How to fix Thesis Image Framing Issues

Edit: With the release of Thesis 1.6, Chris has fixed the framing issue discussed below. If you’re still running 1.5, this post is still relevant. If not, not.

Today I stumbled across an annoying bug in Thesis 1.5.1 that stops image frames from displaying even when the Thesis options panel and individual WordPress post settings are set to display frames.

So, armed with my trusty DIYTHEMES FORUM username and password, I set out either to fix the problem or find a hack. It seems this is a problem a few Thesis users have been having under WordPress 2.8, and a simple hack is in place to make all your images look pretty again.

First off, not everyone will experience this (only us special people). It’s an intermittant problem. Second, the bug is likely to be stamped on in an upcoming release of v1.5.2. Until then, we can use CSS to work around the problem.

Here’s how to add the default gray frame around your images using CSS:

1. Open your custom.css file (wp-content/themes/thesis_151/custom/custom.css) in your favourite text editor, or if you’re using Thesis Openhook (which you should be; it’s great), go to Appearance > Thesis Custom Styling in the WordPress backend.
2. Find a space near the bottom and add the following CSS:

.custom .headline_area .post_image {
padding: 1em;
border-width: 0.1em;
background:#EEEEEE none repeat scroll 0 0;
border-color:#DDDDDD;
border-style:solid;
}

.custom .format_text .post_image {
padding: 0.714em;
border-width: 0.071em;
background:#EEEEEE none repeat scroll 0 0;
border-color:#DDDDDD;
border-style:solid;
}

.custom .teaser .post_image_link .thumb {
padding: 0.8em;
border-width: 0.1em;
background:#EEEEEE none repeat scroll 0 0;
border-color:#DDDDDD;
border-style:solid;
}

.custom .format_teaser .post_image_link .thumb {
padding: 0.333em;
border-width: 0.083em;
background:#EEEEEE none repeat scroll 0 0;
border-color:#DDDDDD;
border-style:solid;
}

Save your file using the ‘little ass save button’ in Openhook, or upload your custom.css file using an FTP client. This should fix your problem.