[TishaOehmen]

Justin, were you ever successful in figuring this out? I'm trying to find the answer myself.

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Tisha Oehmen, Paradux Media Group
Twitter: @TishaOehmen

[TishaOehmen]

Check out this tutorial: http://genesistutorials.com/genesis-structural-wraps-creating-a-full-width-genesis-child-theme/

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Tisha Oehmen, Paradux Media Group
Twitter: @TishaOehmen

[TishaOehmen]

Hi Kilerb,

I'd suggest using category feeds to accomplish your goals. First, setup a SoCal category in "categories". Then add LA as a child item, with the parent of SoCal. And add Orange County as a child item, with the parent SoCal. So you should have:

Socal
LA
Orange County

This will set it up so that every post you put in LA will also appear in SoCal, and the same is true for Orange County.

Then, "view" each of the three categories (by clicking the "view" button on the categories page) and add "feed" to the end of each address so, if your url for one of the categories was http://paraduxmedia.com/category/blog/finding-brand/ the feed would be located at http://paraduxmedia.com/category/blog/finding-brand/feed/

Similarly, if I wanted the feed for http://paraduxmedia.com/category/blog/, I could located it at http://paraduxmedia.com/category/blog/feed/, and so on.

Then just setup each feed in feedburner and you are set to go.

I would recommend considering a different subscription method than feedburner however. It's been "depreciated' which means it won't be around indefinitely -- and every new subscriber you get on feedburner will be lost when it ultimately shuts down (http://www.blogher.com/using-feedburner-time-look-alternatives). I'm a big fan of MailChimp for delivering RSS feeds. You can send the next day, using just MailChimp. Or if you're interested in faster results, the Autochimp plugin offers a great solution.

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Tisha Oehmen, Paradux Media Group
Twitter: @TishaOehmen

[TishaOehmen]

Hi Nandita,

On line 565 of the style.css page in your child theme, you'll find:

#inner {
     margin: 10px auto;
     overflow: hidden;
     width: 1090px;
}

Just change the margin line to read:

margin: 0px auto;

That's it!

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Tisha Oehmen, Paradux Media Group
Twitter: @TishaOehmen

[TishaOehmen]

Hi nikkidanger -- yes it is possible, and fairly easy as well. 🙂 Just go to Posts >> Categories, choose the category you want a description on and edit it. Then scroll down until you get to the "Category Archive Settings" Fill in the "Archive Headline" and the "Archive Intro Text". That should do the trick.

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Tisha Oehmen, Paradux Media Group
Twitter: @TishaOehmen

[TishaOehmen]

Hi Colemanweb,

It's actually not hard to replicate the site you're referencing -- it's just a little....technical.

Let's start with the assumption that you have two graphics files in the /images folder of your child theme. The first is called plaster.png and the second is called dots.png.

All you're going to do is to find the element that has the shape you want, and paint a background on it. There are 3 primary areas that the site you're referencing is using: header, nav, and body. (in Genesis terms). So for the #header, you're going to add/replace the style sheet rule so that it includes:

background: url(images/plaster.png);

For the body (you might have to add this rule completely) it will need to say:

body{
background: url(images/dots.png);
}

for the#nav area, you'd just pick a color (like the one on the quote me nav bar)  and give it the following rules:

background-color: #329DA8;
border-bottom:  solid 2px #69D2E7;
border-top:  solid 2px #69D2E7;

This works because body is the full background area. Header sits on top of the body, and the nav sits directly underneath the header. If you haven't checked it out yet, the Visual Hook Guide might help you to see the parts.

A couple of caveats:

If the color bands don't go clear across the screen, you'll have to add what's called "Structural Wraps".
You will also have to find the elements that have already been defined in the Magazine theme in ways you don't like and change them to match/compliment your new scheme.

Of course, if you need help, check back here -- or if you wanted to hire the job out, I'd be happy to help.

Good luck!!!

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Tisha Oehmen, Paradux Media Group
Twitter: @TishaOehmen

[TishaOehmen]

Instead of: #title-area {  float: left;  overflow: hidden;  padding: 20px 0 0;  width: 400px; } make it say #title-area {  background: url(images/xxxx.png) no-repeat center top; float: left;  overflow: hidden;  min-height: 100px; padding: 20px 0 0;  width: 100%; }

And instead of  #title {  font-size: 36px;  line-height: 42px;  margin: 0; } put in #title {  display: none; font-size: 36px;  line-height: 42px;  margin: 0; }

And instead of #description {  color: #999;  font-family: Georgia, Times, ‘Times New.... make it say #description {  color: #999;  display: none; font-family: Georgia, Times, ‘Times New....

that should do it. You'll also really like http://notepad-plus-plus.org/ as an editor -- it's got line counts and it's free. 🙂

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Tisha Oehmen, Paradux Media Group
Twitter: @TishaOehmen

[TishaOehmen]

Nice job! It's beautiful!

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Tisha Oehmen, Paradux Media Group
Twitter: @TishaOehmen

[TishaOehmen]

I'm sure I'm missing something here: if you want the latest posts to show up on the home page, why do you need to set a static home page? What is different about the home page you're trying to create vs the dynamic posts home page?

