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[davidguzman36]

Hi Everyone!

I would just want to introduce myself! My name is David from San Diego, CA. I work in the Hospitality industry for sometime in a fine dine restaurant as server assistant, but on the side I do some web work. Currently, I'm going to update a theme for a non-profit website that trains and places service/therapy dogs in the greater San Diego area. Unfortunately, the current theme (Animal Care from Themeforest.com) is not responsive to any portable devices, and I even contacted the author of the theme if they will do any future updates to that theme, so it will it be responsive. His response was "No!" Also, Google web masters tools notified me that it may rank the website accordingly for not being mobile friendly. Below is what they said!

Google systems have tested 94 pages from your site and found that 100% of them have critical mobile usability errors. The errors on these 94 pages severely affect how mobile users are able to experience your website. These pages will not be seen as mobile-friendly by Google Search, and will therefore be displayed and ranked appropriately for smartphone users.

So, I've been searching on the web for a very good premium theme to replace the current theme for the Service/Therapy dog website, and I came across Studio Press. I heard A LOT of good comments about their Genesis framework and their themes, and how they have plenty of mobile friendly themes. Furthermore, there isn't a lot of lot of bloated code, it's SEO friendly, and it renders quickly! In case I have any questions! Can I rely on this forum to help me out once I get the ball rolling?I

Kind Regards

http://www.pawsteams.org/

[Brad Dalton]

You'll get plenty of help here from volunteers but please be aware, Google Webmaster Tools isn't very accurate and can report sites to have mobile responsive issues when in fact they don't regardless of which themes you are using.

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[davidguzman36]

Braddalton,

Even if the theme is not responsive?

[Brad Dalton]

Yes but please ask specific questions based on what you specifically need help with your SP theme.

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[davidguzman36]

Ok thank. Once I pick the appropriate Studio Press theme, which I'm leaning towards the "Education" theme, I'll contact with specific questions if I run into any problems.

[davidguzman36]

Brad Dalton,

Sorry to bother again! Before I get the theme of choice for my Client (Service/Therapy dog non-profit organization), I need to ask specific questions before I make the transition to the new theme.

Where on the Studio Press site can I contact someone to ask these particular questions???

I did go on the contact us of StudioPress.com and filled out the form (), but no replied back!

See the service/therapy dog web site has A LOT of forms that the user has to fill out, and if I change to a new theme, and the forms don't work. That will totally inconvenience the user and my client, because the new theme broke all the forms. The staff totally really on those forms to get info from the users.

I would greatly appreciate your help!

Warm Regards,
David G.

[Brad Dalton]

You can ask the community here on these forums and i'm sure SP staff will reply to your contact with them as well.

What are you using for the forms?

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[davidguzman36]

Brad,

I'm using contact form7 by Takayuki Miyoshi and flamingo by the same developer to save the info once the user submits the form.

This is what flamingo does:

Flamingo is a WordPress plugin created to be a total CRM package.

I am also using backup buddy by iThemes to back up the website. There other plugins I highly use.

Warm regards,
David G.

[Brad Dalton]

I don't think changing themes will break any forms however a new theme may style the forms differently as different themes use different CSS for form elements.

Here's the CSS from the Genesis Sample theme for forms:

input,
select,
textarea {
	background-color: #fff;
	border: 1px solid #ddd;
	color: #333;
	font-size: 18px;
	font-weight: 300;
	padding: 16px;
	width: 100%;
}

input:focus,
textarea:focus {
	border: 1px solid #999;
	outline: none;
}

input[type="checkbox"],
input[type="image"],
input[type="radio"] {
	width: auto;
}

::-moz-placeholder {
	color: #333;
	font-weight: 300;
	opacity: 1;
}

::-webkit-input-placeholder {
	color: #333;
	font-weight: 300;
}

button,
input[type="button"],
input[type="reset"],
input[type="submit"],
.button {
	background-color: #333;
	border: none;
	color: #fff;
	cursor: pointer;
	font-size: 16px;
	font-weight: 300;
	padding: 16px 24px;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	width: auto;
}

.footer-widgets button,
.footer-widgets input[type="button"],
.footer-widgets input[type="reset"],
.footer-widgets input[type="submit"],
.footer-widgets .button {
	background-color: #e5554e;
	color: #fff;
}

button:hover,
input:hover[type="button"],
input:hover[type="reset"],
input:hover[type="submit"],
.button:hover {
	background-color: #e5554e;
	color: #fff;
}

.entry-content .button:hover {
	color: #fff;
}

.footer-widgets button:hover,
.footer-widgets input:hover[type="button"],
.footer-widgets input:hover[type="reset"],
.footer-widgets input:hover[type="submit"],
.footer-widgets .button:hover {
	background-color: #fff;
	color: #333;
}

.button {
	display: inline-block;
}

input[type="search"]::-webkit-search-cancel-button,
input[type="search"]::-webkit-search-results-button {
	display: none;
}

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[davidguzman36]

Brad,

Thanks for showing the css for the forms.

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