WordPress Thesis Training
Even though it began as a simple blogging platform, WordPress is quickly becoming the content management system of choice for easy to control and manage websites. WordPress consists of a MySQL database behind a theme. The theme controls the overall design of the site. While there are numerous themes available, covering every possible design style, the Thesis theme includes the Thesis options panel that gives people without website coding skills the ability to fine tune the design of the site while selecting colors, adding graphics and choosing layout options.
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DIY Themes: Thesis Theme User’s Guide
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DIY Themes, the creator of the Thesis theme, offers an online users guide that outlines the parts of Thesis and how to configure the theme with hooks, filters and CSS. The guide viewable online in text format and includes snippets of code that users can paste into their site.
DIY Themes: Thesis Tutorials
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For those who would like additional guided training, DIY themes also offers a collection of video and article tutorials. In addition, developers who purchase the Thesis theme will have access to a members-only answer directory and user forum to ask questions and read questions posted by other users.
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M squared Videos
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Users looking for additional video tutorials can check out the m squared site. A series of WordPress training videos, including ones specifically on Thesis, are available. Some videos are free, but most require the purchase of an annual or quarterly pass.
General WordPress Training
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To successfully use the Thesis theme, users should have a good grasp of how to use WordPress in general. The skills of managing pages, post, function files and the WordPress loop are needed regardless of the selected theme. Visual learners might benefit from a number of training videos available at Lynda.com. Those who learn best by reading should head over to wordpress.org to read over the many training documents and support published by the WordPress creators.
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