Comments on: Thesis Theme 1.6 Video Review – See what Thesis can do now

By: Dennis

Dennis — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:50:12 +0000

Thanks for the vid Marko.. great job in explaining everything! I do like that drop down effect on the nav menu.. cool.. huh..

By: Marko Saric

Marko Saric — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:42:56 +0000

No problem Farnoosh, glad you liked the video!

By: Farnoosh

Farnoosh — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 02:13:56 +0000

Thank you Marco! The color play was fun. I loved the video. You are so sincere. I am going to go play now ))!!!

By: SonDan

SonDan — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:27:26 +0000

OK – thank you for replying.

By: Marko Saric

Marko Saric — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:05:20 +0000

I think it is the nav menu only.

By: SonDan

SonDan — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:58:08 +0000

Hi Mark,

Other than my Navigation Bar customization are there any other things that will go away and have to be redone that were done through custom css & php?, etc?

It has taken me months to get my blog CLOSE to the way I want it and I still have a problem with the ad in my header that keeps “moving around” so I am a bit hesitant to upgrade — but the features are truly great.

Thanks in advance for your time.

By: Marko Saric

Marko Saric — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:36:08 +0000

My reviews are mostly for people new to Thesis and 1.6 is a huge improvement compared to 1.5.1 as it makes it so much easier to add colors and customize nav bar etc without having to login to FTP and use CSS. I’m an advanced user of FTP / CSS and have done all the customization I need manually, so didn’t upgrade because I would have to start from scratch and do changes via Thesis interface instead of FTP and I am too lazy to do that.

By: Rajul

Rajul — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:19:32 +0000

Marko, I feel indebted to you for the time and hassle you’ve saved me with your blog design tips, not to mention your great Twitter ebook.

So I hope you don’t mind me asking why you speak so enthusiastically about Thesis 1.6 if you still haven’t upgraded to it for your own blog?

I tried myself to upgrade the other day, but when I “previewed” my site via the WP dashboard it was a mess. There are many comments in the Thesis forums from people who have also found that 1.6 changes their custom style significantly (e.g. it seems to get rid of custom header images).

As a non-programmer with no spare time to hunt for fixes, I’m taking a business decision to hold off on the upgrade and stay with Thesis 1.5.1.
Especially because when you upgrade it doesn’t let you reverse back.

I’d really value your perspective on whether you think it’s worth upgrading given how much time it takes to get your old look back under 1.6.

Thank you.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:32:17 +0000

Thanks Marco – I’ll check it out. I’m a Mac as well.

By: Marko Saric

Marko Saric — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 09:48:31 +0000

It is Screenflow, I use a Mac.