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Install WP

Login to WP

Install a theme

NEXT: THESIS AND WIDGETS

Thesis configuration

Widgets

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To add menu

items in WP you

need to first create

a page, then

configure the

system to show

the page.

Switch back to the

Dashboard.

On the WP menu

select the Thesis

“Site Options”

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Click on the plus

to the right of

pages.

Check the box

next to “About.”

Save the changes

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You now have two

menu items.

Part of a good site

is architecture and

SEO.

Thesis allows you

all the flexibility

you need to

properly apply

both a good

architecture that

works for your

prospects and your

friendly search

engine robot.

These items are

not part of the

workshop today.

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Click on the

dashboard tab.

Click on “Design

Options” in the

Thesis area

Click on the “plus”

next to “Body (and

content area)

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NOTE:

These changes apply to all the site ensuring consistency.

Change the font of the site. Use a font with an star.

e.g.: Arial *

Change the site background to grey.

Type: EEEEEE

Change the link color to Google blue.

Type: 2200CC

Save your changes

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The font is Arial,

the background is

grey.

Next let’s change

the number of

columns and the

width of the site,

remove the image

Text is Arial

Site background is grey

Links are Google blue

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Back to the dashboard.

Open the Columns in

the Thesis Design

section.

Change the columns

to 2

Change the width of the

content column (first

one) to 600

Save your changes

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Click on the “Site Options” in the Thesis section

Click to open the Comments section

Add a checkmark to “Disable comments on all pages”

Remove the checkmark from “If comments are closed, display a message”

Open the Sidebars section

Remove the check from “Show default sidebar widgets”

Save your changes

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The design now

has only two

columns with a

new width

The comments are

turned off on

pages.

The default

widgets are also

off.

Next we are going

to add a search to

the site through

widgets.

New site width

Two columns

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Widgets are

powerful tools that

can enhance your

site with a variety

of functionality

Drag the search

onto the sidebar 1

area

Type a title for the

search

Click the save on

the search widget

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Switch over to the

site tab and check

your work

We’ll come back to

Widgets later

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