Header is quite sensitive area of any layout as it contains your brand identity i.e your logo. It perfectly described the motive of the website. In Thesis wordpress theme people often forget to change their logo and live with traditional default layouts. In this tutorial we would like to drag your attention on the thesis header and logo customization.

Before going further on thesis customization we should know about the custom keys. All the thesis customization is carried with the help of files located in custom folders. Mainly there are two files:

1. custom.css
2. custom_functions.php

How to change the thesis header with your own logo

If you want to change your logo then you should use the following style sheet in your custom.css file. Copy and paste this code in your custom.css file and upload your logo image in custom/images folder of the thesis theme.

.custom #header #logo a { display: block; height: 80px; width: 410px; background: url(images/header.png) no-repeat; outline: none; }
.custom #header #logo, .custom #header #tagline { text-indent: -9999px; }
.custom #header #tagline { height: 0; } .custom #header { padding: 0; }
.custom #header {border-bottom:none;background-color : transparent; }
.custom #header_area .page {padding-top:0;}
.custom #header {height:80px;/*background: #333 url('images/bg-body.png') no-repeat; background-position:bottom right; border-bottom:none;}

Few properties of the logo used in above style

• height: –px– Height of your logo (you should describe your own logo height here).
• width: –px – Width of your logo (you should describe your own logo width here).
• background: – Logo url (you should describe your own logo url path here).

How to change the header background

In the above described styles( for changing logo) we already used a header background to matched it with the layout. Here is an example:

.custom #header {height:80px; background: url('images/bg-header.png') no-repeat; background-position:bottom right; border-bottom:none;}

Points to be noted:

1. Don’t forget to upload the images in custom/images. In hurry we upload the images in the root images folder and face the problems.
2. Don’t try to edit another style sheet apart from custom.css. In case you are a css expert you can carry the changes but you need to change them again at the time of thesis upgrade. So its better to change the css only from custom.css.

Lot more thesis tutorials are coming soon in this series. Do drop in comments for any queries and suggestions.

Update
You can easily add the texts in the thesis header as its very easy to customize the thesis header.
Just add any hook for example

function honey_header(){
?>
< center >< h1 style="text-align:center;" >{ Your Title  }< /h1 >< /center >

add_action('thesis_hook_header','honey_header');

Here

< h1 style="text-align:center;" >{ Your Title  }< /h1 >

is responsible for the style of the text heading on header.

A bug tracking system combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity as a software application that is designed to help quality assurance and programmers keep track of reported software bugs in their work. Some times it is also known as a issue tracking system.

Benefit of a bug-tracking system:

1. Bug Tracking Software is centralized and able to overview the whole development of products.
2. Bug tracking system track  both bugs and helps in the improvements of  the applications.
3. It helps in maintaining the list of pending items (often called backlog) and provides valuable input when defining the product roadmap.
4. Bug tracking systems are also beneficiary in generating the reports on the productivity of programmers at work flow a help in fixing bugs.
5. It helps in devoting the idea pool from the software developers.

If you to know more about Comparison of issue tracking systems then have a look over below chart

Web designing doesn’t simply means design a website or having simple dot com page.Their are few basics that consequences the intellect why we need a website,what we need in website and how to get a flaw less website.Without mouthing “jagrans” i want to introduce you with following essential gyans on a successful web designs:

