Tired of dealing with hard to use Thesis skins? Hate having to figure out how to use FTP every time you want to swap out designs? Well no need to worry about that any longer! As of today, you don’t need to mess with any of that to install ThesisReady thesis skins.
The entire process is managed via the WordPress admin area on your site. Simply backup your old copy of Thesis, upload the plugin and a fresh copy of the current version of the Thesis framework, and you’re good to go. You’ll be able to log into your ThesisReady account right from your admin area and install any theme from you’ve purchased.
Usage Guide
Note – The video above walks you though the steps, so please watch that first.
- If you already have Thesis 1.8 installed, change the name of that folder from “thesis_18″ to “thesis_18_backup”.
- Download a new copy of Thesis from DIYthemes.com
- In your WordPress Dashboard, click on Appearance, then Themes, then Add themes. Once there, you’ll see a button called upload.
- Upload the thesis_18.zip file you just downloaded. It is important that this folder have no custom code added to the custom.css or custom_functions.php files, and be called “thesis_18″ or the child themes will not work.
- Now visit Plugins -> Add New, and upload the ThesisReady Product Manager zip file. Once that’s complete, hit activate plugin.
- You’re now ready to install ThesisReady Thesis Skins, by visiting Settings -> ThesisReady Product Manager and logging into your ThesisReady.com account.
- After that, simple click the download button under the skin you want to use on your site, and wait for the process to finish.
- You can then visit the skin’s options panel to activate it (by hitting the red link in the top) and and configuring the options.
- That’s it! You’re now rocking a ThesisReady Thesis skin, with no FTP required.
Which Skins Work with the Product Manager?
Current all of the free and premium skins, except blogskin work with the product manager. In addition all new ThesisReady thesis skins will work with the product manager as they are released.
