Chris Pearson launched the Latest version of his Thesis Wordpress Theme. It is one of the most popular premium Wordpress Themes amongst the SEO elite. There’s a good great reason it’s the framework for sites belonging to the best in this industry. Let me tell you about some of those reasons and the new features.
Thesis 1.7 has arrived! If you’re already a DIYthemes customer, you can download Thesis 1.7 now. If you’re not yet a customer, then you’ve showed up at an exciting time; sign up now to become a part of the action!
- Insane new SEO controls and detail
- Thesis has always been optimized and ready to perform in the search engines, but there were still some areas where exacting, precise controls were lacking. Not anymore. Version 1.7 contains a totally redesigned document
<head>that allows for SEO customization at a level that no one has ever seen before. With 1.7, you’ll be able to control the robots<meta>tags (noindex,nofollow,noarchive) on every post and page of your site, and better still, the new Page Options will give you total control over all these details and more on your Category and Tag archive pages! Optimize everything, because that’s how you win on the Web, and that’s what Thesis is all about. - Options Manager
- If you’ve ever delivered a Thesis site to a client, then you know what a pain in the butt it can be to go into a new site and set every single option by hand. Now with version 1.7, you’ll be able to save and restore the Thesis Options without having to be woefully inefficient. Oh, and skin developers? You’ll be able to use this new functionality to share font and design settings, and this will make it easier to help people set up your awesome skins on their sites!
- Completely reorganized options pages
- In version 1.7, you’ll find five main pages under the Thesis Options: Site Options, Design Options, Page Options, Custom File Editor, and Options Manager. These pages are all leaner, faster, and more sensibly-arranged in 1.7.
- Increased efficiency from every angle
- Quite literally, every single page load is faster with version 1.7. Whether you’re browsing your site or navigating the reorganized Thesis Options, you’ll notice snappier interface behavior that can be attributed to two main things. First, the way each page is generated by implementing smarter, more efficient PHP object modeling. Second, the way options are delivered throughout the theme, thereby reducing the overall page load thanks to fewer function calls. These improvements also allowed me to eliminate the antiquated
header.phpandfooter.phpfiles, and now Thesis can deliver your site’s pages faster than ever before. - Include a slew of JavaScript libraries!
- Pretty much everyone can benefit from having Javascript libraries at their disposal, and with Thesis 1.7, you’re just a click away from the most popular ones. Add jQuery, jQuery UI, Prototype, MooTools, and others with a single click, and kiss those old JS library folders goodbye!
- New home page controls
- In the new Page Options, you’ll find a section dedicated to your home page. In previous versions, Thesis offered some home page controls, but the SEO options were somewhat insufficient. Now, you’ll not only have complete SEO control on your home page, but you’ll also have granular control over JavaScript libraries and post display (with more to come here in future releases).
- Flexible new comment system
- In previous versions, you didn’t have a choice here, and everybody’s comment areas were rendered in the same order: trackbacks, comments, and then a comment form. In 1.7, you’ll not only be able to drag and drop the display order, but you’ll also have a few more fine-tuning display options that are sure to please. Look for these new controls in your Design Options.
- New hooks
- The
.post_boxnow contains hooks inside its opening and closing<div>tags—thesis_hook_post_box_topandthesis_hook_post_box_bottom. Also similar hooks to the#content_box—thesis_hook_content_box_topandthesis_hook_content_box_bottom. - New headline filter
- Basically, this simple filter will allow developers to show/hide headlines, and you’ll be able to use this to create more diverse post styles on your site. It’s just a little thing, but oftentimes, things like this bring the most joy to people who like to customize their sites!
- Beefed-up internationalization
- Thanks to the help of fans in other countries, Chris has been able to identify certain parts of the code that were not so translation-friendly. To fix this, he’s gone through every single string in Thesis and made sure that everything is up to spec for internationalization. Now, it will be easier than ever to use handy translation software to translate your site into different languages!
- Dramatically improved code quality
- I’ve touched on the subject in earlier points, but seriously—Thesis 1.7 is head and shoulders above previous versions in terms of the quality and efficiency of the core code. Ultimately, this results in a better Thesis experience no matter how you interact with the software, and in my book, that’s a huge win!
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