Advice on themes

[iangreig]

I'm looking for masonry-style theme with a number of stories with thumbnails on the front page. Some control over length of excerpt. That isn't quite the same as one that says 'featured post' everywhere because on a news/magazine masonry layout, every post has equal value. Something like WordPress/Ghost Ivy (but that's not a Genesis theme).

Any suggestions?

[Susan]

Pretty Darn Cute Design's Pretty Sweet: http://prettydarncute.com/demos/prettysweet/

[iangreig]

@Susan Thanks for that. I might have passed over Pretty Sweet because it presents as quite a 'girly' look (not what I had in mind!) but I guess all of that could be tweaked. I don't know how easily...

I can see that this is a true masonry approach which is the design brief at present.

[tussle]

You could use an existing theme and edit with these tutorials:

Genesis Page Template for displaying Posts in Masonry

Does require subscription but might be same price as buying a theme. Depends on your needs.

Here's a free tutorial on how it's done

Masonry and Infinite scroll with Genesis

Here's a collection of masonry.
https://genesisthemes.ca/theme_feature/masonry/

[Susan]

@iangreig - it is a feminine theme, but the colors etc. can be customized. I work for Pretty Darn Cute Design, and provide all their theme support & do all their customizations, so feel free to ask me any questions 🙂

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