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I just remembered this – https://appfinite.com/tutorials/how-to-setup-the-home-and-blog-page/ in the tutorials. Its about setting up a homepage.

Let us know if you have any other questions.

@dev777 thanks for the assistance.

No it’s not an error or “weird” or anything, this is actually a WordPress feature. The way it works is if you’re using a theme that has a home.php file, it will show the Blog by default. Once you add any widget to any of the home widget areas then the home widgets will show. This is the way it’s supposed to be since not everyone needs to use the Home widgets, especially those that just need a blog.

Most of the Homepages have this activation feature in Genesis.

Genesis is weird. If you don’t put something in one of the other widget areas (like “welcome” or one of the “home bottom” boxes, none of the widget areas show and homepage defaults to a blog page. Throw a text widget with some typing in it in “welcome” and see if slider shows.

Since I reply to a lot of posts here you’ll have to remind me or send the link where I said that. I can’t remember what you’re referring to.

And what are you not understanding exactly?

Have you seen this tutorial for the homepage? – https://appfinite.com/tutorials/how-to-setup-the-home-and-blog-page/

Also, there were some code snippets/tutorials created for Epik here – https://appfinite.com/forum/epik-theme-support/ at the top….They are the highlighted sticky posts.

You can just use the “Home” link for the menu and it will link to your home/frontpage. Click “view all” for it to show on the menu page.

Oh yeah I’ve seen this on many Genesis themes. I think its because some images scale differently than others depending on the size. So if you have a large vertical image and set the image size to 900px wide, it probably won’t stretch to 900px. WP does this to avoid your images from looking to distorted and stretched.

You could probably add a clear: both to the paragraph tags, but just in your content areas.

.entry-content p {
    clear: both;
}

I’m sure that will work, but it may affect other areas of your site if you plan to have images float left next to a paragraph that is designed to “clear”

This is actually going to be fixed in an update coming soon. The reason you’re seeing a white background is because of the code in the “.entry“. If you look at other parts of your site that use “.entry” (the blog for example) it should have a white background. When you add a featured image inside of the footer widgets area, it’s just using that white background.

To fix it, you can remove it by adding this in your css –

.footer-widgets .entry {
    background: none;
}

You’ll have to manually update your theme if you want to keep your css changes.

Since the Genesis Framework has made many updates and changes, that means the child theme will have to as well. You can manually do it all if you wanted to and it should work fine…..but there’s not really an easy way to explain other than just going through and manually doing it.

You could take a look here – https://appfinite.com/topic/legacy-1-3-for-genesis-2-0-html5-is-now-available/ but that’s just the basics to point you in the right direction.

I’d use something like diffchecker.com to compare the differences. The portfolio file had to be redeveloped to work with the latest version of Genesis.

Sorry for the late reply I’m currently busy working on updates and other projects for the site at the moment….which is why I haven’t been on the forums lately (in case anyone is wondering).

1. Your theme will still work with Genesis 2.0, you just need to make sure HTML5 is NOT enabled. By default it won’t be if you’re using an older theme. So you’ll still be able to use it as you can see here from the Developer himself – http://www.nathanrice.net/blog/genesis-loop-hooks/

“Note: if you’re using Genesis without HTML5 activated, all the old hooks and markup work as before. Genesis 2.0 is 100% backward compatible.”

Also check his comment on backward compatibility – http://www.nathanrice.net/blog/genesis-loop-hooks/#comment-2076

“At some point, not sure when, we’ll remove the backward compatibility and only offer auto-updates to people who are running a theme that supports HTML5. It’s just the way it has to be … we can’t litter the Genesis source code with conditionals for infinite backward compatibility forever. But before we do that, we’ll update all the StudioPress themes to work with HTML5, and will probably maintain the 2.0.x branch for a year or so with security updates, etc., so you’re not caught with an insecure version of Genesis.”

