by Mike Nichols on January 10, 2010 · 1 comment
Feedburner is Google’s free service that makes having attractive RSS feeds a snap. It’s not hard to set up an account, but some of the more important services are hidden away under lots of menu tabs and sidebar menus. The new article, “Feedburner Setup,” makes it all easy for you. It shows you in five […]
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by Mike Nichols on January 10, 2010 · 1 comment
Many of you have requested an update of the article about coloring individual menu tabs in Thesis 1.5.1. Your wait is over! Thesis 1.6 offers even more ways to color your menu tabs, even without the dropdown menus. You can color the unselected tabs and hover colors individually, the selected tab, and each tab’s dropdown […]
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If you are a Firefox, Chrome or Mac user, you might be familiar with this scenario: Your Thesis site looks great and you are all proud. Then a friend emails you that your page is a mess in Internet Explorer. You gaze at the attached screenshot in horror. What can you do? A new article, […]
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Internet Explorer,
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How many times have you wanted to customize just the Home page, or just one page, or only posts? You’ve heard about Conditional Tags but don’t have a clue how to use them! Well, you will after reading this new article! “Tutorial: Customizing Just Your Front Page, Pages or Posts Using Conditional Tags” provides all […]
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Pages,
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Post,
Posts
by Mike Nichols on December 27, 2009 · 1 comment
Sometimes we need to execute CSS within the PHP of our custom_functions.php file. This article shows you how to use the “style” statement to do so! “Quickie: Executing CSS in custom_functions.php” is a clear and concise article on how to use the same CSS statements as you use in the custom.css file within your custom_functions.php […]
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A frequent question in the DIYthemes forums is how to find the number of a page or post. It’s really simple, but more or less hidden in the bowels of WordPress! “Quickie: How to Find a Page or Post’s Number” is an illustrated article showing you how to find the number in about 30 seconds! […]
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Post Number,
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Often you want to highlight a block of text in your post or page. Thesis provides two highlight boxes, Note and Alert, that can surround a single paragraph. The article “In-Post or -Page Highlight Boxes” shows you how to make your own colored highlight boxes that can not only highlight any amount of text you […]
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Post,
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Today’s articles are at both ends of the Thesis experience spectrum. For people who are installing new Thesis domains or subdomains is an article entitled “Installing WordPress Using Fantastico.” Fantastico is a utility for installing software systems that is widely used by hosting companies. The article describes step-by-step with many illustrations how to use Fantastico […]
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WordPress introduced a new “feature” in a recent revision that is well-intended. It automatically makes backups of drafts while you are editing a post or page in the WordPress editor. This is intended to allow you to go back to previous drafts. It is most useful if you write your pages and posts directly in […]
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I wish I had a dime for every time I’ve been asked which WordPress plugins I use on my sites, or which plugin I would recommend for a particular function! It’s a kind of shoptalk, like discussing sauces between chefs. And it’s a great area of mystery for newbies. A new article, “WordPress Plugins I […]
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Today we continue to fill out our offering to you, gentle reader, with two great new articles: “Tutorial: Rotating Header Images” is found in the Tricks > Headers section. Rotating headers were a feature of Chris Pearson’s Cutline and Neoclassical themes. And now you can have them in Thesis! This easy-to-follow guide will have you […]
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