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1. Delete the old genesis directory from your wp content themes directory via FTP Upload the new unzipped genesis directory to your wp content themes directory from your computer to your web server via FTP 5 Log into the dashboard and visit the Genesis settings screen to complete the update process PLEASE NOTE If you have made any changes directly to files in the genesis directory updating will overwrite these changes We strongly recommend that you NEVER make changes this way 07 29 2013 v2 0 studiopress com 48 A Beginner s Guide to the Genesis Framework for WordPress A Few Useful Additional Resources 11 1 Plugins One great thing about Genesis is that it s been designed to be extended to almost any need you might have with plugins Here s a set of very user friendly plugins to help you customize your site W Genesis g New A Screen Options Help Dashboard P 4 RZ Install Plugins gt sP Posts Search Upload Featured Popular Newest Favorites i Media 2 Links Plugins extend and expand the functionality of WordPress You may automatically install plugins from the WordPress Plugin Directory or k upload a plugin in zip format via this page E Pages Comments Search Premise genesis responsive slider Search Plugins Landing Pages Member Access Popular tags You may also browse based on the most popular tags in the Plugin Directory E Scribe F admin ajax buddypress category2. your current version of Genesis as a precaution W Genesis Q1 Pp New Genesis 2 0 0 RC1 is available Check out what s new or update now Dashboard Home WN JS Updates gt Dashboard sP Posts Right Now Media Content Discussion amp Links 20 Posts O Comments E Pages 20 Pages O Approved Comments 1 Category O Pending o Premise a1 Oe Spa Landing Pages Theme Genesis with 2 Widgets To begin the update process click the update now link in the update notification at the top of your dashboard page Confirm the update After the new version is installed click the link to complete the update You will be redirected to the Genesis settings page All done 07 29 2013 v2 0 studiopress com 47 A Beginner s Guide to the Genesis Framework for WordPress PLEASE NOTE If the update now link is not displaying enable it by going to the Genesis Options section of your dashboard Genesis gt Theme Settings gt Information and click on the Enable Automatic Updates checkbox When updating Genesis on a multi site installation of WordPress visit the Genesis settings screen of each site to ensure that any necessary database updates are completed 10 2 Updating Manually 1 Before you update anything make sure you have backup copies of your child theme and your current version of Genesis as a precaution Download and extract the zip file to your computer and note it s location
3. 29 2013 v2 0 studiopress com 28 a cB A Beginner s Guide to the Genesis Framework for WordPress Mouse over Appearance and select Menus Click on the symbol to create a new Menu Add a Menu Name Add a check mark in the box next to Automatically add new top level pages and they will be automatically added to the menu Leave the box unchecked to manually add new pages to the menu To add a Custom Link to the menu add the URL and the Label that will be used for the link Click the Add to Menu button Add Pages to your menu by adding a check mark to the pages you want to add and click the Add to Menu button Add Posts to your menu by checking the appropriate box and click the Add to Menu button All of the links you added to the menu will appear in a list Click and drag the boxes to change the order of the menu items You also can create a sub navigation menu item by moving a box so it is indented to the right of all the other boxes Be sure to click the Save Menu button to save your menu If this menu will be used as your Primary Navigation select it in the drop down box and click the Save button You may see a Secondary Navigation menu depending on your theme Just create another menu following these same steps and select the new menu as the Secondary Navigation 07 29 2013 v2 0 studiopress com 29 A Beginner s Guide to the Genesis Framework for WordPress W w Ne
4. COMMEN S content email Facebook feed gallery google image images javascript jquery link liNKS ioin media page pages photo photos plugin Post E Appearance posts rss S O share Shortcode Sidebar social spam stats twitter video widget widgets Installed Plugins Add New Editor Genesis 48 Users Th Tools 89 Settings a 07 29 2013 v2 0 studiopress com 49 A Beginner s Guide to the Genesis Framework for WordPress 1 To install these plugins through your WordPress dashboard visit the Plugins menu and click the Add New 2 Use the Search feature to search for the plugin title W Genesis yp New G Dashboard a Screen Options Help Install Plugins sP Posts Search Search Results Upload Featured Popular Newest Favorites Media 2 Links Keyword genesis responsive slider Search Plugins 7items E Pages Name Version Rating Description Comments Genesis 3 vy yr YW WW This plugin allows you to create a simple responsive slider that displays the Responsive Slider featured image along with the title and excerpt from each post Details Install Now it includes options for the maximum dimensions of your slideshow allows you to choose to display posts or pages what category to pull from and even the specific post IDs of the posts you want to display It includes nextprevious arrows Premise Landing Pages lon t Pi k Member A and a pager alon By StudioPress Genesis
5. Toolbar 1 6 0 vy Yr Ye Wy Quick Access to Genesis Framework Resources Time Saver Scribe Extras This plugin just adds a lot Genesis Framework related resources to your toolbar Details Install Now admin bar Also links to all settings pages of this framework are added making G Genesis life for webmasters a lot easier So you might just switch from the frontend of your site to the Genesis Theme Settings or adjust additional extensions like Genesis Simple Hooks By David Decker DECKERWEB Appearance Genesis Bootstrap 0 1 2 yy Y amp W Vy YY Note This plugin only supports Genesis child themes If you don t know what that Carousel is don t download this plugin Details install Now Genesis Bootstrap Carousel GBC allows you to create a simple responsive Installed Plugins image carousel that displays the featured image along with the title and excerpt Add New from each post GBC is based off of the Genesis Responsive Slider and uses a lot of the same Editor code The main difference is that th By jtallant When you locate the plugin click the Install Now link and follow the instructions on screen to install the plugin And here s a short description of just a few of our own Genesis plugins and what they can do for you Genesis Simple Edits This plugin lets you make three of the most common edits to Genesis Post Info Post Meta and the Footer through a very easy to use interface with shortcodes i e WordPress shor
6. and publishing a Page in the WordPress admin panel and then setting the home page to display that page as the home page in the option found on the Reading Settings page 07 29 2013 v2 0 studiopress com 27 A Beginner s Guide to the Genesis Framework for WordPress How to set up a Menu 5 1 Creating a Menu Genesis uses the WordPress custom menu feature Once you have published some pages and posts you are ready to create a menu New G Dashboard Screen Options Help Menus dibs rm O Media Theme Locations Menu Name Top Pages C Automatically add new top level pages g Your theme supports 2 menus Select which 2 y pi pag Comments menu appears in each location Delete Menu Genesis Primary Navigation Menu Top E Appearance A Secondary Navigation Menu Home age ka Social Widgets Blog Page um Header O Page Background on id Editor Custom Links Specials Page Plugins URL http B Label Menu Item Place Order Page Th Tools O Add to Menu z T Settings About Page Pages Privacy Policy Page Most Recent ViewAll Search Sitemap Page Home O Recipe Media Page Blog C Seasonal Special Place Order Contact Us Page Media O Sitemap O Privacy Policy O Contact Us C Menu Suggestions O Select All Q Add to Menu Posts Most Recent View All Search C Another Blog Post C This is a blog post Select All Add to Menu Thank you for creating with WordPress Version 3 5 2 07
