Want to learn how to customize your Thesis theme? This is the place to be. Here you will find guides and tutorials on every aspect of Thesis customization.
Guides
Longer walkthroughs and guides for the Thesis theme. If you want to gain a greater understanding of the Thesis theme framework then you should start here.
A quick primer to get you used to working with the custom.css.
The official guide to using the proprietary custom.css stylesheet to customize your Thesis theme.
A general guide to customizing your theme with a focus on the header, thesis hooks, and adding social media icons.
A walkthrough of some simple tips on how to get a magazine-style blog using Thesis’ theme teasers.
A general guide to customizing your Thesis theme.
Header
Tutorials on how to customize your Thesis header for images, featured posts and advertisements.
Add an image to your header with CSS.
Learn how to make your header a clickable banner image.
Learn how to make custom headers using only CSS.
A neat guide to having dynamic background images using NextGen Gallery.
A tutorial on making full-width headers in Thesis.
Learn how to put a featured post carousel above the header on your Thesis blog as seen on news sites.
Add a banner ad to the right of your header using css and custom functions.
Add a banner ad to the right of your header using css and custom functions.
A quick guide to making custom headers using CSS.
Footer
Learn how to make the Footer in your Thesis theme more functional and user-friendly.
- How to Add a Navigation Bar in Your Footer
Add another navigation bar below your content. - How to Style Your Widgetized Footer
Learn how to style the footer widgets you created with the Fergus Web tutorial. - How to Widgetize the Thesis Footer
Learn how to add new widgets to your Thesis theme. - Thesis Footers 101
A general guide to customizing your Thesis theme footers. - Ads in Sidebar
A quick way of putting 125×125 advertisements in your sidebar. - Advanced Sidebar Widget Styling for Thesis
A fairly thorough look at styling your Thesis sidebar widgets. - Another Tabbed Widget Tutorial
A look at making efficient tabbed widgets in your sidebar. - Colored Text Widgets for your WordPress Sidebar Part 1
A quick way of adding some spice to your sidebars. - How to Add Youtube Videos to the Multimedia Box
Learn how to embed a video from Youtube above your sidebar. - Sidebars However You Like Them
An ind-depth look at Thesis sidebars and how to adjust them to suit your needs. - Slideshow Image Gallery
How to add a slideshow image gallery in the multimedia box without a plugin. - Widgetize the Thesis Media Box
Make the media box widget ready. - Adding Social Media Links to Thesis
A guide to styling pages differently based on their ages. - Control Home Page Post Excerpt Content
A basic guide to controlling how your home page post excerpt is displayed. - Create a Killer Services and Portfolio Page with Thesis Theme
Learn how to create a custom page to show off your services. - Creating Useful 404 Pages
Change your Thesis 404 page with this tutorial. - Custom ‘Coming Soon’ Page
Learn how to give your readers something to view before your site’s ready. - Custom Google Search Engine
Use Google Custom Search to enhance your site’s search functionality. - Multiple Custom Page Templates
A guide to making custom page templates to use in your Thesis theme. - Adding Social Media Links to Thesis
A thesis-specific guide to adding a social media box. - Creating Social Media Sharing on Your Blog Without a Plugin
Some tips on how to integrate social media links without the use of a plugin. - Display Feedburner and Twitter Stats in Your Thesis Theme
Learn how to show your popuarity in your Thesis theme using custom functions. - How to Make a Cool Social Media Box for Thesis
Display all your social media links in a neat box. - Make Thesis Work Better With Digg and Facebook
Optimize your Digg and Facebook integration. - Show Your Latest Tweet on Top of Content Column in Thesis Theme
Learn how to display your latest Tweet in a prominent spot on your blog. - Simple Thesis Hooks for Twitter, Stumbleupon, Digg, and Reddit
Using Thesis hooks, display links for some major social media sites. - Ads in Sidebar
A quick way of putting 125×125 advertisements in your sidebar. - How to Add Adsense Section Targeting
A tutorial on using section targeting to improve your Adsense conversions. - How to Integrate Advertising into Your Blog
A guide to advertising with your Thesis theme. - Inserting Adsense on Category Pages
A quick tip on using custom functions to place Adsense on category pages. - Using Tags for Better Ad Targeting on Your Blog
A simple trick to increase advertising conversion rates.
Sidebar
Tutorials on spicing up your sidebar and media box.
Pages
Enhance the functionality of your Thesis-based site with some tricks and custom template tutorials found here.
Social Media
If you’re not using social media to its fullest then you’re missing out on some quality traffic and promotion. Learn how to integrate social media with your Thesis theme.
Advertising
The Thesis theme makes it very easy to monetize your blog using a variety of advertising methods. Find out how here.
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Great list of tutorials all in one place.
The list would be more impressive if you include the screen shoots, anyways excellent compilation
Great roundup- definitely no shortage of tutorials out there.
Thesis customizers might also be interested in a PSD and custom file setup I have packed up for release here: http://www.matthodder.com/thesis-starter-psd-and-custom-files/
Great Resources for Thesis Theme, Useful Links Too! Thanks For Sharing
Thanks for including my tutorials in your list. This is a great resource.
All tools available here, no need to search anything or anywhere!
Wow- glad i found your post! Completely agree with Rakesh above – great all in one compilation. Thanks!
This has been really helpful! There is everything I need! Thanks for putting this together.
Nice tutorial, may you suggest how to display anchor link in an article posting on Thesis home page? I can find my anchor link in full post but it can’t be found in home page. I use Thesis 1.8b4 with Theme style sampler.
Usually if we made anchor link in a post before , the anchor will automatic displayed in homepage. In Thesis template, the anchor links not clickable in homepage. Thanks for your help..
Wow, really nice round up of thesis customizations. I’ve done most, but the construction page and 404 are new to me. Convenient, I’ve bookmarked this page.
Awesome resource for thesis users. Any tutorial on customizing home page?
Nice customizations thanks for share
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