Tutorial

Migrating a PowerPC G5 Mac to an Intel Core i7 MacBook Pro

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I am moving from my 5 year old PowerPC G5 Mac to my new Intel Core i7 MacBook Pro. Since I did not find a definitive guide on how to move your data, applications and preferences for my specific case, I am documenting here what I did for so that it might benefit someone else. [...]

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WordPress + Thesis Tutorial: Finding and fixing phantom spacing on your web page

February 26, 2010

I came across something while working with WordPress and Thesis that I know will help at least one person and possibly save them hours of frustration. So here is the tutorial. I was working on a revision to a visual layout of a website I previously helped develop on the Thesis theme framework. I spent more [...]

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Thesis Tutorial: Funky Header Navigation

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Sometimes one has the need to create a custom, or “funky” header navigation and today is the day for me. So I thought I would document the process of what I do to help you with a custom navigation challenge. We want to create a vertical navigation as is seen below in the previous version [...]

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Thesis Tutorial: Custom “After the Post” Box

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Something I have at the end of my all my posts is a box letting people know that I am a WordPress expert, Thesis certified designer, and that I can work with you! This shows up on each and every post. I have this setup in Thesis’ custom_functions.php. I thought I would share how I did [...]

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WordPress/Thesis Tutorial: Custom Google Search Engine

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One of the things you always want to provide visitors to your website is a good search tool. The default search tool that comes standard with WordPress is adequate. However, if your website covers a topic, or area of topics, or you have a Google AdSense account, you can take advantage of Google’s Custom Search [...]

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WordPress/Thesis Tutorial: Custom ‘Coming Soon’ Page

June 30, 2009

One of my frustrations when developing WordPress websites (separate from Thesis) is trying to have a “coming soon/under construction/under development” page so that the public gets the message that things are coming while I and the client can work away in the background. Why would you need this? Well in most cases you have a domain name [...]

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Thesis Tutorial: Sidebars However You Like Them

May 25, 2009

One of the things I learned from creating multiple custom page templates within the Thesis framework was how to create and modify sidebars. WordPress and Thesis provide you with a simple an effective way for implementing sidebars on your website with the use of simple syntax, options, and widgets.

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Thesis Tutorial: Deleting Preferences and Resurrecting Them Again

May 17, 2009

I had been writing a new tutorial for unlimited custom sidebars and ran into this issue that got me sidetracked. I thought the experience would be good to chronicle and publish as a tutorial. So if you ever need to “clean out” your Thesis install but want to keep all your settings in place, this is the tutorial for you.

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