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...]
Genesis 1.8.0 Released. Menu Widgets Deprecated. You Need The Fix.
Posted on January 25, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Genesis is the most stylish WordPress theme framework I know. Version 1.8.0 of this versatile theme has been released. Lifted straight from the horses mouth, it comes with a few changes: Genesis version 1.8.0 continues in the long tradition of being extremely flexible AND developer friendly. This latest version comes with a fresh new front-end style, a couple of new settings, and some new hotness for developers who work with Genesis, including extensive inline documentation. - genesistheme.com With the release of Genesis 1.8.0 begins the removal of two Genesis theme widgets: Genesis Page … [Read more...]
