We have three (yes three) amazing Thesis skins to announce for your viewing pleasure!
First up is Thesify Business, which was launched about a month ago and has been a big hit. It was built from the ground up to support the latest advancements in Thesis 1.8 and WordPress 3. With 2 jQuery post sliders and a robust custom options panel – you can be rockin a professional site with all the benefits of Thesis in no time. If you haven’t seen this one yet, you need to check it out, click here to learn more.
Just launched from the same author is Thesify Social – a clean, typographic Thesis Skin with 2 navigation bars and inbuilt support for MailChimp, Feedburner, Twitter subscribe forms and counters! This skin is perfect for bloggers and sites looking for a clean design and a focus on content. To learn more about this skin click here.
Finally we have Feedpop, the newest master piece from our very own Matt Hodder. Feedpop provides a new and exciting way to show off your Thesis site. The skin boasts a static widget-enabled sidebar on the left with a content-focused posts area on the right. Have all of your important links and information readily available on the sidebar while your users can easily sift through posts. This one is not to be missed, click here to learn more!
Check us out on Twitter for a very limited 25% off code that can be used for any of these skins – while you’re there make sure to follow us for the latest news and coupon codes!
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by Mark Hodder on July 8, 2010 in Thesis
It’s that time again and another version of Thesis is about to go into beta testing. In most cases our skins work fine with new upgrades but we would like to remind everyone that using beta software on a production site is at you’re own risk.
If changes are needed we will, as always, have updated versions of our skins shortly after the final version of 1.8 is released . Follow us at @thesisthemes for more updates as they happen!
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We’re proud to be publicly announcing our Thesis Skin Manager add-on for Thesis 1.7+ that allows Thesis developers to package their skins in a very easy to install format.
Best of all we’re releasing it for free and we’re encouraging other Thesis developers to use it with their own skins and client customizations.
The majority of the skins here already support this new install method with more to come in the near future.
To get an idea of how it works watch the short video by clicking the image below:
Although the obvious use of this tool is for skin developers to release their free / paid skins it’s also a great way for Thesis developers to deliver their Thesis customizations to their clients at the end of a project!
To learn more and to download the skin manager click here.
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With Thesis 1.7 right around the corner I’m wondering what percentage of people keep their Thesis sites up to date?
[polldaddy poll=2960973]
How long do you usually wait to upgrade your sites when there is a new release of Thesis?
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Note: This upgrade is geared more towards new users, those users already running one of our skins do not necessarily need to upgrade. Read the considerations below if you still want to upgrade.
We’ve just revamped our entire skin line-up to incorporate the great new plugin from 3DogMedia This plugin drastically cuts down on the install steps for all our skins to a 3 step process:
- Install and activate the Thesis Import / Export plugin (you should go to the plugins control panel at this point to make a backup of all your current Thesis settings in case you need them)
- Upload the skin files to your Thesis custom folder
- Use the Thesis Import / Export plugin to automatically set all the correct Thesis options!
It’s really that simple!
Also this new install process allows our custom Thesis skins to be customized using the new color control panels in Thesis 1.6+ – so it’s even easier to mod our skins with your own unique flare – this means less mucking around with CSS code!
Some important considerations:
- Note to those upgrading, or installing our skins on an already running Thesis install. All your Thesis options will be reset to the default options needed for the skin, any option you’ve changed in the Thesis option screens will be gone, make sure you backup before beginning!
- Our skins will only work with Thesis 1.6+
- When you install our skins it will overwrite your navigation settings in Thesis, so you will have to re-add the pages you want to show in your navigation menu after you install the skin
- If you have the Straight Shooter Pro pack, and you upgrade your Straight Shooter install – please re-download the pro pack from your account and re-upload it to your site, there is an updated version to work with the updated Straight Shooter skin
Enjoy!
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