7. and width indicated 3 The Header page also includes an option to display the header text This will show or hide the site title and description based on the setting you choose 4 Don t forget to click the Save Changes button PLEASE NOTE References to a Header usually refer to the header area that is the full width of the content The Logo usually refers to a smaller graphic within the header area 07 29 2013 v2 0 studiopress com 43 A Beginner s Guide to the Genesis Framework for WordPress How to Use Genesis Templates 9 1 Setting a Page Template wW Genesis e New Q Dashboard Screen Options Help I Add New Page sP Posts Media Publish amp Links Save Draft Preview 5 Add Media Visual Sos Status Draft Edit All Pages B I zE s g Y E Visibility Public Edit Add New SA Gm20 Paragraph U 5 fii Publish immediately Edit Comments C Portfolio Move to Trash Pubish Premise Landing Pages Page Attributes Member Access Parent Scribe no parent Genesis Template EE Appearance v Template Plugins Blog Landing amp Users d Th Tools Need help Use the Help tab in the upper right Setti of your screen ngs A WordPress page not a post can be configured to use a template by selecting an available template option on the edit screen right sidebar under Page Attributes 07 29 2013 v2 0 studiopress com 44 A Beginner
8. com 18 A Beginner s Guide to the Genesis Framework for WordPress The Display post excerpts setting will display the first 55 words of the post also stripping any included HTML If a manual excerpt is set in a post it will be displayed in place of the first 55 words of the post content The Include the Featured Image setting allows you to show a thumbnail of the first attached image or the currently set featured image for the post Note to avoid displaying duplicate images this option should not be used when displaying full post content The Image Size list is populated by the available image sizes defined in the theme Select Post Navigation Technique allows you to select one of three navigation display methods Older Newer Previous Next and Numeric These navigation links will be visible on category tag author date and taxonomy archive pages pages using the blog page template and on blog style home pages Blog Page Template Blog Page Template These settings apply to any page given the Blog page template not the homepage or post archive pages Display which category All Categories Exclude the following Category IDs Comma separated 1 2 3 for example Number of Posts to Show 10 07 29 2013 v2 0 studiopress com 19 A Beginner s Guide to the Genesis Framework for WordPress The Blog Page Template settings govern pages using the Blog Template A page that is set t
9. will be automatically disabled to avoid duplicate SEO related fields from being displayed for your site The default settings are recommended for most users For more specific information about the Genesis SEO settings please check out this tutorial 3 3 Import Export W Genesis 5 New Dashboard PET Help Genesis Import Export sP Posts 3 Media Import Genesis Settings File Upload the data file json from your computer and we ll import your settings e Links Choose the file from your computer and click Upload file and Import E Pages Choose File No file chosen Upload File and Import Comments Premise Export Genesis Settings File When you click the button below Genesis will generate a data file json for you to save to Landing Pages your computer Member Access Once you have saved the download file you can use the import function on another site to import this data WJ Scribe Ea Theme Settings G Genesis Theme Settings SEO Settings Import Export Download Export File Appearance Plugins Users Th Tools ET Settings The Import Export option allows you to import or export Genesis Settings for use as a backup or on a different site 07 29 2013 v2 0 studiopress com 22 A Beginner s Guide to the Genesis Framework for WordPress This is specific to Genesis settings and does not include a backup of your posts pages or images which is what the buil
10. 3 Dynamic Home Page The third type of home page is the dynamic home page which is common on the newest child themes It includes widgets to add content to the home page but will show your latest posts in a blog style listing if you do not add content to the home widgets This setup is preferred because it makes it easier to show a blog on the front page no need to rename the home php file and does not have the confusion of no content on the home page when the theme is initially installed 07 29 2013 v2 0 studiopress com 26 A Beginner s Guide to the Genesis Framework for WordPress 4 4 Static Home Page Some users would prefer to display the contents of a single static page on the home page D Genesis New T Hel liT Reading Settings P s Posts e Media Front page displays amp Links A static page select below E Pages Comments Frontpage Home gt Posts page Blog O Portfolio Premise Blog pages show at most 10 2 posts Landing Pages Syndication feeds show the most 10 2 items Member Access recent Scribe For each article in a feed show Fulltext _ Summary E Genesis Appearance Search Engine Visibility Discourage search engines from indexing this site K Plugins Itis up to search engines to honor this request Users Save Changes T Tools me General Writing Reading Discussion Media Permalinks This can be accomplished by creating
11. Automatically through the upload feature in the WordPress dashboard PLEASE NOTE The Genesis Framework must be installed priorto activating a child theme and must remain in the wp content themes directory on your server The directory that contains the Genesis framework files must be named genesis 07 29 2013 v2 0 studiopress com A Beginner s Guide to the Genesis Framework for WordPress 2 1 Installing Genesis from Inside WordPress W Genesis g New G Dashboard Heip Em install Thenes xP Posts s G Medi Search Upload Newest Recently Updated 5 ia amp Links Install a theme in zip format E Pages If you have a theme in a zip format you may install it by uploading it here S Coma O Choose File No file chosen 5 Premise Landing Pages Member Access Scribe Ej Appearance Themes Widgets Menus Header Background Editor Plugins Users Ti Tools 83 Settings 1 To install a theme from inside your WordPress admin panel mouse over the Appearance menu item and select Themes At the top of the screen click on Install Themes Click on the Upload link Using the Choose File button find the zip file you previously downloaded to your computer from the Downloads page of the members area of my studiopress 5 Once you have the zip file in the Choose File field the Install Now button will become active Click the Install Now button 07 29 2013
12. actly where this is Typically you will not have access to the first part of the path but you will have access starting around the public_html or similar directory 07 29 2013 v2 0 studiopress com 55 A Beginner s Guide to the Genesis Framework for WordPress If you already have Genesis backed up on your computer find that directory Otherwise you will need to download the latest version of Genesis from my studiopress and unzip it to a directory on your computer Make a note of where the file is and navigate to it in your FTP client Make sure the directory you are about to upload is genesis spelled exactly like that and that directly inside the directory is style css along with several other files and directories If you are using FileZilla on a Windows system right mouse click the genesis directory and select to upload On Mac you have to activate the context menu by holding control when clicking unless you have a mouse with a secondary button or other means of accessing the context menu WordPress Needs Upgrade The Problem When a function doesn t exist it is often caused by WordPress being out of date Always upgrade to the latest version of WordPress Of course the simple upgrade isn t available if this error happens The error might look something like this Fatal error Call to undefined function add_theme_support in path to wordpress wp content themes genesis lib ini
