With the release of Genesis 2.1.1 their is an additional ready to go widget that sits just below the end of each single post, this is a great location for an optin form or reader message that needs to be added to the bottom of each post. This was previously possible but with a custom …
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Create a Footer Area with Left and Right Widgets in Genesis Child Theme
In the Sample Genesis Theme or a vanilla Child Theme, there is no actual Footer Widget Area, rather just a credit & copyright line with links. This is how to create a new footer area with a left and right widgets, these code snippets need to be added to the child theme functions.php file …
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Make a Read More Link with Dashicons for Posts in Genesis Child Theme
By default in a Genesis Child and any WordPress theme the ‘read more‘ link in a post is not a link and is an ellipse surrounded by square brackets[…] There is a WordPress filter that allows this to be changed called excerpt_more, a function needs to be created and then passed into that filter. This …
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Create a PreHeader Full Width Wrap Bar in Genesis Theme
If you have a layout that requires a pre-header full content wrap that needs to have elements such as an optin form and member or social media menu, you can add a widget area in a Genesis child theme just above the main header area that contains any content you need with the ability to …
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Use FontAwesome Icons in WordPress Visual Editor without Disappearing
If you use FontAwesome icons in your work and use them inside WordPress visual editor and swap between text and visual mode – the icons get stripped out. Not good. Disable Visual Editor Couple of solutions to deal with this, one is to use a plugin called Disable Visual Editor which you can simply disable …
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Add a Favicon Icon to Genesis Child Theme in WordPress
There are a couple of ways to add in a Favicon Icon into a Genesis Child Theme, either filed in a folder or declared as a function. You can also set different favicons for certain pages. File in Images Folder You can add it the favicon in your WordPress themes folder inside your child theme images …
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Create an FAQ Page with Show and Hide Questions and Answers using jQuery
This guide will take you through the steps needed to create an FAQ page with contract and expand Questions and Answers, just follow the Questions below… What jQuery do I need? Include the latest jQuery <script type=”text/javascript” src=”//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.0.min.js”></script> If you are using a modern CMS such as WordPress or Drupal you can skip this as …
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Create Another Header-Right Widget Area in Genesis Theme to Display on Certain Posts and Categories
I had to create a separate Genesis Header-Right Widget Area for a client that needed to display different elements on posts in a certain category.