customer wants a nonresponsive site

[janburg]

I've been using Genesis frameworks, and am wondering if there is an older version of Frameworks available that is not responsive? Or another theme I can use that is highly customizable?

Let's not get into the argument on why, this client is insistent on this point.

Thanks,

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[SavvyJackie]

Some of the older child themes on StudioPress are non-responsive, I believe. Check the archived themes in my.studiopress.com

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[janburg]

I went to the archived themes page but there weren't any themes listed there.

[MoodyRiviera]

Ooops...sorry...I mis-read your post...if I could delete this post, I would...but I'll just blank it out here...

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[janburg]

no, the only one I purchased was Frameworks, and no previous versions are showing. I do have a version 1.8 somewhere, will have to see if that goes back far enough.

[Summer]

Unless I'm misunderstanding your question, it shouldn't matter which version of the framework you use because that's not what creates that responsiveness. What matters in being mobile responsive or not are the child themes (I hope you weren't using the framework as the theme... that's a risky and not recommended practice).

If you never purchased an older child theme, you wouldn't be able to get access to it through the archived versions. But you might be able to use an older sample child theme to customize what you want... I'd suggest trying the current framework with a v1.9 child theme and see if that gives you the non-responsive behavior your client seeks.

I know how hard it is to talk to someone who is convinced that Google doesn't matter because their traffic doesn't come from Google. On the other hand, I've seen too many instances of people using their browser search bar as if it was the address bar... typing a site name or its domain name into the search bar then clicking on the URL that matches to get where they want to go.

The rapid rise of cluelessness about actually typing a domain name in the address bar is something I still have problems wrapping my brain around. I watched one client get mad at me because she could never find her domain on the top of the Google results. When I asked her what she was trying to do, she said that's how she gets to her website. Trying not to crack open my skull pounding my head on her desk, I asked her to type in her domain name in the address bar, after having to explain that it was different from the search bar. Then when I explained what a bookmark was and how she could use it to always go directly to her site, the understanding dawned for her, while I had a headache for 2 more days 🙂

How did basic browser knowledge and website navigation become such a mystery to so many people?

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[janburg]

Yeah, I think there's a lot more out there who don't understand the ease of browsing and the usefulness of standards in making things easier for them.

But my head pounding is over on this one, the client and I decided to part ways. Whew! I pity the next poor soul who has to work with them. This wasn't the only straw on that camel's back.

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