fter you download Thesis 1.5, you’ll need to follow the simple directions below in order to allow the theme to rock your socks (trust me, these are must-do items because the end result is too good to miss!).

If you’re installing Thesis for the first time…

1. Upload the new Thesis 1.5 folder to your /wp-content/themes folder.
2. Locate the /custom-sample folder and change its name to /custom.
3. Locate the layout.css file, and change its permissions to 666.
4. [optional] If you’d like to give Thesis the ability to auto-crop thumbnail images for you, then you’ll want to change the permissions of your /custom/cache folder to 777.
5. Inside your WordPress dashboard, go to Appearance → Themes, and then activate Thesis 1.5.
6. You’re done, but make sure you check out both the Thesis Options and Design Options pages that now exist inside your WordPress Dashboard. You’ll be able to do things like set up your navigation menu, set fonts and font sizes, select your layout, and much, much more. To put it s