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Yes, this can actually be done with all of our themes. The portfolio code is setup the exact same way.

Yes, just create a new page and select the portfolio template. Then create a custom field and enter query_args in the name field, and cat=1 (for example) in the value field. Replace 1 with the category ID that you want to use and it will show only the category that you added in the value field. I am planning to create a blog posts on how to do this pretty soon.

Yes it is. You should be able to load it right up, just like the demo.

Is it working ok?

Yes it will.

You can use something like this – http://www.diffchecker.com/ which will compare the code and show each line that is different.

In the future, you could create an additional custom css file and link to it from your style.css…..or add your custom css at the bottom of your style.css file. So when an update is made you just place your custom code back at the bottom.

Just giving you a heads up, I’m actually working on that update right now. I’ll let you know as soon as I’m done.

Im using the new Genesis Responsive Slider – http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/genesis-responsive-slider/

I don’t have an iPhone in front of me, so I have no idea what it looks like without the responsive code. If the menu is cutoff, you could also try adding a width to the “.head-wrap” in your style.css file on or around line 195.

.head-wrap {
background: #4c5e6b;
width: 960px;
}

I use a separate program when I edit my files and they are automatically updated through FTP. On a mac I use Espresso, there is Coda, Text Wrangler and a few others. For windows I would use Notepad++.

You could just copy the code from your style.css and place it into an editor and find the line numbers that way.

Yes thats the correct way to comment out.

Yes its pretty easy. To remove the responsive features of your site you can comment out or delete the responsive css section at the bottom of your style.css file. It starts on line 2922 and goes all the way to the end of the file. I would recommend commenting it out. If you don’t know how to comment out just let me know.

Thanks for purchasing!

Do you have a link so I can take a look at the text issue in the slider area?

For the navigation, I don’t have a quick solution yet, but its something I’ve been working on recently. I came up with a few ideas but still running tests on another theme. As soon as I have it ready, it will be applied to all of my themes as an update.

I don’t currently know of a way to disable mobile view. I know it exists, I just haven’t seen it done yet with Genesis themes.

Oh ok, I thought I had the css updated for Optimal too.

The reason why its showing up like that is because it is using the same styles from the top primary menu, and it’s supposed to show up different for the sidebar. A “.sidebar menu a” and a few other things will need to be added to the css and the necessary styles so it shows up separate. I’ll be doing this for each color skin and will let you know as soon as its done.

I’ll definitely have this done today, shouldn’t take too long.

If you look at the StudioPress tutorials page – http://www.studiopress.com/tutorials in the Footer section it has a few links on how to edit them. Here they are below –

Customize the Return to Top of Page Text
Customize the Credits Text
Customize the Entire Footer

In your style.css file the #wrap has a background #fff (which is white) and thats the reason you don’t see the background image, or color that you added. All that you would need to do is remove the background from #wrap and it should work.

#wrap {
background-color: #fff;
margin: 0 auto;
padding: 0;
}

On line 1432 (in your style.css file) change the margin to look like this –

margin: 0 0 20px;

In your widgets section, remove the title from the “Title” section of the widget. Then inside of the Genesis Featured Page widget click the option “Show Page Title” instead and it will show underneath the image.

It didn’t show up automatically?

I’m sure more code will need to be added depending on what all you are trying to do. For now, here is the css for making the Featured page widget float side by side in the home-featured-posts section.

.home-featured-posts .featuredpage {
float: left;
width: 240px;
clear: none;
}

You can place this code in your Home Featured Posts section, which starts around line 714 in your style.css file. Add the necessary changes as needed, such as width, color, etc.

You may want to check for html and css errors within your code. I can’t see what is causing it exactly from my end. Make sure that everything is typed correctly or it won’t be read properly.

When using most Genesis themes, the Reading Settings page should always have “Front page displays” set to “Your latest posts”. You don’t have to set the home or blog page here, its already setup for you.

Your home page will automatically show the home.php file within your theme.

For the blog, you simply create a page, name it Blog (or whatever you want) then select “Blog” from the template selector on the right of the page.

This is how most Genesis themes are setup, at least the ones with the home.php file already included.

In order to show the menu in the sidebar (like the demo), first create a menu from the Menus page…..then use the “Custom Menu” widget and place it inside of your “Header Right” widget area.

The Agile theme is setup differently than other themes, all of the content that you see in the sidebar is setup using widgets. The Header Right widget, and the Primary Sidebar widget are what we use in the demo. – http://demo.appfinite.com/agile/

Place the secondary 1 and 2 inside the “slider-inner” div containers in your home.php……the slider-wrap and slider-inner should wrap around the secondary 1 and 2 widgets.

If you can’t get it, post the code from your home.php. You don’t need to post the entire file, but just the code pertaining to the slider area including the secondary 1 and 2.

You can use that plugin if you want. I prefer to use the functions.php through FTP, so if I ever have an error in my code, (a typo, etc) I can easily undo or correct the mistake if the site goes down.

You’re almost there. You just need to add a div under the “home-bottom-message” div in your home.php file. Maybe you can call it “home-bottom-message-wrap”. Then style “home-bottom-message-wrap” with margin: 0 auto; width: 960px;

So look for this in home.php and add the “home-bottom-message-wrap” next to “home-bottom-message” like this –

echo '<div class="home-bottom-message"><div class="home-bottom-message-wrap">';

then look for the closing tag (which should already be there) and add the “home-bottom-message-wrap” next to it like this –

echo '</div><!-- end .home-bottom-message --></div><!-- end .home-bottom-message-wrap -->';

You’ll have to look at your home.php file and change the area that looks like this –

add_action( 'genesis_loop', 'optimal_home_loop_helper_middle' );
add_action( 'genesis_loop', 'optimal_home_loop_helper' );


^ and change “loop” to “after_header”.

All of the content is placed inside of the #inner id, which has a width of 960px and won’t allow anything to go beyond it. Changing the above code removes it from the #inner div so that you can go in and add or remove space, etc.

I would also recommend using the new version, 1.1. “Responsive” features were added plus much more. Backup your files first, or start from scratch if you do.

Do you have a link that I can take a look at?

If the menu is too long to fit to the right of the header/logo it will fall under it towards the right.

Looks like you are using the old version which is 1.0

The new version is 1.1, which was updated a little over a week ago. Try and re-download from the link you were sent, then check the theme version (style.css) to see if its 1.1.

If it still says 1.0 use the contact form at http://StudioPress.com/contact and tell them that you need the download link for 1.1.