13. adcrumbs Twitter link By default the Primary Navigation will appear directly after the header and the Secondary Navigation appears below the Primary Navigation This may vary depending on the child theme In most cases the Primary Navigation Extras will appear on the right side of the Primary Navigation area Use the drop down box to select the item you want to display or select None Breadcrumbs Breadcrumbs Enable on Homepage _ Posts _ Pages _ Archives _ 404 Page _ Attachment Page Breadcrumbs are a great way of letting your visitors find out where they are on your site with just a glance You can enable disable them on certain areas of your site 07 29 2013 v2 0 studiopress com 16 A Beginner s Guide to the Genesis Framework for WordPress Breadcrumbs are a navigation aid that allows users to keep track of their location on a website relative to the home page This box lets you define the pages where the Breadcrumbs will be displayed Comments and Trackbacks Comments and Trackbacks Enable Comments on posts C on pages Enable Trackbacks on posts C on pages Comments and Trackbacks can also be disabled on a per post page basis when creating editing posts pages Genesis allows you to globally enable or disable Comments and Trackbacks on Posts and Pages If Comments or Trackbacks are disabled here they cannot be enabled on an individual post or page basis You ll find more informati
14. age and plus others displayed below Offsetting by the number of posts in the main area means that only distinct content will show in the widget e Order by choose from the Date on the post the Title of the post in alphabetical order Parent useful when you are displaying all categories keeps your posts grouped by category the ID the order in which the posts were created Comment Count shows those with the most comments and Random order e Sort Order choose either Descending 3 2 1 or Ascending 1 2 3 e Exclude Previously Displayed Posts check this box if you would like to exclude posts that are displayed elsewhere on the page for example in a slider widget Show Author Gravatar for this to display the author must have a gravatar from http gravatar com associated with the email address in his profile With this option you can set the Gravatar Size and choose if the image should be aligned to the left or right of the text Show Featured Image this will display the first image uploaded to the post as a 150 x 150 thumbnail For this option to work you don t have to actually display the image in the post or use a custom field As with the Author Gravatar you can choose to place this image on the left right or above the text Show Post Title displays the title of the post Show Post Info this is the post meta info Date Author and a link for the visitor to comment e Content Type options a
15. al series is a great place to start e Genesis Plugins The official Genesis plugins page e Community forums The community forums is the place for discussing projects with other users finding a developer to assist you and brainstorming code with the community Anyone can register here Additional Resources for Installation amp Getting Started e http my studiopress com docs building child themes e http my studiopress com tutorials import demo content 07 29 2013 v2 0 studiopress com 54 A Beginner s Guide to the Genesis Framework for WordPress Something Not Right Here s Some Basic Troubleshooting Tips 12 1 Common Installation Error Messages Genesis Not Found The Problem This message is triggered by activating the child theme without Genesis being installed or accidentally deleting Genesis sometimes for a manual upgrade with the child theme already active Either of these actions will result in an error like this Warning require_once path to wordpress wp content themes genesis lib init ohp function require once failed to open stream No such file or directory in path to wordpress wp content themes child theme functions php on line 3 The Solution You will need to access your site via FTP Once there navigate to your site s theme directory This will vary by host and site setup but it is usually public_html wp content themes The error code will actually tell you ex
16. amework for WordPress Here is what each option included in the widget interface does e Title the title of the widget e Page the page you want to display Show Featured Image shows the image designated as the featured image for the page e Image Size depending on your child theme a variety of sizes will be available Image Alignment allows you to display the image to the left or the right of the content e Show Page Title displays the title of the page Show Page Content shows the complete content of the post including images not recommended if you have large images in the post content Use the More button to split post content Everything above the More will display in the widget e Content Character Limit use this to avoid having to use the More button Set the number of characters from the beginning of the post you want to be shown in the widget This will remove HTML formatting e More Text if applicable add the text that will link to the rest of the page content Be sure to click the Save Button to save your widget settings 7 2 Genesis Featured Posts Widget To add the Featured Posts widget to your sidebar go to Appearance gt Widgets in your WordPress dashboard There you ll see the Genesis Featured Posts widget as an available widget Click and drag it into the widget area of your choice You can use this widget as many times as you like with diff
17. ant and don t worry about bringing your site down in the process 1 3 Theme Files A Genesis child theme will generally be comprised in part of the following elements e Screenshot An image of the design that the theme will create around your content e Style sheet required Determines the look of the site based on the HTML generated by Genesis and WordPress e Functions file required Connects the child theme to the framework Can also be used to add remove and modify elements from the framework defaults 07 29 2013 v2 0 studiopress com 4 A Beginner s Guide to the Genesis Framework for WordPress e home php File optional Generally used to create a widgetized or custom home page e Other template files e Images optional Used by the Style sheet as a part of the site design These elements are grouped together in what s known as a child theme directory and can be activated like any other WordPress theme 07 29 2013 v2 0 studiopress com A Beginner s Guide to the Genesis Framework for WordPress How to Install the Genesis Framework and a Child Theme Installing the Genesis Framework and a child theme is the same process for installing any WordPress theme except that you re essentially installing two themes There are two ways to install the Genesis parent theme or a Genesis child theme e Manually with an FTP client File Transfer Protocol transfers files from one host to another e
18. cument source It succinctly informs search re Pages engines of what information is contained in the document The doctitle changes from page to page but these options will help you control what it looks by default Comments By default the homepage doctitle will contain the site title the single post and page doctitle will contain the post page Premise title archive pages will contain the archive type etc Landing Pages v Append Site Description to Doctitle on homepage Scribe Append Site Name to Doctitle on inner pages Bowie lt title gt Append Location Determines what side the appended doctitle text will go on Theme Settings SEO Setti rid ngs Right Import Export README Doctitle lt title gt Separator Slider Settings If the doctitle consists of two parts Title amp Appended Text then the Doctitle Separator will go between them Appearance Homepage Settings Plugins pag 2A Users p Document Head Settings Th Tools 33 Settings Robots Meta Settings Collapse mer Archives Settings Boe mm Reset Settings Thank you for creating with WordPress You are using a development version 3 5 3 alpha Cool Please stay updated When Genesis SEO search engine optimization is active you will see the General SEO settings for your site If any of several Advanced SEO plugins are active the 07 29 2013 v2 0 studiopress com 21 A Beginner s Guide to the Genesis Framework for WordPress Genesis SEO settings
