Comments on: How To: Upgrade to Thesis 1.6 (in 15 minutes) http://gregrickaby.com/2009/09/thesis-1-6-upgrade-in-15-minutes.html Genesis and Thesis Development Thu, 17 May 2012 11:49:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4-beta4-20725 By: LynnWhttp://gregrickaby.com/2009/09/thesis-1-6-upgrade-in-15-minutes.html/comment-page-1#comment-2989 LynnW Sun, 28 Nov 2010 03:56:28 +0000 http://gregrickaby.com/?p=2430#comment-2989 Thank you! The issue with default white pages is awful. One can change it to any color in the thesis design options, EXCEPT transparent! css settings to none or transparent don't work! It took this page setting! I'm using 1.8, and this is still relevant. Took me hours to find this answer. And a way to have transparent backgrounds on the navigation, too. That one took days, but finally found it when researching about the white backgrounds on pages. Thanks again! Thank you! The issue with default white pages is awful. One can change it to any color in the thesis design options, EXCEPT transparent! css settings to none or transparent don’t work! It took this page setting! I’m using 1.8, and this is still relevant. Took me hours to find this answer. And a way to have transparent backgrounds on the navigation, too. That one took days, but finally found it when researching about the white backgrounds on pages. Thanks again!

]]> By: Kathhttp://gregrickaby.com/2009/09/thesis-1-6-upgrade-in-15-minutes.html/comment-page-1#comment-2612 Kath Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:06:36 +0000 http://gregrickaby.com/?p=2430#comment-2612 My problem is that there's no support for thesis. You have to be able to get into their membership forum. I bought a developers option license and can't get zip out of them for an upgrade. I have my details paypal etc, but they're such a closed book as far as support. So all I can say is bitterly disappointed in THESIS ! $164 for nothing. Anyone offer any help all I want is an upgrade for Petes sake! My problem is that there’s no support for thesis. You have to be able to get into their membership forum. I bought a developers option license and can’t get zip out of them for an upgrade. I have my details paypal etc, but they’re such a closed book as far as support. So all I can say is bitterly disappointed in THESIS ! $164 for nothing.
Anyone offer any help all I want is an upgrade for Petes sake!

]]> By: Kevin Worthington @ kevinworthington.comhttp://gregrickaby.com/2009/09/thesis-1-6-upgrade-in-15-minutes.html/comment-page-1#comment-2533 Kevin Worthington @ kevinworthington.com Thu, 17 Jun 2010 00:11:15 +0000 http://gregrickaby.com/?p=2430#comment-2533 This article has been up for a while, but for the benefit of your readers here is a link for <a href="http://www.kevinworthington.com/upgrade-thesis-16-thesis-17-14-steps/" rel="nofollow">upgrading Thesis 1.6 to Thesis 1.7</a>. This article has been up for a while, but for the benefit of your readers here is a link for upgrading Thesis 1.6 to Thesis 1.7.

]]> By: Greg Rickabyhttp://gregrickaby.com/2009/09/thesis-1-6-upgrade-in-15-minutes.html/comment-page-1#comment-2015 Greg Rickaby Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:12:38 +0000 http://gregrickaby.com/?p=2430#comment-2015 The difference between the Dev Option vs Personal Option is licensing. There aren't any "cool" features or options inside Thesis that are only available for devs. Developer option is geared mostly for web designers who build Thesis sites for clients.<strong>Dev</strong> = You can use Thesis on unlimited sites (that you own) and remove the back-link on the footer. You also get first crack at beta versions and can re-sell Thesis at a discount.<strong>Personal</strong> = One copy on one site. Back-link stays. No beta's. No discounts.You care read about all the options <a href="http://diythemes.com/plans/" rel="nofollow">here</a>Upgrading in the past has been easy, however when v1.6 came out you had to re-code your nav menu. From what I hear, 1.7 is focused mainly on back-end improvement and more SEO options - not any design changes. This means you should be able to upgrade without having to change any CSS or HTML.Hope this helps! The difference between the Dev Option vs Personal Option is licensing. There aren’t any “cool” features or options inside Thesis that are only available for devs. Developer option is geared mostly for web designers who build Thesis sites for clients.

Dev = You can use Thesis on unlimited sites (that you own) and remove the back-link on the footer. You also get first crack at beta versions and can re-sell Thesis at a discount.

Personal = One copy on one site. Back-link stays. No beta’s. No discounts.

You care read about all the options here

Upgrading in the past has been easy, however when v1.6 came out you had to re-code your nav menu. From what I hear, 1.7 is focused mainly on back-end improvement and more SEO options – not any design changes. This means you should be able to upgrade without having to change any CSS or HTML.

Hope this helps!

