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By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:25:44 +0000

Just installed and receiving coding warning on posts and pages (not home):

A bunch of PHP errors that the editor obscured…

No idea how to fix - assistance appreciated - Thanks

By: Chris Pearson

Chris Pearson — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:52:49 +0000

Michael — You can accomplish what you're after through the use of a static homepage (a WP-native option) and custom page templates. Thesis comes with a few page templates by default, but none of them are set up for a 2-column layout (at least not right now). Despite that, you could code up your own page template and only call one sidebar instead of two, thereby forcing a 2-column layout on any page that uses that particular page template. Currently, there's not a robust solution in place to handle the types of modifications you're talking about. In order to get a highly dynamic, customized layout like that, you're looking at a fair amount of custom code work. Despite that, I'm working on more flexible solutions that may actually allow you to choose your layouts on a per-page basis (2 or 3 column, for instance). Only time will tell, though, because can't say for sure whether or not my future solutions allow for things like that to be done on the fly.

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:10:09 +0000

Can thesis be modified to not use the left column on the homepage for posts and make it more like a traditional website with a blog? So site content would be on the left, recent posts would be in 2nd or 3rd column and 5-10 inner pages would have site static content in left column.

Can some pages become 2 column if desired?

By: Jerome

Jerome — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:06:54 +0000

Chris, thanks for getting back to me. Yeah, I actually made the jump last night, and I’m playing with it now. It’s fantastic, in my humble opinion. Plus, I figured with the upcoming magazine version on the horizon, it’s pretty ideally suited to what I want to be able to accomplish.

Thanks.

By: Chris Pearson

Chris Pearson — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:03:32 +0000

Jerome — Judging by the amount of customization you've been able to apply to Press Row (which is a far less customizable framework), I think you'll find Thesis to be a walk in the park. I'm trying to make it so users can do sweeping customizations without touching a bit of code, but no matter what, if you are relatively proficient with CSS, you'll always be able to bend Thesis to your every whim. Domenica — Let's take these in order:

Thesis is actually intended to be the easiest theme to use and to customize for people of all abilities. In fact, the primary focus of my development efforts is to make it drop-dead-simple for a beginner to customize and run an amazing site.
PayPal is secure in that regard—none of your purchase information here on DIYthemes is ever going to be publicly available, and if you use a fake name to protect yourself, you'll be fine.
There will likely be a lot of image/video options in the magazine layout. Flexibility is the name of the game there, so you should be able to do it all.

By: Domenica Vita

Domenica Vita — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 09:04:31 +0000

Hi Chris,

This is going to sound silly but, few questions:
1. I am a beginner – am I going to able to use Thesis or is it really only for seasoned users
2. My blog will be about Myanmar and human rights issues and the government frequently searches blogs and closes things down. I need to be 100% sure that if I purchase (using my credit card with real name) it can’t in any way be traced to my blog with my fake name for my own security. Is paypal 100% secure or is there a better way to pay you.
3. Will the magazine style set up have rotating images, video etc? Sounds interesting.

By: Jerome

Jerome — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:06:44 +0000

Hi Chris,

I’ve been using your themes (or variations of them) for a long time now, and I’m really thinking Thesis might solve my issues. I run a satirical news site, and as you can see, I’m currently using a very hacked version of three-column Pressrow. I love Pressrow, and I guess I’m just nervous about the switchover, and that I’ll look like everyone else who has Thesis. I know that’s what the customizations are for, but it’s a concern I have. But Thesis has all the features I’m currenly trying to force three-column Pressrow to have, so it’s really starting to be a no-brainer. It looks awesome either way. Really amazing stuff.

By: Christopher

Christopher — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 01:46:42 +0000

I am very familar with Word Press, although we are moving our dreamweaver site (merely use DW for an editor, not really to build code) to ExpressionEngine. But because our sites are not overly complex and mainly static pages, a blog, and links to additional resources we may just go with Word Press.

I am looking at Thesis mainly for small parallel micro sites, but possible for our closer to home projects as well if it works out well.

I wouldn’t use any other blogging platform other than Word Press, unless I went to a full CMS and that I would use ExpressionEngine exclusively.

I went ahead and bought a developers license, hopefully we make good use of it.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 01:33:05 +0000

Christopher: Ah, I see while I was composing my last post, you made a decision… Welcome to the Thesis family. I’m sure you won’t be disappointed.