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Jason WeberMember
Yes, Tom; apparently, I was looking at the wrong link.
Jason WeberMemberOkay, Ben, well, I'm not here to argue if that's your objective. I was merely telling the truth; other than Sixteen Nine, 8 or so months ago, Studiopress hasn't put out a child theme in about a year. What's wrong with being truthful?
And I'd have to object to a comment you made, Ben. If you looked at the site linked by the original poster, Jennifer, you'd see he's running Thesis. But hey, have at it.
I'm aware of Rebecca and live near her here in Detroit, Michigan, but am not a competitor. I don't run a full-time SEO business anymore; I choose clients carefully and selectively, so I can offer my full devotion as I build my nonprofit organization.
I'm also aware of Eric's strengths at Cobalt. As far are not being optimized, however, I would disagree with you on that one -- depending on what you mean by "optimized". Optimized for search marketing purposes? Optimized for speed? Optimized for mobile devices? Optimized for ___ type of performance? "Optimized" is a vague term.
I wouldn't consider Dynamik a "page builder" (a-la Visual Composer), which does create a lot of divs and spans and junk code. It's a full-fledged Genesis child theme; it's just that simple. Likewise, Extender isn't a "page builder" either that adds divs and spans; you still negotiate WordPress posts and pages as normal without all those page-building buttons that create the cluttered code. Extender merely extends the functionality of the Genesis Framework.
Being knowledgeable in php, html5, etc., server performance and optimization is all wonderful. But I wouldn't mislead the original poster, Jennifer.
In almost all cases, the ultimate objective is not merely to create a wonderful site, but to ensure the client can negotiate his or her site so it's easily maintained by the client themselves and they don't have to rely on us to continually charge them to service or upgrade their site.
Jason WeberMemberLiftoff:
I shouldn't really say Gardner has "stopped" developing child themes; it's just that there isn't a constant stream of them being developed, and I don't think Brian would argue that. So that's partly just my personal frustration.
As a result, however, there are an abundance of 3rd parties developing Genesis child themes, so there is still a myriad of Genesis child themes out there. I cannot say the same about Thesis.
Genesis child themes are html5, responsive / fluid, and more than anything, the advantage that's obvious, is that there is a much larger community than Thesis. As a result, you have a gazillion plugins designed specifically for Genesis, and a company (Cobalt Apps) that designs exclusively for Genesis. I use Cobalt's Genesis Extender whenever I develop a site that is not using Cobalt's own Genesis child theme, Dynamik.
With a solid Genesis child theme and the Genesis Extender, you can pretty much create whatever the client wants or needs, with the help of plugins of course. Genesis Extender adds a number of options, including the ability to have your own fully-widgetized (you don't have to create a page) homepage with a variety of layout options, all kinds of custom image sizes, custom CSS, custom functions, custom hooks, and more. As mentioned, I use Extender on every site I don't develop on Dynamik.
So perhaps that's the reason Studiopress hasn't put out any child themes in recent months; they're satisfied with what's out there. But, as intimated, other companies are creating them too. One of the things I like about Studiopress is that you can purchase all their child themes in one lump, which most developers do, so you have all child themes at your fingertips.
When it comes down to the nitty-gritty, however, and really tailoring your site to how you envision it, you'll simply need a developer who has the time to listen to your needs and optimize your site accordingly based on a variety of factors, including (well-programmed) plugins.
Jason WeberMemberLiftoff:
The site you referenced is not using the Genesis Framework and Genesis child theme. He is using Thesis.
I would highly recommend using Genesis over Thesis, although I am disappointed that Brian has stopped putting out child themes on Studiopress.
Nevertheless, I don't think there's a comparison. Stick with Genesis and a robust child theme that suits your purposes.
You can contact me at my WordPress + SEO Firm, NetPrezence LLC if you have any questions.
Jason WeberMemberSambell, what do you mean?
Your post titles do link to their respective post pages.
Jason WeberMemberJason WeberMemberHi Katharina.
It appears that you don't necessarily want a header image, but rather an image below your primary navigation.
I have Generate Pro, but for sake of veracity, I didn't take the time to test this yet. To accomplish what you're looking for, however, this should do the trick:
- Install the Responsive Image Widget WordPress plugin
- Go to Appearances >> Widgets
- Drag a "Responsive Image Widget" into your Home - Featured Widget Area
- Upload the image you'd like placed in there
- Take note of the image dimensions (width and height)
- Using a calculator, use division to calculate height/width; you'll get a decimal number
- So if your image is 1000px width x 500px height, the number will be .5
- For the Percentage area inside the Responsive Image Widget, put it at 50% (or whatever number you come up with)
- In the link area, put the hyperlink in there
Voila! You're done. Now you have a fluid image just below your primary navigation that will adjust its width and height accordingly at different screen resolutions and different devices.
Best of luck!
Jason WeberMemberVisual Composer is popular; I get it. From an SEO standpoint, it adds all kinds of div and span tags, makes the code messy ... adds to page load times.
I'm just not a big fan of page builders.
With Genesis Extender, you can do a lot of things like create a static homepage with a ton of different looks -- without creating a page. You can have a ton of different custom image sizes. You'll have custom hooks, functions, css, etc. ...
I just think it's a great tool for all Genesis users.
Jason WeberMemberThere will be no ill effects from moving over to SSL, Nists. There may be a slight increase in page load times -- especially initially, but also a slight bump in your search optimization with time.
The main thing you'll want to include in your htaccess is:
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} !^443$ RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R,L]
And this will serve your site over your transport layer security, although WordPress likes when you add this to your wp-config.php:
define('FORCE_SSL_ADMIN', true);
You can use the main plugin called WordPress HTTPS that many still use to this day, although it's not 100% necessary. This plugin has given some people headaches, but many others swear by it to this day. You can test it out.
