Thesis 2 can be extended with boxes. Boxes are similar to plugins for WordPress, but with a few key differences. Boxes can take full advantage of the Thesis API and its various methods. Boxes can load their resources conditionally – relative to each template. There are other less obvious advantages but the two key differences [...]
This is a list of API strings used in Thesis 2 skin and Box development. These strings are are found within the Thesis API and can aid in reducing development time as well as keeping your code clean. Here is an example Box options array demonstrating the usage of these strings. protected function html_options() { [...]
WordPress by default allows you to embed video by simply pasting the URL to the video on its own unique and separate line within your post editor. This helpful feature takes the hassle of embedding videos away from the average user who otherwise may not be sure how to embed at all. Lately I have [...]
Thesis 2 comment intro displays the total number of comments as well as acting as a jump link between the start of the comments and the comment form – handy if you have a lot of comments on your pages. The default comment intro box displays the following. X Comment(s)… Add one You can change [...]
Over the last couple of weeks I have been optimizing a number of websites and I ended up with a website hosted on Web Synthesis and another website hosted on WP Engine. This gave me some updated insight into how each of these “WordPress Optimized” Managed Hosts work. As an optimization specialist it is very [...]
Sometimes we need to protect certain folders that we would like to access from time to time. One way to do that is by using .htaccess and .htpasswd. This tutorial is going to show you how to protect folders using cPanel on an Apache based server. Protecting directories with cPanel The first thing you will [...]
A CSS clearfix is used to fix issues related to floating child elements within a parent element. Without a clearfix your child elements wont behave as you expect them too. When a HTML element is floated it can appear to sit outside its parent element and that means it wont adjust the parents height accordingly. [...]
The WordPress visual editor is one of the most useful tools that WordPress has. Personally I don’t use it as I prefer to format my posts manually and the reasons for that are to maintain control of the formatting itself as well as ensuring my typing skills don’t degrade. Typing like any skill is a [...]
When Thesis 2 launched it caused a bit of a stir in the development community and this spurred some people to write reviews that literally hammered it. I read all those reviews, but I couldn’t help notice that for the most part these reviews were all based on a glance of Thesis. One could [...]
Custom post types are nothing new in WordPress but since thesis 2.1 added a query box to the mix I figured I would show you how to take advantage of this and use them to diversify your content. Typically this would be subject to coding custom loops but the Thesis 2.x query box takes away [...]