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How to Create a Recipe or Photo Index in Genesis

April 17, 2012

These templates/snippets will work only if you have the Genesis Framework installed and a child theme active. This will provide a graphic / image based index of your photos or recipes categories. Before you start, you'll need this: FTP access Text / Code editor All posts for this index in one big category, for example, "Recipes" with all the sub-categories below that. Each post/recipe should be placed in one of the sub-categories. The ID of the main category WARNING: adding this code to your site can break it entirely - cause it not to show up. I recommend making … [Read more...]

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How to use Inlinkz to host a linky

January 27, 2012

Sometimes, a little step-by-step, you-can't-mess-this-up is what we need. I hope this helps! For this, we will assume you have signed in at Inlinkz.com and upgraded to a premium account (only $19.99 per YEAR- amazing!) Lets set up the situation: you have a website that accepts submissions of a Wordless Wednesday, or Menu Plan Monday, or any other theme. Using Inlinkz, you can let your readers submit their own posts. Here's how to set it up: 1. Sign into Inlinkz.com. 2. Click on "Create new collection" 3. Give your new collection a name (no one but you will see … [Read more...]

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Moving from Blogger (Atom XML) to WordPress with RSS Import

January 26, 2012

Note: this is only half the problem. The comments do backup onto your hard drive. But this will not import them into WordPress. You can request access to the beta version of the Blogger Backup utility if you need to backup and restore posts - and you can use the BLOGML xml type instead of the ATOM. This post is only to get the conversation started!! Step Zero: Prepare Blogger Have blogger feeds at Full. And comment feeds at Full. Step One: Download Atom Files Download the Blogger Backup Utility that comes with a nice easy setup wizard. Settings: Save Comments [Y], Save … [Read more...]

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10% Coupon for Genesis by StudioPress for Developers

January 25, 2012

Now is the time! If you've been thinking about purchasing the StudioPress / Genesis package, and humming and hawing over it - now is the time! The price is going up next month! We are not usually early adopters into software - I like to play it safe for a little while - see how it does, if support is going to wane, what the reviews are going to be like. Mashable calls Genesis the "best of the best" among premium frameworks. Adopting early into StudioPress has been one of the best decisions of my career! Here's what you get for $299 at the moment: incredible support!! Way beyond … [Read more...]

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Genesis Framework Snippets

October 30, 2011

I've debated for several months whether or not to post my Genesis Framework snippets here. Usually we keep to material that makes it easier for clients to use and maintain their WordPress sites. This post, in contrast, will be a list of Genesis Framework snippets and tutorials that I use for developing child themes. I look forward to your feedback! Standard (the big list of) Genesis Framework Snippets dev.studiopress.com list of tutorials. Snippets below are in addition to those. Customizing Admin UI * Best list I've found so far for editing the admin UI is Bill Erickson's * Brian … [Read more...]

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Domain Name Resources

February 28, 2011

Domain Tools - offers a large selection of tools to test the domain name server. This is helpful if you are trying to use custom domain mapping for blogger Kloth - has tools to monitor domain and DNS (my favorite) MX Toolbox - tool to check your email (MX) records which is useful when you're installing google apps Traceroute - allows you to test your IP from various locations around the world, this comes in handy when you are changing hosts and want to know which host is live with your website InterNIC Whois - one of the reliable sites to show whois info for a domain name … [Read more...]

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How to Change the Navigation Bar Items

May 17, 2010

Most navigation bars on WordPress themes are lists of WordPress Pages (not posts). If this is how your nav bars are configured, you can easily change both the items in the nav bar, as well as the order of them. To Change the Order of the Items 1 go to Page Panel(#1), hover on the page you'd like to edit, click on "Quick Edit" (#2). 2 - for each page, edit the 'order'(#3) like this: use 2 digits, ie: 05 10 15 20, and separate the numbers by 5 so you have room to add pages. 3 - update/save and you're done! To Change the Items Listed 1 - Download the "Page Links To" plugin (#1) … [Read more...]