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Advanced Sidebar Widget Styling for Thesis

In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a drag-and-drop-able sidebar text widget that can be styled endlessly.  I’m exaggerating about the endlessly portion, of course, but not much.  This tutorial will also allow you to color individual sidebar titles and their backgrounds – unlike the default wordpress text widget.  You will also learn [...]

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How to Add a Navigation Bar in Your Footer

June 19, 2009
Custom Nav Bar For Thesis Theme for Wordpress

This tutorial will teach you how to add a customized navigation bar to your wordpress footer using the power of hooks in the Thesis Theme. All you need is access to your custom.css and custom_functions.php files.

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4 Easy Ways to Place Ad Banners on Your Blog

June 16, 2009
Monetize Your Blog

This tutorial will show you 4 painless ways to place an ad banner on your blog in the four most common areas: above the html, above the content area, above the content and above the sidebars. This tutorial is specific to the Thesis theme, but can be easily adapted to almost any Wordpress theme.
What [...]

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Your Twitter Widget Sucks

June 12, 2009
The Twitter Fail Whale

Your twitter widget sucks because you don’t use it properly. How do I know that you don’t use it properly? Here are 5 characteristics of the suck-ish use of a twitter feed :

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2 Techniques to Improve Your Conversational Savvy

June 9, 2009
2 Techniques to Improve Your Conversational Savvy

In my opinion, the best conversations occur when both parties just let each other talk without passing judgment or throwing in an opinion (unless asked to do so). Yet, some people love to share their opinion like it is a stick of chewing gum in a big pack. To be a great conversationalist, invest some time learning when to speak your mind and when to sit back and listen.

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How to Make a Block of 125X125 Ads on Your Blog

June 4, 2009
125x125 Ad

This tutorial will show you how to build a fully customizable block of 125X125 pixel ads that can be displayed in your Wordpress Sidebar. This tutorial is specific to the Thesis theme, but if you have even a beginner understanding of working with your theme’s files you can easily adapt it to almost every WP theme.

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