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Awesome Options Control Panel For Thesis Theme

December 31, 2010 - Last Modified: April 1, 2014 by Hesham Zebida

Thesis Skin Options Panel

I’ve just launched the new Thesis Skin over at ThesisAwesome.com, I’ve included the new skin options panel that I mentioned to you before when I was talking about Thesis Theme Skins problems, and how I really want to solve them and make awesome thesis skins that save time and effort for doing other important blogging or business tasks!

But, let me tell you a short story first, plz!

I really hate to start this post with a story, but well.. I just want to let you know something about what I do when I get sick, especially when I catch a heavy flu and feel dizzy, lazy and bored! I don’t know about you, but most of the time I close the door, I keep my cell phone a way from me, I don’t talk to anyone, I focus on only one thing, I work harder than the normal days, and I am more productive when I get sick! Maybe it kind of weird as I should be in bed right now!

Anyways, what happened is I had to look allover the internet, I was trying to search for some useful resources and tutorials about creating a WordPress Theme option panel as I assumed this is where I wouldhave to start, and as I expected, I found a lot of crap and wasted a lot of time testing and trying to make things work!

Finally, I was lucky enough to follow three different tutorials and put everything together to make it work! So, I am so excited to release BlogSkin with the new options panel!

Thesis Skin options panel

The new option panel is actually amazing, and it will blow your mind!

Because I know your time is valuable, and because I know about the features you are looking for, I’ve added a lot of it to the new BlogSkin so you will not have to code anymore or suffer trying to find resources and tutorials, you will not need to jump from here to there on the internet and waste your time anymore! All what you need to do is to focus on your business, and let the hard work for me!

BlogSkin Color Schemes

I’ve created 6 panels so far with load of features to give you full control on your blog design elements, and this is not all, BlogSkin has 6 different color schemes that you can easily switch between each of them at any time with a few clicks from inside your options panel!

Here is what you will see inside the options panel

  • General Options
  • Social Media Options
  • Multi-Author Options
  • Geeky Options
  • Advertising Options
  • Footer

Cool? Alright, let’s talk now about each of these panel features and have a look inside each of them!

Thesis Skin General Options

thesis general options
Thesis Skin General Options

There are 6 different color schemes at the moment, and I will be happy to include more in next updates if there is a chance, you can easily display your logo instead of text on the header and control whither to display your blog description under the logo, also add your custom RSS feed URL and email subscription E.G. FeedBurner to the top navigation image buttons. Another awesome thing is controlling the “Keep Reading” image button on home page teasers.

Thesis Skin Social Media Options

Thesis Skin Social Media Options
Thesis Skin Social Media Options

A nice and easy way to promote your blog posts is to provide social media share buttons, the social media panel has almost everything you need, and you can control it all by a few easy clicks! You can even include Facebook comments 😉

Thesis Skin Multi-Authors Options

Thesis Skin Multi-Authors Options
Thesis Skin Multi-Authors Options

This is an awesome part of the options panel, I imagine you want to get people to guest post on your blog, but you don’t know why guest posting is not working for your awesome blog! So the BlogSkin will take care of that 100%, I’ve added some nice features to this panel, there is even an option to customize the author archive page with one click!

Thesis Skin Geeky Options

Thesis Skin Geeky Options
Thesis Skin Geeky Options

The fun begins here, there are three main features added to this panel, you are going to love how easy it is to do feature posts using the slideshow on the home page, and enable Twitter @Anywhere allover your blog, it’s even more fun when installing the TwitterLink plugin, it will be automatically detected by the skin and it will add the Twitter ID field automatically in the comment box, plus having the awesome Twitter card in comments! (Mouse over any Twitter ID in the comments below to see it working here in the blog), and oh yeah! I didn’t forgot the images lazy load effect, you can also enable it with one click! it’s all yours now and everything is under control 😉

Thesis Skin Advertising Options

Thesis Skin Advertising Options
Thesis Skin Advertising Options

I’ve added these options from my experience with advertising, there is a Google AdSense comment that tells Google where exactly your content start and ends, so it will not target keywords in comments or sidebar and this will help Google to decide relevant ads for your content, I’ve tested this on FamousBloggers and some other blogs of mine, and it enhance the advertisements on the blog.

Also there are two new widgets you can control them from the options panel, they will appear in your WordPress widgets settings, one for the top header 468×60 banner, and the other for the footer 728×90 image banner, I highly recommend using Datafeedr Random Ads v2 plugin if you are going to rotate ads or your own affiliate banners, so you can simply drop it’s widget in the header or footer.

The other feature is the Stop Box, like the one below this post, it’s simple to add it now with a simple HTML list to make it more organized.

