Easier to do than adding a new custom menu to a Genesis child theme. Just a few lines of code in the child theme's functions.php file is all you need to add a new widget area anywhere within your WordPress site. Genesis uses 'hooks' to make it easy to latch code into the theme. A full list of Genesis hooks is available here. To add a new widget to a theme, we need to name the widget, tell WordPress the widget exists and tell Genesis where to put it. To show you how to do this, I'll show you a block of code to add a widget then I'll show you how the code works. Look at this code … [Read more...]
HowTo: Add New Menus to Genesis Themes
Posted on May 15, 2012 · 1 Comment
Adding additional navigation menus to Genesis themes is easy. This method creates custom navigation menus that you can customize as you would any other WordPress custom menu by visiting Appearance > Menus. We use a two-step method: Create a custom nav file Register the custom nav file in your child theme's functions.php file By repeating the method you can create as many custom menu navbars to Genesis child themes as you want. Step One: Create a Custom Nav File This creates a menu called customnavone with the unique ID of customnavone and unique class of customnavone in the … [Read more...]
WordPress Won’t Update!!! What Do I Do?
Posted on March 25, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Being a WordPress developer, I often meet WordPress sites that do not auto update. There are four main reasons WordPress will not update: The upgrade folder has the wrong permissions set Its server's PHP is below version 5 WordPress was installed using Fantastico or something similar A plugin is preventing upgrades The server has a very low PHP memory limit Other, less common reasons include: You're doing it all wrong WordPress doesn't like you WordPress is in a bad mood, or It's just not your day The less common reasons are easy to fix: take a break, have a drink … [Read more...]
HowTo: Change the Language of WordPress
Posted on February 29, 2012 · Leave a Comment
So, you have built a WordPress site or WordPress multisite and now want the WordPress dashboard and site frontend to use Spanish or German or Italian or another language. It is easy. Whether you are looking to: Change the language used in the WordPress dashboard Change the WordPress backend language Change the WordPress front end language Change the language used by WP plugins, or Use a different language for your theme Follow the instructions shown here. How to Change the WordPress Language Visit http://svn.automattic.com/wordpress-i18n/ Find the directory with the … [Read more...]
