[mkatty]

I'm new to Genesis, so for me, it wasn't a big deal as far as importing non-html5 into my new Genesis site.

Someone posted this link about html5 >

Top 10 Reasons to Use HTML5 Right Now

It's older, and I do know that things have improved, but it does give a good overall explanation.

[mkatty]

Hi! I just came back here to report my success! So excited.
I'm using Dynamik and I added custom CSS through there.

Thanks for checking Pat!
🙂
~Kitty

[mkatty]

Glad to be here! I hope I can learn half as much as you guys know.
🙂
~Kitty

[mkatty]

Hi Lee,
Did you fix it? It looks ok now. Or did I miss something?
(Striking background image!)
🙂
~Kitty

[mkatty]

Thanks Anita!

[mkatty]

Thanks Brad! I'll give the plugin a try again.

[mkatty]

Hi Charles,

Let me preface this by saying I am NO way an expert - still learning Genesis along the way. I can tell you what I've done, and whether it's right or not, it works for me.

Do you use Firebug? a web develper plugin for FireFox... Personally, I would be lost without it. It lets me see in real time what I'm doing with the code on my WP site.

In your "style.css" for wp-content/themes/magazine (again, viewed in Firebug), if you find the line that says

.sidebar {
    display: inline;
    float: right;
    font-size: 13px;
    line-height: 20px;
    width: 300px;
}

That's where I would change the width to a smaller size - 220px or so seems to work for yours. You can play with it in Firebug to get what you want. THEN, I would paste it into your custom.css (so you're not editing the "style.css") and then upload it.

Like I said, I have NO idea if that is the *proper* way to do it, but that's what I do.
(of course I make copies of all original code before I do anything as well as having a "messed with css files" folder - I paste it all in Notepad++)

Hope that helps Charles.
~Kitty
(I also don't even know if I placed the above snippet of code in the right place for this post - haha)

[mkatty]

Yay! Was able to make some changes thanks to you guys! Not everything ideal, but it works for me!

Thx again,
🙂
~Kitty

[mkatty]

Excellent - thank you guys. Now I get it regarding the Simple Edits plugin. Makes sense now (I think so anyway). Must try it!

Brad, I always use Notepad++ any time I copy anything. I'm an old NetObjects Fusion user and could break a site with pasting from anywhere else. 🙂

Ok, going to try your suggestions.

Thanks Rick, thanks Brad!

~Kitty

[mkatty]

Resolved!
🙂

[mkatty]

OH, sorry Anita - I've been posting all over the place and forgot I didn't add it.
🙂
http://www.dorothymandrakos.com/blog/

[mkatty]

Well, tried the pasting the code for how I'd like the edited footer to be (more-or-less) to the "end of the prose/lib/structure/custom.php" that you mentioned and got an internal error ...

/** Customize the credits */
add_filter( ‘genesis_footer_creds_text’, ‘custom_footer_creds_text’ );
function custom_footer_creds_text() {
      echo ‘<div class=”creds”><p>’;
      echo ‘Copyright © ‘;
      echo date(‘Y’);
      echo ‘ · <a href="http://www.dorothymandrakos.com/blog/">Dorothy Mandrakos</a> | <a href="http://ink2art.com">Ink2Art Design</a>‘;
      echo ‘</p></div>’;
}

The plugin/download for custom snippets is just a php file... for a plugin??
And lastly, I just can't figure out how to place the info (links, html) into that Genesis Simple Edits plugin... shortcodes etc. Arggghhh. I guess I should stop wasting so much time on one of the (sort of) least important issues on the blog.
🙂
Thanks again Brad,
~Kitty
**ok, why are those links weird in the pasted code??

[mkatty]

Great Brad - thanks for replying! I'll give it a whirl.
🙂
~Kitty

[mkatty]

This is the code from the functions.php file in Prose -

*
 WARNING: DO NOT edit this file under any circumstances.
 Please do all PHP modifications via the Custom Code admin menu.
*/

/**
 * This file calls the init.php file for both Genesis and Prose.
 *
 * It initializes the Genesis framework, and loads the Prose library as well.
 *
 * This file is a core Prose file and should not be edited.

I'm trying to change the links in footer to my copyright and website link.

Thanks!

[mkatty]

David you're a genius! Thanks, that did the trick!
🙂
~Kitty

[mkatty]

Quite honestly, I went through all style sheets and tested things in Firebug... over and over (do you use Firebug? very helpful to experiment with css on your site without messing anything up - if something works, then I copy and paste it into my custom css). Anyway, that's what I did. Like a dog on a bone, I can't give up until I find it!

I looked for and changed all width instances of the previous, narrower header to the new, wider one. That also required me to change some code for the nav menu... a lot of little things. I also pasted that line of code that Brad posted above. Figured I'd never know unless I tried it.

That's why I frequently can't share many solutions because I just hunt around and change this and that, and if it works I'm happy. Of course I ALWAYS have backups of the original CSS and for every decent change that I've made. It's a must.
🙂

[mkatty]

Alright, I hunted & experimented and I came up with a solution. Taa-daa!

Thanks guys, done deal for now.
~K

[mkatty]

Ahh, I see what you mean... but actually, his code could possibly work for me too.
🙂
Progress is a good thing!

[mkatty]

Janet, I didn't start a new thread because ultimately, we're both trying to achieve the same thing - a wider header image. Answers could be helpful to both of us.
🙂
~Kitty

[mkatty]

Janet, I did that but it didn't work for me. Maybe because the header image is larger than my wrapper (?).

Thanks Brad! I never would have figured that out. Question - do I replace that line 36 in the init.php file with the code that you wrote above? Only make the width wider, 1275px, the size of the header?

The responsive design part I'm not worried about at this stage... one thing at a time. I'm a newbie with Genesis.
🙂
Thanks again Brad.

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