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THESIS BLUEPRINTS: BLUEPRINT #1 CLASSIC 3
CONTENTS
Thesis Blueprints ........................................................................................................................ 1
How this Resource Came About ........................................................................................... 11
Affiliate information ............................................................................................................. 12
Some basics before we start .................................................................................................... 13
Assumptions ......................................................................................................................... 14
Blueprint Overview ............................................................................................................... 15
Package Overview ............................................................................................................. 15
Chapter Overview.............................................................................................................. 15
Questions?......................................................................................................................... 16
BUT I don’t know how to code! ............................................................................................ 17
Intro to CSS and HTML ...................................................................................................... 17
Intro to PHP and WordPress ............................................................................................. 17
Setting up your toolbox ........................................................................................................ 18
PC....................................................................................................................................... 18
Mac .................................................................................................................................... 19
Your Blog Design ...................................................................................................................... 20
The Classic BluePrint ......................................................................................................... 21
Design Worksheet................................................................................................................. 22
Know your market ............................................................................................................. 22
Finding Your Style .............................................................................................................. 22
Determine your Colour Scheme ........................................................................................ 23
Your Header ...................................................................................................................... 25
Backgrounds ...................................................................................................................... 26
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Text and Links .................................................................................................................... 26
Graphics you will need ......................................................................................................... 29
Your header image ............................................................................................................ 29
Background Images ........................................................................................................... 33
Other Graphics / Icons ...................................................................................................... 33
If you are starting a new blog... ............................................................................................... 35
Block search engines ......................................................................................................... 36
Set up Pretty Permalinks ................................................................................................... 37
Set up your RSS Feed ......................................................................................................... 38
Create Some Pages ............................................................................................................ 44
Create Some Categories .................................................................................................... 48
Posts .................................................................................................................................. 50
Creating a nickname .......................................................................................................... 51
Tag some posts .................................................................................................................. 52
Add some comments ........................................................................................................ 53
Create a blogroll ................................................................................................................ 54
Enable Some Widgets........................................................................................................ 54
Setting up your Canvas ............................................................................................................ 69
Enable your custom folder ................................................................................................... 70
Create Your Blog’s Foundations ........................................................................................... 74
Choose your HTML Framework......................................................................................... 75
Remove Padding................................................................................................................ 75
Add a Header Image ............................................................................................................. 77
Check your Title and Tagline ............................................................................................. 79
Set your Site and Page backgrounds .................................................................................... 81
Page background ............................................................................................................... 82

Site background................................................................................................................. 83
Add a background image ...................................................................................................... 84
Upload your background image ........................................................................................ 84
Edit your custom stylesheet .............................................................................................. 85
Choose your type of background image ........................................................................... 86
Set up your basic font details ............................................................................................... 93
Navigation ................................................................................................................................ 96
Main navigation .................................................................................................................... 97
Decide on WordPress or Thesis Nav ................................................................................. 97
Choose main navigation content ...................................................................................... 98
Move Main Navigation menu below header .................................................................... 99
Styling the Main Navigation Menu.................................................................................. 101
Styling the Feed Link ....................................................................................................... 108
Adding a Top Nav................................................................................................................ 118
Adding the extra top navigation menu ........................................................................... 118
Styling our extra top navigation menu............................................................................ 121
Footer ................................................................................................................................. 131
Remove the WordPress Admin link ................................................................................ 131
Remove the Thesis attribution Only ............................................................................... 132
Replace the Thesis Attribution ........................................................................................ 133
Add Style to your Footer ................................................................................................. 139
Add Links to your Footer ................................................................................................. 148
Add Home Rollover Image .............................................................................................. 153
The Sidebar ............................................................................................................................ 160
Colouring the Sidebar ......................................................................................................... 161
Colour the Sidebar: Method 1......................................................................................... 161