19. e Genesis Widgets Most Genesis child themes will include at least three Widget Areas AKA Sidebars Genesis Eej New Dashboard z Screen Options Help v gt Widgets sP Posts Media Available Widgets Header Right amp Links Drag widgets from here to a sidebar on the right to activate them 3 Drag widgets back here to deactivate them and delete their settings This is the widget area in the header Archives a Custom Menu FL eee eee A monthly archive of your site s posts Premise Landing Pages Calendar Manton A calendar of your site s p S Br a This is the primary sidebar if you are using a Scribe Categories two or three column site layout option A list or dropdown of categories Genesis Genesis User Profile E Appearance Custom Menu Theres Use this widget to add one of your custom Genesis Featured Page Widge menus as a widget ts M Genesis Featured Posts moe Genesis Featured Page Editor Displays featured page with thumbnails Plugins 8A Users Genesis Featured Posts ndary Sidebar Th Tools pions ened Pome Venema This is the secondary sidebar if you are using a three column site layout option Ei Settings Genesis User Profile Widgets can be configured from the Appearance gt Widgets page of the WordPress admin panel 1 Header Right displays on the right side of the header put a widget in the widget area to activate it 2 Primary Sidebar displays n
20. e StudioPress team released the official Genesis Twitter Widget as the old Genesis Latest Tweets widget is no longer operable StudioPress will be supporting this plugin moving forward ensuring that it stays current secure and in working order And so much more There are so many more Genesis plugins for you to try out Just do a search for Genesis in the WordPress plugins repository and you will get 155 results as of this publication A much easier way is to just go ahead and check out our Genesis Plugins page 11 2 Helpful Links Whether you are just getting started or want to learn more you will find these resources helpful 07 29 2013 v2 0 studiopress com 53 A Beginner s Guide to the Genesis Framework for WordPress WordPress Resources e About WordPress e WordPress Docs The Codex e Getting Started with WordPress e New To WordPress Where to Start e WordPress Lessons e Learn WordPress e WordPress tv e WordPress FAQ e Finding WordPress Help e WordPress 101 Genesis Resources e StudioPress Tutorials StudioPress site with tutorials for using and customizing Genesis e Genesis Tutorials This is a third party resource that is not affiliated with StudioPress There are a number of useful tutorials on the site e Genesis Explained If you are looking for more instruction on the nuts and bolts of Genesis then this developer s guide tutori
21. eader Right Primary Sidebar Home Slider This is the slider section on the home page Genesis Responsive Slider Home Top This is the top section of the home page Custom Menu Search Home Call To Action This is the call to action section on the home page Text Home Middle This is the middle section of the home page Genesis Featured Page Genesis Featured Page Genesis Featured Page Footer 1 Footer 2 Footer 3 The home page will often include Home Page widget areas that are registered by the child theme These areas can be configured from the Widgets screen via Appearance gt Widgets 07 29 2013 v2 0 studiopress com 25 A Beginner s Guide to the Genesis Framework for WordPress Child themes that include this type of home page typically include additional theme specific tutorials These can be accessed in the Member s Area at my studiopress com under the Get Started link 4 2 Blog Home Page Another common home page is the Blog style home page This shows your latest posts on the home page and requires no additional setup for most of our newer themes If your theme does not default to a blog style home page and uses a custom home page but you would prefer to display the latest posts in a blog format do not use the blog template Instead you should rename the home php file to home old php via FTP or a web based file manager provided by your host 4
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23. erent configurations in each instance of the widget 07 29 2013 v2 0 studiopress com 35 A Beginner s Guide to the Genesis Framework for WordPress Genesis Featured Posts Title Category AllCategories Number of Posts to Show 1 Number of Posts to Offset 0 a gt Order By Date Sort Order Descending 3 2 1 _ Exclude Previously Displayed Posts C Show Author Gravatar Gravatar Size Small 45px Gravatar Alignment None C Show Featured Image Image Size thumbnail 150x150 Image Alignment None Delete Close Here s what each widget option does e Title the title of the widget C Show Post Title C Show Post Info post_date By post_author_posts_link Content Type Show Excerpt Limitcontentto 0 characters More Text if applicable Read More To display an unordered list of more posts from this category please fill out the information below Title Number of Posts to Show C Show Category Archive Link Link Text More Posts from this Category e Category you can display posts from all categories or just from one specific category Number of Posts to Show how many posts to display 07 29 2013 v2 0 studiopress com 36 A Beginner s Guide to the Genesis Framework for WordPress Number of Posts to Offset this is useful when you want to have one or more posts displayed in full on the main portion of your p
24. ework works Let s jump in with a few basic questions before moving on to the nitty gritty PLEASE NOTE if your blog is hosted on WordPress com mysite wordpress com you cannot install new themes This is a restriction on WordPress com hosted sites 1 1 What s a Framework A theme framework is a robust WordPress theme that acts as a platform on which your WordPress website can be created The Genesis Framework integrates all of the SEO security and performance features to help you have the best site possible 07 29 2013 v2 0 studiopress com A Beginner s Guide to the Genesis Framework for WordPress You can build your site on the Genesis Framework using the included Sample child theme it s easy flexible and powerful enough for that or you can purchase one of our many beautiful turnkey child theme designs to help you accomplish exactly what you want 1 2 What s a Child Theme A child theme is a layer of code that sits on top of the Genesis Framework comprised mainly of the design elements of your site but can also extend and modify the functionality of the Genesis Framework s default functions The Framework Child Theme structure of site building is great mainly because it separates out the performance issues of your site from the design issues So if you use a child theme you can design all day long without ever touching the critical underlying code that makes Genesis sites so powerful Design what you w
25. ext to the Content it is enabled in all layouts except Full Width Content 3 Secondary Sidebar displays next to Content or Primary Sidebar it is enabled only in two sidebar layouts such as Sidebar Content Sidebar 07 29 2013 v2 0 studiopress com 32 A Beginner s Guide to the Genesis Framework for WordPress Many child themes will add additional sidebars These can often be displayed on the home page the footer or in various other locations depending on the child theme More general information about managing widget areas can be found right here 07 29 2013 v2 0 studiopress com 33 A Beginner s Guide to the Genesis Framework for WordPress What Widgets Are Included with the Genesis Framework 7 1 Genesis Featured Page Widget To add the Featured Page widget to your sidebar go to Appearance gt Widgets in your WordPress dashboard There you will see the Genesis Featured Page widget as an available widget Click and drag to place it in the widget area of your choice You can use this widget as many times as you like with different configurations in each instance of the widget Genesis Featured Page Title Page gt C Show Featured Image Image Size thumbnail 150x150 Image Alignment None C Show Page Title LJ Show Page Content Content Character Limit More Text Delete Close 07 29 2013 v2 0 studiopress com 34 A Beginner s Guide to the Genesis Fr
