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October 31, 2015 at 9:04 am in reply to: How to add Google Analytics to the Executive Pro Child Theme #169720jonahMember
Thanks very much Susan,
I was down the rabbit hole for a while initially looking at the various plugins that are available for this. Wanting to avoid touching any php or css etc but also not realising that the solution was in my dashboard already.
Code has now been pasted about 12 hours ago and now just waiting for it to propagate and start working.
Thanks again.
jonahMemberThanks for all your help guys, much appreciated. Due to my limited understanding to date, much of what is written may as well be in a foreign language initially but got there in the end.
As it turns out, when creating the Top Nav Menu in the first place it is far simpler to create the page and name it whatever I intend the page heading to be (i.e. Approved Code of Practice L117 - Rider Operated Lift Trucks) ...........then alter the navigation label to set the menu title as ACOP L117. I get it. I got it. I did it. Cheers.
Been watching too many long winded YouTube tutorials that do it in an arse about face way. Never seen the nav label being used like that and not sure what I was doing but it must have been wrong. All sorted now and at least I didn't wreck my website in the process this time.
Also no need for the Genesis Title Toggle plugin. I did install and use it and thought it was so simple and great but once I figured out the above it seems redundant for my purposes, which is a bonus really as I think I'm currently overloaded with too many of those shiny little plugins and at this time I still don't know how many of them actually assist me.....if at all. Another learning experience to come with those I think.
Cheers guys
Jonah
jonahMemberThanks wyurman.
You confused me with 'changing the navigation label'. In my theme this changes both the page title AND the menu title at the same time to the same thing so confused as to your explanation.
Deleting ACOP L117 from the title bar and adding it to navigation label confused me further as by doing that simply deletes the type from the sub menu and leaves me with out a slug for SEO.
Plugin or CSS?
Thanks anyway
Jonah
jonahMemberThanks Summer.
I understood that it was the page title that I was generating and how I was generating it.
What I wanted to know was if/how to stop it from appearing where it appears and if by doing so it affected the SEO value given that it is a page title and important for SEO.
Which leads me back to my original post of either using a plugin such as genesis title toggle or to changing CSS/php.
Does using the plugin alter the SEO values?
Is it best to use css/php?If a plugin alters SEO then I could use a step by step on going the CSS/php route.
Cheers
Jonah
jonahMemberThanks Summer.
Didn't think it was going to be this confusing.
This is an example of what I am asking:-
I have created a Menu titled Resources.
From that Resources Menu I have multiple sub menus that drop from it.
One is 'HASWA 1974'.
One is 'ACOP L117'.
I have more that drop down that are also abbreviated.Using the ACOP L117 sub menu as an example this is what that page looks like at the top once it is opened:-
ACOP L177
ACOP L117 – Approved Code of Practice L117 – Rider Operated Lift Trucks
The phrase 'ACOP L117' is duplicated instantly into the top left hand corner of the page and becomes the page heading. I don't want it showing there at all as the page heading.
Altering the original page that I used to create that sub menu (ACOP L117) in the first place simply alters that phrase to something else, which in turn alters the sub menu title. I don't want to alter the sub menu title of ACOP L117.
What I want to do is stop it from showing up at the top of the page all together. Perhaps hiding it or doing away with it?
Can it be done?
Is it best to use a plugin to do that or CSS/php?
If it can be done, will it affect the SEO value as it is a title?Cheers
Jonah
jonahMemberThanks for your reply.
Not sure I fully understand what you are saying though as changing the navigation label field alters the name of the menu item and I don’t want to do that. I am happy with the menu item name.
I basically have this:-
My Top Nav Menu is this:- Home – Courses – Resources – Testimonials – Contact Us
When selecting ‘Resources’ you get a dropdown box that says ‘HASWA 1974’, which fits perfect for a dropdown box.
However, when you then select HASWA 1974 from the dropdown menu it opens a page that has HASWA 1974 plastered across the top of it. Looks ugly and I don’t want it to say HASWA 1974 I want my page title/heading to say ‘Forklift Training and the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974’
However, when I try to alter HASWA 1974 by editing the page, it also alters the Nav menu from HSAWA 1974 to ‘Forklift Training and the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974’, which is too long for a nav menu heading.
How do I prevent the HASWA 1974 even showing up in the first place?
If I can prevent this from showing up, does it affect SEO? It is after all my ‘page title’ as determined by the nav menu set up which goes a great way in aiding SEO.
If I can prevent this from showing up, should I use a plugin or change CSS/php?
Hope that makes more sense.
Cheers
Jonah
jonahMemberThank you Anita, Appreciate your time and will certainly look at the plugin your suggest.
What I meant by 'preloaded' had more to do with the function.php and the style .css being loaded already into the child theme. I wasn't sure if it was or if I needed to go through the FTP route to do it myself and watching too many video tutorials has frazzled my brain a little.
Thanks again.
Cheers
Jonah
jonahMemberThank you Andrea, that does help greatly. FYI, I have been over to Brad Daltons site and read some of his tips/tricks here too but needed to clarify the FTP issue before I jumped in.
Thanks again, very much appreciated.
Cheers
Jonah
jonahMemberIt looks incomplete to me but that is probably down to your set up process rather than an issue with download/upload of theme. It's all new to me but having very recently begun the exact same set up as you it is fresh in my mind.
It looks to me like you have not been through the 'widgets' set up correctly for all of the following areas..
Header Right
Home Slider
Home Top Section
Home Call To Action
Home Middle
Footer x 3Not sure what you have done with the template/demo images as they should be included unless you have deleted them?
You are missing the Home - Call to action section.
You are incomplete with the Home Middle.June 14, 2014 at 8:15 pm in reply to: Finding a theme, framework that matches/fits theme want list #109820jonahMemberHi
I'm no expert at doing anything that you require but thought I'd point you towards a few tools that I used to determine the theme I wanted and then cross referenced it with what is already in use by using http://www.wpbyexample.com and http://www.wpthemedetector.com. Not sure if that helps.
cheers
Jonah
jonahMemberSorry. Can you elaborate on 'installing the .zip file into your WordPress themes folder'?
Have I not done that already by activating it in WordPress or is this an additional action to be taken?
Do I not need to rename the enterprise pro file to 'genesis child theme' somewhere?
Cheers
Jonah
jonahMemberThank you nunotmp for your prompt reply. Very much appreciated.
Firstly I think I need to start again as I renamed the genesis.2.02 file on my desktop to genesis framework.2.02. and I believe I should not have done that.
I am not sure at this stage what changes I may or may not make. Who knows. Wanted to use a child theme just in case I do and then need to update as time goes on.
What did confuse me is this guidance given in the StudioPress tutorial guide-
"Please note that in order to use a child theme, you will also be required to have the Genesis parent theme installed in the wp-content/themes directory on your server".
Does this not mean that I need to add something to Hostgator?
Cheers
Jonah
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