Colour the Sidebar: Method 2......................................................................................... 164
Create a Default Widget Style ............................................................................................ 172
Creating the Default Widget Box .................................................................................... 172
Widget Fonts and Colours ............................................................................................... 176
Styling the Widget Heading ............................................................................................. 177
Adding a Widget Heading Icon ........................................................................................ 180
Styling Individual widgets ................................................................................................... 186
Find the widget's id/class ................................................................................................ 186
Find and Upload Individual Icons .................................................................................... 187
Subscribe Box .................................................................................................................. 188
Text .................................................................................................................................. 206
Search .............................................................................................................................. 207
Comments ....................................................................................................................... 209
Categories........................................................................................................................ 210
Tags.................................................................................................................................. 212
Links ................................................................................................................................. 213
The Multimedia Box ............................................................................................................... 220
The Default Multimedia Box ............................................................................................... 221
Styling the Multimedia Box Removal .............................................................................. 222
Enabling the Multimedia Box on one post or page......................................................... 224
Style the Multimedia Box via Design Options ................................................................. 225
Styling the default multimedia box ................................................................................. 226
Image Box ........................................................................................................................... 230
Edit the Image Box Image ............................................................................................... 231
Image Rotator Links......................................................................................................... 235
Video Box ............................................................................................................................ 237

How to embed the video................................................................................................. 237
Custom Code Box................................................................................................................ 242
Style a Welcome Message............................................................................................... 242
Create A Block of Advertisements .................................................................................. 244
The Single Entry Post ............................................................................................................. 255
Post Fonts and Colours ....................................................................................................... 256
Post Headlines ................................................................................................................. 257
Subheadlines ................................................................................................................... 257
The Post Byline ................................................................................................................... 260
Setting the main font and colour of the byline ............................................................... 261
Setting Post Byline Content............................................................................................. 261
Styling the Post Byline ..................................................................................................... 264
Post Categories and Tags ................................................................................................ 269
Post Content ....................................................................................................................... 274
Style the Bullets............................................................................................................... 274
Styling Images.................................................................................................................. 278
Styling notes and alerts ................................................................................................... 284
Previous/Next Post Links .................................................................................................... 287
Enable or Disable Previous/Next Post links .................................................................... 287
Move Previous/Next Post links to above the post content ............................................ 288
Change the Previous/Next Post Text .............................................................................. 288
Styling the Previous/Next Posts ...................................................................................... 289
Adding a Facebook Like button .......................................................................................... 293
Styling Comments .................................................................................................................. 294
The Comments Intro ........................................................................................................... 296
Remove the Comments Intro .......................................................................................... 296

Replacing the Comments Intro ....................................................................................... 297
Style the Comments Intro ............................................................................................... 298
The Comment List ............................................................................................................... 302
WordPress Post Comment Settings ................................................................................ 302
Disabling Comments on Pages ........................................................................................ 303
Switching off comments on Posts ................................................................................... 304
Setting the Comment Display.......................................................................................... 306
Styling the Comment Area .............................................................................................. 309
Comment Separator Lines ............................................................................................... 317
Styling the Comment Thread .......................................................................................... 320
The Comment Respond Area.............................................................................................. 326
Comment Form ............................................................................................................... 327
Respond Intro .................................................................................................................. 329
The Home Page ...................................................................................................................... 337
Home page display ............................................................................................................. 338
Set the number of features and teasers ......................................................................... 338
Features .............................................................................................................................. 341
Displaying Features as Extracts ....................................................................................... 342
The Comment Display......................................................................................................... 347
Change the Comment Display ......................................................................................... 347
Styling the Comment Display .......................................................................................... 352
Teasers ................................................................................................................................ 355
Setting the Teaser Content ............................................................................................. 355
Style the Teaser ............................................................................................................... 358
One across Teasers.......................................................................................................... 365
Previous/Next Entries ......................................................................................................... 367

