Thesis Theme for WordPress:  Options Galore and a Helpful Support Community

For the Clue…uh Codeless

It is said that one doesn’t need to know how to write code to use Thesis, or Wordpress for that matter. And it’s true. Straight out the box, both work just fine, and you can have a decent looking site. It might look like a lot of other out-the-box Thesis/Wordpress sites, but it will be up and running, and you won’t have entered any code. However, if you like a little variety, a little more style, knowing the basics of coding will take you far. In the meantime, as I was learning CSS and how to work with Thesis Hooks, I found that there were helpful snippets of code available to me that generous people had compiled. Here, I will share some of those snippets and tell you what they do.

MAKE BACKUPS (copies) of your good custom css and custom function files before using any code from this or any other site. If something goes screwy, you can always replace the altered file with your good copy.

How to Setup Thesis Theme

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New to Thesis? Have no fear, help is here! I will show you how I have set up Thesis successfully time and again. Two things are important: reading all the instructions and patience. Read more...

Navigation spanning the browser

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You might want your navigation to span the whole width of your browser screen, from one end to the other. A few steps are involved, but it goes really fast. You’ll need to remove Thesis default header, create a new one in a function that includes divs for styling in CSS. Like so: Important! Choose Read more...

Creating Columns in a Post or Page

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You might get the idea that you’d like to have your content spread over several columns. A simple way is to set up your columns in the HTML of your post edit screen. (there is other code if you want to hard code it into your site…this isn’t it) Note that you will NOT be Read more...

Adding Anchor Links

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Someday you’re going to write a really long piece. It’s going to be filled with all kinds of helpful information, which readers will appreciate, especially if they can get to the information quickly. It’s a busy world. People don’t want to have to read through reams of text to get the answer to a question. Read more...

Blog Within A Blog

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Yes, you too, can have more than one blog going on at your one website. It’s easily done with categories. I once had a site that was all categories. Ironically, I didn’t have a clue about what I was doing. I just knew that I wanted to have sections that allowed posting of new content. That I managed it was pure luck. That I ended up with duplicate posts was of little consequence to me at that time, but now, I can do it purposely and correctly. Read more...