If you’re designing Thesis skins for clients on your own test server, you will find yourself doing a lot of redundant work when it comes time to export to a live server. I will show you how to add/remove Thesis elements to save you this headache.
In custom_functions.php you can copy & paste any of these snippets after the <?php
Nav Menu
remove_action('thesis_hook_before_header', 'thesis_nav_menu');
Search Box
add_action('thesis_hook_before_header', 'thesis_search_form');
Header (Title & Tag-line)
remove_action('thesis_hook_header', 'thesis_default_header');
Post Tags
remove_action('thesis_hook_after_post', 'thesis_post_tags');
Comment Link
remove_action('thesis_hook_after_post', 'thesis_comments_link');
Post Navigation
remove_action('thesis_hook_after_content', 'thesis_post_navigation');
Previous/next post navigation
remove_action('thesis_hook_after_content', 'thesis_prev_next_posts');
Subscribe to Comments plugin compatibility (If you’re using the “Subscribe to Comments” plugin)
remove_action('thesis_hook_comment_form', 'show_subscription_checkbox');
Archive page information box
remove_action('thesis_hook_archive_info', 'thesis_default_archive_info');
Thesis Attribution (Developer license only)
remove_action('thesis_hook_footer', 'thesis_attribution');
Footer scripts
remove_action('thesis_hook_after_html', 'thesis_footer_scripts');
Custom Homepage Template
remove_action('thesis_hook_custom_template', 'thesis_custom_template_sample');
Default 404 Title
remove_action('thesis_hook_404_title', 'thesis_404_title');
Default 404 Content
remove_action('thesis_hook_404_content', 'thesis_404_content');
Adversely, you can replace “remove_action” with “add_action” and type a new hook to move any of these Thesis Elements around on your skin. For example: if you wanted to move the Thesis Nav Menu from the top, down to the bottom of the Header:
First, remove the Nav from the hook, “Before Header”
remove_action('thesis_hook_before_header', 'thesis_nav_menu');
Now, add it back to the hook, “After Header”
add_action('thesis_hook_after_header', 'thesis_nav_menu');
The final syntax in custom_functions.php would look like this:
<?php
remove_action('thesis_hook_before_header', 'thesis_nav_menu');
add_action('thesis_hook_after_header', 'thesis_nav_menu');
You can get the full list of Hooks, Elements, and Actions at DIYThemes.com – then print off all the hooks with this handy visual reference: ThesisHooks.com
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Lots of places online have mentioned unchecking the RSS feed to remove it from the nav menu, but I want to relocate it. I have done so using the OpenHook plugin for Thesis, but I can get the text to transform to uppercase, but I cannot get the background RSS image to appear, nor can I increase the padding or margin around it through my custom css. Any idea what I might be doing wrong?
Thanks!
Hey, how would I go about removing the RSS link on the navigation bar?
Thanks
Adam (www.adamhuxtable.com)
Thesis Options –> Navigation Menu. Uncheck “Show RSS Feed Link”
Hi,
how would I go about removing the sidebars just from the pages (keep them everywhere else)?
By using the page template “No Sidebars”.
WP-Dashboard –> Pages –> Edit Page –> “No Sidebars” from the Page Template drop down underneath the “Publish” button.
Any hooks for sidebar. I need to hide sidebar from the home page.
Open custom.css and write:
.custom #sidebars { display:none}
Greg,
I just spent the last 2 hours searching for the information you posted above. Thank you, thank you, thank you! Simple and effective.
You’re welcome. I come back to this post a lot.
It's much more of a framework than theme. Many people don't realize that until AFTER they've paid for it. It's a beast to learn, but if you're coming from the Hand Coding – then Thesis will come easy for you. Once you figure out Hooks & CSS you can pretty much make Thesis do what-ever-you-want!
Ever wonder why Chris Pearson calls his company, “DIY Themes”? “Do It Yourself”
It's much more of a framework than theme. Many people don't realize that until AFTER they've paid for it. It's a beast to learn, but if you're coming from the Hand Coding – then Thesis will come easy for you. Once you figure out Hooks & CSS you can pretty much make Thesis do what-ever-you-want!
Ever wonder why Chris Pearson calls his company, “DIY Themes”? “Do It Yourself”
Nice list, much appreciated. I'm knee deep in Thesis at the moment. I come from the hand coding side of the world.
I find it sort of ironic that to make Thesis sing, you have to basically learn a API and to make it really sing, you need to become proficient at a scripting language that resembles SQL queries.
Not sure all that is easier than standard HTML + CSS + PHP, but apparently a lot of folks do and perhaps I will see the light.
RM
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