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chalfant:
IE11 issues aside, I can vouch for how easy it is the use Genesis Extender as a "non-coder". Where your skills as a coder may fail, their tutorials and help desk will fill in. Mostly it's point and click.
jhguynnMemberThis reply has been marked as private.November 16, 2013 at 10:07 am in reply to: Exceutive Pro – how to trigger responsive adjustments #73413jhguynnMemberOkay, I answered my own question. The answer lies in tweaking the media queries in style.css. I needed to add css statements for 'home-bottom' in all the appropriate places, and presto!
jhguynnMembernutsandbolts: Thanks, that clears it up.
jhguynnMemberNutsandbolts,
You said the following: "child themes never update, making your changes to style.css perfectly safe".
Yet I note that many of the child themes are currently being updated, i.e. upgraded to HTML5. e.g. Magazine --> Magazine Pro. Isn't it true that changes made to style.css will be lost if someone using an older child theme version upgrades to the HTML5 version of the same theme?
TaiChiBetts: Another point to consider: what if you want to change themes for a website already well under way? If you keep all your broad customizations in a separate place, such as in Genesis Extender, they'll be retained when you switch themes. CSS changes that relate only to the theme itself should be kept with the theme of course, in its own style.css doc.
jhguynnMembernutsandbolts: Thanks for the "nerdy" response - very helpful indeed. I notice that W3 Total cache has been downloaded 2.8M times, WP Super Cache has been downloaded 5.1M times. I'll be giving WP Super Cache a try.
jhguynnMemberMarcy, thanks. That clears it up for me.
November 2, 2013 at 10:06 am in reply to: Executive Pro – responsive slider with sticky posts? #70510jhguynnMemberblueivorycreative: I thought of using a custom category, but then it would also appear in a list of categories. I prefer Brad's suggestion to use post ID's. You can still update your blog without repopulating the slider with newer posts.
jhguynnMemberThis plugin looks awesome, glad I stumbled across this post. Curious why only 827 downloads.
jhguynnMemberAndrea (nutsandbolts):
Thanks for your recommendation re: Symple Shortcodes. I checked it out and really like it, especially for the social icons, accordion, toggle, and tabs. I notice this is an unsupported free plugin. I was wondering if you know how to modify the shortcode for accordion so a page opens with all elements closed, instead of with the first element open? It would also be nice to be able to configure the toggle so that when one element is opened it closes another element already open, i.e. so that only one element is open at a time.
Any ideAs how to do this?, or where i can turn for help? Thanks.
jhguynnMemberThanks. That's what I was looking for. I have Genesis Extender already, so I'm good to go.
jhguynnMemberJohn: I want to encourage you (and other readers) to also consider using a dedicated mobile theme for hand-held device users. A simple plugin can direct the user appropriately (to either mobile site or full site), and there are ways to give the hand-held device user the option to view the full site (if they want). Here's the reasoning:
Optimizing the user experience is important to Google, so it's important to me. Check.
Note, however, that hand-held device users typically have different needs than a pc or tablet user,for whom the browsing experience is entirely different. This means serving up entirely different content, not just the same conetn in an optimized way. If you're in your car on the way to a restaurant and you look up their site on an iPhone, you basically want (1) phone number, (2) directions, or (3) reviews. Why not make that immediately accessible on the frontpage of the mobile site? You wouldn't necessarily do this on the full site.
So yes, I care what Google wants. But I care more whether or not the user responds to my site in a way that makes sense. (are they calling? are they responding to call to action?) More than 1 click on a hand-held device is too much.
It does mean more work: i.e. designing 2 separate sites. But consider this: when I expanded one website into 2 versions (full and mobile), my bounce rate for the main site got cut in half, page views and time on site tripled, and the stats for the mobile site were pretty much identical to the full site. Beat that with a stick!
Anyway, those are my thoughts.
jhguynnMemberComputerkitten: Be aware that the navigation items have css in two places in your style sheet: (1) under the section for navigation and (2) under the section for theme colors. Since the styles "cascade", if you change something in the navigation section but not in the theme color section, you may not see the changes. Pretty sure you only need to mess with the theme color section of your targeted class is in both places.
jhguynnMemberLooks like you're going about this in the most pure way (manually coding what will become a starting template for future sites). But I just want to make sure you're aware of the Genesis Simple Edits plugin. Makes this easy as pie.
jhguynnMemberJohn:
Pretty sure the slider has to be responsive.
jhguynnMemberJohn:
Bear in mind, Genesis Extender is a plugin, so you need an existing child theme as a starting point. Dynamik Website Builder is a theme, however, so every time you use it your building a new child theme. Cobalt apps even has a marketplace for themes compatible with Genesis / Dynamik.
jhguynnMemberJohn:
I don't know the answer to your question about making a theme responsive. However, If you're patient, I have a hunch that all Studiopress themes will eventually be re-issued as HTML5 responsive themes. I.e. Freelance Pro, Agentpress Pro, etc.
You asked about which responsive themes might work for you? Your design skills look pretty good (judging by the site you built), so I suppose you could use a lot of the Studiopress themes as a starting point.
Dynamik Webiste Builder (theme) and Genesis Extender (plugin) by http://www.cobaltapps.com/ might also be a good place to start, or at least help you customize the theme you choose.
Regards, Jeff.
jhguynnMemberCarrie: Spectacular answers to my questions. Very helpful. Thanks!
jhguynnMemberSorry, site being developed offline. Not yet live. No live link to provide yet.
jhguynnMemberI'm using pages on my site as sales pages for various products. A title on these pages gets in the way. The Blog associated with the site supports and directs traffic to the sales pages. Blog pages will have titles.
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