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My OWN WordPress Theme Options Page

Well, we all know that when a theme has an options page whereby you can change the look and feel with a few clicks, it makes life easier. I’m still using Thesis theme, but have created my own options page whereby I can set certain details for my theme. Yes, it makes my life easier and I can change the look and feel with a few clicks here and there. Welcome Message This is the .....

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Thesis Tutorial - Display Recent Comments without a WordPress plugin

Well, there are many different ways to display comments on your blog/website and one can adjust it quite easily depending on the theme, plugin or widget you are using. BUT there are sometimes limits to what the styling will look like as well as the information being displayed. Please make a backup of your function.php and custom.css file. Also double check quotes when doing a copy paste. Yes, I know there are many WordPress plugins .....

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Awesome Premium WordPress Thesis Theme v1.7

Thesis theme version 1.7 is finally out and the new features are very impressive indeed. The Thesis theme now has new hooks, option pages and settings for us users to use at will. Well, I just upgraded to Thesis 1.7b3 version yesterday and was browsing around to see what has changed and new for us users. I have been using Thesis for just under a year now and I can honestly say that their updates .....

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Thesis Tutorial - Pimping your 404 Error Page

Webmasters and even bloggers have to think about 404 error pages and what to display or show on them. This thesis tutorial will explain how one can modify their 404 error page using the Thesis theme. With the normal thesis theme 404 error page, there is just no appeal to the user who landed there. The page is plain and simple. One can pimp the 404 error page by adding an image, search box, tags, .....

SimplePress WordPress Custom Thesis Skin

SimplePress theme is a Thesis custom skin and is an awesome theme no matter what others say about it. Thesis can be customized fully and you can have a unique theme with great benefits for SEO. This post will show you a custom Thesis skin that can be purchased and setup in no time. I have already reviewed a few WordPress themes and some have really been superb and outstanding. They offer many different features .....

Thesis Tutorial - Display Posts from Specific Categories on Homepage

Do you want to spice up your Thesis homepage a bit? Are you bored of your current homepage? Have you ever wanted to display posts from a specific category? If you answered Yes to any of the questions, then this post is a must read for you. Yes, it’s another Thesis tutorial that I’m going to share with you all. As I play around more with Thesis, I enjoy it more and see the power .....

Thesis Customizations & 60+ Video Tutorials

Well, I got an email this week from Pascal from fourblogger.com about a free ebook that is being given away that has loads of Thesis theme tips and tricks and I just had to share it with you all. Now, I know not all of you are using the Thesis theme, but I had to share this as many would benefit from the ebook and it’s totally FREE. Yes, it’s free to giveaway and that’s .....

Tips For Creating First Post With Wordpress Thesis Theme

Thesis paid theme from WordPress enables all skill levels to easily create search engine friendly blogs, articles and general content, and the powerful intuitive SEO tools helps to increase your website exposure and get your content noticed. So I expect that before reading this, you have bought a fresh copy of thesis theme and uploaded it on your web hosting account. Now active the theme from your wordpress admin theme settings panel. Now, creating new .....

Thesis Tutorial - Display Tweetmeme button in Posts and Homepage

I have been asked how I got my blog to show the Tweetmeme button on normal posts as well as the homepage. This Thesis tutorial explains what needs to be done to achieve this and should not take more than five minutes. One could install the WordPress Tweetmeme plugin to display the button, but I don’t think it will be shown on your homepage. This post will explain how to achieve the same results and .....

Thesis Tutorial - Add Extra Menu Links under Teaser Posts

So, many have seen on my homepage that I have a few links under my teaser posts. This short tutorial is for thesis theme, but this can be adjusted for other WordPress themes. Many have emailed me asking how I created the links and if I would share it, I thought why not. I have nothing to hide and have already helped 3 other bloggers do the same on their thesis theme. I have tried .....

Thesis Tutorial – Displaying Users Twitter link in the Comments Section

I recently reviewed the TwitterLink Comments WordPress Plugin and this post will now explain how to manually implement the Twitter link in your comments section. If you know the plugin already, then you can carry on reading below. If not, then I suggest you familiarise yourself with plugin functionality first. Please remember to backup your custom.css and custom_functions.php files. First of all, head over to the TwitterLink Settings page. Go to the ‘Link Format’ section .....

Thesis Tutorial - Full Width Header and Menu

So, I received an email from a user asking how I did the full width header image and menu on the blog. I have set up this post especially for this purpose and I will try and explain what to do. For this tutorial, I have manually set the top and bottom menu items that must be displayed. One could use the normal thesis menu if you really wanted to. One would have to edit .....