As previously mentioned, in my choosing a premium wordpress theme post, Blogging Review is running on the Thesis Theme. I was already a big fan of Thesis and today my adoration has been amplified.
Chris Pearson just announced some fantastic new updates taking Thesis to version 1.2. These changes and additions really fill in the small gaps on my WordPress theme wish list adding even more value to my purchase.
Here’s a run down of the new goods directly from the DIY blog:
Massively Enhanced Usability
Thesis 1.2 contains tons of improvements in key usability areas, including:
- quick-edit links on posts and comments
- clickable author names in bylines
- optional category link display in the headline area of each post
- unprecedented control over tag display
- archive display options (titles, content, or excerpts)
- customizable “click to continue…” text for post teasers
- navigation links on single entry pages
- finely-tuned gravatar control
- tons of new theme hooks (which will likely make Rick the most helpful guy on the planet)
In addition, the options panels have received some treatments that make them more intuitive to use.
Unprecedented SEO Control
With Thesis 1.2, you can use the new
metacustom field to write specific meta descriptions for every post and page on your site. In addition, you can leverage the category description field to manipulate both the<title>and<meta>tags on your category archive pages. For the first time ever, you’ll be able to fine-tune your SEO without the need for plugins or manual template editing!Multimedia Box Improvements
Tons of you will be happy to know that Thesis 1.2 now allows you to add hyperlinks to your rotating images, all from within the comfort of the updated Thesis Options panel. In addition, Rick worked his own bit of magic on the multimedia box, and as a result, the
imagecustom field should work for you no matter what kind of server you’re on.New Subscriptions Widget
In addition to the changes listed above, version 1.2 also contains a new subscriptions widget that will allow you to publicize both RSS and email subscriptions in your sidebar. To use this, simply look for the Subscriptions widget in the Widget section of your WordPress dashboard.
As you can see the changes are significant. If you are in the market for a high quality WordPress theme Thesis should be on your short list.
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This release of Thesis has certainly raised the bar on what bloggers are going to expect from their premium WordPress themes. Now I need to head off and upgrade my Thesis Theme blog.