Hey everyone, this lesson goes along with this one to show you the benefits of making your own custom box. Throughout this site you’ll see that there aren’t may tut’s focused on the multimedia box, or the feature box. The reason….
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
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