Welcome to the first edition of This Week in Thesis, a new weekly* feature here by with which we can highlight all the great Thesis-related content our community is creating — reviews of Thesis, tutorials, add-ons, and so on.
Articles are eligible for inclusion if they haven’t been included before — regardless of whether they posted within the “week of” or not — and while I’ll be watching Technorati and Twitter (hashtag: #thesiswp) for relevant content, I’ll no doubt miss plenty.
For that reason, I invite you to share links — whether yours or not — that you feel deserves a mention here with me; you can send me your ideas on Twitter (@KingdomGeek) or via e-mail.
* I’m using the word “weekly” loosely… Some weeks we may see nothing, others we may see a ton.
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Playin’ Hooky: Uncomfortable doing customizations on your own? Afraid of pricking your finger on one of Thesis’ hooks? Don’t fear ‘em, embrace them! Bruce shows you how with three real-life examples of customizing by way of hooks and actions.
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Get the Hook Up: Speaking of real-life examples of hooks & actions, Rae offers up four examples of customizing Thesis with hooks, all wrapped up in a great primer for getting started with Thesis’ hooks & actions, tailored for those new to PHP itself.
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From Head to Foot: Support board superhero Kristarella has published two superb tutorials for creating beautiful headers and out-of-sight footers for your Thesis-powered blog. The proof is in the pudding, as they say, so check out the header and footer area of her site and you’ll want to hear what she has to say.
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Reach Out and Connect w/ Somebody: Google very recently released for public (beta) consumption their new Friend Connect service, which allows webmasters a quick and easy way to build a transparent community around their site; put a face on your visitors, let them befriend each other, and let them discover each other — and your site — from other sites using Friend Connect. We’re all about community here, so I wanted to highlight Don’s quick and painless tutorial on adding Friend Connect to your blog.
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Honorable Mention: Last — and I feel a little guilty linking to this one because, well, it’s mine — is Rick’s release of the Thesis OpenHook plugin. While far from a WYSIWYG interface for modifying Thesis, OpenHook provides easy to use text boxes to add to your site’s design.
That’s all for this round. Did I miss any? Let me know, and we’ll catch ‘em in the next go-around!
