is_page()

or you need to declare the post id #

is_single()

so you can put it in the brackets, you can find the id pretty easily. Simply go to the page or post that you want to use and look in the address bar of your browser. At the end of the URL you’ll find something like this…

?p=100
?c=100

The number is the id #. Whatever number it is will be the number you use to write your code.

The very first time you open your custom.css file it should look like this…

You can do one of two things. Read this and delete it or read it and keep it there. Deleting it isn’t going to effect the file at all. They’re just simply comments. If you want to leave it there just type all your new code before the opening comment bracket /* or after the closing bracket */

Once you get your file open in your text editor, the process of making changes is quite simple.  Any change you’re going to make you are going to type in the word “.custom” (dot custom) before any selector you want to make changes to.

For example, say in your custom.css file you want to change the H1 to whatever styling you like. You don’t necessarily have to find the H1 in the file. Instead, type this….

.custom H1 {whatever style you want here}

I prefer to always type in the new code instead of finding the existing code and adding .custom to it. This way you can preserve the original code itself.

You can do the same with classes and ID’s

If you have a class selector you want to change like this…

.sidebar a {  }

You can customize it like this…

.custom .sidebar a {  }

If you have an ID you want to change like this…

#custom_box {  }

You can customize it like this…

.custom #custom_box {  }

When you download Thesis for the first time I recommend you download it right to your desktop. Doing this makes it real easy to find. Once you have it on your desktop, open the Thesis folder and you’ll see a list of all files…

Next, open up your custom file…

Once you find your custom.css file go here to see how to edit it and upload the file to make the changes appear on your site.

First things you’re going to need are the proper tools. Most computers have a basic text editor on their computer.  This will work fine but I highly recommend downloading the free web developer program Aptana Studio .  It’s by far the best text editor in the biz.  It’s free, it’s easy to use, it has great customer support, it finds mistakes as you write your code, multi-colored code, too much more to list.  Click on the link and check it out yourself.

Next you’re going to need an ftp program to upload your edited custom files to your server. Most hosting companies have this at your disposal.

When I first downloaded thesis to my computer I downloaded it to my desktop just to make it easy to find.  Once I opened up the folder I found my custom.css and custom_fucntion.php files here in the custom file:

I simply copied the custom files right to my desktop so it’s easy to find.

Next I open my text editor, in this case, Aptana Studio, and I open the custom.css file.

I make my changes and save the file as custom.css or custom_function.php. (Don’t change the name)

Once you installed Thesis on your server you go to your ftp program of choice and depending on what directory you installed Thesis to you’re going to eventually find the path that looks like this:

When you upload your edited version of the file the ftp program will probably ask you something along the line of “custom.css (or custom_functions.php) already exists. Would you like to overwrite the file?” Click “yes” and it will upload it. You now have your newly edited custom file on your server.

Check out your site, hit the refresh button, and you should now see your changes.