Portfolio Structure

[jbculp]

Basic question. I think the built-in Portfolio features of Minimum-pro will serve my needs for a specific task but I've not set up a portfolio in Genesis and I can't find a help page for the overall structure/design for Portfolios. So for the big picture view, can someone tell me please how to set up a portfolio. Yes I see the portfolio link and can create a page there. Does that portfolio need all the items inserted or does it need to be imbedded into a true page/post. I have seen reference to Genesis having a custom post type of Portfolio but can find no place where that would be put into play.

So Question #1 is just this, what is the design, structure and entry workflow for a portfolio.

#2. Can a portfolio have more than one level? In all the Genesis Theme demo's each image on the portfolio page link back to a single item. Can I have an image serve as a cover image that links to a page/post with say Two portfolio's?

Thanks all
JohnC

[Sridhar Katakam]

Portfolio is a built-in CPT (Custom Post Type) which comes with this theme. To add new items, go to Portfolio > Add New. You might want to enter body and set a Featured Image for each CPT entry. Each entry will have its own URL just like a Page or Post in WP. Ex.: http://site.com/portfolio/psd-to-wp/. The CPT archive page that lists all entries will be at http://site.com/portfolio/. This listing page will show the entries in 2 columns with entry title and post thumbnail appearing below the title for each entry.

Regarding your question 2, one workaround is to manually put in the details of two sub-portfolios in the body of CPT entry. You can either use the built-in Genesis columns shortcode to show in columns or perhaps use [gallery] shortcode with each image linking to a custom detail page.

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[jbculp]

Thank You Sridhar. You are always thorough. I appreciate it.

I will give this a test tonight. First time using a custom post type so should be a fun time!

John C

ps also, thanks for the help on that minimum-pro header image. I referenced your blog in a followup to the topic here in this forum.

[jbculp]

Sridhar,

I gave the gallery shortcode a try and this has real possibilities for a multi-level portfolio. Try as I might however I can't get a pesky border to go away. I've walked up and down the html with firebug and modified, added etc. until I'm about to pull my hair out... can't get it. Firebug keeps referring to a CSS code that isn't in the style.css but it gives the name of the post. So I'm not sure where it is coming from. When I repeat that style in my own style.css #gallery-1 img it makes no difference. Have you run into this before?

[Sridhar Katakam]

Can you provide the URL where the problem can be seen?

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[jbculp]

Well I've managed to mess up the slugs in all my testing but the initial two screens work. I'll figure out how to fix these now.

[Sridhar Katakam]

don't see the URL.

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[jbculp]

Sorry. bollixed that up. Here ya go.

Test Site - Portfolio

From the portfolio you'll see two entries. Each of them goes to an individual portfolio post that has the gallery short code in play. The gray box around the frames is the issue.

Thanks!

ps. Fixed my permalink issue

[Sridhar Katakam]

Add the following at the end of child theme's style.css (WP dashboard -> Appearance -> Editor):

#gallery-1 img {
    border: none !important;
}

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[jbculp]

I tried that a zillion times but WITHOUT the !important; let me give it a shot.

Thanks yet again.

[jbculp]

Worked like a charm. Guess !important is indeed Important. Pun intended. THANK YOU

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