Thesis Skin footer Options

Thesis Skin Footer Options
Thesis Skin Footer Options

The last and not least is the footer text, you can simply post your footer text, or copyright statements, etc. in the text box, push save button, and you are done!

BlogSkin is Ideal for..

I’ve designed BlogSkin to fit a wide range of niches, it’s easy to get a different look and feel using the colors schemes and putting quality images in the slideshow, you can do this if you use it wisely, although BlogSkin will mostly fit entrepreneurs, marketers and bloggers in the making money niche, and in particular multi-authors blogs.

Go ahead and take a close look over at ThesisAwesome.com

It’s your decision!

Your thoughts are much appreciated.

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Filed Under: Design, Marketing, Online Business, Thesis Theme, Wordpress

About Hesham Zebida

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I create websites with WordPress, and I develop Schema Plugins to help SEOs. I am a social network lover. I am also the night creature who works hard to keep this project up. Owner and founder of the Famous Blog.

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{ 54 Responses }

  1. TomMy Dwyer says:
    I'm a fan of Thesis for years! This is a great page of info, well done and tons of comments! (How do you do that??) lol - Anyways, big Question. How are you getting that text that shows up in a yellow "Highlighted" box. I've been asking now for years (really) and non of my peeps know. Care to share the secret? Big Daddy - Tom Dwyer
    • Hesham Zebida says:
      Hi Tom, Find info about the alert box on this post. I hope this helps.
  2. chi3nming says:
    I am using Thesis myself but sadly I am using my friends serv so I don't have access to my control panel which makes it very frustrating when i try to edit the theme THIS SUCKS!
  3. Rodger says:
    This is awesome and very attractive. It is helpful that there is no coding as well. Thanks
  4. Navjot Singh says:
    One line muahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh !!!!!!
    • Hesham says:
      Haha Navjot, Next update is almost ready! Will send it soon!
  5. Jack Harold says:
    It looks goood....but seems overwhelming for a newbie. Hope someone builds a more idiot-proof theme that has the same SEO features too!
    • Hesham says:
      Hi Jack, I think it's ideal for newbies and people who don't know how to code as it makes managing your blog theme much easier than ever!
  6. Brian L. says:
    It is not stated very clearly in Thesisawesome that in order to use the skins, one must purchase/own a copy of the Thesis theme. I think a lot of people out there are not aware that the Thesis theme costs more than double than the individual skins. They might feel cheated after they have ordered the skin, only to find out they need a much expensive Thesis theme for the skin to work.
    • Hesham says:
      That's a good point Brain, although it's mentioned on the home page, I am going to add some additional pages to the site with more information! Many thanks!
  7. Rob McCance says:
    Always interested in Thesis info as I use it across three sites. Will go check this out at your site. Thanks.
    • Hesham says:
      Thank you Rob, I hope you like it!
  8. Karan Labra says:
    Well for now I dont have any funds to buy the theme, but I would be promoting this theme like hell and collect the money via your affiliate (which is pretty great) and buy this template because according to me this is the perfect template for any tech blog.
    • Hesham says:
      Hey Karan, I am working on development... I just saw your review, cool.. I hope you can earn some nice commission ;)
      • Karan Labra says:
        thanks for that. I just wanted to suggest that the sidebar heading style that comes up in the screenshot is not there in the main theme. It was really alluring to see that in the screen please integrate that if you can. :)
        • Hesham says:
          Oh! I Gottya !.. I am just trying to go simple with the design to make it compatible with all web browsers, I always have problems with IE, and I don't want anyone to suffer from that :)
          • Karan Labra says:
            k, but it really looks pretty cool!
  9. Mani Viswanathan says:
    Thats's awesome. You've made a total framework out of thesis itself :P
    • Hesham says:
      Haha... just trying to make things easy :) I would love it if I ended the headaches of coding for those who don't know how to code! Thanks Mani!
  10. Alex says:
    That is freaking awesome Hesham! I really need to get that skin, especially now that you have simplified the back end like that! Genius, really. Happy new year man!
    • Hesham says:
      Hey Alex, thank you man.. it's going to rock your blog! More awesome options are coming! Happy New Year my friend!
  11. Ileane says:
    Hi Hesham, I'm not using Thesis but I know a lot of bloggers that do, so I'll be sure to spread the news about these awesome skins. Thanks! btw - Happy New Year my friend!
    • Hesham says:
      Hey Ileane, Happy New Year :) Thank you so much, I really appreciate your great support, means a lot to me!
  12. Fran Aslam says:
