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MealtogMember
Just loaded the latest version. I must say, it is not intuitive at all. There is no longer a Create Gallery button so it took a while to even create a Gallery. Then uploading files does not work, at least not on my server environment. Ouch. No Youtube video has their latest version so it's been deleted 🙂 Double ouch.
MealtogMemberLet me give it a try. Funny how only the pro version has the responsive description in it.
MealtogMemberThx @genesun. Is the free version reponsive?
MealtogMemberok, just read through the link you suggested in detail. This sounds more like a site wide gallery display. I was wondering if there is an Easy Gallery plugin so that users can say, post photos for a particular event, and it will showcase them nicely. Then created a new post or post type and then upload new photos for a new event. Does that make sense?
MealtogMemberThanks Summer. I will look into creating those .php files and testing with them.
I am pretty sure my original WP install pre-dates the space fix. Guess I am showing the age of my blog? 🙂
MealtogMember@brad you are a magician, it works perfectly. I used it in conjunction with Conditional Widgets to do what I needed so thank you.
btw, can you tel me what this mans in Genesis? is_active_sidebar I am curious as I am adding content below the content of the page and not in the sidebar.
And is this the proper condition for Genesis? is_active_sidebar('after-pages')
MealtogMemberThanks @Gary Jones. It's good to know that my move forward to to include a Featured Image is a good one.
MealtogMemberok, even more info to add. I found that the pages with the broken admin bar are from Dynamic Widget trying load a widget into these pages while W3 Total Cache was on. Specifically, it was Minify CSS. Once I disable this, the admin bar comes back. So looks like Dynamic Widget and W3 Cache is conflicting somehow on the server.
Anyone else have issues with W3 Cache lately? I have heard of others seeing some glitches.
MealtogMemberok, I have more info to add. It looks like all the pages and posts I have used Dynamic Widget to load specific blocks in all have broken admin bars. Disabling and deleting Dynamic Widget did not help nor did changing themes. The admin bar is missing on different themes on those said pages.
Anyone have an idea on how to fix this? Tried clearing cache on WP and browser but still does not help.
MealtogMemberMay I ask why you would want to suppress the tile from showing on a page?
MealtogMemberHey, your site seems to be down at the moment. Looks like a database issue? Hope you get things fixed. I feel your pain!
MealtogMember@brianliddell, I am not sure what you are referring to as I never provided a solution to any of the tech issues discussed in this thread. I am the original poster and wanted to get feedback from others on how the Featured Image was handled in the new Pro themes.
As an update, it is much more clear as to how I will personally handle the Featured Image issues. Here is how and why:
1. Featured Image is a WordPress feature so I am going to move forward and include a Featured Images in every post that I create. Not sure other users requirements but in every post, I want a featured image attached.
2. For those who does not like how Genesis handles Featured Image, I think there has to be an easy solution for future releases. Like a check box to opt out of the auto show feature for a featured image is one is not selected. It makes sense for those who need it. For most, I assume an auto grab is actually a good thing.
3. Because the RSS feed as it stands requires an featured image to able attached or it wil not display an image. Because I want an image in my feed, I will need to attach a featured image.
4. As I mentioned, there is not really a big downside to adding an extra step in attaching a featured image when I make a post. Yes, there is server storage space and others who require to not use a featured image but considering the long term, if we were to move away from Genesis, WordPress itself has a featured image issue and if you ever want this again, it would be a nightmare to go back to every post and re-add the featured image.
This is my conclusion on how I want my blog to be set up. I will use a Featured Image from here on out.
MealtogMemberIs Magazine Pro out yet? If not, how did anyone determine the demo URL? Awesome.
MealtogMemberBump. Can anyone comment here?
MealtogMemberAnitac, the first of the 2 method worked for me. How do we control size of the thumbnail in the feed?
Gary, what you suggested only controls thumbnails in the category / archive pages no and not the feed no?
MealtogMemberFor some reason, it was working well a while ago, now using an iPhone, it is just not usable. Running iOS 7.0.2.
MealtogMemberI can confirm that Metro Pro's background settings are indeed not working properly. Brian's tip is the fix.
MealtogMemberBrad, saw in your post that you linked to that the Gen 2 is free now?
Nevermind, I think it is the Gen Sample Child theme that is free.
MealtogMemberSounds like this feature image issue bugs a few die hard genesis users. Perhaps it is trill best to add a featured image to every post just in case for future proofing?
MealtogMemberWell, now I am wondering as I move forward, should I continue to import a featured image alongside the primary image in the post. Seems kind of duplicating your own work but if this tweak is only in Genesis, there may be a time in the future when we move away from Genesis that may cause issues then?
Brad, I don't think with Pro themes, there will be duplicate problems. I am still curious to know if anyone else out there (in addition to Brad and summer) that add a featured image alongside the primary image. btw, summer, that is a legit concern with the autocrop feature if you post lots of portrait images.
Still trying to decide the go ahead with a new site. Guess there really is no downside to using an "additional" featured image besides the time to create it and using more storage on the server itself.
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