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For a color change you need the property :hover on the element in css. Probably the h2 elements you indicate are in fact h2 a (link tags inside h2 tags)

That kind of color changing is only functional if the element is a link. Otherwise it just makes the user think something will happen when clicking the element, while in fact nothing happens.

To inspect elements use Firebug with Firefox or "Inspect element" when right clicking the element in Crome .

Good luck...

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@aldash Nice it helped you out... makes me feel better about the time I spend before I found the Click & Drag solution.

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A quick check with the html validation shows: over 200 errors, if you check the list towards the end you will see there are several unclosed divs, indicating that there are errors in your templates or other places where you insert code.

<a href="http://validator.w3.org/check?verbose=1&uri=http%3A%2F%2Ffindinghomeonline.com%2F">http://validator.w3.org/check?verbose=1&uri=http%3A%2F%2Ffindinghomeonline.com%2F</a&gt;

over 200 errors, if you check the list towards the end you will see there are several unclosed divs, indicating that there are errors in you templates.

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If its just for a few pages, why not simply hide the widgets with something like this in your css file:

<div class="cssRule cssEditableRule insertInto editGroup " role="presentation">
<div class="cssHead focusRow " role="listitem">.postid-177 #footer-widgeted , .postid-178 #footer-widgeted{</div>
<div class=" " role="group">
<div class="cssPropertyListBox " role="listbox">
<div class="cssProp focusRow editGroup " role="option">    display: none;</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class=" editable insertBefore " role="presentation">}</div>
<div class=" editable insertBefore " role="presentation">

If you are on the page you want to have the widgets hidden on, you can check the body class to see which id you need to use.

Not elegant, but efficient. But I will copy Briancreatives snippet for future use 🙂

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Okay, I did a fresh install of 3.5, then activated the sample child theme and installed a fresh copy of the plugin from wordpress.org/plugins.

So it is the only active plugin. In config I set debug to true and now it shows me a notice below the Post -Type selection drop-down:

Notice: attribute_escape is deprecated since version 2.8! Use esc_attr() instead. in /home/users/xxxxx/webtaurus.nl/fresh/wp-includes/functions.php on line 2824

The selection boxes drop-downs for Select include/exclude and Content Type (show content/excerpt) behave like they are in a game... when you click the arrow that makes the drop down list appear, you see the list of options, but when you move the mouse to make the selection, the options-drop-down closes before you have been able to make a choice.

The game element is that sometimes, if you are fast enough, you can make a selection... Or repeating the process a few times helps rather sometimes as well.

Oké, while fiddling about I now find that it will work, when you do it like click & drag. So click the dropdown arrow and keep the mousebutton pressed and then release it after the desired option is highlighted.

The dropdown for "Order By" (title, parent, etc.) does not need this behavior.. there you can just click and then click again to select. In fact after clicking to open the dropdown, it will show you the list and does not close until you click it again (or anywhere next to it).

Okay, that took a bit of time to find the variables but there it is 🙂 Can send you logins if you want to check...

 

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None of the plugins I use is on a troubled list. And I did clearly state that I disabled all except the Amplified... as its often incompatibility issues. I also tested on different browsers and on Win8, Win7 and OSX. So far on all the system I got the same results.

So for now, still trying to find the variable 🙂

 

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You can use http://www.responsinator.com/

And as Netviper stated: http://chrispederick.com/work/web-developer/ has created a nice addon for Chrome and Firefox When using FireFox and the addon select "resize"and then select "view responsive layouts"

 

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Hi David,

When starting with Genesis I found 9 out of 10 times the fastest way is/was just to select the theme which is closest to your required layout and start from there.

Most sites you will not enter a line of html for. Your css file and the themes functions.php are the first you need to be able to work with... and that should keep you busy for a while.  Unfortunately for you, most changes do require a bit of php.

I learned a lot from the (old) forum and of course Bill Erickson and Nick the ubergeek and all the other fine coders on the forum. (I am still not convinced the new forum will turn out as good as the former)

Good luck.

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Unfortunately the ticket support system makes the whole process "closed"  Where as the forum is transparent... I can see just how fast you guys are in giving support... without ever asking a question.

The search on the old forum solved the majority of my questions without having to bother the mods. And often in the meantime gave me ideas on how to improve things that I was doing by just reading the questions and answers.

