When it comes to customizing WordPress themes I generally have an easier time of it changing CSS or tweaking the PHP code than I do modifying image elements of the theme. That's probably because I'm not a graphic designer. Fortunately you don't have to be a graphic designer to be able to customize the image elements of your Genesis themes. If that was a requirement I'd be sunk. What Are Image Elements? What do we mean by image elements? These are the portions of your theme that are ... Read More
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CSS Basics of the Genesis Framework
If you are doing any work online you should have a basic understanding on CSS and how it works. Regardless of whether you are simply writing content for someone else's website, running your own website, or looking to get into customizing and developing websites with the Genesis theme framework, the ability to fine tune how things are displayed with some CSS basics will set you apart from the crowd and make your work more professional. CSS, which is an acronym for Cascading Style Sheets, works ... Read More
The Anatomy of a Child Theme
When it comes to WordPress theme customization there are two main approaches. Traditionally, because WordPress is open source you'd just make your edits directly to the theme itself. Very early on the WordPress core developers added the ability to use a child theme. A child theme inherits all of the templates and functionality of the parent theme while allowing you to modify the parent theme output because the child theme files supersede the parent theme files. Advantages of Using Child ... Read More
Best Practices for Genesis Theme Customization
There is so much to cover when it comes to Genesis theme customization, that I've mapped out an entire series of posts to throughly cover it. I'm hoping this series will help people get a basic understanding of what it takes to start customizing their own WordPress sites and have the confidence to get started. While my specific examples will be aimed at the Genesis theme framework, most of what I share will have general application as well and can be used on most WordPress websites. Here ... Read More
Selecting the Right WordPress Hosting Provider
With each new web design client I am asked the same question – what WordPress hosting provider should I use for my new website? As with most things in life, I have pretty strong opinions on this subject. Contrary to what many people may believe, WordPress hosting providers are not all the same. There are hidden gems waiting for discovery and hidden nightmares that should be avoided at all costs. Cheap Hosting Companies Deliver Cheap Performance When I founded the company years ago, I assumed ... Read More
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