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nickthegeek May 17, 2011

Genesis Explained Framework Filters

Welcome once again to the Genesis Explained series. Remember, this series builds on previous articles, so if you didn't read the first Filters article, go catch up. All other posts can be found in the Genesis Explained tag archive. In the previous tutorial I went over the basics of how the add/remove filter function works. I said that filters … [Read more...]

nickthegeek May 12, 2011

Genesis Explained Filters

Once again, I encourage anyone joining in the middle of this series to start at the beginning as each article builds on previous information. The tag archive for the Genesis Explained series is conveniently setup to present the articles in the order they were written. This article begins a new sub series focused on the Filters within Genesis. … [Read more...]

nickthegeek May 10, 2011

Genesis Explained Actions Bonus

I was looking through the posts on actions and realized that there was one important tip I left out. If you haven't read up on the actions already, you should probably start at the beginning. To make it easier I have tagged all of the articles with an "Actions" tag, so check out the Actions archive. Now that you know what actions are, how to … [Read more...]

nickthegeek May 9, 2011

Genesis Explained Framework Actions Continued

In the previous part of the series, Framework Actions, I explained where to look for Genesis Actions, and how to remove, move, or alter them using hooks. In this continuation of that article I will be explaining how to work with your own functions, and a couple of really cool tricks with using existing functions in the actions, and Genesis … [Read more...]

nickthegeek May 6, 2011

Genesis Explained Framework Actions

In the first part of this series, Genesis Explained: The Framework, I explained in general how the Framework works, and I showed the contents of a single file to show how the hooks look in the Framework. In the second part, Genesis Explained: Actions, I explained how add/remove actions work, the technical rules around them. This post is … [Read more...]

nickthegeek May 4, 2011

Genesis Explained Actions

In the previous article in this series I explained how Genesis is a framework that is not dissimilar from working with Legos. I listed out all the built in hooks and used the analogy that those are like the bumps that let you attach bricks to each other. If the hooks are those bumps, the actions are the directions on where a brick should go. The … [Read more...]

nickthegeek May 2, 2011

Genesis Explained: The Genesis Theme Framework

There is a lot of confusion about how Genesis works, and I think that results in more than a little frustration for developers starting work on the framework. In a traditional theme they start by copying key components into new files. For example, they might look for a single.php, page.php or index.php to start customizing single post pages. In … [Read more...]

nickthegeek April 23, 2011

Changing the Gallery Post Format Output

If you follow my personal blog or me on twitter, then you know I decided to change how archives display Gallery post formats. Previously I had the full content showing for galleries and just included a [gallery] short tag. Mostly I like that, since people could view my images directly in the archive, but this wouldn't work well if I uploaded more … [Read more...]

nickthegeek April 20, 2011

Add Hashtags to Your Tweet Button

There are some great plugins out there for adding a tweet button to your site, but a very small amount of code can add this via your theme without the extra plugin. I used An Alternative Method for Adding a Tweet Button from the StudioPress Dev site as a starting point, but found it didn't do everything I want. First, there was a small error that … [Read more...]

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