It just aint worth it…

Do you realize that you have far more flexibility to make your own box in html? When you make a simple box, it is a multimedia box! You can put any type of code in it you want. You can insert images, video, php code, javascript. Anything you put in the Thesis multimedia box or the feature box, you can put into your own custom box!

Don’t get me wrong, the mm box and feature box are cool things to have but if you really want to take your customization to the next level then read on…

Look how limited the feature box is. You can only put it above content or above content and sidebars. Not only that, just to get it working is kind of a pain in the rear. Look at the multimedia box, it seems to be forever stuck in the upper right hand side.

People, look outside the box (pun is intentional) Make your own custom box and put it wherever you want

How do you make your own box? Check out this tutuorial

Now, just to give you an idea of what I’m talking about. I made a simple box and just for the heck of it I placed it in a bunch of places. Check it out…

Now remember, you can make these boxes any way you want. The possibilities are endless. Stretch them any way you want. You can make them wider, smaller, bigger, taller, different colors, different borders, and all the while, inserting your own custom code inside them!

I left the multimedia box in the example to show you how stagnant it is and how dynamic your own custom box can be

Check out the hook map to see where all the hooks are placed

Full width above content

Full width above content and sidebars

In content column

As of 1.4 the only way to make the feature box show is to place it with a hook and a function. Check out this tutorial that explains how to do it.

Dashboard—-> Appearance —-> Design Options….

As it sits right now the feature box will not show up on your site until you implement it with a hook. Here’s an example of how to put just text in the feature box…

In your custom_functions.php file add the following code. You can put it anywhere you want but I recommend putting it at the top after the <?php tag. Remember, once you make the change, save it, and upload it to your server. Always describe the function and put it between the comment tags /*  */ at the beginning shown below in green. The comments aren’t shown on your rendered page and it just makes things easier for you to remember…

/*use the feature box below header*/
function text (){
echo ‘<div class=”textbox”>some stuff in the feature box</div>’;
}
add_action(’thesis_hook_feature_box’, ‘text’);

Name your function whatever you want. In this case I named it “text”

I gave it a div so I could style it in my custom.css

It will be placed according to the choice I chose in the drop down menu, being full width above content and sidebars in this scenario

It will show up on every page and post because I chose “sitewide” instead of “on homepage only”

Now you can style it any way you want…

In your custom.ss file add the following code. You can put it anywhere you want but I recommend putting it at the top. Remember, once you make the change, save it, and upload the new file to your server. Always describe what you’re doing by putting your descripton between the comment tags /*  */ at the beginning shown below in green. The comments aren’t shown on your rendered page and it just makes things easier for you to remember…

/*text in feature box*/
custom .textbox {
border: 1px solid;
background: red;
font-size: 2em;
width: 100%;
text-align: center;
padding: 2em 0 2em 0;
}

Feel free to change any of these to create your desired effect