Neoclassical + Thesis v. 0.1 is here!

Looking for a team who can provide you with a killer Thesis design? Look no further. Have a chat to the team at DIYNINJAS, we're the thesis theme pros.

We love Thesis, through and through. But there’s a lot of you out there who reckon that while she’s great on the inside, you’re still drawn to that Neoclassical look.

How can you decide? Don’t. Because DIYninjas is proud to release, free to the Thesis community, Neoclassical + Thesis, a fusion of sleek style, killer SEO and ever expanding smarts. We’ve taken everything you loved about Neoclassical and built it on top of the Thesis framework - it really doesn’t get much better than this!*

Getting Neoclassical + Thesis

Well this one’s dead simple. You’ll need to get a copy of the Thesis framework, then you’ll want to download our modifications here.

Installing Neoclassical + Thesis

Neoclassical + Thesis is built entirely on the not a single core file touched philosophy, so all of our changes remain confined to the custom folder. So that’s all you’ll find in the zip file you just downloaded. We recommend, just to be safe, that you rename your custom folder in your theme root to custom-old. Then simply upload the custom folder contained in our zip file to your theme root and you’ll be just about there.

Configuring Neoclassical + Thesis

Hold on soldier, we’re nearly there! The last thing we need to do to get that Neoclassical stylin’ online is to head on over to the Thesis options panel and set ourselves up with a Neoclassical look. Here’s the change we’ll want to make:

1. Ensure we’re running a 3 column layout with the content pane in the middle, just like Neoclassical. This is located in the Design Options panel.
2. Tweak the post bylines: with Neoclassical some of the byline is moved to the bottom of the post and while our code takes care of the move, we’ll have to make sure we’re not doubling up by disabling the published on dates in the Thesis options panel. You can find this in the Thesis Options panel.
3. You might want to disable the Thesis multimedia_box. We’ve done it here to obtain a closer look to Neoclassical, but it is styled to fit in so if you want to run with it then use to taste!

We'll want a 3 column layout, but with the content in the middle.

And we'll need to tweak the byline just to keep everything tidy

Using Neoclassical + Thesis

First up, we’re really keen to here how and where you’re using Neoclassical + Thesis, so drop us a comment below. Also, if you come across any glitches or can recommend any new features drop us a comment - we plan on tweaking the port to make sure you have the very best experience possible. Finally, depending on your Thesis license please ensure the footer remains intact [have a look at this too, though]. We’ve put a fair bit of work into porting the theme, as did Pearsonified in coming up with the original design, so we’d appreciate if you can keep those links intact too. Otherwise though, we hope you enjoy! *OK, so this is v 0.1 and there’s bound to be some tweaking ahead, but we reckon we’re off to a pretty good start.