Earlier today I had a Zoom screen share meeting with a user who wanted to know how to set up a custom homepage in Genesis that looks like this: You can find below recordings of the session which cover these topics: creating a site from scratch on localhost using DesktopServer, activating Genesis Sample, creating a […]
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Genesis Sample’s Functions per WordPress PHP Documentation Standards
I’ve recently set up WPCS (WordPress Coding Standards) in my editor, Sublime Text and have since been diligently adding appropriate comment blocks for the various code I use/write, thanks to the linting or automatic code suggestions. Looking at the code in the current latest Genesis Sample 2.2.4’s functions.php, there are minor improvements that can be […]
Split Navigation in Gallery Pro
This tutorial covers the details of implementing Split Navigation with menu items on logoâs left and right in Genesis in Gallery Pro. We shall shrink the logo down upon scrolling down and on mobile widths, make it appear above the hamburger menu icon. Step 1 Edit functions.php. a) In // Add support for custom header […]
StudioPress-like FAQ section in Genesis
In my tutorials requests Trello board, a user asked: I was looking on the StudioPress Site and would like to see a tutorial to implement the FAQ section. Love the action and shadowing, left alignment of multi-line questions. (http://my.studiopress.com/plans/) In this tutorial, I pull apart the HTML, CSS and JS code for the FAQ section […]
How to disable wpautop on specific Page(s) in Genesis
WordPress has a useful feature called wpautop (WordPress Auto Paragaphs) that automatically adds paragraphs and line breaks when WordPress editor is used in Text view. There may be times when you need to add a lot of HTML code in the Page editor and find that WordPress is messing up the output by adding unwanted […]
Side by side images in Infinity Pro’s Front Page 3 section
In the comments section of Side by side images with centered widget areas in Altitude Pro’s front page tutorial, a user asked: I would like to know if you can help create a tutorial for creating a side-by-side widget areas for Infinity Pro theme front page 3. I tried recreate for the homepage, but Iâm […]
How to exclude Page(s) from Genesis Archive Page Template
In the members-only forum, a user asked: Hi Sridhar, I cannot find anything that works⌠how can I leave out a few pages, like âthank youâ pages in the page_sitemap.php in Genesis. In my case, I am using your genesis-sample-master and I want to leave out Page ID:11 and ID:720. The Genesis Archive Template uses […]
Home Welcome widget areas in Genesis
In the comments section of How to set up a Welcome section with Image at left and a Text widget on right in Genesis, a user asked: 1. Is it possible to get a modifyed code for displaying the section only on home page? 2. Adjustment of height? 3. Useing a pic, without transparent background? […]
Theme Logo in Genesis
Theme Logo is a theme feature, first introduced in Version 4.5. This feature allows themes to add custom logos. Theme/Custom Logo feature is the recommended method for adding logos in WordPress versus using the Custom Header especially with the built-in schema benefit of itemprop=”logo” microdata for the logo image element. In this article, I share […]
How to Change Single Post Titles’ Wrapping Element from H1 to H2 in Genesis
Note: As Amanda points out in the comments, it is not a good idea to do this for SEO and accessibility reasons. In Genesis, entry titles on single Post pages get wrapped in h1 tags by default. What if you want to change these to h2 instead like this? Just add the following in your […]
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