September 2009

Record Keeping Essentials For All Bloggers

When most of us get into blogging for the first time – we are virgin website owners/administrators. Unlike the offline world where we have routines and habits and lots of assumptions about the best way to do something, the online world is very different. The primary objective is to keep our heads above the water and record keeping is often neglected.

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tips and tricks

Tips & Tricks Directory: Find Stuff Fast

Tips & Tricks for Thesis & WordPress blogs. Make your site unique, give it extra bells and whistles and turn it into a place visitors love to be.

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3 Ways to Change the Color of Your Sidebars

Style your sidebars easily with this tutorial. Use CSS to make both sidebars the same color, give each sidebar its own unique look or use a background image to make the content and sidebars whatever color you want.

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Modify Your Style Sheet Using The Correct EMS and PIXELS

I modified my custom.css file to increase the width of my teasers. I used a handy free tool to help me work out the correct ems.

You’ll find  alot of the core files work in ems rather than pixels. While pixels are standard, ems depend on the size of the font that you use.

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Links to our Other Sites

We’re slowly building our internet empire. Learning about the online world and loving it. While Thesis Theme is our primary theme for WordPress, we also run a free theme and an alternative premium theme.

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Do Not Upgrade to Thesis Theme 1.6b (beta) Until You Read This First

After finding out Thesis 1.6b was out, I smiled at the fact that I had a Developer’s Licence which meant I could get access to the drop down navigation menu earlier than Personal Licence holders. So I set to it – for this site. Several hours later I have successfully upgraded to Thesis 1.6b (beta version) - PHEW!!

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Thesis 1.6 has Arrived

The DIY Team recently announced (8 Sep 09), that Thesis 1.6 beta is available for Thesis Theme users who hold a Developer’s Licence.

If you only hold a Personal Licence, you should be able to get your hands on it soon enough. Or you could upgrade

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100+ Reasons Why Blogging is Fantastic (Part 2)

Another 5 reasons why blogging is fantastic. Keep your brain healthy, ‘switch off’ for a while, set yourself apart from others, meet new people and %$#@.

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