1. Avoid hasten in completing the website – You should keep in mind that you devote a proper timing in channelizing all the keynotes required in developing a website.Any loopholes may creates flaws in you website so you should maintain patience in designing your website.
2. Induce a “Plan” before starting a website – Before starting the new work first of all you need to push off what actually you are going to start.Think twice on the roots of the needs which arise the website and then plan how you are going to accomplish your needs via this website.
3. Whole website should be eye candy and very easy to read – If your website have unreadable texts then its useless and deviates from its actual motive.So you should keep in mind that all the text is easily deciphered.
4. Habituate style sheets and table less designs – CSS based designs are always flexible and universal variable.
5. Maintain the decorum of theme and consistency – All the pages in the website should have same color schemes and should follow the decorum which is maintaining through out the websites.
6. Comfortable and easy navigation – Website navigation is key models in defining the overall performance of the site.In web design the website you keep in mind that the navigation should be easy , simple and attractive.
7. Avoid the use of bulky flash files – Flash sites are attractive but they are just for single time.It takes hell lot of time in loading such that 95% of new visitors like to close the tab instead of waiting lot time.So you should keep in mind that in case you are using the flash files then it should be very light.
8. Build a sitemap for easy navigation and searching – You make a xml file containing all the important links of your website.Sitemap is important as it create easy for search engine bot in fetching the important pages of your website.
9. Examine your site regularly for loading time and link errors – After completing site their are unwanted errors in the links and some times it takes too much time in loading.So you should analyze your site regularly to track these sort of errors in your websites.
10. Proper SEO ,keyword handling ,social buzz and feedback – You should keep in mind that after completing your website you need to have unbiased reviews about your website in order to debug its issues.A proper search engine optimization and keyword handling help in easy track of your website.Social media buzz is require to let your friends and friends if friends know about what really are you doing and aim to do via your new website.And finally feedback is what you need to link a relationship with your viewers. If you really don’t know about these then you should contact some professionals like Utah web design to help you up with supports and suggestions.

Above are the 10 essential gyan on web designing that you should follow before thinking of making any website.Feel free to bother me regards any queries and feedback are always welcome.

The traditional factors that common users looks before buying  the web servers and web hosts are the amount of SPACE they are providing and the associated BANDWIDTH with it.If you are also one of those who gives the more priority to SPACE – BANDWIDTH rather than server structure and health then your are fooling around yourself and committing some blunders. Do you know why? The answers is quite obvious that their are few factors which are more important than the space and bandwidth.Before deciding the best web hosting you need to know about as follows classified factors :

1.No of Process - The number of processes being ran from your individual account. Processes usually start/stop immediately, but occasionally a script will encounter an error that will cause its process to hang or freeze. In case you are out of your process limit then you will face Internel Server Error – 500 .Commonly if you don’t have the dedicated servers then you your servers have the process limits in 20-30.

2.DNS Functions - DNS Functions is classified as ability to change the domain name functions like MX Entry , CNAME records, DNAME records,NS entry,Domain alias etc.

Generally most of the shared hosting lacks the all of the dns functions and in case you have to edit them then you have to drop a mail to the support teams.

Example:

1.when you need to activate google apps or while activating mail accounts you need to change the MX entries and CNAME entries.

2.When you are activating feed burner account on your subdomain i.e feed.yoursite.com then you need to change the CNAME entries.

3.Server Type – The speed of website directly depends upon the server types.You can compare it with the common computer having different range of RAM’s and Processing powers.

It is quite obvious that the system with higher ram and heavy processing power have more eminent performance than the lower once.So should should know about the your server RAM and processing power as in case your visitors complain about the website performance then Server Type may be the accused reason of the guilt.

4.CPU limit- If you are on the shared hosting then their are 100 no of sites hosted on the same server and commonly if you don’t have the dedicated servers then you your servers have the CPU limits in 18-25%.What does that means? – This mean in case you cut off your limit then you will be no doubt sued as a result of “disabled account”.Though if you contact the support team then they will re-activate your account with a warning / suggestions “sir please upgrade your account to a dedicated server”.So you should know about cpu limit factors as this may suck your website anytime while you are on the bed and you may suffer with a loss in your viewers and product sales.

4.MYSQL database – This may be of less concern as most of the host provide unlimited no of database but in case you have counted no of databases then you can be hang up in case you have the requirement of testing applications or you want to test open source tools and scripts.

Few common available web hosting services are:

1. Fatcow

2. HostMonster

3. JustHost

4. InMotion

5. HostGator

6. IX Web Hosting

7. BlueHost

8. WebHostingPad

9. LunarPages

10. PowWeb

Note:Best way is to have enough knowledge of ecommerce web hosting as any loose steps may leads to arduous loss in money.Last bust not least before buying any hosting your need to have a reviews of web hosting services ,comprehensive Web Hosting Reviews and Comparison their performance,uptime,Cpu factors,Process limits and other described factors so that what ever you will buy is best in the market.

