[Debra Scott]

if you code your homepage as such

<?php


remove_action( 'genesis_loop', 'genesis_do_loop' );
add_action( 'genesis_loop', 'pretty_home_loop_helper' );

global $more;
if($post == $posts[0]) $more = 0;
else $more = 1;
the_content();

/**
 * Add widget support for homepage. If no widgets active, display the default loop.
 *
 */
function pretty_home_loop_helper() {



		if ( is_active_sidebar( 'home' ) ) {
			echo '<div id="home">';
			dynamic_sidebar( 'home' );
			echo '</div><!-- end #home-->';
		}

	
	
	else {
		genesis_standard_loop();
	}
	
}

genesis();

then register it in functions.php

genesis_register_sidebar( array(
    'id'        => 'home',
    'name'      => 'HOME',
    'description'   => 'This is a sidebar that shows on homepage.',
) );

Now pull two featured post widgets into your new sidebar. The first will show 1 post full content

the second will show say 4 posts and offset by 1 post and also show full content.

this will now give you the layout you want.

For the styling go to view source on your page find the widget info for the first full post widget.

mine was #featured-post-6 so in my style.css I would put

#featured-post-6 {
background: #eee;
}

and so on..

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[Debra Scott]

yes you can update to 3.6 and it shouldnt break your theme.

You can read how to update your theme and about the new hooks here
http://www.studiopress.com/news/genesis-2-0-resources.htm

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[Debra Scott]

Great!

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[Debra Scott]

this tutorial will give you a starting point
http://wpmu.org/wordpress-custom-menu-icons/

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[Debra Scott]

You're very welcome!

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[Debra Scott]

the inov8tive theme will give you something similar to the last one.

http://www.innov8tive.eightcrazydesigns.com/category/side-dish/

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[Debra Scott]

could you provide a link to the post/page in question?

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[Debra Scott]

Yes you are!

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[Debra Scott]

try this

.comment-author-admin.bypostauthor,
.comment .bypostauthor {
background: #FFE9D6;
border-style: dotted;
border-width: 1px;
border-color: #FFBC82;
}

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[Debra Scott]

can you show me an example?

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[Debra Scott]

p targets the paragraph ie what you posted

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[Debra Scott]

try this

.comment .bypostauthor p {
color: #fff;
}
.comment .bypostauthor {
background: #000 !important;
color: #fff;
}

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[Debra Scott]

You could also try this tut on sticky footer
http://www.jonbellah.com/2012/12/genesis-sticky-footer/

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[Debra Scott]

it looks like you can add the slider via shortcode in which case you can do this,

put this code in functions.php

// Use shortcodes in text widgets.
add_filter('widget_text', 'do_shortcode');

then add your slider shortcode to a text widget in the featured widget section of your theme

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[Debra Scott]

change the 9 to an 8 or 7 or whatever puts it where you want.

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[Debra Scott]

style.css

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[Debra Scott]

find this and remove the opacity

#blog img,
#portfolio img {
	margin-bottom: 24px;
	margin-bottom: 1.5rem;
	opacity: 0.8;
}

#blog img:hover,
#portfolio img:hover {
	opacity: 1;
}

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[Debra Scott]

wp-includes and wp-admin are core WordPress folders. You never edit core.

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[Debra Scott]

if you remove home.php or rename it home1.php then your posts will show in full with image on both home page and subsequent pages.

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[Debra Scott]

you might have more luck with this question in this forum
http://www.studiopress.community/forum/internationalization/

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