Portfolio on LifeStyle Pro theme

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February 25, 2015 at 5:55 am #142180

carolacat
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Hi there,
I have just purchased and downloaded the Lifestyle Pro theme. I'm annoyed with myself that I didn't check that it has a portfolio page template.

Is there any way I can add it please? It's of utmost importance that I have it on this site!

Any advice is greatly appreciated!

Thanks,

Carol

p.s. I didn't include a url of the site because it is still empty.
http://www.fullfillco.com

February 25, 2015 at 7:15 am #142188

Brad Dalton
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Here's the process http://wpsites.net/web-design/add-responsive-portfolio-page-to-lifestyle-pro/

You can grab the code from the Executive Pro theme.

Tutorials for StudioPress Themes.

February 25, 2015 at 7:28 am #142193

carolacat
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Hi Brad,

thanks so much for that advice. I do not have executive pro theme so can't access this code, unfortunately. Would there be a chance you could pass it along here?

Carol

February 25, 2015 at 7:31 am #142194

Brad Dalton
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The code is on my site for members

Or

You can buy the Executive Pro theme and grab it from there.

Tutorials for StudioPress Themes.

February 25, 2015 at 7:36 am #142196

carolacat
Member

ok, thanks, Brad.

I'll hang on for studiopress support!

C

March 31, 2015 at 2:34 pm #146301

jenniferpinkley
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Carol, did you ever get a solution to this issue? I also purchased the Lifestyle Pro theme, and the only assistance I received was a webpage link with instructions, but the instructions were all about adding code from Executive Pro to Lifestyle Pro. I don't own Executive Pro either. I don't think we should have to pay $37 for a members only website for a solution to this. Does anyone have a suggestion for adding a Portfolio page? Since the Portfolio was a pretty integral part of the original Lifestyle theme, I would think that some of the moderators or other users could help us add this functionality back to our websites.

March 31, 2015 at 4:06 pm #146307

black9design
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You can follow this tutorial to set up your own:

Adding a Portfolio to any Genesis child theme

or, you can follow this one:

https://llamapress.com/create-filterable-portfolio-in-genesis/

I specialize in child theme customizations and The Dynamik Website Builder
Visit me here: Black9Design.com | ParkerWadeSmith.com | AllThingsGenesis.com

April 2, 2015 at 4:53 am #146438

carolacat
Member

Thanks black9design, I will try the first link as it looks more straightforward and I had previously downloaded the plugin.

@Jennifer, thanks to your response we found the solution. I am going to try this now... I will let you know if I ran into any issues.

Carol

April 2, 2015 at 9:09 am #146462

carolacat
Member

Hi I FTP'd the archiveportfoloio.php into my theme folder but it still didn't work...

Can anyone else see what I did wrong?

http://fullfillco.com/portfolio/

Thanks,

Carol

April 3, 2015 at 5:33 am #146541

carolacat
Member

by the way, i tried to get around it by creating a light box instead of a portfolio page but the 'link to attachment page' feature isn't working so I can't link the images to another page which is very frustrating.

See: http://fullfillco.com/menu/

Does anyone have any ideas or fixes for either:

1. fixing the link to attachment page option on the image gallery / lightbox (http://fullfillco.com/menu/ )

Or;

2. Creating the portfolio page (http://fullfillco.com/portfolio/)

Ideas and suggestions are much appreciated, thanks in advance!

Carol

April 5, 2015 at 9:29 pm #146774

cubicle10
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Hi Carolacat, have you gotten any further with adding a portfolio to your child theme? I am looking to do the same; although would rather not have to use a plugin.

E.J.
Cubicle10

April 7, 2015 at 1:41 pm #146958

carolacat
Member

hi,

@cubicle10 i've had no joy with this, unfortunately. I tried and tested blacknight9's link, the version with the plugin and however not the second link, as I don't feel too confident doing that one. If you try it and it works, can you please let me know. Thanks a million.

Carolacat

April 8, 2015 at 7:43 am #147057

cubicle10
Member

Should be working on it this weekend...will keep you posted.

E.J.

E.J.
Cubicle10

April 8, 2015 at 10:37 am #147079

carolacat
Member

Awesome. Good luck!

April 13, 2015 at 8:19 am #147712

jenniferpinkley
Participant

Hi Black9Design, I just now tried to follow your tutorial, but I can't get it to work. I initially added the code to the functions.php file and my website completely broke (everything was a blank screen, even my Dashboard). Finally fixed it by mucking around in my cPanel. Now I'm afraid to try anything else. I think I will try to think of another alternative to Genesis. I am extremely disappointed in StudioPress that they removed this critical function from the templates and did not provide a better way for users who are not programmers to add this very important functionality.

April 13, 2015 at 8:28 am #147716

carolacat
Member

Hi jennifer,

I feel your pain, I'm so sorry.
A blank screen is a php error. This happened to me recently and I had a copy of the functions.php file which I replaced with the corrupt version. I don't really know what I'm doing as regards php editing but I was presently surprised when I fixed it.

Did you add new files via FTP? If so have you tried removing them via FTP too? You may well have tried all that already.

Here's hoping someone here can give you the solution. I'm still waiting to see if I can get my portfolio page up on my site If anyone can shed a bead of light I'd be so grateful!

Carol

April 13, 2015 at 9:17 am #147720

jenniferpinkley
Participant

Carol, I decided to think about this a different way and researched gallery plugins, like for setting up an art gallery page. The functionality seems similar to portfolio pages. I just found one that is really easy to install and get working (no coding!). I'm going to play more with this, but I think it will work for me. Look up the Huge IT Portfolio plugin, or search for other "gallery" plugins. It looks like you want to add links to menus, and I think something like this will probably work for you too, with a lot less aggravation.

April 13, 2015 at 9:22 am #147721

carolacat
Member

Hi Jennifer,

Thanks for your message. I tried this too. If you see my menu page I have a gallery light box but unfortunately the "link to attachment page" setting isn't working. I'm not sure if it's a bug on my site or something to do with the theme. If you do get it working, let me know.

I have also opened up a different thread talking about this but I've gotten nowhere. If you find a way to make this work I will so so happy. Keep trying!
Carol

April 13, 2015 at 9:48 am #147725

jenniferpinkley
Participant

I created a test page and it's working great with Huge IT Portfolio. I'm not using "portfolio" pages at all, I deactivated all of those plugins that are supposed to create Portfolio functionality. I installed the Huge IT Portfolio plugin, went to the Portfolios option on the left side of the screen, created a new Portfolio, and added some images and links to existing blog posts. I used the Gallery/Content Pop-Up option for the display. Then I created a new Page, clicked the Add Portfolio Gallery option and inserted the Portfolio I just created. This is what I got: http://discoverhistorictravel.com/test-page-for-articles/ I actually like this a lot more than the old Portfolio options so I'm glad I decided to give up on fooling around with the code!

April 13, 2015 at 9:59 am #147731

jenniferpinkley
Participant

I'm not sure if my last reply showed up (I don't see it). I decided to deactivate all of the Portfolio page plugins except for Huge IT Portfolio. I created a new Portfolio option called Articles with that and added photos, descriptions, and URLs to existing blog posts. I used the Gallery/Content Pop-up option. Then I created a Page and used the Add Portfolio Gallery to add my new Article portfolio. I set my page display to full-length like the old Portfolios, but I like that you can also set it to see you right sidebar too. This is what I got: http://discoverhistorictravel.com/test-page-for-articles/ I actually like this more than the old Portfolio options so am going to stick with it. Try it again and see if it will work.
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