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Thesis Quick Tips

There’s a lot of small code snippets I use often but don’t warrant their own post. This is where I’ll collect them.

Shortcodes in Sidebar Widgets

Edit: As of WordPress 3.3, shortcodes now work in widgets (the first line of code has been added to WP core). But you’ll still need to create the other functions.…

Genesis Quick Tips

There’s a lot of small code snippets I use often but don’t warrant their own post. This is where I’ll collect them.

Adding Facebook Like

Want to add the “like” button to your website, but you’re using Thesis or Genesis? Here’s the functions you should write to get it up and running.

Make Menu visible over Youtube Video

If you have videos on your site and are using a dropdown menu, chances are you’ve run into the issue where the menu goes behind the video. The typical solution…

WordPress Post Thumbnails with Captions

This tip is for all themes that support WordPress’ Post Thumbnails (also known as Featured Images). If you’re using Thesis, this does not apply to you since Thesis uses its…

Redirect Pages in Thesis

If you change a page’s name and URL, you’ll want to use this technique to make sure visitors to the old URL are redirected to the new one.

Clickable Logo in Header in Thesis

This is a simple but common mistake. When you replace the site title in the header with a custom logo, use this code to make it click through to your homepage.

Print Stylesheets

By adding a print stylesheet to your website, you ensure your site will look great on both the web and paper.