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Why Thesis is like the chocolate in a Peanut M&M

July 8, 2009

I was having a discussion yesterday about the specifics of what I do for a living. I typically give very generic answers as I think most people don’t really care they are just trying to create polite conversation. However this time the person I was speaking with was genuinely curious and was digging deeper with [...]

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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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Thesis Tutorial: Dynamic Image Header with Transparent Logo

April 28, 2009

One of the tools that I use is Chris Pearson’s fantastic Thesis WordPress theme framework. In an effort to contribute back to both the Thesis and WordPress communities I have documented how to embed the Next-Gen Gallery plugin to your header, or banner image and place your logo above it. This functionality allows you the [...]

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Thesis Tutorial: Multiple Custom Page Templates

February 25, 2009

I have been working with Thesis for a little over a month now. Thesis is a relatively new templating platform for WordPress. Thesis has unmatched SEO, cross-browser compatibility, and top-notch HTML + CSS architecture. This website runs on Thesis. I was looking through the Thesis forums and tweeting with others on how to get a [...]

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