]]> By: Nancyhttp://gregrickaby.com/2009/09/thesis-1-6-upgrade-in-15-minutes.html/comment-page-1#comment-2014 Nancy Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:34:49 +0000 http://gregrickaby.com/?p=2430#comment-2014 Hi Greg, I was just about to upgrade to "developer" so that I can use thesis on another site but received the DIY email about 1.7 and got kind of worried. My site is pretty simple so I'm not sure how big of a deal the upgrade will be for me. Still, don't want to spend too much time on it/them right now - got work to do! If I upgrade to developer before 1.7 upgrade, and upgrade to 1.7 when it comes out, would all sites have to be adjusted? Thanks Nancy Hi Greg, I was just about to upgrade to “developer” so that I can use thesis on another site but received the DIY email about 1.7 and got kind of worried. My site is pretty simple so I’m not sure how big of a deal the upgrade will be for me. Still, don’t want to spend too much time on it/them right now – got work to do!
If I upgrade to developer before 1.7 upgrade, and upgrade to 1.7 when it comes out, would all sites have to be adjusted?
Thanks
Nancy

]]> By: fred1sthttp://gregrickaby.com/2009/09/thesis-1-6-upgrade-in-15-minutes.html/comment-page-1#comment-1929 fred1st Sat, 23 Jan 2010 12:28:06 +0000 http://gregrickaby.com/?p=2430#comment-1929 Greg et al... I've "used" thesis for about a year, but not one to go under the hood very much after things were set as I wanted--until upgrade a few days ago (according to original official instructions) and things went haywire. I got to changing permissions in the upgrade, then on final step "go to design options and hit the bigass save button" -- now I am not seeing DESIGN options and have lost my second column, rotating headers etc. If anyone is willing to help, I can send screen shots of the ftp structure as it exist now or other files and hopefully a simple tweak will set things right. Wish I'd seen your instructions, Greg, but that ship has sailed. Thanks for any guidance, folks. Greg et al… I’ve “used” thesis for about a year, but not one to go under the hood very much after things were set as I wanted–until upgrade a few days ago (according to original official instructions) and things went haywire. I got to changing permissions in the upgrade, then on final step “go to design options and hit the bigass save button” — now I am not seeing DESIGN options and have lost my second column, rotating headers etc. If anyone is willing to help, I can send screen shots of the ftp structure as it exist now or other files and hopefully a simple tweak will set things right. Wish I’d seen your instructions, Greg, but that ship has sailed. Thanks for any guidance, folks.

]]> By: steven adjmihttp://gregrickaby.com/2009/09/thesis-1-6-upgrade-in-15-minutes.html/comment-page-1#comment-1898 steven adjmi Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:21:31 +0000 http://gregrickaby.com/?p=2430#comment-1898 i am new to thesis and am using version 1.6. i am trying to make my own multimedia box as described above but can't seem to find the custom.functions.php file. please help. <br>thanks! i am new to thesis and am using version 1.6. i am trying to make my own multimedia box as described above but can't seem to find the custom.functions.php file. please help.
thanks!

]]> By: gregrickabyhttp://gregrickaby.com/2009/09/thesis-1-6-upgrade-in-15-minutes.html/comment-page-1#comment-1870 gregrickaby Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:54:04 +0000 http://gregrickaby.com/?p=2430#comment-1870 It only shows up if you upload and overwrite your existing Thesis files. Apposed to uploading to a whole new folder e.g.; thesis_151 vs thesis_16.<br><br>Personally, I just uploaded thesis_16 separately and left thesis_151 alone...in which case you would NOT see an 'upgrade button'. It only shows up if you upload and overwrite your existing Thesis files. Apposed to uploading to a whole new folder e.g.; thesis_151 vs thesis_16.

Personally, I just uploaded thesis_16 separately and left thesis_151 alone…in which case you would NOT see an 'upgrade button'.

]]> By: andimachttp://gregrickaby.com/2009/09/thesis-1-6-upgrade-in-15-minutes.html/comment-page-1#comment-1869 andimac Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:22:27 +0000 http://gregrickaby.com/?p=2430#comment-1869 there's no upgrade button in Thesis Options. ? there's no upgrade button in Thesis Options. ?

]]> By: gregrickabyhttp://gregrickaby.com/2009/09/thesis-1-6-upgrade-in-15-minutes.html/comment-page-1#comment-1836 gregrickaby Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:54:04 +0000 http://gregrickaby.com/?p=2430#comment-1836 It only shows up if you upload and overwrite your existing Thesis files. Apposed to uploading to a whole new folder e.g.; thesis_151 vs thesis_16.<br><br>Personally, I just uploaded thesis_16 separately and left thesis_151 alone...in which case you would NOT see an 'upgrade button'. It only shows up if you upload and overwrite your existing Thesis files. Apposed to uploading to a whole new folder e.g.; thesis_151 vs thesis_16.

Personally, I just uploaded thesis_16 separately and left thesis_151 alone…in which case you would NOT see an 'upgrade button'.

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