Author: nickthegeek
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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…
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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 same…
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How I Make Custom Fields Easier in Genesis
I work with custom fields a good amount. Clients want all kinds of easy to fill in data so I work with the Custom Meta Box class from Bill, Jared, and others. I’ve talked about that a fair bit. I think it is great and getting better. Not sure how something becomes better than great…
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Premise Steps Up or What I’ve been busy with.
I have several articles I have wanted to write but this has been a very busy summer. I have done a few client projects and had to stop in the middle of one to write up an article on how to add custom fields to the Genesis Responsive Slider. I have also been working on…
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How I Added Custom Fields to the Genesis Responsive Slider
I have been asked how to add custom fields to the Genesis Responsive Slider and the Genesis Slider several times in the past. Every time I had believed it would require a new widget to be created that called for the custom fields. It is a bit ungainly and beyond the skills of many novice…
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Madlib style contact form and example text
A while back one of my clients wanted a form that would stand out from the every day form fare. I did lots of searching and saw a ton of forms. They needed something that would pop in the sidebar and I found some really good inspiration, especially from this article on Useful Ideas and…
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A Better Home Page
One of the great things about WordPress is the template hierarchy. Basically WordPress looks for certain templates by name under specific page loads. Confused? OK, I’ll give an example. When the first page on your site is loaded (the front page) WordPress goes through some checks to see what page is being requested then which…
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WordPress 3.4 and Genesis
Hey folks. WordPress 3.4 “Green” just dropped. I know a lot of folks worry about updating so I thought I would write up a post about this. Point of clarification: this post is mostly about how WordPress 3.4 works with Genesis 1.8.1, for other themes and plugins see if their authors and fans have said…
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Genesis Explained eBook Coming Soon
Hey folks, I just want to let everyone know about what is going on with the Genesis Explained eBook. I have been editing my Genesis Explained series, finding typos and grammar mistakes, as well as updating the illustrations and examples. I’m about half way through the first revision on the existing articles and I’m mapping…
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Must Have Plugins are a Myth
I can’t begin to even guess how many times I’ve been asked “what are the must have plugins?” I’ve been asked by clients, in the forums, in comments, and in more direct contacts. Most often it is when I’ve been hired to optimize a site and tell the client “you need to disable as many…