[Len]

Hi Dale,

Sorry about the trouble you're having. I took a quick look at your site and everything looks normal to me. What did you have on your front page that isn't there now? Or have you resolved this?

BTW just a heads up, that theme has actually been retired for some time.

[Len]

Hi dogstalkpoetry.

The 2nd method works only if the file is saved directly inside the mu-plugin folder (ie. no subdirectories.)

Yep. That's why I said "Add the plugin file from above to the mu-plugins folder." Perhaps I should have clarified further but glad to see you have it working. 🙂

[Len]

Hi dogstalkpoetry.

I'm not really up on the Prose theme because I've rarely used it but I think it has something to do with the fact it uses a special page for inputting custom php.

I would just make a plugin out of it. Add this to the site's plugin folder ...

<?php
/*
Plugin Name: Remove Calendar Widget
Plugin URI: http://YourSite.com
Description: Removes WordPress calendar widget from widgets page
Author: Your Name
Author URL: http://YourSite.com
Version: 1.0
*/

function remove_default_widgets() {
	unregister_widget('WP_Widget_Calendar');
}
add_action('widgets_init', 'remove_default_widgets', 11);

... and name it something descriptive like remove-calendar-widget.php

When you activate it the widget should be gone.

An alternative is to make it a MU Plugin. (must use plugin)

Create a folder in the wp-content directory called mu-plugins. So the wp-content directory should now look like this ...

/wp-content
/mu-plugins
/plugins
/themes
/upgrade
/uploads

Add the plugin file from above to the mu-plugins folder. The advantage to this method is your new plugin doesn't have to be manually activated - it is automatically activated. It can only be deactivated by deleting the file. It's kind of foolproof if your dealing with clients.

Let us know if it works for you.

[Len]

Hi CJWilly,

Issue #1
If open the winfield.po file that resides in the child theme's language folder with an editor like Poedit you'll see the two strings "Next Article" and "Previous Article" are present. You just need to add your translations and save. Poedit will automatically create a .mo file which you need to rename as fr_FR.mo

Issue #2
The way the theme is coded is the home page is fully widgetized. You add content to it via widgets. If no widgets are active it automatically falls back to a standard blog type format. As soon as you add even one widget the new format takes over.

[Len]

Hi CJWilly,

I believe the issue has been rectified. If you're interested in the juicy details ...

At about Line 70 of Winfield's functions.php file you'll see this,

add_filter( 'genesis_post_meta', 'post_meta_filter' );
function post_meta_filter($post_meta) {
if ( !is_page() ) {
    $post_meta = '[post_categories before="Filed Under: "] [post_tags before="Tagged With: "]';
    return $post_meta;
}}

That was removed as it is redundant. The only reason it was there is because I had planned to do something with it in the future but have since changed my mind. As it stands it was merely duplicating an already present Genesis function - worse yet, it was overriding it.

With respect to the issue - the Next Article and Previous Article headings in single post navigation not translating, Lines 91 and 97 were not wrapped in a GetText function.

echo 'Next Article';

is now ...

echo (__( 'Next Article', 'winfield' ));

and ...

echo 'Previous Article';

is now ...

echo (__( 'Previous Article', 'winfield' ));

Those strings are now present in the winfield po file. When you scan that file, add your translations and save it as your mo file the translations should show up.

I tested it on both a local and a live site and it works. If there is still a problem let me know.

The update is live on GitHub.

[Len]

Hi CJWilly,

Just a note to let you know I'll push out a fix some time today. I'll post here when it's done.

[Len]

Hi CJWilly,

It looks like a bug. It seems like I missed a couple of strings when generating the po file. I'll have a look to see what's going on when I get home.

[Len]

Hi jwdazzle,

The page is here,
http://nwsuburbschicago.com/blog/page/3/

[Len]

Hi ohmichea,

Actually I have pulled that theme out of retirement and have been working on bringing it up to current Genesis standards. It will be mobile responsive and have a wider layout. If you can hang in for a few more days. 🙂

[Len]

Hi RonnyMac,

I was having this very discussion on Twitter a few hours ago. Initially I was like you. I didn't care for the way the style sheet is now written. I released several child themes using the old style sheet and grew accustomed to it. But you know what? Now that I've had some time to study the new style sheet I really do like it.

Yes, it will take some time to get used to. But the way it is now organized is much more efficient. For instance, rather than having the same font size defined in a dozen different places you'll find them all in one spot. Font sizes grouped together. Font colours grouped together and so forth.

Genesis aims to be lean and mean yet easily extensible. That same philosophy has been carried over to the CSS. While it seems like more work at the moment, give it a chance. I think you'll grow to like it. 🙂

[Len]

Hi beoleary1

Look in the style sheet for this ...

h1,
h2,
h2 a,
h2 a:visited {
clear: both;
font-size: 42px;
margin: 0 0 20px;
}

[Len]

Hi Tracy,

Nope. The only one of their products I use is BackupBuddy. After researching various backup solutions I settled on that one. Well worth the money.

[Len]

Hi eachdaydeb,

That's why small images are normally used if you want it to repeat. With respect to your question about making it seamless, unfortunately graphic design is not one of my strong points. Hopefully someone else can chime in here.

[Len]

Change ...

'feature_content_limit' => 300,

to ...

'feature_content_limit' => 0,

0 will return the full post.

[Len]

Hi Ted,

I haven't looked but I'm sure there is more than one plugin in the WordPress Plugin Directory to set up ads. What you see on the Pretty demo site is simply a text widget.

[Len]

Hi Ted,

Just looking at a copy of Pretty right now. Yes, this theme uses the Genesis Grid Loop. Take a look at home.php and you'll see this ...

/** Add support for Genesis Grid Loop */
function pretty_grid_loop_helper() {
genesis_grid_loop( array(
'features' => 2,
'feature_image_size' => 'feature',
'feature_image_class' => 'post-image',
'feature_content_limit' => 300,
'grid_image_size' => 'grid-thumbnail',
'grid_image_class' => 'alignleft post-image',
'grid_content_limit' => 150,
'more' => __( '[Continue reading]', 'genesis' ),
'posts_per_page' => 6,
) );
}

That is the Genesis Grid Loop. There are all sorts of things you can configure here. If you only want to display 1 teaser instead of 2 change ...

'features' => 2,

to ...

'features' => 1,

With respect to the images, you can set a feature image for each post while you're in the Create Post screen. If you don't set a feature image, it will automatically pull the first image from within the post (if there is one) and display that instead.

Edit: this editor is mangling the code I'm trying post.

[Len]

Hi qleapent,

Could you post a link to the site? It makes it easier for us to help. It sounds as if your theme is using the Genesis Grid Loop on a custom home.php file.

[Len]

Hi qleapent,

You could do it simply by adding HTML to a text widget. However the site you reference seems to be using this plugin.
http://www.crankyads.com/

[Len]

Hi designbytracy,

If you don't mind spending the money BackupBuddy by iThemes is an excellent choice. I use it all the time. I'm sure others will chime in with some good free alternatives.

[Len]

Hi eachdaydeb,

Looking at your style sheet I see you are trying to add the image like this ...
background: ("images/header.png") repeat-x;

It should read ...

background: url(images/header.png) repeat-x;

Note the addition of "url"

Additionally, I tried to view the image directly and get a message that says "This image cannot be displayed because it contains errors". Try re-editing or re-saving the image.

[Author]

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