It took a little longer than we thought, but Thesis 1.7 was just released today. So what’s new in this latest version of Thesis?
- Thesis 1.7 is faster and more efficient. Developer Chris Pearson has rewritten a significant portion of the code to make things noticeably faster. You should see the page load times in the options pages to be much snappier then previous versions of Thesis.
- New Options Manager. Now you can backup your Thesis settings and even better, reuse your settings across all your Thesis installs.
- More SEO options. Although previous versions of Thesis were already SEO optimized, Thesis 1.7 includes some great new customization options that give you more control. Now you can set separate meta tags (noindex, nofollow, no archive) for every post and page on your blog. The new Page Options also gives you full control over your category and tag pages.
- Reorganized Options Pages. There are now five main pages in Thesis 1.7. Site Options, Design Options, Page Options, Custom File Editor and the Options Manager. Everything has been reorganized so that things are easier to find.
- Included Javascript libraries. Now your favorite javascript libraries like JQuery, Prototype, and Mootools are available right out of the box.
- New Comment Options. Now you can more easily tweak the way your comments appear.
- Easy 301 Redirects. Great for people who want to mask their affiliate links
These are some of the new features of Thesis 1.7. I’ve already upgraded this site to the new version and I’m playing around with the new features right now. If you haven’t tried Thesis yet, now is the time to get on board.
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Have updated to 1.7 but can’t find the simple nav bar options as shown in the video on the diythemes site. I’m a new user, and 1.7 doesn’t seem to me as easy as it’s made out to be. I had more joy with 1.6. Have I failed to upload correctly?
Hi Maxine,
Are you talking about the nav bar options under Design Options > Nav Menu? I’m not quite sure what video you are referring to…