26. ey can also be hidden by clicking on Screen Options in the top right of the screen and unchecking the boxes you don t want to see Let s look at each of the Theme Settings Information Information Version 2 0 0 RC1 Released TBD M Enable Automatic Updates Notify when updates are available If you provide an email address above you will be notified via email when a new version of Genesis is available Checking the Enable Automatic Updates will allow your server to check for available updates to the Genesis Framework No updates will be made without your interaction It s a good idea to leave this option enabled If Automatic updates are enabled then the option to receive an email alert about the update will be visible Checking the box and entering an email address into the field will result in an email being sent whenever a Genesis update is available 07 29 2013 v2 0 studiopress com 13 A Beginner s Guide to the Genesis Framework for WordPress Custom Feeds Custom Feeds Enter your custom feed URI Redirect Feed Enter your custom comments feed URI Redirect Feed If your custom feed s are not handled by Feedburner we do not recommend that you use the redirect options If you use services like Feedburner or Feedblitz to handle your RSS feed s you can use this function to set your site s native feed to redirect to your custom feed Checking the Redirect Feed box will redirect a
27. iiasoniii enaena ii aoaia 24 4 2 Blog Homie Page isissesctesesssssnsssicansercanctenncestnnsis aE E E ore aN ET iTS 26 4 3 Dynami e HOME Pde a a R RERA ei 26 44 Static Home Pages cd onesies eee aie crated oie eee hein 27 How LO setupa Mensasta aeie eaei aude in oaar 28 5 1 Creating a MeN jieunanana aE ENEE R 28 5 2 Creating a non clickable Menu It M cccsessssssesssccssssscsesssscsscsncsssesecsscsnscsecsucescesscsecsusesecsncesees 31 HOw to Use G nesis Widgets sarson a a E E E i aa 32 07 29 2013 v2 0 studiopress com 1 A Beginner s Guide to the Genesis Framework for WordPress What Widgets Are Included with the Genesis FraMe wo8k ccscsssssesssssesssscseessessessnsseeeseeseesneese 34 7 1 Genesis Featured Page Widget ccsssssssssessssssesssssesssssscssscsscssscsessucescesscsscsssesscsnseacessesseeses 34 7 2 Genesis Featured Posts Widget ccsscsesssssssssssssessscsessnssscsssssscsssssessncescssscsscsssssscsnceacensesscesss 35 7 3 Genesis User Profile Wid get ccesssssssssessssssssssssssssssessnssscsssssscssscscsucencesscsscsssescanseacessssseesss 38 7 4 Additional Widgets ern aytitsiniuctnoiitoiulnosinesens aeons oman mee 40 How to Use Your Own Logo or Header Image on Your Genesis Sit esecsseseesessseesseeeeeees 41 8 1 Genesis gt Theme SCHINGSaancintnwenaencuinina aia dane 41 8 2 Appearance Header SettihNgSssssssiirseicssiinei sennie e siai 42 How to Use Genesis Templates ssssssssse
28. is Framework for WordPress W Genesis e New Dashboard Help Em Manage Themes t e xP Posts 3 Media New theme activated Visit site amp Links pau troni Thone El Pages ie Minimum Child Theme Comments aa ena By StudioPress Version 2 0 1 Portfolio Minimum is a two or three column child theme created for the Genesis Framework Premise a o This child theme requires its parent theme Genesis Landing Pages D OaE NES Customize PTIONS Widgets Menus Header Background Member Access Scribe Available Themes Search Installed Themes Feature Filter Genesis Themes e Widgets Menus Header n Background TETA GENESIS Editor Why Email Is the Social Media Marketing Secret Weapon Plugins 8A Users Generate Child Theme Genesis Twenty Eleven By StudioPress By StudioPress By the WordPress team Ti Tools gt Activate Live Preview Details Delete Activate Live Preview Details Delete Activate Live Preview Details Delete 17 Settings Your Genesis Theme is activated as confirmed by the New theme activated message And the Genesis Theme displays in the Current Theme area 07 29 2013 v2 0 studiopress com 11 A Beginner s Guide to the Genesis Framework for WordPress An Overview of the Basic Settings of the Genesis Framework 3 1 Theme Settings ew Dashboard Screen Options Help v E 2 5 IMT The
29. ize the size of the user s Gravatar image that will display e Gravatar Alignment display the Gravatar to the left or the right of the text 07 29 2013 v2 0 studiopress com 39 A Beginner s Guide to the Genesis Framework for WordPress Author Description Text you can choose to pull the Author s Bio from the user s Biographical Info located in the About Yourself section on the user s page in the dashboard or you can type in Custom Text to display as the Author Description Extended About Me Page choose a page that will be linked to at the end of the Author Description to provide more information about the Author Extended Page Link Text the text to use to link to the Extended About Me page Show Author Archive Link displays a link to a page that contains links to all pages associated with the Author Be sure to click the Save Button to save your widget settings 7 4 Additional Widgets Some child themes may include additional widgets or require the use of plugins with additional widgets Please see the setup tutorials for your child theme to see theme specific instructions These are located in the my studiopress com Member s Area under the Get Started link next to your theme download 07 29 2013 v2 0 studiopress com 40 A Beginner s Guide to the Genesis Framework for WordPress How to Use Your Own Logo or Header Image on Your Genesis Site Currently there are t
30. late will autopopulate the page with your blog post list 4 Click the Publish button Add the page to a Navigation menu in order to display the link to your new blog page 9 3 Archive Template The Archive template creates a sitemap of your site Genesis New View Page E Edit Page asane Dashboard Screen Options Help gt Posts y Media Sitemap Publish 2 Links Permalink http premise katybarrilleaux com archive Edit View Page Preview Changes All Pages Add New i lt 4 B I am s i 6 i Wy i Eg Visibility Public Edit I gt 4 S a S Paragraph U Q shll ipl i Published on Jul 22 2013 20 50 Edit Comments Portfolio Move to Trash Update Premise Landing Pages Page Attributes Scribe Parent H Genesis no parent Eo Appearance Plugins Users Th Tools o ET Settings Need help Use the Help tab in the upper right of your screen Set up an Archive template page in the same manner as a Blog template page Like the Blog template the content of a page using the Archive template will be generated dynamically based on the content of your site 07 29 2013 v2 0 studiopress com 46 A Beginner s Guide to the Genesis Framework for WordPress The ABC s of Updating the Genesis Framework 10 1 Using the Automatic Update Before you update Genesis make sure you have backup copies of your child theme and
31. ll traffic to the default feed links to the custom link instead If you wish to use the default feeds that WordPress generates leave this box empty Default Layout Default Layout 07 29 2013 v2 0 studiopress com A Beginner s Guide to the Genesis Framework for WordPress This lets you select the default layout for your entire site The following options are available for most child themes e Content Sidebar e Sidebar Content e Content Sidebar Sidebar e Sidebar Sidebar Content e Sidebar Content Sidebar e Full Width Content Site layout options can be added or removed with custom coding in the child theme Child themes with a widgetized home page will often work independently of this layout setting Header Header Use for site titteAogd als Ella ee Image logo You can select the option to use either Dynamic Text based on the site title and description entered in the WordPress general settings page or an Image Logo set in the Custom Header screen under the Appearance menu as the header for your site The default layout option can be overridden for individual posts pages and custom post types as well as category tag author and custom taxonomy archive pages 07 29 2013 v2 0 studiopress com 15 A Beginner s Guide to the Genesis Framework for WordPress Navigation Navigation Primary Navigation Extras Display the following Li Today s date RSS feed links Search form Bre
