Thesis 1.3 Now Available

The newest version of the Thesis theme was just release and I just downloaded my copy a few minutes ago.  I’ve not had a chance to put it into action yet but I’m pretty excited about some of the new features that come with this version of Thesis.

One of the big things I see in this update is the ability to use even more layouts with the theme.   It now has a 3 column option where you can choose from a variety of different 3 column layouts within the layout constructor in the admin panel.  One of the coolest things that I like about this is the ability to choose a 3 column layout with a sidebar on each side and the content in the middle.  I’ve been wanting to change some of my Thesis installations to this for awhile now so I’m excited to see how easy it is to make this change now.

Some of the other enhancements also include an html framework option that you can use to select a full width framework or page framework to help suit your custom designs more efficiently.  Also, the hook feature that was released in Thesis 1.2 has also been improved and now includes 31 different hooks that you can use for customizations to the theme.

So far I’m a huge fan of using hooks with Thesis because it makes life so much easier when it comes to upgrading.  I’m looking forward to getting even better at using them to make my customizations to Thesis even more unique.  I hope to work with this new version of Thesis this weekend and hopefully I’ll have some time to post any experiences that I’ve had with this new version.

In the meantime go check out Thesis for yourself and see what I’m talking about.

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