Internet is growing up with the change in the trends and traditions.Gone are the days when we use to have a simple html websites.This is the era of web resolutions where where we need a eye candy designs to make a popular web applications.This is the only reasons why wordpress changes its designs and UI in its latest 2.7 release, this is the reason why twitter is been popular day by day,this is the reason why we are defining the applications and their designs by web 2.0 and web 3.0. Now a days if you are projecting for your web presence then your website must have a visual percept.This is the only point why you need professionals.

“Good design keeps the user happy, the manufacturer in the black and the aesthete unoffended.” – Raymond Loewy

Are you planning to get a website of your own to get your business that online advantage? Although there are very many options available, you will need to consider certain basic stuffs before getting started on your own website.

One most important feature that you will need to spend a considerable amount of time is web design. You should either consider hiring an expert in web design or can try to buy those readymade websites which can be easily brought online along with all the scripts and details and just uploaded on to your hosting company’s server to bring your website live. All you need to add is the written content and other details and you will be ready with your brand new website without much strain.

Before hiring a web design company or freelancer you should always ask to show their portfolio and browse them to decide whether they are indeed capable of designing high quality websites or not. After requesting for portfolios, some web 2.0 design companies even give you a free quote if you can give the details of your web design needs along with the budget and you will be getting the quote within two to three days.
You can bank on such services even for redesigning your existing website or can even get them to add shopping cart to your existing website for a nominal charge. And thus you will be ready in no time to start your online business venture.
You can also buy some readymade websites which actually are pre-designed and you can choose from them the ideal website for your need. You will be getting the domain name, full script, template design as well as PSD file.
If you are looking for web 2.0 design for your website then the readymade web 2.0 templates are the best choice, which you can buy and this also comes with the plug and play option and hence you can get it loaded easily onto your website and add the necessary written content and script to it, it’s as easy as that. The benefit of these templates is that you don’t have to tamper your website for better designs. All you need to do is to give the specifications of yours, like color and designing options, sizes, etc and you will be getting the unique template of your choice in no time.
Or as always can browse through the collection of premium templates available from them and buy the one which you feel would be best suited for your business. Another important but often ignored option when it comes to web designing is the shopping cart which many tend to overlook when building up the web design or online business model.
You can get the online shopping cart for your business or ecommerce website easily by way of such cheap services where you, not only get great designs but also excellent after sales service which sometimes would be exceptional till you are completely satisfied.

Yeah its true that Magazine age is back again with the curtsey of Google Inc but we don’t actually pronounce it a curtsey as it again have the benefits of the Google by improving its Book search application.In my words i completely forget the google book search but after knowing this news i have some new reasons to check up for the google book search (magazine for me).

Do you know that their is an official partnership deal between various magazine publishers in order to bring this magazine search into motion.Google itself says that

“Today, we’re announcing an initiative to help bring more magazine archives and current magazines online, partnering with publishers to begin digitizing millions of articles from titles as diverse as New York Magazine, Popular Mechanics, and Ebony. Are you a baseball history fanatic? Try a search for [hank aaron pursuing babe ruth's record] on Google Book Search. You’ll find a link to a 1973 Ebony article about Hank Aaron, written as he closed in on Babe Ruth’s original record for career home runs. You can read the article in full color and in its original context, just as you would in the printed magazine. Scroll back a few pages, for example, and you’ll find a two-page spread on 1973′s fall fashions. If you’d like to read further, you can click on "Browse all issues" to view issues from across the decades.”

Note: As its a new launch so Google has not provided a full directory of scanned titles outside of using a magazine tag and detailed description, which denotes titles that are not book.Seems Google launches this product in hurry and have less homework but still we have the word “Google” that means it will be going to rock in next few months.

Over the last few days I’ve been playing with the beta of Stackoverflow.The concept behind Stack Overflow is that it is a focused arena where developers can help each other, with a digg-like voting scheme to try to bubble the good stuff to the surface. The homepage at Stack Overflow certainly reminds us of digg, but hopefully the level of discourse is not similar.

In case you are unaware, Stackoverflow is a joint venture between Jeff Atwood ofCoding Horror and Joel Spolsky of Joel on Software fame.  It’s basically a question and answers site for software developers.
Stack Overflow has been criticized for solving a problem that does not exist, and for having a questionable reputation system. Developers looking for answers typically turn to Google, so why the need for a new site? I think Stack Overflow could turn into a bit of a nexus for developers looking for quick answers.