32. me Settings B Reset Settings sP Posts 3 Media Information 6 amp Links Version 2 0 0 RC1 Released TBD Pages m Enable Automatic Updates Comments F O Notify when updates are available O Portfolio If you provide an email address above you will be notified via email when a new version of Genesis is available Premise Landing Pages Member Access Custom Feeds Scribe Enter your custom feed URI G is 1 C Redirect Feed Theme Settings Enter your custom comments feed URI SEO Settings C Redirect Feed Import Export if your custom feed s are not handled by Feedburner we do not recommend that you use the redirect options fo Appearance Plugins Default Layout amp Users T Tools 49 Settings Navigation C Load Superfish Script Primary Navigation Extras Display the following None 07 29 2013 v2 0 studiopress com A Beginner s Guide to the Genesis Framework for WordPress 1 Once your child theme is activated you ll see a new menu item on the WordPress Dashboard with several sub menu options Child themes and Genesis specific plugins will sometimes add additional sub menu items and may add additional content on the default Genesis settings pages 2 The Theme Settings page contains general options to control the way your theme will behave 3 Each of the boxes can be collapsed or expanded by clicking the box header These boxes can also be dragged into any order you wish th
33. o use this template will display a list of recent posts similar to the home page view of a blog style home page In the General Settings you can select a specific category to display from the drop down menu You can exclude categories by ID as well as select how many posts you d like to display on this page PLEASE NOTE A page using blog page template should not be used as a static home page Header and Footer Scripts Header and Footer Scripts Enter scripts or code you would like output to wp_head The wp_head hook executes immediately before the closing lt head gt tag in the document source Enter scripts or code you would like output to wp_footer The wp_footer hook executes immediately before the closing lt body gt tag in the document source 07 29 2013 v2 0 studiopress com 20 A Beginner s Guide to the Genesis Framework for WordPress The header and footer script text areas will allow you to add coding for tools such as statistics tracking and other code that 3rd party services require to be added to the header or footer area of your site One notable example would be the code for Google Analytics tracking which can be added to the header scripts box 3 2 SEO Settings Wy Genesis Pp New t Dashboard 5 i Screen Options Ti Genesis SEO Settings Ficus Reset Settings sP Posts Media Doctitle Settings e Links The Document Title is the single most important SEO tag in your do
34. on about Trackbacks here 07 29 2013 v2 0 studiopress com 17 A Beginner s Guide to the Genesis Framework for WordPress Content Archives Content Archives Select one of the followin AAH JET eigen Display post excerpts Limit content to characters Using this option will limit the text and strip all formatting from the text displayed To use this option choose Display post content in the select box above include the Featured Image Image Size large 1024 x 1024 Select Post Navigation Technique Older Newer These options will affect any blog listings page including archive author blog category search and tag pages In the Genesis Theme Settings you may change the site wide Content Archives options to control the way content displays on category tag author date and taxonomy archive pages The first option allows you to display the post content or the post excerpt The Display post content setting if used will display the entire post including HTML code up to the location of a lt more gt tag which is an HTML comment tag and will not be visible to visitors Using the Limit content to ___ characters option it is possible to limit the content to a specific number of letters and spaces This option will strip any HTML from the content but it allows for more precise control over the length of the post content that is displayed on the archive pages 07 29 2013 v2 0 studiopress
35. p of your site by uploading from your computer or choosing from your media library After selecting an image you will be able to Landing Pages e 3 crop it Member Access Images of exactly 1140 x 100 pixels will be used as is Scribe Choose an image from your computer Choose File No file chosen Genesis 2 Or choose an image from your media library Ej Appearance Choose Image Themes Widgets 7 Remove Image This will remove the header image You will not be able to restore any customizations enus Header Remove Header Image Background Editor a P Plugins Header Text Show header text with your image amp Users Ti Tools TEGO E co E7 Settings Save Changes Header Text 1 If you have the Header menu item under Appearance click on this menu item 07 29 2013 v2 0 studiopress com 42 A Beginner s Guide to the Genesis Framework for WordPress 2 Upload the header image using the Choose File button The dimensions that should be used for your header image are shown on the screen For best results be sure that your image is the indicated size prior to uploading to avoid cropping If you only want to use a small logo on the left side then create an image on a blank canvas set to the same height and width specified in the Header page Save this as a png file with a transparent background and upload If you get a black background verify that the file is exactly the same height
36. re Show Content shows the complete content of the post including images not recommended if you have large images in the post content Use this if you want to show an excerpt of the post that contains images and HTML using the more button within the post to designate the stopping point i e everything above the More will display in the widget Show Excerpt a teaser that refers to the first 55 words of the post s content All HTML tags and graphics are stripped from the excerpt s content Show Content Limit similar to showing an excerpt but you can define the exact amount of characters and No Content hides all content and only displays Title Byline Limit content to use with the Show Content Limit above functions just like the excerpt but gives you more control over the number of characters shown 07 29 2013 v2 0 studiopress com 37 A Beginner s Guide to the Genesis Framework for WordPress e More Text if applicable links to the rest of the post s content with specified text typically Read more Unordered List of Posts this will display just the titles of additional posts from the category or categories chosen and will automatically exclude the posts already shown above the list e Title used with the Unordered List of Post above enter a Title that will display with the list Number of Posts to Show used with the Unordered List of Post above enter the number of po
37. s Guide to the Genesis Framework for WordPress Some themes may include additional templates Refer to the child theme specific tutorials for details on using additional templates in the Members Area of my studiopress 9 2 Blog Template The Blog page template shows the latest posts in a blog list format W Genesis e New View Page Dashboard Screen Options Help Edit Page AdiNew sP Posts G Media 1 Blog Publish Links Permalink http premise katybarrilleaux com blog Edit View Page g Preview Changes USD o Visual Fad Stas Pubaned Eat All Pages s 2 pesca aa ma sg B I mw FF 222 BV Visibility Public Edit Add New Paragraph U 3 Av i fm 2 O 3 Published on Jul 22 2013 14 54 Edit Comments C Portfolio Move to Trash 0 Update Premise Landing Pages Page Attributes Scribe Parent El Genesis no parent Eo Appearance Template Plugins 2 Blog 8 Users Order T Tools o E Settings Need help Use the Help tab in the upper right of your screen Path p Word count 0 Last edited by John Doe on July 22 2013 at 2 54 pm 1 To set up a blog page start by giving the page a title 2 Inthe Page Attributes box along the right hand side use the drop down box to select Blog under Template 07 29 2013 v2 0 studiopress com 45 A Beginner s Guide to the Genesis Framework for WordPress 3 You will leave the content blank The temp
