2015

Testing the Styles → EDDIY Text Formatting, Email Forms & Examples

By: Thomas August 6, 2015 @tom_soler 3 comments

Out-of-the-box EDDIY includes a many post formatting features. Golden Ratio Typography ensures your content looks great on all devices and things like block-quotes and colored buttons are available for further styling.

This post will cover all the different styling features you can include within your WordPress content & throughout the EDDIY skin.

EDDIY Skin Image Styling » Captions, Frames and Image Alignment

By: Thomas August 6, 2015 @tom_soler 1 comment

Using images in your WordPress posts & pages without a little style is kind-of bland and boring. Thankfully, the Thesis framework, along with WordPress include a few design features to spruce up those otherwise plain-looking graphics & images.

There are four different image alignments included with the Thesis framework. These are: 1) Flush left » no text wrap 2) Centered 3) Left with text wrap 4) Right with text wrap.

Frames and captions can also be added to images by implementing a few simple classes within your HTML. This post covers each of these features.

Overview of the Boxes Included with the EDDIY Skin for Thesis 2.1+

By: Thomas August 6, 2015 @tom_soler 0 comments

One of the coolest parts of the Thesis framework is its ability to use boxes for building the layout of your website. That being said, the EDDIY skin utilized this feature by including a valuable set of its own boxes for you to customize.

This article will give a quick overview of the boxes built into the EDDIY skin, each box was included for a different reason. Some are for page leads, others for social media and internal linking. Whatever they’re used for, each box was built with two things in mind; functionality and aesthetics.

Each box was included to give your website some sort of valuable function. Connecting with readers socially, building an email list and providing testimonial feedback are a few of these functions. Along with what each box can do, they were also built to look good. Nobody wants a site that looks like garbage.

EDDIY Skin Content Options, Design Options and Miscellaneous Features

By: Thomas August 6, 2015 @tom_soler 0 comments

The EDDIY skin comes fully-loaded with content/design options. From color schemes to content widths & font settings, EDDIY allows for complete control over the look & feel of your site.

In addition to content/design options, EDDIY also includes a few more premium features. The ‘Logo’ section lets you upload an image to use instead of the regular text title for your site.

Social profiles, icon fonts & a Portfolio custom post type are a few more exciting EDDIY features. This post will go over the different options available with the EDDIY skin.

Custom ‘Portfolio’ Post Type and Page Templates Offered by the EDDIY Skin

By: Thomas August 6, 2015 @tom_soler 0 comments

When it comes to page templates, EDDIY has got you covered. There are three basic templates (full-width page, landing page, squeeze page) as well as a Portfolio Grid template that works with the Portfolio custom post type, an EDD Storefront template and an EDD System template.

The Portfolio custom post type is a special type of content that can be displayed on yourPortfolio Grid page with a filterable grid layout.