Often times you might want to add the search functionality to your page without taking up too much space. A search icon in the menu is a nice way to do that. This is what mine looked like: Here’s how I did it: 1) Add this code to your functions.php file. (Please note- this only…
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Add Search Icon to Navigation Menu for Genesis Theme
Do you want to have a search option in your navigation menu, but like the style of just having the search icon there instead of the full box? This is how it will look: Then when you click on it, the full search box will show up. Add this code to your functions.php file. Then…
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Add Top Bar Widget to Genesis
Those bars running across the top of sites are great for getting attention, but most of the Genesis themes don’t have an option to add them. Here’s how to get one that looks like this: Add this to your functions.php file: (Remember to always, always back up your php files before making changes to them.)…
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Genesis: Display Full First Post and Then Excerpts
If you are using the Genesis Framework and you want to display your first post in it’s full content length, but want the other posts below it to display as excerpts only so the page doesn’t get too long, you can add this code to your functions.php file: add_action('template_redirect', 'sp_custom_post_content'); function sp_custom_post_content(){ // only work…
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How to Choose a Theme
I’ve gotten a couple good questions about this lately so I thought I would give you my two cents about choosing a good WordPress theme. There are so many out there, how do you narrow down the choices? Main things to look for in a theme What is the site speed? This is especially true…
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Category Blog Pages in Genesis
The other day I was working on a site where the client wanted a page where the posts of just one category would show. I wanted a pretty url (not with /category/ in front of it) so I was getting ready to create a custom page template for it when I discovered this super easy…
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Create Widget Area Above Footer Widgets in Genesis
Recently, I had a client who needed a full width widget area above the footer widgets that showed up on every page. You probably know that Genesis themes make it super easy to add those 3 footer widgets by simply adding this code to your functions.php file: //* Add support for 3-column footer widgets add_theme_support(…
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