Amanda asks, I’m wanting to use the Genesis Grid Loop plugin only for specific category pages. Also, I need those pages to be in excerpt style, showing only about 250 words before a ‘read more’ button. How would I go about doing this? Are there any tutorials floating around somewhere? I’m comfortable with php if […]
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Useful WordPress plugins during the development stage
In this article I would like to share the list of few plugins that I generally use when working on my localhost during the initial stages of WordPress websites to save time. I do not necessarily have all the ones below active for every website during development but rather on a case-by-case basis when needed […]
Infinite Scroll in Genesis
In the past I wrote about setting up infinite loading of Posts in Genesis using Jetpack here. If you do not wish to use Jetpack or a lighter version of it that provides this feature or Gary Jones’ plugin that relies on Jetpack, the ‘original’ Infinite Scroll script’s WordPress version can be used. Let’s see […]
BFWPDeals.com
Yesterday I spent a few hours putting together a simple website http://bfwpdeals.com/ using AgentPress Pro, a child theme for Genesis, where I plan to post coupons and deals related to WordPress products in this year’s upcoming Black Friday. In this article I am going to share a few notes and code snippets that I used […]
How to replace Display Author when using Byline plugin in Genesis
Byline plugin can be used to add names of contributors or authors for Posts in WordPress. This plugin uses the custom taxonomy features of WordPress to create “bylines” — essentially, tags representing authors who contributed to a post… This plugin would be useful for publishing situations where the majority of your content is from contributors […]
How to place a full width slider in Home Featured widget area in Centric Pro
In this article I show how the main Featured section in Centric Pro can be replaced with a full width responsive slider using the RoyalSlider commercial plugin. Live Demo Step 1 Purchase, install and activate RoyalSlider. Step 2 To view the full content, please sign up for the membership. Already a member? Log in below […]
How to solve “Object not found!” issue when files are placed manually in DesktopServer
Yesterday I tried using BackupBuddy for taking a full backup of a site that was hosted on Synthesis and backup process did not finish and failed due to a problem with the zip command. Checking alternate zip method did not help. I then used the free Duplicator plugin and it had no problems taking the […]
[Video] Re-creating Parallax Pro’s homepage using Beaver Builder
Beaver Builder is a commercial drag and drop page builder for WordPress. I recorded my screen as I tested it in a site where Parallax Pro is active to re-create the homepage in an inner page. Beaver makes it really easy to create multiple sections of content (fixed and full width) with image or Parallax […]
How to replace Primary Sidebar with a custom sidebar in all single Posts in Genesis
Jodi asks, I used Simple Sidebars to create a unique sidebar for my blog posts. Of course, now I noticed I’ve been forgetting to apply it! So what’s the best way to have it just show up automatically on all posts in the “blog” category? With the following code in child theme’s functions.php, all single […]
FacetWP in Genesis
FacetWP is a commercial plugin that lets you easily create filters (checkboxes, radio buttons, dropdowns etc.) for filtering content in WordPress sites. In this article I explain how FacetWP can be set up in Genesis. Also included is a screencast walkthrough showing an example to filter entries on a CPT archive page by custom taxonomies. […]
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