Thesis Theme for WordPressIs Thesis for You?

Today’s Presentation Objectives

About Me

Themes vs Frameworks

How Thesis Works

Burning Questions

About Melody

15 years designing/developing websites

Not a coder but does know css intimately

Previous lives: Writer, author, magazine editor, independent books sales rep, flack for Cabrillo College.

New Skillsets: Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Illustrator, HTML, Filemaker—all at Cabrillo.

What is a Framework theme?

Theme Frameworks: A Theme framework is a Theme designed to be a flexible foundation for quicker WordPress development, usually serving as a robust Parent Theme for Child Themes

A WordPress child theme is a theme that inherits the functionality of another theme, called the parent theme, and allows you to modify, or add to, the functionality of that parent theme.

How Thesis Works?

The Thesis Theme framework is a premium template system for WordPress that is designed to serve as the rock-solid foundation beneath any kind of website.

Over 35,027 people rely on the airtight SEO, incredible design flexibility, and lightning-fast loading times that Thesis provides.

Cost: $70 or $150+ for developer license

Thesis Showcase

Link to Showcase

How to Install Thesis

Microsite UsingThesis

Under the Hood

Site Options

Easy to add a header

Add a header

WordPress Pages

Design Options

Custom File/Custom Functions.php

Custom Functions

Business: Pages

Three-columns

Widgets/sidebars

Static Home Page

Aptos Yoga

slideshow

Garden Lane Soaps

Two columnsEcommerceUsing Paypal+$40UpgradedPlugin

RB Productions

Rotators/slideshows

Action Pajaro Valley

Rotating Header

Link to Simple Viewer Slideshows

Give nonprofits easy to develop site

Easy for nonprofits to maintain

Contact me…

Questions? If no time…

Here’s my contact info:

melody@melodysharp.com