38. sseesssssssssssseessessnsssssseecseesosssssseecseessessnsseesteroressnsssesstesrrssnsssssseesere 44 9 1 Setting a Page Template sunrise ninenin r a i a io a ieres 44 OD BIOG T Empla tenn ead atau ane heme a T A na 45 93 Archive Template nienn e E E e eenaa ETa EESTE aman 46 The ABC s of Updating the Genesis FraMewolk ccscssssssssssssessssecssssesssssscesssseessessecssceseeseeseesneess 47 10 1 Using the Automatic Update ssssesssssseessessssssssseosseesssssssseeseerssrssnsssesereseessnsssesseecsrssnsssssseeseee 47 102 Updating Manu allys imena tee tate E E hee Manned E A 48 A Few Useful Additional RESOUrCES ssseseesessssssesssssseseeseecesessssnsssseoseseeereeenesssseesstoteseeereeesessssssesetsteeeeees 49 TERIGA S ennan a a a te wa ae A A 49 PSD ao aM ET a E EE A AA A E O EATE EA EEE E AE EEE EA 53 Something Not Right Here s Some Basic Troubleshooting Tip essssssssssseeessssssssesseeessessnssssss 55 12 1 Common Installation Error Messages ssscsssssseessessessssssessecsecsnscsessecsscssecsscsuscsecsnceecesecseeneess 55 07 29 2013 v2 0 studiopress com 2 A Beginner s Guide to the Genesis Framework for WordPress A Beginner s Guide to the Genesis Framework for WordPress A Quick Introduction to the Genesis Framework for WordPress Whether you re just starting out building your Genesis site or you need a brush up on where the things you need are it can help to review the basics of how our website fram
39. sts to include in the list e Show Category Archive Link if only one category is selected for the widget use this to display a link to the archive page for that category e Link Text anchor text that will display on the page to link to the rest of the category s content Be sure to click the Save Button to save your widget settings 7 3 Genesis User Profile Widget To add the Genesis User Profile widget to your sidebar go to Appearance gt Widgets in your WordPress dashboard There you will see Genesis User Profile as an available widget Click and drag to move it into the widget area of your choice 07 29 2013 v2 0 studiopress com 38 A Beginner s Guide to the Genesis Framework for WordPress Genesis User Profile Title Select a user The email address for this account will be used to pull the Gravatar image Author Gravatar Size Small 45px g Gravatar Alignment Left g Select which text you would like to use as the author description Author Bio Custom Text below 4 Choose your extended About Me page from the list below This will be the page linked to at the end of the about me section gt None Extended page link text Read More C Show Author Archive Link Delete Close ES Here is what each option in the widget interface does e Title the title of the widget e Select a User select the user who will be identified e Gravatar S
40. t in WordPress import export feature does The Genesis export feature also does not include settings for plugins widgets or specific settings related to posts pages terms or users 07 29 2013 v2 0 studiopress com 23 A Beginner s Guide to the Genesis Framework for WordPress Configuring the Home Page of Your Genesis Site 4 1 Custom Home Page Many Genesis child themes available from StudioPress include a custom home page W Genesis pa New Dashboard p Help T Reading Settings sP Posts Media Frontpage displays yYour latest posts amp Links elect below J Pages Front page Select Comments Posts page Select O Portfolio Premise Blog pages show at most 10 posts Landing Peg Syndication feeds show the most 10 2 items Member Access recent Scribe For each article in a feed show Full text Ganon O Summary esis E Appearance Search Engine Visibility C Discourage search engines from indexing this site amp Plugins itis up to search engines to honor this request Users T Tools General Writing Reading Discussion Media Permalinks 07 29 2013 v2 0 studiopress com 24 A Beginner s Guide to the Genesis Framework for WordPress To use this type of home page make sure your latest posts are set to show on the front page at Settings gt Reading You can set up a page with the Blog page template to show a blog style list of your la
41. t php on line 17 The Solution You will need to upgrade WordPress Of course this can t be done since you can t get to your dashboard To get to your dashboard you will need to access your site via FTP and navigate to the theme directory This is usually wp content themes Then you need to either remove the active theme or just move it out of the theme directory This disables the theme and enables the default theme 07 29 2013 v2 0 studiopress com 56 A Beginner s Guide to the Genesis Framework for WordPress Once the default theme is enabled you can login update WordPress and put your theme back or reinstall it depending on if you moved or deleted the theme then reactivate the theme 07 29 2013 v2 0 studiopress com 57 A Beginner s Guide to the Genesis Framework for WordPress And that s it If you have questions login here and ask http my studiopress com We re always here to help 07 29 2013 v2 0 studiopress com 58
42. tcuts If you want even more you can use some simple HTML to extend it further 07 29 2013 v2 0 studiopress com 50 A Beginner s Guide to the Genesis Framework for WordPress Genesis Simple Hooks Working with hooks can be confusing and requires some very specific php knowledge Genesis Simple Hooks makes it much simpler For example if you need to put an AdSense code in before your post content just add it to the field for genesis_before_post_content That s it The plugin also allows use of shortcode and php so it can be very flexible and powerful Genesis Simple Sidebars Genesis Simple Sidebars lets you create new sidebars and replace either the Primary or Secondary sidebar on each page post tag or category of your site This is great if you need different sidebar content in different parts of your site Genesis Simple Menus With Simple Menus you can create additional custom menus and replace the secondary navigation on each page post category or tag Genesis Simple Breadcrumbs The ability to choose where the breadcrumbs will show is great but there are a lot of things you can change about the way the breadcrumbs display on your site Genesis Simple Breadcrumbs makes this easy Just change the text in the breadcrumb fields and it will change on your site 07 29 2013 v2 0 studiopress com 51 A Beginner s Guide to the Genesis Framework for WordPress Genesis Nav Menu Amplified Check o
43. test posts on another page Genesis G Dashboard gt Posts Media amp Links E Pages Comments Gl Portfolio Premise Landing Pages Member Access Scribe Genesis E Appearance Themes Widgets Menus Header Background Editor Plugins amp Users Tih Tools T Settings New 85 Widgets Available Widgets Drag widgets from here to a sidebar on the right to activate them Drag widgets back here to deactivate them and delete their settings Archives A monthly archive of your site s posts Calendar A calendar of your site s posts Categories A list or dropdown of categories Custom Menu Use this widget to add one of your custom menus as a widget Genesis Category Menu This widget has been deprecated and will eventually be removed DO NOT use it You have been warned Genesis eNews and Updates Displays Feedburner email subscribe form Genesis Featured Page Displays featured page with thumbnails Genesis Featured Posts Displays featured posts with thumbnails Genesis Latest Tweets Display a list of your latest tweets Genesis Page Menu This widget has been deprecated and will eventually be removed DO NOT use it You have been warned Genesis Responsive Slider Displays a slideshow inside a widget area Genesis User Profile Displays user profile block with Gravatar Links Your blogroll Screen Options Help H
