Start with a plan He who fails to plan is planning to fail ~Winston Churchill Interesting fact, Google said that Benjamin Franklin may have been the originator on that quote, but don't quote me on that. I also learned recently that Hemingway may have never said, "Write drunk. Edit Sober." For sure he didn't follow that advice. I feel a bit out of … [Read more...]
Genesis Responsive Header Updated
OK, a huge thanks to the people who have already tried out the Genesis Responsive Header plugin. I got a lot of good feedback in the first week and have a new version ready for download. Please note, this is still a beta. It's only been in the public for a week now. I believe this version is very stable though. With feedback you all can help me to … [Read more...]
Genesis Responsive Header
Get the Genesis Responsive Header plugin Hey folks. If you haven't heard, responsive design is the new web standard. With mobile devices quickly dominating the web viewing experience it is imperative that sites take their mobile market into consideration when it comes to design. That is why StudioPress adopted responsive design. This allows the … [Read more...]
Balance Gets Aweber Box Makeover
Last weeks new Genesis plugin, Genesis Simple Aweber Form, has beena real hit. So far I released recommended code for the Generate Theme (see original release post) and Streamline 2.0. You will find that the new Decor Theme doesn't need any extra CSS, but I have been getting a lot of requests for some recommended CSS edits for the Balance … [Read more...]
Aweber Box on Streamline
Yesterday I released the beta on a new plugin, Genesis Simple Aweber Form, and included some recommended CSS for the Generate Box used in the Generate Genesis Child theme. I mentioned that I would be working up some recommended CSS for other themes. I tested this in the Decor Genesis Child Theme and it works well out of the box, so I don't have … [Read more...]
Genesis Simple Aweber Form AKA Aweber Box
Download Genesis Simple Aweber Form BETASince the Generate theme came out people have wanted to integrate Aweber forms into the Generate Box. This is NOT an easy task as the Aweber forms tend to have extra fields and HTML markup that simply will not work well with Generate, or any of the other newer child themes that have a really beautiful … [Read more...]
Control Post Order With Genesis Featured Widget Amplified plugin
I have a confession, a lot of the features in my Genesis Featured Widget Amplified plugin are purely selfish. I needed hooks in the Genesis Featured Post widget for a client or else I was going to need a custom widget just for this one project. So I built the plugin. I wanted a drop down list for the extra posts in another client site, so the … [Read more...]
Genesis Simple Breadcrumbs
Get Genesis Simple BreadcrumbsOne of the great things about the Genesis Framework is how easy it is to edit. Of course what I find easy and what someone else finds easy will vary drastically. For example, I love that I can quickly edit any child theme with some basic code which will work on any of them, but many using the framework aren't … [Read more...]
Genesis Simple Comments
Genesis is a powerful framework that allows developers to quickly edit the theme from just a handful of files. Developers new to the framework would be well served by my Genesis Explained series, but many users have no desire to work with the inner code, but still want to be able to make changes to the framework. The "simple" series of plugins … [Read more...]
Genesis Nav Menu Amplified
Download Genesis Nav Menu AmplifiedWhen Genesis 1.6 came out support for the Page and Category menus were dropped in favor of making the custom nav menu easier to use. Most of the time this is a good thing; however, there are times when using the traditional menus is helpful, especially when only needing to show pages or categories in a given … [Read more...]