by Adam Barber on August 1, 2010
Hi Everyone! It’s been a while since my last tutorial, so here’s a quick bit of code I want to share, since I’ve found myself using it a lot. For sites that have a large number of pages setup hierarchically, adding them all to the drop-down menu doesn’t make sense. Same with just adding the [...]
by Adam Barber on May 4, 2010
Note – This is the first article in a series about using data-driven methodologies to improve your site. Want to learn more about how data collection and testing can improve your bottom line? Contact me! I need better statistics. Now. As any serious Thesis blogger knows – good statistics matter. A lot. The problem is, [...]
by Adam Barber on April 10, 2010
I was working on a project for a client the other day and the host they were using was fighting me at every turn, and causing all kinds of Thesis and skin problems. In order to make the ThesisReady skins as good as they can possibly be, for as many users as possible, I wanted [...]
by Adam Barber on April 8, 2010
I’m working on a new Thesis skin this week, and I’d love some feedback. Thoughts so far? What features would you like to see included? Thanks!
by Adam Barber on March 29, 2010
I spent a few days working on a client site this past week, and after spending a few days working through ways to increase conversions, I figured I would share one of the more interesting techniques I employed – displaying targeted content to visitors based on which site they visited from. There are a number [...]
by Adam Barber on March 26, 2010
Here’s a quick tip to keep your custom_functions.php file organized, by using smarter hooks. The Old Way When most people add new functions to Thesis they create a new function, and use add_action(‘thesis_hook_here’,'your_function_here’); This means works pretty well for a small number of hooks (say 10 or less, I find), but when developing custom skins, [...]
by Adam Barber on March 24, 2010
The bane of the Internet continues to be Internet Explorer. About a billion and one articles have been written about dealing with the problems that it creates and specific CSS level corrections to accommodate the weirdness, so I won’t discuss any of those. Instead, here’s a quick tip for adding a new IE only stylesheet [...]
by Adam Barber on March 23, 2010
ThesisReady Min is a new free skin aimed at anyone who can’t get enough of the minimalist look. This skin is perfect for personal blogs and websites that want to focus readers directly to content and don’t want to fuss around with lot’s of extra fluff. The clean look, mixed with solid and valid code, [...]
by Adam Barber on March 22, 2010
Today’s post is a quick one – add a custom favicon to your Thesis blog. A favicon is the little image you see in the url bar on some sites and also appears next to your site name when people bookmark your site. A good favicon can reenforce your brand and make it easy for [...]