As many of the readers here probably know I like to change themes. So far this is my forth revision just this year. This time around I decided to go back to a template I picked up from ThemeForest and use the Thesis WordPress framework.
I have been hearing how great Thesis is and from all the testimonials is the reason I decided to go with it. Plus they offer a developer license which I can use on some of my other sites.
For those using Thesis or are interested in it here is a list of resources that I found most beneficial:
- 4 Great Ways I Customized my Thesis Theme
- Thesis 404 pages
- Thesis User Guide
- 100 Resources for Thesis Wordpress Theme Users
Thesis Benefits
With this being my first real try at customizing Thesis I wanted to share some of the benefits.
Number 1 – The custom stylesheet and custom class <body class="custom"> which allows you over ride almost any style by adding .custom to it. This is a live saver and pretty genius on their part. I think in the future I will use a method like this on my new templates.
Number 2 – A custom functions file which allows you to use their filters and hooks to change things around. This was a little confusing to me at first but after reading a few tutorials it is pretty simple to do almost anything you can ever want.
Number 3 – Is an affiliate program that any one can join and it pays 33% commission on all sales.
Finally number 4 – they include a lot of functionality that you do not have to use custom plugins for. I prefer to keep my plugins to a minimum and by them including a lot of the important ones it makes keeping everything up to date so much easier.
Thesis Cons
I have no complaints about the framework itself. My only complaint is that pretty much every Thesis site looks similar and you can pick one out in a crowd easier than finding a gothapotamus. (Yea I just wanted to use that in a sentence)
Over all I happy I decided to go with Thesis and would recommend it.
