Mini-Tips, Facebook Connect, a Contest and More Answers!

Tips Galore I love finding blog posts which describe multiple “mini-tips” for Thesis – they give me extra material to poach for our new Answers blog! And, thanks to Marko Saric and Matt Langford, I’ve got lots of goodies to add.

Marko (@HowToMakeMyBlog) outlines his 8 Thesis Theme design tips to make your blog better. He covers navigation menu styling, a welcome message for your home page, and functions to replace plugins for features such as Tweet This, Stumble This, and WWSGD (What Would Seth Godin Do).

Matt (@Matt425) gives us 10 ways to customize and enhance Thesis, ranging from sidebar colors to image captions to improved CommentLuv styling. He also twittered one of the most inspiring compliments Thesis has ever received.

Facebook Lovers, Unite! If you’ve been wondering how to hook up your blog and Facebook Connect, Blake Schwendiman (@RealNerd) spells it out for you in Integrating Facebook Connect using the Thesis theme.

A Forum for Everyone Need an easier way of setting up a forum and matching it to your blog? Thesis Theme HQ explains how to use the Simple:Press Forum plugin to achieve an integrated forum for Thesis without all the coding.

Mas Menus, Por Favor! Looking to add some secondary navigation on your blog? Larry at Empty Cabin Media shows us how simple it is to add another menu to Thesis.

Widgets, My Left Foot(er) Want to wrangle some widgets into your footer? Then fall into step with Anthony Ferguson (@fergusweb) as he explains how his team created new widget areas.

Affiliates, Take Note! You too can make monehz with Thesis! Marko Saric (@HowToMakeMyBlog) efficiently monetized his blog with the Thesis Theme affiliate program and decided to give away his secrets; while Franklin Bishop (@franklinbishop) reveals how he spiffed up his header with a Thesis banner ad. Ka-ching!

Sweet Prizes for Creative Writers It was a dark and stormy night…and then David Wright (@bloggerdad) and Sean Platt (@writerdad) of Collective Inkwell decided to give away a pimped out Thesis Theme! Hurry over and read all the details about The Collective Inkwell Creative Fiction Contest – contest ends May 1!

Need Answers? We Got ‘Em! In case you didn’t stop to look at it earlier, go check out the new Thesis Answers blog! We’re just getting started, but we hope this will be a useful resource for everyone as it continues to grow. And, if you’ve got any ideas about Answers you’d like to see added to the blog, then head over to the Answers Blog Suggestions thread in the forums.

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