2. The old version should still work with Genesis 2.0. The new version of Optimal will only work with Genesis 2.0. There’s no reason to create a new version that works for an older version of the Genesis Framework since no one will be or should be using the old version of Genesis. It’s always recommended to use the latest version of Genesis even if you’re using an older child theme for security and many other reasons…..you probably already know this, but I’m sure others may be curious.

Check out my comment here about updates – https://appfinite.com/topic/how-do-you-upgrade-to-optimal-1-3/#post-6600

You have the exact same theme as what’s sold here so I don’t want you to think you made a mistake or anything.

Wes usually updates his twitter accounts and adds posts in the forum whenever there is an update. There should be a blog post coming soon I believe. Take a look here if you haven’t already – https://appfinite.com/topic/epik-1-3-for-genesis-2-0-html5-is-now-available/

You’ll see this in the top area of your home.php file –

add_filter( 'genesis_pre_get_option_site_layout', '__genesis_return_full_width_content' );

You could remove or change it and the layout will show up at the bottom of all the home widgets. Your content is not going to show because the home.php file is a separate file…meaning it loads automatically if widgets are added to it, and you wouldn’t need to create a page called home. Here is what I’m talking about – https://appfinite.com/tutorials/how-to-setup-the-home-and-blog-page/ …So once you do that your primary sidebar will probably show, but your content won’t, because there is no place to add any content since this isn’t a regular page. It’s for widget content. I’ve actually just used the Genesis Featured Posts widget to show my blog posts on the home page. Much easier. Hope that helps.

I think what is happening is you’re looking at your homepage and seeing the image that you have in your slider, which is throwing everything off (visually). Take a look at your blog page, or any other page. I just recently posted this to your other thread, but I’ll repeat – Your logo should be in line with the edges of the content, and it is.

I know I already mentioned it, but you definitely need to trim the left of your logo first before you do anything else. Once you do that, then compare with your content and you’ll see everything is working as it should. Also be aware that the content and the header adjusts with the browser size. So look at your blog page and adjust the size and you’ll see everything is working perfectly. You just need to trim the image and fix the slider so its not positioned all the way to the left like it is. I think the image in the slider is making you think its not showing up right.

Let me know once you trim the image. Make sure to have the logo moved all the way to the left so there is no space.

Good show,
and I like the “don’t change” part… I might have to try that. 🙂

Check out my comment here – https://appfinite.com/topic/more-clarity-on-manually-update/#post-6477

You can also do a Google search for even more tutorials and resources on how to do this. I’ve seen a lot of blog posts on how to do this recently, so it should be pretty easy to get it done since so many people have tutorials on it.

Here is a short tutorial that explains how to do this – https://appfinite.com/tutorials/how-to-setup-the-home-and-blog-page/

Hi,
These super-tricked out homepages that every theme has nowadays can be somewhat confusing, even to a theme hacker like me. The most common problem I see on the Studiopress forum is that people are used to having a static page as “Home”, so they wonder why no home widgets work (95% of modern tricked-out theme home pages require that you choose “Latest Posts” for what’s on home, even if their home page layout contains no Blog posts at all! Otherwise, no Home widgets work).

But I think there’s an easy answer to your question. You can just make a new page, call it Blog, and here’s the key difference: before saving the page, go down to the right, and find “Template”. In the dropdown, choose “Blog”. Save. (no content needed on the page). Then put the page into one of your menus, and you’re all set. This will work great unless you want some kind of custom changes to the blog display.

Dave

No you didn’t do anything wrong, activating Genesis is just like activating any regular theme and this wouldn’t affect what you’re referring to.

Nearly all Genesis themes with custom homepages are designed to operate this way. The home.php file uses Genesis (the framework) functionality to show your blog posts if there are no widgets active (meaning no content inside of the widget areas). If you add any content inside of your widget areas, then the home.php file is activated and it will show your homepage widgets and remove the blog posts….that’s the way it’s supposed to be. Here is a tutorial that sort of explains it – https://appfinite.com/tutorials/how-to-setup-the-home-and-blog-page/

With most Genesis themes (with custom homepages) you don’t have to create an actual “Home” page, it’s already setup for you. Here is a tutorial on what to do for home pages and blog pages – https://appfinite.com/tutorials/how-to-setup-the-home-and-blog-page/

I have “update” posts here in the forum, and I’ll be writing a blog post soon, plus updating all Social networks to announce anytime there is an update. Genesis Child themes don’t have automatic updates like the framework does, so that’s why I have to make update posts everywhere I can.

