Thesis Theme 1.7 features will improve your blogging options

New version of Thesis Theme has just been released – Thesis 1.7. I’ve installed it on one of my blogs to take a look at the new features and test it all out.

One of the first things to note is that there are now two new options in the Thesis Theme menu line: Page Options and Manage Options.

Looking into all the different options, there has been a lot of SEO stuff added: Robots Meta Tags with noindex, nofollow and noarchive are now customizable down to the smallest detail.

Another small detail is that you can now select to display or not to display a message in case that your comments are closed.

It is now also very easy to add different Javascript libraries. It is just one-click. I am not sure how this feature works so there is a need for a tutorial on which library to choose and why.

One of the nicest changes in Thesis Theme 1.7 for me is the Comment Options. You can now easily choose if you want to display comments only, trackbacks only or both. You can also easily rearrange their positions so comments can be shown first and trackbacks last. Very easy and very nice!

That is not all, you can also choose to show avatars, comment numbers, comment author name, date, comment reply link. All these options can be rearranged so you can make a very unique looking comments section.

Thesis guys are also promising that a lot of pages and codes have been rewritten for this new version, which means that all blogs running 1.7 should run and load faster compared to the older versions.

All in all, Thesis 1.7 seems like a nice update and as usual upgrades are free for all the users. Enjoy and go create a better blog!