Thesis WordPress theme is probably the most preferred and the best WordPress Premium Theme available. Over 36 thousand people are using this theme. The main highlight is the design flexibility that lets you customize the theme as per your needs.
If you are well versed with PHP it will be an added advantage you can completely change the looks or alter specific areas on the site. Novice users can also do a lot and should be able to comfortably change most areas on the site; however I think programming and PHP knowledge is a must.
To customize Thesis WordPress theme all that you need to do is edit and add codes to two files namely the custom_functions.php and the custom.css you can view / edit these files from your WordPress admin screen > Thesis box right side > Custom File Editor.
Now there are two ways of editing these files. Either you do it manually ( Programming Knowledge is required or you use a plugin called Thesis OpenHook which automates the manual process ( Basically does the same ). We will concentrate more on Thesis OpenHook.
How to customize Thesis theme using Thesis OpenHook
Download the Thesis OpenHook plugin and install it (It’s Free!).
Once the plugin is activated you will see the Thesis OpenHook link on the Appearance box on the right hand side menu in your WordPress Admin screen.
When you click the Thesis OpenHook link you see the page with many customization options, of course you do need to enter the codes and again if you know PHP it will help a lot.
Thesis Theme gives you the option to add codes before or after a particular element such as
Before / After title
Before / After post
Before / After message box
Before / After footer
and so on.
Every theme follows some similar standards such as there is a title, description, post, comment area, header, footer and so on. Using Thesis OpenHook you can easily add additional codes before or after such elements.
Take for example you want to add the Google AdSense code after the title.
Here is how you can add Adsense code after the title on Thesis Theme
Copy the adsense code and then paste it in “Before Post” box on the Thesis OpenHook customization page.
Now you will find the adsense ads showing on all pages. If you want to show it only on the story pages you can make use of the is_single() function.
<?php
if (is_single()) { ?>
adsense code goes here
<? } ?>
Make sure you check “Execute PHP on this hook”
Thesis OpenHook really makes your work easier. Novice users may not find it that comfortable but over all this is the best theme that loads faster and is SEO friendly. Just in case Thesis goes over your head check out these free WordPress themes.
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