44. this process include CuteFTP FileZilla and FireFTP for Firefox The four step install 1 Connect to your site via FTP and navigate to the themes directory typically wp content themes 2 Upload the entire genesis directory to the themes directory The folder name must be genesis not Genesis 2 0 Also there must not be any other directories before genesis style css and the rest of the files 3 Upload the entire child theme directory to wp content themes If you are renaming the child theme directory avoid using special characters including spaces PLEASE NOTE if your blog is hosted on WordPress com mysite wordpress com you cannot install new themes This is a restriction on WordPress com hosted sites 07 29 2013 v2 0 studiopress com 9 A Beginner s Guide to the Genesis Framework for WordPress 2 3 Activating a Theme W Genesis y New 3 Dashboard I Manage Themes x Posts 5 Media amp Links E Pages Comments Premise Landing Pages Member Access Scribe E Appearance Themes Q Widgets Available Themes Menus Heater GENERATE THEME o Background Editor GET FRESH CONTENT DELIVERED IT S FREE Plugins a y P Users ee Th Tools Why Sonal Is the Social Media Marketing Secret Weapon a EF Settings Generate Child Theme By StudioPress Activate Live Preview Details Delete Help Twenty Ten B
45. ut this plugin if you need a few more options on your navigation menu like the ability to automatically build a menu from your pages or categories or add the primary navigation menu extras to the secondary navigation menu Genesis Featured Widget Amplified This plugin takes the already great Genesis Featured Posts widget and kicks it up a few notches Included is the ability to select more post types use tags or other taxonomies exclude by term ID post pagelD and use custom fields to find and organize your posts You can also control image position from the widget interface Plus everything is run from hooks so you can change and extend everything Genesis Admin Bar Plus Add helpful Genesis links to the admin bar so you can quickly access Genesis settings from anywhere in your site Genesis Favicon Uploader The favicon is the small image that represents your site in the address bar and bookmark menu of most browsers Changing this image with the Genesis Favicon Uploader is as easy as uploading your image from the dashboard 07 29 2013 v2 0 studiopress com 52 A Beginner s Guide to the Genesis Framework for WordPress Genesis eNews Creates a new widget to easily add mailing lists integration to a Genesis website Works with FeedBurner MailChimp AWeber FeedBlitz and more Genesis Twitter Widget Twitter recently killed API v1 and all developers are now required to use API v1 1 This is why th
46. v2 0 studiopress com 7 A Beginner s Guide to the Genesis Framework for WordPress WS a a Dashboard 3 5 A 80 Installing Theme from uploaded file executive zip gt Posts ea Unpacking the package 5 Media Installing the theme amp Links z This theme requires a parent theme Checking if it is installed Pages o The parent theme Genesis 2 0 0 RC1 is currently installed ad raea it Theme installed successfully Premise Live Preview Activate Return to Themes page OO O Member Access Scribe Themes Widgets Menus Header Background Editor Plugins 1 You will see the Theme installed successfully message indicating a successful upload 2 Live Preview will display your site using the newly installed theme in a preview mode so you can see what it would look like 3 Activate will apply the newly installed theme to your live site Return to Themes page will take you to the Appearance gt Themes page Here you can see all the installed themes To install a Genesis Child Theme return to the Install Themes screen and repeat steps 1 5 above 07 29 2013 v2 0 studiopress com 8 A Beginner s Guide to the Genesis Framework for WordPress 2 2 Installing Using FTP If you choose to install Genesis and your child theme via FTP or your web host s control panel first unzip the theme package to your computer s desktop Some popular FTP programs to use for
47. w at aoar Show on screen xP Posts 4 Theme Locations f Custom Links MPosts MPages MCategories M Tags Qy Media Show advanced menu properties E Pages L Link Target CSS Classes _ Link Relationship XFN _ Description Comments _ Screen Options E Genesis E0 Menus To Ei Appearance P Themes Theme Locations Menu Name Top Automatically add new top level pages Widgets Your theme supports 2 menus Select which Delete Menu Save Menu Menus menu appears in each location Primary Navigation Menu Background Top 4 Editor Home amp Plugins Secondary Navigation Menu Social Blog Page amp Users Save T Tools Save Menus Page R Settings Custom Links Specials Page URL http Place Order Label About Page Add to Menu If you do not see all of the menu options available for example the box of Posts does not appear click the Screen Options link and add a check mark next to the missing item When you are done click the Screen Options link again to minimize the feature 07 29 2013 v2 0 studiopress com 30 A Beginner s Guide to the Genesis Framework for WordPress 5 2 Creating a non clickable Menu Item Custom Links URL Label About Add to Menu You may want to have a top level menu item that is not clickable Just add a Custom Link and use for the URL and add your link Label 07 29 2013 v2 0 studiopress com 31 A Beginner s Guide to the Genesis Framework for WordPress How to Us
48. wo basic ways of interacting with the logo header depending on your child theme You will either find the Header Settings under the Appearance menu or it will be on the Genesis gt Theme Settings screen 8 1 Genesis gt Theme Settings Header Use for site titleAogq ae eye Will a8 Image logo In the Genesis gt Theme Settings you will have a Header Settings box where you can select to show the Image Logo or Dynamic Text logo The dynamic text will show the site title and description from the General Settings in your WordPress dashboard If you select Image Logo it will show the logo png file from your theme images directory Note that in a few themes this may change the header png file instead The text will be hidden using an SEO friendly text replacement technique 07 29 2013 v2 0 studiopress com 41 A Beginner s Guide to the Genesis Framework for WordPress To change your image logo you need to access your site via FTP and navigate to the child theme images directory for example wp content themes child theme images Once there replace the default logo png file with your own logo image that you have named logo png 8 2 Appearance gt Header Settings W Genesis p New A Ip Dashboard He B0 Custom Header xP Posts Header Image i Media al Links Preview i e Genesis ages Comments O Portfolio Premise Select Image You can select an image to be shown at the to
49. y the WordPress team Version 1 5 The 2010 theme for WordPress is stylish customizable simple and readable make it yours with a custom menu header image and background Twenty Ten supports six widgetized areas two in the sidebar four in the footer and featured images thumbnails for gallery posts and custom header images for posts and pages t includes stylesheets for print and the admin Visual Editor special styles for posts in the Asides and Gallery categories and has an optional one column page template that removes the sidebar Customize Widgets Menus Header Background Search Installed Themes Feature Filter GENESIS Mobile Responsive Design Minimum Child Theme By StudioPress Activate 2 E Details Delete Genesis By StudioPress Activate Live Preview Details Delete 1 After you have installed the Genesis Framework and a Genesis Child Theme activate it by hovering your mouse over Appearance and select Themes 2 You will see a screenshot of all the available themes including the Genesis Framework and Genesis Child Themes you have installed Click the Activate link below the theme you want to install PLEASE NOTE If you are using a Genesis Child Theme it is not necessary to activate the Genesis Framework theme Be sure the Genesis Framework is installed and activate a Child Theme 07 29 2013 v2 0 studiopress com 10 A Beginner s Guide to the Genes
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