 

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Tisha Oehmen, Paradux Media Group
Twitter: @TishaOehmen

[TishaOehmen]

Hi,

To change the width, you'll need to modify the style sheet. To make it 1140px wide, with a 320px sidebar and a 150px alt-sidebar you'd need something in the neighborhood of these rules:

<code>#content-sidebar-wrap {

margin: 30px;
width: 930px;
}
.content-sidebar #content-sidebar-wrap,
.full-width-content #content-sidebar-wrap,
.sidebar-content #content-sidebar-wrap {
width: 1140px;
}

#content {
width: 550px;
}
.content-sidebar #content,
.sidebar-content #content {
width: 730px;
}
.full-width-content #content {
width: 1140px;
}
.sidebar {
width: 320px;
}
#sidebar-alt {
width: 150px;
}</code>

That will get you close -- let me know how wide you want it to be and what your site link is. I can help more with those pieces of information.

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Tisha Oehmen, Paradux Media Group
Twitter: @TishaOehmen

[TishaOehmen]

You're on the right track. Try re-installing your child theme then re-edit your style sheet as you articulated above. That should have worked for you.

To make the footer the same image as your header, just modify the style sheet to be:

<code>#footer {
background: url(images/dark-periwinkle-wrap.png) repeat-x;
clear: both;
overflow: hidden;
}</code>

That will cause the image to repeat horizontally. If you want it to repeat vertically an horizontally, change the line to read:

<code>background: url(images/dark-periwinkle-wrap.png);</code>

Let me know if you're still having trouble.

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Tisha Oehmen, Paradux Media Group
Twitter: @TishaOehmen

[TishaOehmen]

I would try:

<code>#tag_cloud-2.widget.widget_tag_cloud .widget-wrap h4.widgettitle {

background-image:url("http://www.livecrafteat.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/sidebar_test.png") !important;
}</code>

You'll also need to put a space "&nbsp;" in the title of the widget to get the "find more" to drop out and leave just the image. If that doesn't work, let me know. 🙂

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Tisha Oehmen, Paradux Media Group
Twitter: @TishaOehmen

[TishaOehmen]

I'm sorry -- I don't have a copy of the theme readily at hand, however, it's pretty easy to manage in most Genesis themes. Just follow these steps:

 

In the Genesis settings in the admin panel, change from a "text" logo to an "image" logo.
Then about line 225 of the style sheet, add the following lines:

 

<code>#title-area {

background: url(images/xxxx.png) no-repeat center top;

min-height: 100px;

}</code>

Put your logo image in the images folder of your child theme.
If you decide you want the logo to be left-aligned, instead of centered, just use "left" instead of "center" on the css above.
If the image is more or less than 100px tall -- adjust the code above to reflect the full height of the logo. (this may cause additional styling to be necessary on the #header background.
On line 181 of the style sheet, set the area to read:

<code>#title a, #title a:hover {
color: white;

     display: none;
text-decoration: none;

}</code>

and on line 186, the style sheet should read:

<code>#description {
color: #999;

display: none;
font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;
font-size: 14px;
font-style: italic;
}</code>

Let me know if you have any trouble.

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Tisha Oehmen, Paradux Media Group
Twitter: @TishaOehmen

[TishaOehmen]

Looks like you got it figured out! Well done!

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Tisha Oehmen, Paradux Media Group
Twitter: @TishaOehmen

[TishaOehmen]

It looks like your mountain image is only 150px tall. So to start, you'll need to get an image that is 300px tall.

Then change:

#header .wrap {
background: url(images/logo.png) top left no-repeat;
min-height: 300px;
}

That should do the trick. If it doesn't, look for another line of code in the header/title area that is limiting the height to 150px and change it to 300px.

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Tisha Oehmen, Paradux Media Group
Twitter: @TishaOehmen

[TishaOehmen]

Great! Glad to hear it. 🙂 Have a great day!

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Tisha Oehmen, Paradux Media Group
Twitter: @TishaOehmen

[TishaOehmen]

Generally, I don't want clients getting in there and messing with the settings -- that's why it's not WYSIWYG. But if you wanted to take a pass at it, feel free to go for it. 🙂

Glad it worked for you though!

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Tisha Oehmen, Paradux Media Group
Twitter: @TishaOehmen

[TishaOehmen]

That sounds like where I leave off and let a more experienced coder jump in and try to help. 😀 Glad you're making progress though!

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Tisha Oehmen, Paradux Media Group
Twitter: @TishaOehmen

[TishaOehmen]

You're talking about the bios on the right? Those look like they aren't long enough character-wise to actually cutoff with the excerpt. What happens if you add a bunch of greek text to the end of one? Does it show through on the excerpt setting?

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Tisha Oehmen, Paradux Media Group
Twitter: @TishaOehmen

[TishaOehmen]

Ah, that makes sense. I'm able to get the excerpt option to work with the following settings:

"Show Excerpt"
Limit content to 0 characters

That works on my site. Give it a try?

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Tisha Oehmen, Paradux Media Group
Twitter: @TishaOehmen

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