In a Genesis site that I am currently developing, there is an “Archive” page whose design looks like this: I could have simply hard-coded the images and the years and be done with the page in about 15 min. But I’ve decided to complicate things for myself and spent half a day making it dynamic […]
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Custom Home Featured widget area using Flexible Posts Widget in Genesis
A user asked via email: Hi Sridharkatam, I have a question for you. Do you know if is possible make in Genesis themes this…? http://preview.themeforest.net/item/the-rex-wordpress-magazine-and-blog-theme/full_screen_preview/13155569 This is overlay the day in the thumbnail picture. I need this efect but I don´t know if this is possible. Do you have a manual about this? I want […]
Custom SVG Social Sharing Buttons in WordPress
This tutorial provides the steps to set up custom SVG icon backgrounds as social sharing buttons using Naked Social Share WordPress plugin. Step 1 Install and activate Naked Social Share. Step 2 Go to Settings > Naked Social Share and adjust the settings to your liking. In this example, we are going to add the […]
Using Custom Menu for Social Media SVG Icons in WordPress
While using a plugin like Simple Social Icons is an option for displaying social icons, it is not easy or straight forward (from what I’ve seen) to replace icons of social networks that the plugin comes with. If you are looking to use your custom SVG social icons in a widget area, it’s easier to […]
How to add Simple Social Icons in Altitude Pro’s Header
In the comments section of Adding Simple Social Icons to Navigation bar in Genesis, a user asked: I love this tutorial and have it working well. But I was wondering if there was a way to keep the social icons always showing even on mobile (versus having the user click the mobile menu icon to […]
Conditional layouts for WooCommerce product archives based on parent category
In the members-only forum, a user asked: I’m trying to show or hide the sidebar using the full-width-content or sidebar-content layout on categories depending on the parent category in WooCommerce. I have a lot of sub categories so don’t want to do it manually in the archive setting of each category. I also need to […]
FacetWP + WooCommerce in Genesis
Looking to implement FacetWP on WooCommerce archives like the main Shop page in Genesis? Here are some tips and pointers that you may find useful. To set up Product Categories filter in a widget, first create your facet. Do not forget to press the Re-index button. To display the facet on the front end, place […]
Non purchasable products with Call to Order buttons in WooCommerce
In a recent Genesis customization project I completed, the requirement was to be able to mark specific products as “Not (yet) available for sale” when adding/editing the product. Additionally, the standard “Add to Cart” buttons on the product archives like the main Shop page should show a custom “Call to Order” text and the single […]
Custom Posts Slider in Genesis using Flexible Posts Widget and lightSlider
In the members-only forum, a user asked: I would like to pull post-meta info below the post title of the Genesis Responsive Slider so that it looks similar to this: http://picpaste.com/ET_-_redesigned_homepage-isbAUeRF.jpg Ideally I’d like to specify the Advance Custom Fields data as I have customized the post-meta to include that but I can probably hide […]
How to change database tables’ prefix in WordPress
Below are the concise steps to change WordPress database tables’ prefix to prefix_ after WordPress has been installed with the tables having the default wp_ prefix. In the instructions below, replace prefix_ with whatever is your desired prefix (do not use upper case). Step 0 Take a full backup of your site and the database. […]
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