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YAY! It’s so exciting to give your website a new look, and it’s my hope you’re able to do so quickly and efficiently by following the setup instructions that follow. Be sure and follow these setup instructions in order, this will ensure you have any required plugins installed before you get to their various configuration …
Best Practices Please always keep an untouched copy of your theme stored on your computer. The original zip file is ideal. You will also want to keep an updated version of your theme files stored on your computer, in the case that you accidentally make a mistake and need to use that copy to fix …
First Install and activate your theme Install and setup any required plugins mentioned in your theme’s setup tutorials. Then – Import Demo Content Download the Demo Content File Unzip the file you have just downloaded. It contains a file called sample.XML. This is the demo content. You will need to unzip the file prior to …
This usually means you’ve accidentally zoomed in or out in your browser. Holding down the “Command” key and pressing “+” zooms in. Holding down the “Command” key and pressing “-“ zooms out. Holding down the “Command” key and pressing “0” (zero) will reset your browser to it’s normal100%. If you’re using a PC, use Control instead of Command.
That cute little icon that shows in your browser (currently a bow) can be easily changed, pretty neat. Just navigate to Appearance > Customize > Site Identity and upload your preferred image there. Keep in mind this will also be used the icon when someone saves your website to their phone. So cool how simple …
In your dashboard, navigate to Genesis > Theme Settings. Scroll down to the bottom of that page until you see 2 boxes, one will say Header Scripts, the other will say Footer Scripts. Any tutorial asking you to paste a code in your header, goes into the header box. Any tutorial asking you to paste …
The image that appears in your User Profile widget is automatically drawn from your Gravatar.com account. If you do not have a Gravatar.com account, you can sign up for one here. This image will appear anywhere on the internet where your corresponding email is used to comment. From Gravatar.com “Your Gravatar is an image …
To make setup easier, we have included the Demo Site’s Home Page Widget Content file for you to download here and import. This will populate the widgets exactly as seen on the demo site. Please ensure you’ve installed the plugins for your theme first. Download the widgets import file Import Widget Settings Install and activate …
Fonts Used Fonts are already installed and ready to go, however, if you wish to download them for your personal use here are the links. I recommend keeping fonts cohesive throughout your imagery and branding if possible. Source Sans Pro Best Practices Please always keep an untouched copy of your theme stored on your computer. …
This is a super simple process using the Genesis Framework. Pinterest gives you various options, but you want to go the “Use a meta tag” route. Use a meta tag Step 1: Get the meta tag On desktop web, navigate to your Account settings In the Claim Website section, enter your website URL and click …
Once you’ve installed your theme, or if you ever update your default image sizes (located in your dashboard under Settings > Media), you’ll want to run the regenerate thumbnails plugin. Once installed, you’ll find this option in your dashboard under the Tools menu.
If you have Simple Social Icons in more than one place on your site, make sure both have the exact same settings. For instance, the Pretty Fabulous theme sets the background color automatically for the header left area, but the default background color for the simple social icons plugin is #ddd (dark gray). If you …
You can change your site Title, Tagline and add a favicon (the cute little icon that displays in your navbar) all in your customization panel. From your WordPress dashboard, navigate to Appearance > Customize, then select “Site Identity. Click “Save and Publish” for your changes to take effect.
Here are the Genesis Theme Settings for the Swank theme ( Dashboard > Genesis > Theme Settings). Right click on the image and select “Open image in new tab” to view a larger image.
Widgets Navigate to Appearance > Widgets Drag and drop 3 featured page or post widgets into the Home Page Featured Widget Area Check the “Show Featured Image” box Select the “portfolio-featured” sized image to display Reference the screenshot below for exact settings seen on the Swank demo site.
These will all open in a new tab so you can keep this setup page open. Genesis eNews Extended – This is your email subscription widget. Genesis Responsive Slider – Your slideshow. Gravity Forms – Totally optional, but a sound investment for contact pages etc. Greg’s Threaded Comment Numbering – Adds numbers to your comments …
The Swank Theme comes with the built-in option to display a portfolio. Be sure you clicked on Permalinks and then save, before adding a portfolio item. How to Add a Portfolio Item Click on Portfolio in your menu to the left. Add new. Add Featured Image. Your featured image is what will appear on the …
If your single portfolio pages are displaying content on only one third of the page… Navigate to Appearance > Customize > then paste the following code at the bottom of your CSS and hit save:
These are already installed and ready to go, however, if you wish to download them for your personal use here are the links. Old Standard – Serif Font Montserrat – Sans Serif Font
The Swank Theme has 2 Footer Widgets. Footer Widget 1 Drag and drop the User Profile Widget into the Footer 1 Widget Area Configure it as seen in the below screenshot. Below is the “custom text” I used for the Demo Site User Profile widget. I own and operate PDCD from wherever the …
Widgets Navigate to Appearance > Widgets Drag and drop 4 featured Page Widgets into this area (you could also use posts, whichever you prefer.) Settings Show Featured Image Image Size: Circles 200×200 Image Alignment: None
The Swank Theme has 2 built in Navigation Menu Locations, Primary and Secondary. Primary Navigation Menu The primary navigation menu is located just below your header, and directly above your content. Secondary Navigation Menu The secondary navigation menu is located directly beneath your footer widgets, and above your footer. Last Menu Item To make the …
Slider Display Settings Navigate to: Genesis > Slider Change the slider width and height to the following: Width: 1200 Height: 500
The very top of Swank, just above the header/logo area, displays 2 separate widgets. Top Bar Left, and Top Bar Right. Top Bar Left The demo site has the Simple Social Icons Widget in Top Bar Left Navigate to Appearance > Widgets Drag and drop the Simple Social Icons Widget into the Top Bar Left …
The number one culprit for any sort of error on your site is usually a plugin conflict. This means that one of your plugins is causing either your theme, or another plugin to malfunction. I’ve been developing themes since 2005, and I cannot tell you how frustrating it is to hear hosting companies “blame the …
If you would like to use shortcodes in your archive descriptions, including Custom Post Type descriptions, place the following code at the bottom of your functions.php file: If you have no idea what any of that means, no worries, just ignore this tutorial.
Be sure you clicked on Permalinks and then save, before adding a portfolio item. Next, click on Portfolio in your menu to the left. Add new. Your featured image is what will appear on the portfolio page. Whatever you type in the post area will appear once your portfolio item is clicked on. You can …
