Tips, Tricks, and Tools for the Thesis Theme
You might not have known it, but I have been writing skins for others for quite some time. Now I have decided to strike out on my own and offer them directly to you! Thesis Theme Tools Skins will be launched on June 1, 2010. We will offer fresh new designs, innovative features, unheard-of user […]
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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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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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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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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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Favicons are the little icon next to your domain name in your browser URL bar. Take a look at the one for Thesis Theme Tools, which is the hammer in our header. A favicon of your own is a great way to make your site appear more professional and credible. Creating a favicon is easy, […]
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Breadcrumbs are used by many bloggers to show visitors where they are in the blog. It lists the file path from the home page to the current file, usually in a line of text between the header and the content. Previously, the only way for Thesis users to get breadcrumbs was to use the Yoast […]
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I have been asked many times how to put your own images into a rotating gallery. Until now the only choice you had was the NextGEN plugin, which has limitations, is complicated to set up, and lacks some important features. Help is at hand! Enter the Rotating Image Gallery! The new article, “Tutorial: Rotating Image […]
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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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