    Hi Hesham: Well done Hessham. I am here because it is a new year I had to wish you a Happy new year and I have a changed strategy to blogging, new year and new goals. I read your blog post, as I am looking forward to changing the blog look. I am thinking of thesis, but I am not so technical minded person. I have to check it out if I can handle it every day. The comments at your blog tell me it is easy. My blogging friend Steve Scott, just started using Thesis . I know lot of people who are using it. Therefore, I conclude it has to be easy to use. I came to know that you work harder when you get sick. That is not good. When a person is sick, rest is required. But again do what suits the best. I enjoyed reading this post about Thesis. Got to know you a little more. Your writing style is pure business, which is good. Needless to say blog is good, after all it is a famous blog. Talk again fran A
    • Hesham says:
      Hi Fran, It's really cool to know that you have made a new strategy and setting up your goals for the new year! This is a good step towards success. If you are into coding, or if you don't have time to learn how to customize your blog theme, then BlogSkin is a good choice! Yeah.. you are right, my flu came back and I started to feel sick for real this time, so I got some rest , but I am doing good now :) Thanks a lot for the advice and the nice visit, keep in touch and I wish you big success this year 2011!
  13. DB Baker says:
    I am a proud owner of the new BlogSkin and I simply love it. Great features and the options panel is amazing. Hesham support is simply out of this world. Thanks
    • Hesham says:
      Glad you are enjoying Baker, more stuff are going and I will be updating the skin very soon! Thank you for your Kind words. To your success!
  14. Pubudu says:
    Great work mate! You have made Thesis even more simpler! :D
    • Hesham says:
      Pubudu I hope you are enjoying your skin buddy, nice stuff :)
  15. Vivek Parmar says:
    options control panel are awesome. one thing i like to add, just try to add tabbed widgets in sidebar. We work out soon to write about this on my blog
    • Hesham says:
      Hi Vivek, Tabbed widgets are on my list, thanks! It would be great to see your review, let me know when you get it online!
  16. Brian L. says:
    I like the approach of having an options panel for the Thesis skins. It definitely adds great value to the skins you created.
    • Hesham says:
      Thank you Brian for your feedback on the other comment, glad you liked the idea, it will allow me to put more development!
  17. John says:
    Hesham this is an incredible boon to bloggers and developers. It's also a great example for people looking to create/sell a product: Look for what people want, and then give it to them. I know it's simple in concept, but it's not easy to pull off in practice. I can't wait to play around with this!
    • Hesham says:
      Hey John, This skin is the best I've done ever, so I imagine a brilliant future :) Thank you for stopping by, and glad you like it!
  18. James Johnston says:
    Great post Hesham, I really like the new features for the theme. Your added features, makes it worth the price and I can't wait to get my hands on it... I also like your new banner, it looks good and draws your eyes to the ad...
    • Hesham says:
      Glad you like it James, haha.. the banners to :) I would like to hear your feedback after you try the skin!
  19. Kunal says:
    I have seen blog skin. I liked it a lot. You have designed it awesome Hesham. BTW wish you happy new year.
    • Hesham says:
      Thank you Kunal, glad you like it.. and Happy New Year to you :)
  20. Hung Hong says:
    Nice skin. Happy New Year 2011
    • Hesham says:
      Thanks Hung.. Happy New Year buddy!
  21. Barbara Ling, Virtual Coach says:
    Neat! I've been teaching myself hacking the thesis theme and anything that makes it easier is a Good Thing to me....
    • Hesham says:
      Hey Barbara, You can say this Skin is "No Hacking After Today" :)
  22. Gera says:
    Hi Hesham, I don't know much about WP and specifically about Thesis, but I'll have in mind for my future, you never know the changes in blogging. ;) I take the opportunity to wish You a Wonderful 2011 & Happy New Year :) The Best of the Best for You!! Gera
    • Hesham says:
      Thank you Gera :) I am waiting you to make the move, I am sure you will rock the wordpress and food world one day haha Happy New 2011 to you my friend!
  23. Tinh says:
    Excellent option panel Hesham. Congrats and it is just out on the last day of 2010. I hope to inform my readers soon about this to
    • Hesham says:
      Hi Tinh, Thank you for the visit, and looking forward to see your review when you have a chance! The control option panel is irresistible for bloggers who don't know how to code, and they are many people out there my friend!
  24. Pritam says:
    I have checked the Thesis Skins Gallery and its really a good collection of skins. People who are using thesis has a very good option to customize their thesis theme.
    • Hesham says:
      Thank you Pritam for your time, I am working these days on providing more skins as time goes! My wishes for more success to you this year 2011
  25. DB Baker says:
    This looks like a great skin and I will surly give it a try. The option panel is amazing and will make life alot easier. Thanks
  26. Sreejesh says:
    I was away from home few days, I just noticed the icons under the navigation. Its awesome. And thesis with control panel would be nice :) Grt work!!!
    • Karan Labra says:
      I second that Sreejesh.
    • Hesham says:
      Haha.. Sreejesh.. the world can change in a few minutes :) Glad you like it!

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