Thesis 1.0 WordPress Theme Now Live!

Chris Pearson has emerged from his coding den and unleashed upon the WordPress Theme world a new standard. Thesis 1.0 sports a awesome new Option page. When I first uploaded the new theme the Options link was not there. I changed themes then changed back to Thesis and the Options link showed up.

The Thesis Options page allows you to turn on and off the custom style sheet page. He has also included a link to the page.

You used to need to enter a feed address in the config file but no more. Now enter your feed into the Syndication/Feed box and that is all you have to do. You can also choose to turn on and off the feed information in the header. Another nice feature is the ability to change the Subscribe link text.

Pages that display in the navigational menu can now be easily selected. No more messing with the code to add or change pages. Just click the check box next to the pages you want to show in the Navigation Menu. You can also include category archive pages in the nav menu.

Multimedia Box

One of the reasons people have taken to the Thesis theme is the media box or nice pictures in the upper right of the major pages. Some people wanted to put video in that area, other wanted to put ads. The second column of the Thesis Options panel is dedicated to the Media Box. You can set it up just he way you want it and he even gave us variables to use to modify it on individual pages.

I want to use a graphic for my header. I wonder how many times Chris heard that. Now it is easy to hide the site name and tagline in the header. This makes adding a graphic header much easier. He also included author and published date options for both posts and pages.

There are warning of link blot associated with tagging so there is a nice on/off switch that is controlled at the theme template level. If you do decide to use tags, you have the choice to link or not to archive pages.

Stats Software and Scripts

We have two code boxes, Mint and Google Analytics. Chris mentions in a forum post that the Mint is for code in the header and the Google Analytics is for code in the footer. You can use any code you need.

After you make your selections and changes, be sure to click the Big Ass Save Button. If you can’t find it, just look for the green.