You should be able to download the new version from your account now. Take a look here first – https://appfinite.com/topic/epik-1-3-for-genesis-2-0-html5-is-now-available/

Thanks Wes! I had only checked your blog and scanned the top level of a couple forums to looking for the words “Genesis 2.0” but it’s great to hear all of those themes will be updated shortly. Was thinking about buying Legacy… basically Legacy is just Optimal without the “cut background” behind the slider, and without the featured product grid in the middle of the home page, right? Would it be a relatively trivial matter to make Optimal look just like Legacy or would I have to do a lot of digging around in the style sheet and PHP to make it work?

[Edit – skip that last bit. I see the menus are shifted and somewhat different. At $18 on SP site, and all the work you put into these I’ll be buying Legacy regardless. 🙂 Although I should learn how to do stuff like the above. Customizing themes is still not my strongsuit.]

I’ve made a lot of posts here, and on twitter. Here is one – https://twitter.com/WesStraham/status/364437879751057408. I have Legacy, Optimal, Adapt, Ally, and Epik just about done. I’ll be finished late tonight/early morning.

Here is a copy/paste from my recent comment here – https://appfinite.com/topic/eta-for-epik-html5-version/#post-6289

“Sorry, it was supposed to be available earlier today, but I needed to make some extra adjustments. I’m almost done and I expect to be finished late tonight or early tomorrow.

If you’ve purchased from here (appfinite.com), then it will automatically be available in your account – appfinite.com/my-account.

If you purchased from StudioPress, then it will be available tomorrow. I have to send the updated files to Brian and then he uploads them to the StudioPress server.

I’m going to make a post here in the forum when its ready, and I’ll be updating the blog and all of my social links like twitter, Google plus, etc”

Any update on the status now that Genesis 2.0 is available?

In general it would be cool if he could make a blog post briefly letting users know which themes have been updated / are in line to be updated, as other than the brand new one some folks might be interested in buying a couple more themes besides optimal. 🙂

Sorry, it was supposed to be available earlier today, but I needed to make some extra adjustments. I’m almost done and I expect to be finished late tonight or early tomorrow.

If you’ve purchased from here (appfinite.com), then it will automatically be available in your account – appfinite.com/my-account

If you purchased from StudioPress, then it will be available tomorrow. I have to send the updated files to Brian and then he uploads them to the StudioPress server.

I’m going to make a post here in the forum when its ready, and I’ll be updating the blog and all of my social links like twitter, Google plus, etc

If it’s showing your Featured image and your post image then you could either uncheck the option that shows the “Featured Image” in your Genesis Theme Settings page under “Content Archives” or add a content limit which will strip away the post images automatically.

I hope it’s easy. I just updated two blogs that use an ElevenForty child theme from StudioPress, with a number of CSS customizations, plus content managed via widgets, and the upgrade was fast and trouble-free. I hope we experience the same thing with Epik!

I did a quick Google Search and came across this –

add_action('genesis_before_loop', 'add_title');
function add_title() {
if(is_page_template( 'page_blog.php' )) {
the_title( '<h1>', '</h1>');
} }

Try and add that to your functions.php file and it should add the titles on the Blog pages. Just so you know, this is the way Genesis (the framework) is setup. So the same thing would happen on any Genesis Child theme…..but the above code should add it. Let me know if that works.

The prettyPhoto is designed to work with the portfolio template only, it’s not site wide. It would probably be easier to find a plugin to get the blog and any other images to open up using that same effect. I’d search over at WP.org, I’m sure they have plenty of plugins that will do this automatically.