"This forum is not meant for support – rather discussion about WordPress, design and the likes."  I have seen you and Nick write that... but I really do not think users are interpreting it that way. And if they do it will be a great loss.
Genesis changes the way we use WordPress quite a lot and its very useful to be able to be part of a specialized forum (also for the sense of community which we and StudioPress can benefit from)

I would be happy with a 10% discount instead of 25% if that would mean maintaining the quality of the forum... The themes are very good value for money as it is.

 

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@Jon Weiss - You should check your website on a browser resolution 1024 and 1240 width (eg iPad landscape and others) you menu gets displayed over 2 rows and the text in the footer overlaps the button (on the call to action) Executive theme does that 🙂

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Looks good... You might want to check the Logo positioning - any browser width under 1140px but larger then 600px now cuts of the logo on the left hand side.

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Nice going Seth.. I like the "sidebar" of the Imageink sets it apart from other websites...
Checked out your own site as well and it gave me a few ideas for the content of my own website redesign that I am wrapping up at the moment.. Thanks for that.
Grtz.  Henk

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I second the motion too 🙂 central place for - The rest of the world - will be useful

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@NicktheGeek Very surprised you abandoned Firebug... you've signature advocated that for as long as I have seen you on the 'old'  forum.

I still stick to the Firefox - Firebug combo as I feel way to snug in there.. But I will definitely check Chrome again (which is open all day on the second screen  anyway) While making a website I usually have Firefox, Chrome and Safari (all on windows) open with the site on it. Backend work in Firefox and the rest to see the site as a non logged in user. Whenever there is a difference in css rendering its easier to solve if you notice it when it occurs instead of hunting for it later on...
What I find very helpful is that I use 2  24" monitors of which 1 is in portrait orientation.. so 1200 x 1920px It gives such a good view of a complete website when seeing it the portrait.

Now with the responsive themes mostly keep the site on iPad and Android phone as well . And lately run a Virtual Box with Windows 8 an IE 10)
Nowadays the hardware is so fast that the differences in speed between the browsers is not important anymore. (at least on my work machine)

The good old Webdeveloper plugin from Chris Pendrick (FF) has a nice "view responsive layouts" button in the Resize section that comes in very handy these days..

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Just ran into a forum post that illustrates the low content density very well...
http://www.studiopress.community/topic/adding-new-widget-area-agency-theme/

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I was able to solve a similar situation once with whats described here...
http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/62715/blog-page-not-loading-style-sheet-in-ie9

Could you also not consider putting the form on the page instead of the sidebar, and would that solve the issue ? The current location of the form will be troublesome on small screens anyway...

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I deliver most websites with the plugin "Search Everything" enabled (with search term highlighting in the results) Which would be fine for the size that the new Forum is now, but I don't know if it works as well on a large site, what the forum should again become...

Also the Relevanssi Plugin seems to do a good job. Just used it on 1 website, so I would not be able to give you a well funded opinion.  Their premium features look good also.

A really nice search would open a window and have a 2 boxes - one for the terms to include and another one  for the terms to exclude and a simple selection of which part of the website to search.

Results should display much like on the 'old'  forum similar to a category display, showing 400 - 500 characters of each relevant post... Even better would be if it just shows the part of the post(s) where the search terms occur.

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For me the success of the forum will depend a lot on the search function... Just tested by grabbing a few random words and found that I only get results when it is a word from the title of the post... That is not very promising

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Hi Guys,  here I am tuned to the next episode of the StudioPress Saga ... lets hope this will be as good as the ride so far.

One thing that I increasingly observe in a lot of websites in the last 6 months  is the way they are handled on a "normal" display. Somehow my 1920x1200 screen is containing less and less information, and my scroll button is working overtime. On other sites that have made similar transitions I see a lot of "power users" who spend a great part of  their days behind 1 or more regular displays complaining about the low information density of the 'modern' site layouts.

Would it be feasible to accommodate those users by implementing the possible use of a  custom stylesheet or some other mechanism to make it possible for a user to make his/her own decisions about the amount of info you get presented....

I realize we do need to be aware of touch and other devices, but we should also still not forget about regular Joe behind his desktop monitor. Its only a few years ago that we were able/required to put a whole website into the whitespace that you see in 2 posts on this forum 🙂

And now I realize I miss the "preview post" before submitting... (you can go to the full screen editing mode, but thats not the same.. and its very easy to incidentally use the back button on you keyboard and loose your whole post)

Greetz, Henk

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