Every Thursday, I am going to dedicate a post here to talk about the amazing Thesis theme for WordPress. Thesis is the framework I now build all of my blogs off of, and I have fell in love with it. I honestly don’t think I can work with WordPress anymore unless I have Thesis to build my custom theme off of.
With the recent release of Thesis 1.5, the latest version, a lot of talk has been going throughout the Thesis community. 1.5 was an amazing update from 1.4.2, fixing issues users were having, adding new features users wanted, and getting rid of things that were not so popular in the previous versions.
One thing you will notice immediately in 1.5 is:
The New Admin Interface
The admin options in Thesis have been cleaned, recoded and reorganized. The massive array of options are less overwhelming, and less “in your face.” I personally think this is the best part of the upgrade, because I often got mixed up as to where some of the options were in the old interface.
The way that it was cleaned up, I thought was very cool. The old options were just boxes and boxes of information, and some of the things I thought were a little out of place. In the new version, the boxes are still there, but an accordion system has been integrated into the Admin Panel that has made everything just look fantastic.
All you need to know about Thesis 1.5
Alright, I got my opinion out there about the new Thesis, so now I am going to be posting anything I have found on the new Thesis release below. If you find something I have missed, feel free to include it in the comments. 
Videos
- Video Intro to Thesis 1.5 [DIYthemes.com]
- Thesis WordPress Theme 1.5 released — Video Preview [HowToMakeMyBlog.com]
Articles + Tutorials
- Thesis 1.5 is Officially Official [DIYthemes.com/Dev]
- Full-width headers in Thesis 1.5 [Kristarella.com]
- Thesis Theme For WordPress 1.5 [ThesisThemeHQ.com]
- Thesis 1.5 — The next version of the Wordpress theme Thesis [EmptyCabinMedia.com]
Key Things To Know About 1.5
- 2 new hooks have been added
thesis_hook_before_content_areathesis_hook_after_content_area- Threaded comments have been enabled right out of the box. No coding needed, just switch it on in your Admin Panel
- Canonical links now possible if you want them on posts or pages (what does that mean?).
- The new admin interface is hawt.
- Navigation system is much smarter and convenient in admin panel.
- Drag and drop to re-order pages
- Edit the title that of a menu item right on the “Thesis Options” page
Have I missed anything? 1.5 is brand new, so there will definitely be a lot more articles, tutorials, and even videos for it. As I find them, I will update this list. Help me out too, if you created a cool resource for Thesis 1.5 share it here!
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You wouldn’t possible want to make money off of affiliates?(:
Anyways, it actually is a good product so it’s not a bad thing to promote.
Eh, if I’m going to throw in a link to Thesis I might as well use my affiliate link right? :p
Great post Alex. I really love the thesis theme. It would be great if you change this blog like blogussion too.
wayy too much work. i like the simplicity of this site, so i’ll probably stick with it.
Then do you mean you sat a whole day and edited blogussion?
The theme at Blogussion took a lot of work, but I never sat a whole day and worked on the theme. I divided it into like 2–3 weeks of work.
Yeah, they really have very good and effective layout.
Hey .. would love to know about Thesis here.. You’ve been doing great with it
Btw, Can you tell me what font you used for that “Thesis Thursday Number 1″ text on the pic..
it’s rockwell.
Hi there,
Amazing! Not clear for me, how offen you updating your asnio.com.
Thanks
Eremeeff
I want to add some adsense “fine tuning” in my custom file. If I’m using Open Hook, which category does it go in? Here’s the code:
//adsense targeting functions
function open_adsense_targeting()
{
?>
<?php
}
add_action(’thesis_hook_before_headline’,‘open_adsense_targeting’,’10′ );
add_action(’thesis_hook_after_post’, ‘close_adsense_targeting’,’10′);
add_action(’thesis_hook_before_html’, ‘ignore_adsense_targeting’,’10′);
add_action(’thesis_hook_after_html’, ‘end_adsense_targeting’,’10′);
Thanks! (BTW, I LOVE your new Thesis series!)
Kate
Sorry, I have never used OpenHook before! Maybe check out the OpenHook forum on the DIYthemes support form?
Sorry again!