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Create a Simple Sales Page in Thesis

By on December 14, 2012

There are many ways to make squeeze pages and sales pages but sometimes you just want to create a simple sales page in Thesis. Even if you don’t use the thesis WordPress theme, there is no doubt that you can create a WordPress template page to create a simple sales page. However in this tutorial it is all about the thesis WordPress theme.

I thought about creating a new page template to make my a simple sales page however when I visited this page on the thesis blog I found an even better way. It showed how to create a simple sales page but I am going to simplify this even further.

What you need to create a simple sales page in Thesis

  • You need to be using WordPress, hosted on a server. (not free hosting, I use Hostgator)
  • You need to buy Thesis, a WordPress theme framework.
  • You will need to know how to add code to the customsfunctions.php.

How to create a sales page

I am presuming that you have a website up and running and are using WordPress and the thesis WordPress theme.

1.   Add a new page to your WordPress website. (not a post) Go to Pages, Add New, to create a page. Here is an example of one that I have created.
2.   Add a CSS class to the page called landing. Then we can style the page further in the CSS.

3.  Press Save Draft to save your changes.

4.  Get your WordPress page ID by going to the page menu. Finding your sales page, then simply hovering over it. The page ID will be at the bottom of the screen. (depending on what browser you are using) In this case the page ID is 6472.

5.  Add this code to your custom_functions.php file. Replace the page id to yours.

function custom_remove_defaults($content) { return false; }

function landing_page() { if (is_page('6472')) {
		add_filter('thesis_show_header', 'custom_remove_defaults');
		add_filter('thesis_show_sidebars', 'custom_remove_defaults');
		add_filter('thesis_show_footer', 'custom_remove_defaults');
} }
	add_action('template_redirect','landing_page');

This will remove the header, footer and the sidebar from the page so you have a blank sales page.

That is all I have done for my simple sales page.

More than one sales page array

But just say I wanted to create more sales pages on the same site. Well that is easy. I would adjust the first code to add in multiple page ID’s.

function custom_remove_defaults($content) { return false; }

function landing_page() { if(is_page(array('6472','6479','7689'))) {
		add_filter('thesis_show_header', 'custom_remove_defaults');
		add_filter('thesis_show_sidebars', 'custom_remove_defaults');
		add_filter('thesis_show_footer', 'custom_remove_defaults');
} }
	add_action('template_redirect','landing_page');

Add Some CSS to your page

Earlier when we added a CSS class to the sales page, this enabled us to be able to point some style to this page.

For example you can add something like this to your custom.css file:

.landing .page { width: 65em; }

Add an image to your header and footer

I went to Photoshop and created a PNG image. Then I just added an image to the page and aligned it in position. You can also get fancy and add code to your Thesis customfunctions.php but I am trying to make this tutorial very simple. If you need more information I would check out this page on the thesis blog.

Tips for creating a sales page that converts:

  • Sell something that people need. Test your product.
  • Remove the sidebar, the footer and the header if you are creating the sales page on a normal website. This means you have list distractions.
  • Add a professional buy now button.
  • Do not have any other outgoing links except for more information concerning the product you are selling.
  • If you must send people to another page then make sure there is a buy now button on that page too.
  • You can also choose to leave your header on this page if it is not too distracting.

I have made sales pages with all sorts of WordPress premium themes that I own. Some of theme have inbuilt sales page options while others are easy enough to create manually.

 

About mitz

My name is Milica Pantic but everyone calls me Mitz. I am addicted to internet marketing and making money online. Who wouldn't want to live that life? I started out with one website as a hobby and now have over 20. Building websites and making money online is not that hard. You have to actually take action to make money...that is the biggest hurdle! :)

39 Comments

  1. Sudipto

    May 6, 2013 at 10:04 am

    Hey Mitz,
    Thanks for sharing this post with us as I am thinking to switch to Thesis theme and I think this post really gonna help me for create a simple sales page.
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  2. prabhat

    May 6, 2013 at 8:55 am

    hello mitz
    nice tips, thesis is an awesome framework. it decreases the page load speed and it is seo optimized. you have done a great job here
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  3. vishvast

    April 7, 2013 at 12:35 pm

    Thank you very much, this is exactly what I was looking for my own site. I’m also running a Thesis theme, so this will probably work just fine.
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  4. Barry Fort

    January 10, 2013 at 8:43 am

    I can understand that how to create sale page in thesis. I like your graphical representation. It is easy to understand. Thanks for sharing this blog.

    Thank You

    Reply

  5. Bernie MeltonLucas

    December 29, 2012 at 10:01 am

    The way to explain that how to create a simple sales pages in thesis is really remarkable. I will use these tips to my next blog. I am sure it will work.

    Reply

  6. Arron Burke

    December 26, 2012 at 1:07 pm

    Which version of Thesis are we talking about? 1.8 or 2.0? Because 2.0 is significantly different when it comes to the user interface.
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  7. Fatima

    December 26, 2012 at 12:22 pm

    Thanks for the useful tips and information on WordPress; this is among those questions many people Google for and not a very thorough answer is found.

    Reply

  8. Marquis Patton

    December 24, 2012 at 8:02 am

    Thanks, sometimes you need a simple example to understand what needs to be done in the future. Sales pages are basic, but mandatory for most blogs.

    Reply

  9. Janell Branch

    December 22, 2012 at 10:01 am

    Thank you very much, this is exactly what I was looking for my own site. I’m also running a Thesis theme, so this will probably work just fine.
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  10. Calra

    December 22, 2012 at 5:57 am

    Very informative. Thank you for sharing this idea. I can use your guide when I decide to make a sales page for a site.

