Installing Thesis is quite simple. In this Thesis Theme tutorial, I’m going to show you how to install Thesis onto your blog. This assumes you’ve already installed WordPress already, but if you haven’t, check out this WordPress installation tutorial.
Downloading Thesis Theme
The first thing you will need to do is download is download the latest version of the Thesis Theme. After your purchase, you should have received an email detailing your username and password and a link to your personal membership page. Login to your account and you can find a download link on the right. Alternatively, and you can download Thesis using this download link.
Installing Thesis Theme
- The thesis download will be in zip format, so you will first need to extract it. Mac users can just double-click to extract. Windows users can extract the file using a free utility like 7zip. Once it’s extracted, you should have a folder called thesis_16 on your local computer.
- Next, you’ll need to upload this thesis folder to the server. For that you’ll need a free FTP program like Cyberduck (Mac) or WinSCP (Windows).
- Login to your server using the credentials from your webhost, and navigate to your wordpress install. You’ll want to upload your extracted thesis folder to the wp-content/themes subdirectory.
- Once all the files have been uploaded, it’s time to Activate your copy of Thesis. Login to your WordPress admin panel, and go to Appearance > Themes on the left hand menu. Look for Thesis under Available Themes and select the activate link. Voila! You’re now using Thesis.
- One last thing. Go back into your ftp program and navigate over to wp-content/themes/thesis_16 and rename the custom-sample folder to custom. Now you can use the Thesis custom stylesheet and custom functions to tweak Thesis to your hearts content.
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