Thesis Theme - The Prada of Wordpress Theme

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Thesis Theme - The Prada of Wordpress Theme.

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Curious to learn more about the Thesis Word Press theme? Find out why this is one of the most talked about Word Press themes in a long time.

Thesis Theme 1.5.1 for WordPress is very aptly named. The idea of a thesis, a dissertation advancing an original point of view as a result of research fits this software offering for website professionals and individuals wanting to create a website of note. The updated version contains features that the author’s best-friend pointed out was lacking in earlier versions. Being of the serious website builder clan this friend was very clear about what he felt needed to be done and the author listened! Thesis Theme 1.5.1 for WordPress contains hooks, filters, and completely rewritten code that have delivered a very important element in the web world.

Based on the research and experience gained in the previous versions of Thesis Theme four major areas was either totally, or nearly-so, rewritten. Thesis is constructed completely of hyper-text markup language (HTML), cascading style sheets (CSS) and PHP. This dovetails perfectly with the Googlebot parameters since it only loads HTML, CSS and PHP. The complete rewriting of the cascading style sheets construction element streamlined the code. The data structure was also rewritten which increased functionality and speed when using either Thesis or Design options. Thirdly the way that core functions call and use the options was redone. Finally, a big chunk of the Thesis Theme’s PHP received an overhaul.

All these changes resulted in an increase in the speed at which web pages built using Thesis Theme 1.5.1 are downloaded. Speed is the shining star of the upgrade. Measureable improvement is improvement that can be documented. Graphs showing the average time it takes to download a webpage for viewing in milliseconds by Googlebot were used to document the results of the code refinement and data handling restructuring. Web pages created using an earlier version of Thesis Theme were graphed at a high of between 5,000 to 7,000 milliseconds to load. After switching to Thesis 1.5 with the completed css and design options those same pages took under 1,000 milliseconds to load. This is considered measurable improvement delivered by the upgrade.

Website code efficiency is of paramount importance to webmasters and designers. Efficient code gives pages faster load times, quick option saves, and reduces web server loads. These three things combined result in a general drop in bandwidth usage throughout the site. Such things make administrators of web server farms smile.

Thesis Theme contains an arsenal of over 50 hooks and 12 filters currently. This software is extremely customizable and with the addition of filters you are now able to modify what is created by Thesis itself. The ultimate goal is for users to be able to create a website using Thesis Theme which will not be recognizable as coming from Thesis.

All markup is available through the $content variable and a designer can modify or delete contextual items. PHP functions are then used to add custom contextual items to the site. Hooks and filters are similar in that they are junctions within Thesis Theme where interaction between the designer and the internal workings of the software. Hooks deal with customizing content while filters involve functions. Hooks allow you to add custom content and filters manipulate content that is already on the site. Website designers smile when they have such tools.

Filters are a new addition with Thesis Themes 1.5.1 and that being so there are currently only 12 filters available but many more are promised to come from the author and hopefully from the web designing community that have worked with the previous versions of Thesis. The 12 filters available include functions from trackbacks to get footer.

Simple functions that make everything work together smoothly and consistently. When hooks were first introduced the web development community snatched up the new functionality and put it to work immediately. Filters will be another great improvement to making websites more interactive for the users but first the developers will have to adopt the use of filters like they did hooks.

The support provided for Thesis Theme comes in many forms. The first line of support is a Thesis User’s Guide that is full of tutorials, setup information and tips on using the software as you get to know it. Online news updates are offered to all but the really technically detailed articles are available to registered owners of the software only.

Community Updates and Customization Tips are links that take you to where the web savvy share their experiences and solutions to using the amazingly customizable aspects of Thesis Theme. A Support Forum is another avenue to learning how to put the power of hooks and filters to work, to just name the newest options that beg being implemented.

The Thesis Theme community is active and a great resource to the new web designer or the person that just wants to create just one really cool web presence for himself.

When new software updates come out there is generally a hesitation in the user community to be the first to implement it. When things are working well and you have a lot of work to do the thought of what the installation of an update can do is not pleasant. The transition to Thesis Theme has been made by many of the high producing web designers working in the field today and the feedback is positive. It works and works well.

The bottom line is that Thesis Theme 1.5.1 for WordPress has delivered in a way that few point upgrades have. Documented efficiency and speed ratings over 4 times greater than before give Thesis Theme serious bragging rights. Well respected web designers have already adopted the latest version of Thesis Theme and are delivering highly customized sites using the programs features to their fullest.

This same group willingly and energetically shares its ideas with the other users through any number of the support options provided online. From March to June of 2009 websites created with Thesis 1. 4X were switched over to Thesis 1.5 and immediately displayed the difference elegant code and mindful data delivery systems can make in the efficiency and speed categories.

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