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180+ Thesis Design Customizations You have to See to Believe

75 comments January 7, 2010

Thesis Theme for Wordpress has become one of the most popular themes for Wordpress, especially among professional bloggers. It has grown leaps and bounds over the past year and is now powering some of the most popular websites out there including, Copyblogger, Chris Brogan, Matt Cutts and of course this website.

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The Ultimate Visual Guide to the Thesis Full-Width Framework

13 comments January 6, 2010

There’s an option that has stumped many new Thesis users, as it’s not immediately obvious what it’s for. In fact, even if you change it, you probably won’t see anything visually change on your site at all. This simple option can make a world of difference in your choices for design. It’s found in the panel “Framework Options” under “Thesis Design Options” in the administration of your Wordpress installation. By default, when you install a fresh copy of Thesis, the Page Framework is selected.

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Interview with Chris Pearson of DIYThemes

12 comments January 4, 2010

We recently sat down with the Master of Thesis Theme, Chris Pearson to discuss his goals and aspirations for 2010. In this video he talks about what we can expect from him as he touches on the subjects of Thesis, celebrity rant videos, and twitter. He also talks about where he sees the future [...]

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Writing Your First Pages: About, FTC Blogger Disclosure, Privacy Page

0 comments January 4, 2010

This is part eleven of the One Week Blog Challenge series.
By now you should have your blog all setup and ready to launch. The first post I would recommend writing is the About Me page/post.
Worpress automatically includes an about page with some dummy text. Personally, I like deleting that page and writing a post with [...]

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Guest Posting: Write for Art of Blog

0 comments December 29, 2009

So you’ve reach the guest posting page on Art of Blog. This most likely means you are interested in writing for us. If so, you have come to the right place.

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One Week Challenge Turns into 100K Win My Camera Challenge

6 comments December 22, 2009

I gotta level with you. When I started the One Week Challenge I had no idea how much work it was going to take to put together all 10 of these instructional videos. I had never done anything like this and I was writing the series and shooting the videos as I went along. I was up till 5AM some nights but I pressed on. The site was up and ready to rock in 7 days (yesterday) but there was something going on…

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