Genesis is a powerful tool for the rapid development of fast,
SEO friendly WordPress websites.
Genesis themes are free for WPEngine customers, or can be purchased from StudioPress.
November 1, 2018
Template partials are small files that hold reusable sections of code in a theme. You can build one “post summary” partial and use it everywhere – archive pages, related posts, and landing page templates.
September 26, 2018
What is Genesis? Genesis is a theme framework, a base upon which you build your own custom WordPress theme. Genesis helps you can build higher quality themes faster, and is…
June 22, 2016
Genesis has always allowed you to display the relative post date like “6 weeks and 1 day ago”. Now you can control the length.
October 13, 2015
If you’re using a Genesis theme, make sure your homepage has an h1 on it. This article outlines how to find it, and how to add it if you don’t already have one.
August 26, 2015
Make sure your Genesis theme doesn’t conflict with this great new WordPress feature.
August 21, 2014
Many of the websites in my portfolio use a full width approach for their homepages and landing pages. See my article on building landing pages with ACF for more information…
August 14, 2014
This theme uses ‘header-right’ for the left sidebar and ‘primary sidebar’ for the right. Rename them to ‘left sidebar’ and ‘right sidebar’
July 4, 2014
Add this code automatically add your category or tag’s name to the top of category/tag archives.
May 14, 2014
HTML5. Responsive Design. You’ve heard the buzzwords, but don’t know exactly why your website needs them. I’ll guide you through the latest tools your developer should be using, when they are appropriate, and the value they can bring to your business.
April 28, 2014
Don’t want “Blog” and “Archive” templates available in your child theme? Now that’s possible with WordPress 3.9.
March 5, 2014
I walk you through adding a portfolio to your child theme, using an existing plugin and a few tweaks to your theme.
February 27, 2014
Column classes allow you to break a page’s content into multiple columns. I’ve built a calculator so you can update the column classes to match your site’s grid.
February 25, 2014
Genesis includes a “Blog” page template for creating the blog. But don’t use this – do it the proper WordPress way.
August 13, 2013
Does your blog sometimes look like the above screenshot, with some words floating next to the featured image? This tutorial shows you how to fix that.
March 15, 2012
Use the post_class filter to easily build a multi-column listing of posts.
