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New Article! Upgrading to Thesis 1.6

calendar December 13, 2009   |   author Author: Mike Nichols
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by Mike Nichols on December 13, 2009 · 2 comments

The new version 1.6 of Thesis has some fantastic features, such as much greater control over fonts and colors, dropdown menus, and a host of other under-the-hood improvements. However, there is one big problem: Due to the many changes in how Thesis 1.6 uses the WordPress database, you cannot go back to a previous version […]

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Upgrading to Thesis 1.6

calendar December 13, 2009   |   author Author: Mike Nichols
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by Mike Nichols on December 13, 2009 · 8 comments

Upgrading to Thesis 1.6 can be a daunting task, especially if you have little experience with WordPress, FTP programs, or file permissions. Thesis 1.6 has a new file structure that makes the upgrade especially confusing. It is doubly important that you upgrade to Thesis 1.6 correctly, since the WordPress database is updated with many new […]

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New Tip! Upgrade-Proof Your Site with the bloginfo() Tag

calendar October 17, 2009   |   author Author: Mike Nichols
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by Mike Nichols on October 17, 2009 · 0 comments

Thesis has the reputation of being upgrade-proof. That is, you do not lose your work in the custom folder when you upgrade. Running against this is the necessity of putting full URL paths to images and files in the custom_functions.php file. If you use a lot of images from your /custom/images folder, it can be […]

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Upgrade-Proof Your Site with the bloginfo() Tag

calendar October 10, 2009   |   author Author: Mike Nichols
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by Mike Nichols on October 10, 2009 · 4 comments

Thesis has the reputation of being upgrade-proof. That is, you do not lose your work in the custom folder when you upgrade. However, custom_functions.php and widgets require that you to enter the full file path to files and images. When you upgrade, you have to go back and change every full path to that of […]

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Two New Articles! Rotating Header Images and Upgrading Thesis

calendar July 17, 2009   |   author Author: Mike Nichols
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by Mike Nichols on July 17, 2009 · 1 comment

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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Upgrading Thesis

calendar July 17, 2009   |   author Author: Mike Nichols
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by Mike Nichols on July 17, 2009 · 8 comments

Upgrading Thesis can be a daunting task, especially if you have little experience with WordPress, FTP programs, or file permissions. But updating Thesis is not hard, and this guide offers step-by-step instructions along with plenty of illustrations to help you. The tutorial follows the standard Thesis upgrade process. If you follow the instructions in this […]

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