Tips and guides to using the WordPress Genesis theme framework and customizing it.
Q: What do you get when you cross a lazy web designer with Google search? A: A Genesis child theme overflowing with options for near drag’n’drop visual theme styling. I’m guessing you’re lazy too or you wouldn’t have made the same search I did. I build a lot of Genesis child themes. Some I design … Read more
The Genesis theme usually places the header image to the left side of the page. You can center it with a quick snippet of CSS. Center your theme logo header image by putting this CSS in your child theme’s style.css file: /** Center the header image */ #header { background-position: top center; } If you … Read more
The Genesis theme framework for WordPress has a BuddyPress compatibility plugin called Genesis Connect for BuddyPress. It is a free plugin, has been for a couple of months. Don’t use it. It’s not fully compatible with BP 1.6.3. Use the officially recommended BP Templates Pack plugin instead. If you do use Genesis Connect you might … Read more
Every once in awhile I’m asked to make the header logo image in a WordPress site jut out of the header area so it overlaps whatever is below it. You might think it’s impossible. It’s not. Look at the image to the right for proof. To make the header image hang over and stick out … Read more
Imagine how much power you would yield over WordPress site designs if every page had its own unique body class. You could switch the header logo for different categories. You could add different background images and animations for specific taxonomies. You could even change text justification based on the simultaneous occurrence of specific tags, categories … Read more
The Genesis framework by StudioPress is awesome. Easy to install. Easy to configure. Easy to customize. Stylish. Every once in a while you will need to create a custom template for your Genesis child theme. A custom template can provide an easy way to display information with a non standard layout. A custom template can … Read more