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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Fun Looks for Google Fonts
I already love Google Fonts, but we I recently learned you can add effects to them through Google’s own API – how great is that?? I don’t recommend using all these effects, but have fun trying a few: See the full list of effects and find out more here: https://developers.google.com/fonts/docs/getting_started#Effects To use them with your…
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Genesis: Add Previous / Next Arrows After Single Posts
Add this to your functions.php file to add Prev/Next arrows after your single post. Simply use a different Genesis Hook to add them somewhere else. /** Genesis Previous/Next Post Post Navigation */ add_action( 'genesis_after_comments', 'eo_prev_next_post_nav' ); function eo_prev_next_post_nav() { if ( is_single() ) { echo '<div class="prev-next-navigation">'; previous_post_link( '<div class="previous">%link</div>', '< Previous' ); next_post_link( '<div…
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