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The Brazenly Coded Box is no longer supported (and may not work at all on current versions of Thesis)! Download OpenHook to take advantage of its OpenBox feature, which provides similar (but better programmed) functionality to the Brazenly Coded Box!
Looking to take your Thesis 2.0 install to the next level? Give yourself nearly limitless customization abilities with the Brazenly Coded Box! It’s more or less just like Thesis’ built-in Text box, which allows you to add plain text and HTML to your site; however, the big difference is that with the Brazenly Coded Box, you have the freedom to include any PHP coding in your site, wherever a box may be placed in Thesis.
Download the Brazenly Coded Box now!
If you’re familiar with OpenHook and how it allowed you to execute custom code wherever Thesis pre-2.0 had hooks, then this concept should be a little familiar to you. Note: Code inserted in the box will need wrapped in the appropriate <?php ?> tags; otherwise, this box will perform pretty much just like the default Thesis text box!
Do take note that, as always, having the power to add completely custom code to your site means having the power to completely hose the entire site. Seriously, if you wanted to, you could create a box that wipes your entire database upon which your WordPress is installed. Be careful! Double-check those codes, don’t install this if you don’t trust every user who has access to your Thesis admin area, and so on.
And don’t blame me if, through the use of this, your site explodes in your face!
Installation
Within your Thesis 2.0 administration panel, choose “Boxes -> Select Boxes.” On that page, upload brazenly_coded_box.zip; after it installs, tick the checkbox next to it, save your boxes, and then visit the skin editor for whichever template you wish to edit. On the editing screen’s “Add Box” widget, choose “Custom Code.”
Be creative, and have fun!
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And don’t blame me if, through the use of this, your site explodes in your face!
This is the first thing I thought of, which make this Box very dangerous, sorry but I won’t support this idea!
It was possible to break the site just the same with OpenHook, but that didn’t stop it from being used by countless Thesis users, especially those who were less tech savvy. I never received a complaint from them that they broke their site through adding invalid code.
I merely put the disclaimer up there because it’s a real possibility.
It’s no more dangerous (indeed, is less so) than modifying the WordPress configuration file, but it’s the first thing the WordPress install asks of its users. ;)
Just what I was in search of!
You da man!
Spread the word! A DIYthemes developer has already said how “dangerous” this box is on Twitter. So go forth and show how this box allows users to unleash whatever their imagination devises on their sites!
I am a great fan of Thesis Open Hook plugin which gave me limitless options to use thesis without worrying much abt the custom_functions.php.
Great to have this box again which was needed to start playing with Thesis 2. Thanks for all your hard work and releasing it for free. :)
Thanks, Avinash! Be sure to share the Coded Box with everyone you know who needs complete flexibility with Thesis 2.0!
Thank you for creating such a great tool. Appreciated!
This is all kinds of awesome – exactly what I needed… How else are we supposed to add custom php code.
There’s some undocumented method involving files added to the
/wp-content/folder. Good luck if you want to go that route.THANK YOU!!! I’m a long-time Thesis designer/user (years & years & countless websites) currently working on a development and design project for a friend. We just loaded up Thesis 2.0.1 onto the domain. I couldn’t find a darn way to add a bit of php into the footer… until I found your wonderful “box”. I truly appreciate your hard work!
Fantastic! Thanks for your kind words, Jami!
Rick – this is exactly the kind of thing I was looking for!
Question: I had everything working, but then this morning this error showed up on my site where the box was, which was at the bottom of the post on the home page, down where the “leave a comment” link is:
Warning: str_repeat() expects parameter 2 to be long, array given in /home/livelik8/public_html/penelopesays/wp-content/thesis/boxes/brazenly_coded_box/box.php on line 53
It shows up even if I delete all the code in the custom code box, so I didn’t think it’s my code – any suggestions for what I’m doing wrong? (I took the box out for the time being so they won’t be there if you actually go to the site.) Thanks so much!
Hey, Stephanie. I’m not sure why that error would start appearing; have you changed anything on your site lately?
In any event, if you can modify the
wp-content/thesis/boxes/brazenly-coded-box/box.phpfile, we may be able to get things working fine for you.You’ll want to find the following line (line #53) in the file; it’s right near the bottom of the file so should be easy to spot:
$tab = str_repeat("\t", $depth);Simply replace that line entirely with this:
$tab = '';This should fix the error you’re experiencing.
If you’ve enjoyed this box, then you should definitely check out OpenHook 3.4, which includes a similar box (called OpenBox) which allows complete freedom of expression wherever you’d like in your Thesis 2 skin editor!
Woot! Thanks a bunch! That worked like a charm :-)
Thanks your sharing ^^
Hello,
I love this box, but I just updated Wordpress and Thesis, and now get this error:
Warning: Missing argument 1 for brazenly_coded_box::html() in /home/nickname/public_html/wp-content/thesis/boxes/brazenly_coded_box/box.php on line 50
I appreciate your support!
Brazenly Coded Box was very quickly replaced by a newer, more streamlined version. Unfortunately, there is no update mechanism for boxes (that I could find), so I bundled it into the WordPress plugin OpenHook. Install OpenHook, and you’ll get a new box automatically called OpenBox.
“Warning: Missing argument 1 for brazenly_coded_box::html() in /home/nickname/public_html/wp-content/thesis/boxes/brazenly_coded_box/box.php on line 50″ – the following should solve the problem.
Change (on line 50) -
..public function html($depth) {
to
..public function html($depth = ”) {
I guess that should solve it.
Great, everything is back to normal! Appreciate it!
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