Starting with Genesis as a foundation for new themes

[lmartins]

Hi guys,

Im new to Genesis and WordPress also. Have been watching a few online courses and im starting to get the picture about how to structure my project.
I've choose Genesis as the foundation for my themes, but im struggling a bit to understand the best way to use efficiently.

Some of my doubts are:
- If I want a custom homepage, should I just add a front-page.php file, do I loose anything in terms of Genesis features?
- What about files such as header.php, what's the best way to approach customisation to files like this?
- Do you know any good resources for questions like this for someone just starting to use the framework?

I have explored Studiopress' docs but i've found it a bit limited for this questions.

Any help deeply appreciated.

Thanks.

[Brad Dalton]

I would start with the Sample theme and look at the features in other SP themes which you can add in the sample theme.

You can build a unique child theme using code from any of the SP themes in the Sample theme.

Yes, create a front-page.php file which removes the loop
No header.php needed

Genesis uses action hooks and filters rather than hacking parent theme files in a child theme.

Code Snippets http://my.studiopress.com/snippets/

Visual Markup http://www.genesisframework.com/markup.php

Hooks http://genesistutorials.com/visual-hook-guide/

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Tutorials for StudioPress Themes.

[lmartins]

Thanks for the tips Brad.
I will choose a theme to buy and study it's code, maybe that can speed things up a bit.

The other resources i've already seen but will have a second look into it.

Thanks again.

[Brad Dalton]

Genesis Sample child theme

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Tutorials for StudioPress Themes.

[lmartins]

Cool, thanks. Although im still looking into ways for customising the markup in some areas while keeping Genesis functionality, for example in the header.

[Brad Dalton]

What do you want to do specifically in the header?

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Tutorials for StudioPress Themes.

[lmartins]

Sometimes I need to customize the markup of the header and/or include static components in there. Probably I can use hooks for the latter but I am not finding any info on how to do that.

Please excuse the questions avalanche...

[Brad Dalton]

It depends on what you want to do.

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Tutorials for StudioPress Themes.

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