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December 19, 2015 at 6:09 pm #174362Jeffrey1529Member
Just started building my first Genesis (Education Pro child theme) site, and I have a question regarding the editing of text widgets.
It seems in Genesis the content of a text widget is created/edited directly within the Appearance > Widgets page, in the form of HTML. This makes it impossible for the client (who often does not know HTML) to style the text (bold, italic, links, etc.), and the client must instead rely on the designer to make any changes/updates to all widget content ...
In other frameworks I've used extensively (iThemes Builder, etc.) text widget content is instead created in a dedicated widget-editing page nearly identical to a typical Page/Post editing page, with the same styling toolbar as any Page/Post (Bold, Italic; Visual, Text views, etc.). After saving, this named widget content is then dragged into the appropriate widget area within the Widgets page.
Does Genesis or any of its child themes offer such a provision for easy CMS-style widget-content editing by non-coders?
December 19, 2015 at 8:44 pm #174367Victor FontModeratorStudio Press themes uses the standard WordPress widget editor for home page content. If you want to use a page builder plugin you'll need to create a static home page.
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Have you requested your free website audit yet?December 19, 2015 at 11:36 pm #174379SummerMemberJeffrey,
there are a couple of plugins that add the rich text editor to widgets for content editing, so check out and play with a few, see which one you like best.
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Slice of SciFi | Writers, After DarkDecember 20, 2015 at 11:48 am #174402Jeffrey1529MemberGreat, thanks.
So far, I'm enjoying working with Genesis, but this seems like a pretty fundamental oversight or decision on the part of the Genesis developers, effectively disabling the core CMS capabilities of WordPress for some sizable portions of the final site design for clients who cannot use HTML ...
Will check into some third-party plugins.
Thanks for the answers!
December 20, 2015 at 1:17 pm #174409SummerMemberThe default text widget is a WordPress thing, not a Genesis thing, and it's plain text by design, so you may have to send your complaints about that to the WordPress core development team instead of here 🙂
From https://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Widgets
The Text Widget is one of the most commonly used WordPress Widgets that comes with every WordPress installation. It allows users to add text, video, images, custom lists, and more to their WordPress sites.
It has never had a rich text editor like for posts and pages.
WordPress / Genesis Site Design & Troubleshooting: A Touch of Summer | @SummerWebDesign
Slice of SciFi | Writers, After DarkDecember 20, 2015 at 3:25 pm #174419Jeffrey1529MemberSummer, as I say, I'm new to Genesis so I wondered whether I was overlooking something.
According to the WP link you kindly provided and StudioPress' setup guide, there is in fact no way for users/clients not fluent in HTML to style text or even, as you say, to "add video, images, custom lists, and more".
I have my complaints with iThemes' Builder, but their integrated rich text editor for text widgets is a helpful tool for clients who do not use HTML, and I mistakenly assumed Genesis had it too.
Thanks again!
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