[philraymond]

My mistake, according to Studiopress support, the WordPress backend theme customization area is not a Studiopress thing, but rather a WordPress thing. They told me to just change the default color to nothing and then there won't be any inline styles to override. Thanks!

[philraymond]

Thanks Susan, but when you set the primary color in the theme customization area, those color styles are inline, so css doesn't override them, even when !important (which I'd rather not use anyway).

[philraymond]

This worked for me with a logo that was 300 wide by 87 high. Adjust accordingly:

.title-area {height: 111px; width: 300px; }
.header-image .site-title > a {background-size: 300px 87px !important; height: 87px; }
@media only screen and (min-width: 930px) { .header-image .site-title > a {width: 300px; } }
.site-title {width: 300px; }
.site-title a {max-width: 300px; }

And change the theme's functions.php to point at your logo:

'default-image' => get_stylesheet_directory_uri() . '/images/logo.jpg',

Or otherwise make your logo a png, name it 'logo.png' and upload it to the theme's image directory.

[philraymond]

And more, for when you're using widgets on the home page:

.featured-widget-area {margin-top: 70px; }

[philraymond]

And add this as well, to keep it looking good on smaller devices:

@media all and (max-width: 800px) { .site-inner {margin-top: 50px; } }

[philraymond]

Just figured it out. Here it is in full:

.site-header {height: 70px; min-height: 0; }
.site-inner {margin-top: 70px; }
.title-area {padding: 17px 0; }
.genesis-nav-menu a {padding: 27px 20px; }

[philraymond]

Thanks guys, yes I know how to make my own child theme, but when you do that you're still bringing in the code from the parent theme, and I just wasn't sure if the genesis theme was all that optimized on its own. Thanks for the info on the sample theme.

Anyone else have any thoughts about the merit of using the genesis them on its own (even when done through a homemade child)?

Thanks again,
Phil

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