Creating a Genesis Child Theme for WordPress
October 19th, 2012 by admin
robcubbon.com Creating a new Genesis theme for WordPress. The Sample Child Theme I downloaded on this page: www.studiopress.com has changed slightly since I recorded this video in November 2011 but not by very much. However, the exact Sample Child Theme used in this video can be downloaded in the article here (scroll down until you see the child.zip icon). robcubbon.com Here is a link to the Genesis theme framework for WordPress. (This is an affiliate link so I get paid a commission if you make a purchase through this link. Thank you if you do!) robcubbon.com
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October 19th, 2012 at 5:45 pm
That’s great! I’m sorry for the confusion in this case.? I’m hopefully going to do another site in Genesis soon so I’ll do some more videos and they’ll be a bit better.
October 19th, 2012 at 5:45 pm
Thank you for your replies. I’ll give it another go! Your website also has a ton of great info so I signed? up for your newsletter.
October 19th, 2012 at 5:45 pm
I think what must have happened in this case is that I’d made those changes off-camera for some? reason and forgot about them. Apologies! However, the descriptors “body” and “#wrap” are in the same place in the CSS then as now and I’m sure you can follow what’s going on. Please let me know if you have any further problems.
October 19th, 2012 at 5:45 pm
The CSS in the theme originally is body {background-color: #d5d5d5; } and I change it to #fff in the video. The Sample Child Theme is the same version (1.8) in the video as it is now. They seem? to have added different selection colors for some reason but this is not covered in any of these videos so I don’t think that’s the reason for your problems.
If you have any questions about something specific that doesn’t work in these videos or anything important that they changed please let me know.
October 19th, 2012 at 5:45 pm
Also when I change the background color, only the surrounding background color changes. The rest of the page stays white. When you change the background color in the video the entire page changes color, not just the background.? So yes, I’m a little confused.
October 19th, 2012 at 5:45 pm
The code from the body section of the 2012 Sample Child Theme (which I re-downloaded from the link you provided) is:
body {
background-color: #d5d5d5;
}
::-moz-selection? {
background-color: #0d72c7;
color: #fff;
}
::selection {
background-color: #0d72c7;
color: #fff;
}
The code in your video is:
body {
background-color: #fff;
}
The code is not the same.
October 19th, 2012 at 5:45 pm
I’ve just revisited that page and downloaded the Sample Child Theme and I can assure you it is just the same and will work in exactly the? same way with the new version of Genesis, nightowwl. I have pasted the link to it in the video description. You should complain to YouTube about the video quality!
October 19th, 2012 at 5:45 pm
These videos looked really promising, but I’m having trouble following them because the sample child theme from genesis is? a newer version and much of the code you reference in the video doesn’t match the current style.css. It is also extremely difficult to see the text in the videos even at 480p. I’ll give the vids another try when I get more familiar with the Genesis framework.
October 19th, 2012 at 5:45 pm
Thanks Rob, I’ll do that! Appreciate? the response and all the hard work.
October 19th, 2012 at 5:45 pm
Hello Brad, I can’t post a link? here in YouTube comments but if you go to my site and click on Genesis in the topics or search for Genesis — I have one page with all the videos in the correct order — there’s six or seven after this one. The title of the article is “Create a WordPress Theme with Genesis [Video]”.
Best of luck creating your Mashable-esque site!
October 19th, 2012 at 5:45 pm
I’m having trouble finding the 2nd part of this series? Thank you for creating it, as I’m responsible for doing the same thing from a mockup, using Genesis and the Simple/Sample Child Theme you are using. It’s a bit overwhelming due? to the amount of content, complicated tabbed navigation menu (similar to Mashable’s), and the number of plugins/widgets we’ll need to use!
October 19th, 2012 at 5:45 pm
Great? videos thanks Rob.
Wondering what your views are on Thesis.
October 19th, 2012 at 5:45 pm
Rob, loving the videos!? Hoping for 720p at some point!