Balance Theme – change post format on home page

[KathleenCD]

Is there a (simple) way of changing how multiple posts show up on the home page. Unless the post titles are the same length, having the posts side by side in 2 colums looks very untidy. I'd like to have them show the same as they do on the blog page - one beneath the other. [ http://testsite2nl.com ]

Fingers crossed!
Thanks.

http://testsite2nl.com/

[Doak Heggeness]

You need to uncomment-out ( /*...*/ ) or delete the 'grid loop' in the home.php ( lines 41 - 66 ). Please use a third party app ( cPanel or SFTP ) so you can 'undo' any errors. DO NOT delete genesis (); at the bottom of the page.

/*
remove_action( 'genesis_loop', 'genesis_do_loop' );
add_action( 'genesis_loop', 'child_grid_loop_helper' );
/** Add support for Genesis Grid Loop **/
function child_grid_loop_helper() {

	if ( function_exists( 'genesis_grid_loop' ) ) {
	
		genesis_grid_loop( array(
			'features' => 1,
			'feature_image_size' => 0,
			'feature_image_class' => 'align none post-image',
			'feature_content_limit' => 0,
			'grid_image_size' => 'grid',
			'grid_image_class' => 'align none post-image',
			'grid_content_limit' => 0,
			'more' => __( 'Continue reading...', 'genesis' ),
			'posts_per_page' => 5,
		) );

	}

	else {
		genesis_standard_loop();
	}

}
*/

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Doak Heggeness, WordPress Development | Website

[KathleenCD]

Thanks for the quick repsonse. I just want to clarify - To comment out I add the /* at the beginning as shown above. Is that the only change or should i insert */ somewhere?

Your instructions below show both but I only see /* in the code above.
(You need to uncomment-out ( /*…*/ )

Tks

[KathleenCD]

Disregard... I just saw the */ at the bottom. sorry!!

[KathleenCD]

I made the change as follows but got a syntax error. Any idea where I went wrong?

}

}

/*
remove_action( 'genesis_loop', 'genesis_do_loop' );
add_action( 'genesis_loop', 'child_grid_loop_helper' );
/** Add support for Genesis Grid Loop **/
function child_grid_loop_helper() {

if ( function_exists( 'genesis_grid_loop' ) ) {

genesis_grid_loop( array(
'features' => 1,
'feature_image_size' => 'feature',
'feature_image_class' => 'align none post-image',
'feature_content_limit' => 300,
'grid_image_size' => 'grid',
'grid_image_class' => 'align none post-image',
'grid_content_limit' => 0,
'more' => __( 'Continue reading...', 'genesis' ),
'posts_per_page' => 5,
) );

}

else {
genesis_standard_loop();
}

}
*/

genesis();

[Doak Heggeness]

Yes, probably, it is easy to create a syntax error ( a semicolon out of place will create one ). Here is the home.php without the grid loop. Copy & paste it or check it against yours.

<?php

add_action( 'genesis_meta', 'balance_home_genesis_meta' );
/**
 * Add widget support for homepage.
 *
 */
function balance_home_genesis_meta() {

	if ( is_active_sidebar( 'home-featured-left' ) || is_active_sidebar( 'home-featured-right' ) ) {
	
		add_action( 'genesis_after_header', 'balance_home_loop_helper' );

	}
}

/**
 * Display widget content for home featured sections.
 *
 */
function balance_home_loop_helper() {

	if ( is_active_sidebar( 'home-featured-left' ) || is_active_sidebar( 'home-featured-right' ) ) {

			echo '<div id="home-featured"><div class="wrap clearfix">';

			echo '<div class="home-featured-left">';
			dynamic_sidebar( 'home-featured-left' );
			echo '</div><!-- end .home-featured-left -->';	

			echo '<div class="home-featured-right">';
			dynamic_sidebar( 'home-featured-right' );
			echo '</div><!-- end .home-featured-right -->';

			echo '</div><!-- end .wrap --></div><!-- end #home-featured -->';	

		}

}

genesis();

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Doak Heggeness, WordPress Development | Website

[KathleenCD]

Perfect!!! Thank you so much for helping me with this Doak.

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