Thesis WordPress Theme Review

If you are setting up a blog, the free WordPress script is definitely the way to go. If you already have WordPress powering your blog site, then you know how wonderful it is.

There are literally thousands of themes out there for every imaginable genre to suit your tastes or fit a particular "look" you want for your blog site. But when it comes to themes, everything has changed in a big way; and, if you don’t get the gist of about what I am going to reveal to you, you are missing out and will be left behind when it comes to getting all of the Search Engine Optimization (SEO) squeezed out of your blog as you can. So please listen up.

Making Your Theme Behave

As many of you know, one of the most difficult things to do in WordPress is to get your theme to look exactly the way you want it. For example, you can find hundreds of beautiful themes’ 2-column, 3-column, etc. Let’s say you find a 3-column theme you like. The problem: The columns are on the wrong side and they are not wide enough. Well, unless you are a programmer, it will take you hours or days to modify the themes code to get like you want – maybe! If you are not a programmer – don’t even think about it.

That’s just the columns. Suppose you want a box just below your header for ads or a display or a video on your chosen theme. I am sobbing for you.

You do all you can, but you just can’t get the theme so look like you want so you simply settle for what you have or you pick another theme. Then, here we go again. There is a much better, faster, and easier way to make your blog site to look the way you want.

Chris Pearson launched a WordPress theme called Thesis. I am going to be honest with you (and I tell it like it is), I was not impressed when I initially saw it. It looked so plain-Jane. But don’t let it’s initial looks fool you. This baby is righteous! The power is behind the scenes in your WordPress Dashboard after you upload and activate the Thesis Theme. My Oh My!

When you initally upload and activate the Thesis theme, you are looking at a watered down 2-column default theme. The beauty of Thesis is the ease in which you can change everything.

There is a Thesis Options section that lets you perform a multitude of blog options such as adding a FeedBurner RSS feed URL, Add Scripts to your Header and Footer (very powerful feature); Adding Homepage meta data such as description and keywords; functions where you can choose how you want your Home page to be displayed; How You want your posts displayed and tagged; Select which pages you want to appear in your Navigation menue and so much more.

Then you have a Design Options section that is going to give you a warm and fuzzy about Thesis. Here, you define font sizes to every individual section within your blog: Nav Menusm Headlines, Bylines, Sidebars, Footer, Teasers, etc. It is also here that you perform your site layout. You want a 3-column layout? No problem. You want to widen or narrow each individual column? No problem. Just set you dimensions and look at your blog site to see if that is what you want. If not, quickly change it. It only takes a few seconds and there is no programmign knowledge required.

OpenHook

OpenHook is a Thesis plugin that makes fine tuning all elements fo your Thesis theme quick and easy. Be prepared to be blown away! You just have to see what you can do with OpenHook.

 

 

 
Search Engine Optimization
The awesome power of a Thesis-powered blog it’s ability to attract Google and the other search Engines attention. After upgrading my WordPress blogs to Thesis, my blog traffic more than doubled in only a few days. At first, I thought no way! But when I updated another blog site to run on the Thesis theme, it’s traffic more than doubled. Here is why.

Thesis has a powerful built-in SEO detail panel that lets you SEO each of your individual posts. You don’t need the third-party SEP plugin. Thesis is much better and more extensive and it works. You can create customized Title, Description and Keyword meta tags for your posts! Incredible!

Tutorials and Support

Don’t worry. When you purchase Thesis, you will find tutorials galore and a great forum. You get access to the forum when you purchase Thesis.

I Will Never Use Any Other Theme

After using the Thesis Theme, I find that there is no need to look at any other WordPress theme. It makes no sense. So, what are you waiting for, do yourself and your blog site a favor and get Thesis.

 

 

 

 

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