Remove Previous/Next Entries ....................................................................................... 367
Change the Previous/Next Entries text ........................................................................... 368
Style the Previous/Next Entries ...................................................................................... 368
The Archives ........................................................................................................................... 370
Archives Page...................................................................................................................... 371
Change the Archives Page ............................................................................................... 371
Adding Style to the Archives Page .................................................................................. 375
The Classic Blueprint Archive Page ................................................................................. 381
Category Archives ............................................................................................................... 383
Customise your Category archive display ....................................................................... 383
Customise the Category Archive Output ........................................................................ 385
Style your Category descriptions .................................................................................... 392
Details .................................................................................................................................... 395
Custom 404 Pages .............................................................................................................. 396
Basic 404 Template ......................................................................................................... 397
A really useful 404 Page .................................................................................................. 397
Styling the 404 Page ........................................................................................................ 401
Styling a Contact Form........................................................................................................ 403
Make a Contact Form ...................................................................................................... 403
Find your form’s id or class ............................................................................................. 405
Adding a favicon ................................................................................................................. 409
Fixing up your blog Checklist .............................................................................................. 411
Extras...................................................................................................................................... 412
Top Plugins.......................................................................................................................... 413
Credits ................................................................................................................................. 415

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THESIS BLUEPRINTS: BLUEPRINT #1 CLASSIC 3

How this Resource Came About ........................................................................................... 11

Affiliate information ............................................................................................................. 12

Some basics before we start .................................................................................................... 13

Blueprint Overview ............................................................................................................... 15

Package Overview ............................................................................................................. 15

BUT I don’t know how to code! ............................................................................................ 17

Intro to CSS and HTML ...................................................................................................... 17

Intro to PHP and WordPress ............................................................................................. 17

Setting up your toolbox ........................................................................................................ 18

Your Blog Design ...................................................................................................................... 20

The Classic BluePrint ......................................................................................................... 21

Know your market ............................................................................................................. 22

Finding Your Style .............................................................................................................. 22

Determine your Colour Scheme ........................................................................................ 23

Your Header ...................................................................................................................... 25

© 2010 – All Rights Reserved http://www.tastypress.com/thesisblueprints

Text and Links .................................................................................................................... 26

Graphics you will need ......................................................................................................... 29

Your header image ............................................................................................................ 29

Background Images ........................................................................................................... 33

Other Graphics / Icons ...................................................................................................... 33

If you are starting a new blog... ............................................................................................... 35

Block search engines ......................................................................................................... 36

Set up Pretty Permalinks ................................................................................................... 37

Set up your RSS Feed ......................................................................................................... 38

Create Some Pages ............................................................................................................ 44

Create Some Categories .................................................................................................... 48

Creating a nickname .......................................................................................................... 51

Tag some posts .................................................................................................................. 52

Add some comments ........................................................................................................ 53

Create a blogroll ................................................................................................................ 54

Enable Some Widgets........................................................................................................ 54

Setting up your Canvas ............................................................................................................ 69

Enable your custom folder ................................................................................................... 70

Create Your Blog’s Foundations ........................................................................................... 74

Choose your HTML Framework......................................................................................... 75

Add a Header Image ............................................................................................................. 77

Check your Title and Tagline ............................................................................................. 79

Set your Site and Page backgrounds .................................................................................... 81

Page background ............................................................................................................... 82

© 2010 – All Rights Reserved http://www.tastypress.com/thesisblueprints

Add a background image ...................................................................................................... 84

Upload your background image ........................................................................................ 84

Edit your custom stylesheet .............................................................................................. 85

Choose your type of background image ........................................................................... 86

Set up your basic font details ............................................................................................... 93

Main navigation .................................................................................................................... 97

Decide on WordPress or Thesis Nav ................................................................................. 97

Choose main navigation content ...................................................................................... 98

Move Main Navigation menu below header .................................................................... 99

Styling the Main Navigation Menu.................................................................................. 101

Styling the Feed Link ....................................................................................................... 108

Adding a Top Nav................................................................................................................ 118

Adding the extra top navigation menu ........................................................................... 118

Styling our extra top navigation menu............................................................................ 121

Footer ................................................................................................................................. 131

Remove the WordPress Admin link ................................................................................ 131

Remove the Thesis attribution Only ............................................................................... 132

Replace the Thesis Attribution ........................................................................................ 133

Add Style to your Footer ................................................................................................. 139

Add Links to your Footer ................................................................................................. 148

Add Home Rollover Image .............................................................................................. 153

The Sidebar ............................................................................................................................ 160