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Thesis WordPress Theme is now GPL

by Russell on July 23, 2010 · 0 comments

The damaging dispute between Chris Pearson and Matt Mullenweg has abated as Chris has decided to change his terms of service and put Thesis PHP code under the GNU Public License Version 2 to bring it in line with other WordPress themes. The Intellectual Property License section now reads: Thesis General PHP License The PHP [...]

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Will GPL Enforcement Split The WordPress and Thesis Communities?

July 19, 2010

If you are a user of WordPress and a user of the Thesis Theme then you really to check out the remarkable discussion between Matt Mullenweg, head honcho of WordPress, and Chris Pearson, author of Thesis which took place on July 14 and was ably refereed by Andrew Warner. I have great respect for both [...]

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Three Teasers Per Row Without Hacking Thesis

July 14, 2010

Transforming Two Thesis Teasers Per Row To Three Teasers Per Row

As promised this is the non-hack solution to 3 teasers per row problem which involves only changes to custom_functions.php and custom.css- no changes to Thesis core code are required. This version should therefore survive upgrades to Thesis. The solution uses jQuery and applies a simple algorithm. Firstly, remember that Thesis makes a ‘teaser box’ for [...]

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Canon Powershot A1100 IS Review

April 29, 2010

This is an example of using the WordPress Slickr Flickr Slideshow and Gallery Plugin to display a slideshow of photos in this camera review. Buying a new Camera Three weeks ago I decided to buy a new Digital Camera to replace by Fujifilm 2800Zoom which I have had for seven years. I was going to [...]

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Slickr Flickr Samples

April 4, 2010

Test Galleria Test Gallery Test Slideshow Example Small Slickr Flickr Slideshow [/slickr-flickr id="34178127@N06" tag="sketches" items="4" type="slideshow" size="small" start="random"] Example Slickr Flickr Slideshow of Dickens Lodge [/slickr-flickr id="48727572@N08" tag="dickenslodge1"] Slickr Flickr Gallery of Antiques [/slickr-flickr id="39431406@N04" tag="online thrift&2" type="gallery"]

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Ten Reasons to use the Slickr Flickr Slideshow and Gallery Plugin

March 4, 2010

Slickr Flickr WordPress Plugin I have just completed development of a WordPress plugin which takes tagged photos from Flickr and displays them as a slideshow or as a gallery. The plugin is called Slickr Flickr. Why Slickr Flickr Is The Best WordPress Flickr Plugin This is my somewhat biased opinion as to why it is [...]

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Adding Flickr Photos To Your WordPress Blog

February 15, 2010

Many Ways To Integrate Flickr With WordPress Over the last week, on behalf on a blogging client who has lots of pictures on Flickr, I have been researching different ways on integrating a series of Flickr photos into a WordPress blog. I was looking at two methods of displaying pictures: galleries and slideshows. A gallery [...]

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How To Choose Your WordPress Permalink Structure

January 24, 2010

WordPress Permalink Controversy – SEO versus Performance The choice of Permalink structure in WordPress has prompted a lot of discussion with the ‘experts’ falling into two camps; SEO experts and WordPress purists. Each group makes an logical assessment from their own perspective. Before we get into the differing views, some background on permalinks. What are [...]

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How to Prevent Post Titles Wrapping When Using Thesis Teasers

January 24, 2010

How To Shorten Post Titles that Wrap When Displayed as Teasers When displaying the post title in a teaser, Thesis displays the whole title. This can be too long for the line and hence wrap, which causes the adjacent teasers to be misaligned. This can make the make look a bit untidy: especially in the [...]

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