    Reply

  11. Lauren

    December 21, 2012 at 5:23 pm

    Seems like I’m finding more and more blogs online recommending the Thesis template for WordPress. I guess I’m going to have to play around with it a bit. Thanks for the tutorial!

    Reply

  12. gustav

    December 20, 2012 at 7:27 pm

    I am a fairly recent user of the Thesis theme, and on my blog, I added one of their skins that I really like. I went to their support/help section a number of times to try to get information to change various things, and always had a problem understanding what they were doing. Your instructions above, plus the reasons for creating a sales/landing page make a lot more sense, and are a lot easier to read. As I looked at your previous posts, quite a few of them look very interesting, and I plan to read them. Thanks for a good post here, and a very informative site.
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    • mitz

      December 20, 2012 at 11:33 pm

      oh thanks for letting me know it is a bit easier to understand.. Let me tell you I do not understand some people when they explain things either… The problem is they assume you have a background knowledge like them. :) It is not our knowledge but their instructions…

      Reply

  13. Frankie Carmen

    December 20, 2012 at 6:19 am

    Which version of Thesis are we talking about? 1.8 or 2.0? Because 2.0 is significantly different when it comes to the user interface.

    Reply

    • mitz

      December 20, 2012 at 11:41 pm

      1.8
      In two you could create a page template, then drag and drop minimal stuff in there to make a bare sales page.. It is extremely different.

      Reply

  14. Julia Spencer

    December 19, 2012 at 12:33 pm

    Learning this post in details and following all your recommendations, I guess that I won’t have any problems in creating a simple page on this website. Many thanks for sharing this kind of information

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  15. Elias Adkins

    December 19, 2012 at 7:50 am

    I’ve always struggled with sales pages. I don’t know why, but they never seemed to convert. That is until I found Thesis which has been a life-saver. I recommend it to anyone who is scepticable about it. Really great theme.

    Reply

  16. GravyGravy

    December 18, 2012 at 12:55 pm

    Very nice design. One question though, where do I put in the email form code for aweber? I was checking this out, and I’m stuck at that part. Thanks.
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  17. Googma Sansar

    December 18, 2012 at 8:56 am

    Thank you for sharing great idea. i never thought this idea before. i just ready to do according to your guideline.
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  18. Misha

    December 18, 2012 at 6:14 am

    Thesis theme is surely good. I have seen many bloggers using that. But it is expensive. Also can we use it for multiple websites after buying the license to use it?
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  19. Aayna

    December 18, 2012 at 5:20 am

    Hi Mitz,
    This is a nice and detailed step by step guide to create a sales page. I will definitely use it to prepare one. Thanks for this great valuable post.
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  20. Carmella Leblanc

    December 17, 2012 at 1:15 pm

    I’ve had the thesis them for some time now, and I usually just make some normal design. I’ll definitely try this out if I have time though. I’m getting tired with optimizepress.

    Reply

  21. Prakash

    December 17, 2012 at 11:53 am

    Creating a sales page in thesis, nice step to step tutorial for it. Thanks for this article. I will use it for creating a sales page for my new blog.

    Reply

  22. Melisa

    December 17, 2012 at 9:24 am

    Great simple guide! We’re just starting to use Thesis and this info will make it easier for our programmers to set up default page styles. Cheers Alex!
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  23. Brenda Macalino

    December 17, 2012 at 7:19 am

    What a wonderful Idea, this is really helpful for everyone that want to put some sales page in their thesis..
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  24. Elena

    December 16, 2012 at 5:35 pm

    This is very interesting information! I should try to do that on my blog. Could you please give us a link to any of these sales pages, so we can see what it should look like? Thanks a lot!
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  25. Sai

    December 16, 2012 at 3:58 am

    Hey mitz,
    Thanks for another interesting tutorial, I want to know what plugin you are using to get the google rank position directly below of a post in WP admin dashboard (I saw it on above screenshot). I hope you will reply me with that plugin name or download url.
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    • Mitz

      December 16, 2012 at 9:35 pm

      That is keyword winner.

      Reply

  26. Rahul

    December 15, 2012 at 3:29 pm

    hiii mitz create simple and shower page is very necessary because user can understand easily and they are not confused so it is good tutorial
    thanks for sharing..
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  27. Kajal

    December 15, 2012 at 6:27 am

    I always try to follow your examples from Social Triggers while creating landing pages of my own, they’re really well done I think.
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  28. Jasmine

    December 15, 2012 at 5:09 am

    Oh, it’s definitely easy to create simple sales pages in the Thesis theme! Looks easy enough, but you must have some basic knowledge in CSS in order to do it properly.
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  29. Daniel

    December 14, 2012 at 2:30 pm

    Excellent tips .. got a lots of tips here! keep posting great tips often.. Good job!
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  30. Jeff

    December 14, 2012 at 12:48 pm

    Always love Thesis tutorials! It is by far my favorite WordPress theme, and I love it for all the felxibility and customization that it offers.. but hate it because even the simplest thing require a fair bit of programming, HTML and CSS knowledge. So its tutorials like these that have helped people such as myself out immensely!
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  31. Ali zia

    December 14, 2012 at 9:19 am

    Hi Mitz,
    Creating Simple &unique sale page Is necessary for your product. I think the sale page is not more simple but it has some unique looking,because some visitors when came on the page and see it more simple then they immediately press back button.Keep in mind that create good looking page so that visitors can attract by this .
    Thanks for sharing these useful tips for creating sale page.
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  32. Steven Jude

    December 14, 2012 at 8:13 am

    This is a pretty complicate tutorial on how to make a landing page with Thesis theme. I only hope it is worth all the trouble.

    Personally, if someone wants to crank out beautiful and effective landing pages or squeeze pages as fast as possible, then i would advice one should go for OptimizePress.
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