I would, however, highly recommend you install two plugins:
- SSL Insecure Content Fixer
- Search and Replace
This will ensure that if you have any insecure elements that begin with http instead of https, they will not affect your transport layer security.
Simply change all http://example.com links to https://example.com to make sure your internal links (images, etc.) comport with your transport layer security.
You'll want to change your Site URL and Home URL (in your WordPress dashboard settings) over to the https:// when you're ready. If you're not prudent about this, you can lock yourself out of your site.
If this happens, go to your web host's cPanel (or whatever you use) and log into phpmyadmin. Find your database. Go to the _options table. Simply edit your database entry for the first two items -- Site URL and Home URL back to http.
Fiddle around with things; you'll get used to it. But please do add those two necessary plugins, and consider the first one I mentioned. In short time, you'll be quite adept at handling all things SSL-related, and you'll be better off for it.
Jason WeberMemberThere will be no ill effects from moving over to SSL, Nists. There may be a slight increase in page load times -- especially initially, but also a slight bump in your search optimization with time.
The main thing you'll want to include in your htaccess is:
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} !^443$ RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R,L]
And this will serve your site over your transport layer security, although WordPress likes when you add this to your wp-config.php:
define('FORCE_SSL_ADMIN', true);
You can use the main plugin called WordPress HTTPS that many still use to this day, although it's not 100% necessary. This plugin has given some people headaches, but many others swear by it to this day. You can test it out.
I would, however, highly recommend you install two plugins:
- SSL Insecure Content Fixer
- Search and Replace
This will ensure that if you have any insecure elements that begin with http instead of https, they will not affect your transport layer security.
Simply change all http links to https to make sure your internal links (images, etc.) comport with your transport layer security.
You'll want to change your Site URL and Home URL (in your WordPress dashboard settings) over to the https:// when you're ready. If you're not prudent about this, you can lock yourself out of your site.
If this happens, go to your web host's cPanel (or whatever you use) and log into phpmyadmin. Find your database. Go to the _options table. Simply edit your database entry for the first two items -- Site URL and Home URL back to http.
Fiddle around with things; you'll get used to it. But please do add those two necessary plugins, and consider the first one I mentioned. In short time, you'll be quite adept at handling all things SSL-related, and you'll be better off for it.
Jason WeberMemberJason WeberMemberThanks Christoph!
I'll give it a whirl; hope the article (dated 2010) is still good for 2015 / CSS3.
Will at least give it a shot.
Thanks again!
Jason WeberMemberHi Peter. Here is the code that worked for the pages/posts, but did not affect the landing pages:
.page .content {
padding: 0 135px 50px!important;
width: 100%;
} `To elaborate, I set up media queries on top of this, so my full code is: @media only screen and (max-width: 1140px) { .page .content { padding: 0 135px 50px!important; width: 100%; } } @media only screen and (max-width: 768px) { .page .content { padding: 0 30px 50px!important; width: 100%; } } @media only screen and (max-width: 480px) { .page .content { padding: 0 0px 50px!important; width: 100%; }
Thanks for your help, Peter, and I hope this thread can help anybody else who wants the same type of effect.
Jason WeberMemberOops .. it messed up the Parallax Pro landing page, which probably goes by the latter half of this snippet:
.full-width-content .content { padding: 0 200px 50px; width: 100%; } .full-width-content.parallax-home .content { padding: 0; }
Nevertheless, I'll figure it out. Thanks for putting me in the right direction, Chris!
Jason WeberMemberHey, thanks Chris.
That certainly did the trick.
Thanks for the tip -- precisely the effect I wanted!
January 4, 2015 at 1:16 pm in reply to: Javscript snippet for Parallax Pro needs tinkering, but unsure how to implement #136044Jason WeberMemberWow, RF, you're a javascript / jquery genius!
Nobody on Stack Exchange could help me. I had looked at different windows screen objects and tried to test them (not doing it properly, as you did), but I had never heard of innerWidth.
But this is precisely the effect I wanted for my nonprofit's multisite -- works exactly how I wanted it to work on different screen resolutions.
Thank you very much for taking the time to read my question, and then throw that snippet on github.
Really do appreciate it, RF!
Thanks again!
Jason WeberMemberWorks fine on my end, Dr. Mac.
For future reference, sometimes it's helpful to paste the media queries or whatever CSS that they updated so others with similar issues know the solution instead of the "I figured it out; problem solved" type of thing.
December 9, 2014 at 8:53 pm in reply to: How to create a template for a custom post type in a Genesis child theme #134121Jason WeberMemberOh, you're BRAD Brad! lol
I read a lot of your articles, too, Brad ... which always come in handy, just like Sridhar's articles.
Thank you for maintaining a wonderful Genesis-related website!
December 9, 2014 at 8:52 pm in reply to: How to create a template for a custom post type in a Genesis child theme #134120Jason WeberMemberHey, thanks Kelly and Brad!
Kelly, yes, Sridhar does a wonderful job with his Genesis tutorials, and I read just about all of his articles.
Brad: Excellent recommendation. Advanced Custom Fields + a Custom Post Type creating plugin could be a great solution.
Ultimately, I went with a premium plugin that cost me $30 for a single site, but I bought the multi-site license (2-5 sites) of Pippin's Easy Content Type -- which, from what I can tell, pretty much does what ACF does ... hehe.
Thanks for taking the time to respond!
September 25, 2014 at 10:14 pm in reply to: Adding tags, categories in Genesis child theme pages #125764Jason WeberMemberThanks Marcy, but that is for standard WordPress themes; it doesn't work for Genesis child themes; there is no single.php, post.php, etc. .... in my case, I'm using Parallax Pro, which isn't too different from any other Genesis child themes.
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