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@Summer

http://genesistheme.com/changelog/

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My thoughts on grid.io is that it's been in development for quite some time and continues to go past projected release dates - yet folks continue to put their money into pre-purchases. I didn't see a whole slew of Google engineers in their team - maybe one person who was in on developing ad-sense. And Artificial Intelligence is sorely abused - a form that sends email and directs to a thank you page could also be deemed AI.

What the grid represents is "easy" - and the people that want "easy" are more often than not high maintenance clients. I prefer the clients who are prepared to work for a living ... so the grid is skimming off the surface for me.

The grid in essence only paints a pretty picture - most of the time. Developers who only build pretty sites will have competition with the grid. Developers who build practical sites won't.

Keep up with learning the development skills - I've already had contracts to fix or better design some of the current "competitor" services' sites. And Genesis and WordPress are not going away - they're still the basis of very practical websites ... which are also often pretty 🙂

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Hi, Beth,

Wrap your style rules in a media query:

@media all and (min-width: 1100px) {

}

The min width means the rules won't apply in screen widths below 1100px. Adjust according to your needs.

@media all and (min-width: 1100px) {
    body .wrap {
         max-width: 1100px;
    }
}

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Hi, Belinda,

Strangely enough, I like the element inspector of Internet Explorer 11. It's quick and easy to find and copy what I need. Chrome and Firefox are good, too, but my personal preference for ease is IE.

For inspecting and designing I like Microthemer: http://themeover.com/
They have a trial version to test but you can double click and inspect elements and apply styles in a WYSIWYG interface. I'm not an affiliate - just a fan, same as with Genesis 🙂

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Hi, GeekDom,

I found I learned best just by doing. I had my own practice site - still do 🙂 - for testing edits and figuring out solutions.

Google is your friend because guaranteed anything you face has already been faced and posted somewhere.

Get involved with the forums and try solving people's questions and posting answers. It's like visiting another country - just by being there and interacting before long you're speaking the language.

Good luck!

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Hi, chacha,

This works very well: http://themeover.com/

They have a free Lite version that can be tested - all styles are separate from the actual child theme. It uses the child theme but doesn't change it directly.

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Hi, braddalton,

Good point to notice - this was from one site.

To anyone reading: where the image src is echoed adjust width and class to what's needed.

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Hi, swc,

This works for me in the theme functions.php

//--> DEFAULT FEATURED IMAGE
add_filter( 'genesis_pre_get_image', 'default_featured_image_when_not_set', 10, 1 );
function default_featured_image_when_not_set( $post ) {
if ( '' != get_the_post_thumbnail() ) :
    return $post;
else: 
   echo '<img src="//path/to/image.png" width="150" class="alignleft" />';
endif;
}

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How about this in your style rules?

p.comment-meta .comment-time {
display: none;
}

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I've had success using Advanced Custom Fields: https://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-custom-fields/

I build the page with divs then enter the form values where they're to display. Client just edits by changing form fields, and they do not touch the editing window.

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Hi, Remco,

Maybe make the rule important, too:

color: transparent !important;

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Hi, ckclarke,

Try this:

h1.site-title {
white-space: nowrap;
overflow: visible; /* you might not need the overflow rule */
}
.site-title a, .site-title a:visited {
color: #39556f !important;
font-weight: 500; /* 600 or 700 for bolder */
}

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Hi, Kim,

Get assertive 🙂

.mejs-container {
margin: 0 auto !important;
}
p.powerpress_links powerpress_links_m4a {
text-align: center !important;
}

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Hi, Neb,

Add to your stylesheet:

.site-header {
max-width: 1140px;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
}

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Hi, rbrown08,

Do you have an active social media plugin on your site? If so, try disabling it to see if the error stops.

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Glad you got it - I wasn't thinking screen width at first - David was 🙂

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You're welcome - you may need to reduce the padding-left and padding-right on .site-inner - in IE I just noticed the sidebar drops below the content area ... maybe 3.2em or a bit less

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Hi, gadfly1974,

Try this:

.site-container {
    padding-top: 0px;
    padding-left: 0px;
    padding-right: 0px;
}
.site-inner {
    padding-left: 3.6em;
    padding-right: 3.6em;
}

If needed use !important;

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Hi, keithkorneluk,

This works nicely: https://wordpress.org/plugins/page-scroll-to-id/

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