How To Exclude Posts Of A Certain Category In Thesis

August 18, 2009

Categorical Exclusion
Sometimes, there is a benefit to excluding posts of a certain category from the main blog page. For instance, you may want a page that updates frequently. Rather than go in and edit the page each time you want new content, you could simply write a post, mark it in a special category, exclude [...]

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How To Insert A Twitter Feed In Thesis

August 12, 2009

Thesis makes customizing your Twitter feed incredibly easy. Thanks to the Custom.css file, you can make a few simple tweaks to your Twitter widget and your Tweets can look freakin’ sweet.
Installing The Widget
From the Dashboard, go to Plugins→Add New. Search for “Twitter For Wordpress.” The top result should be what you want. Click “Install” [...]

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How To Add Killer Social Icons With Thesis

August 11, 2009

IE7 and IE8 display issue is fixed!
Changed the background position from “-3.2em” to “32px.” Changed width from “3.2em” to “32px.” Simply make those changes and it should work great! Thanks to gtalbot.org, who listed it as number 37 of 171 allegedly fixed bugs in IE 8 [fixed as of 6001.18343]. Sorry I didn’t notice this [...]

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