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 [...]
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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, [...]
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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 [...]
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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, [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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When building for Thesis (or any WordPress theme, really) there is a lot to take into consideration in terms of “upgrade-a-bility.” Thesis handles this pretty well for the most part, by relegating any user changes to the /custom folder. From there, it’s just a matter of protecting you against yourself. I’m here to help. Images [...]
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1. Always Add Post Images The easiest way to improve the quality of your blog is to add post images. Headlines and images are the first thing a visitor will see when they land, and if either falls short, you can gaurantee they won’t stick around for very long. Copyblogger has a great post on [...]
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