From a Fireworks Comp to a Genesis Child Theme, Step by Step
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This document discusses converting a custom WordPress theme into a Genesis child theme. It begins by explaining the original theme's design, which included elements from various other themes. It then covers translating the widgets, menus, and other elements into the Genesis framework by registering widgets and modifying CSS and HTML. The goal is to recreate the original design using Genesis for improved performance, security, and ease of maintenance.
From a Fireworks Comp to a Genesis Child Theme, Step by Step
- 1. From a Fireworks Comp to a Genesis Child Theme Linda Shum & Sallie Goetsch 7/24/11
- 3. Why Some People Like Fireworks Better Than Photoshop • Multiple Pages • Grouping • Symbols • Interactive • Styles Gradients • Vector Objects • Web Layers • Libraries • Slice-Scaling • Easy to Learn http://boagworld.com/design/fireworks-vs-photoshop/
- 5. Why Genesis? • Genesis is Search • Genesis Lets You Engine Optimized Update Your Site • Genesis Offers Great- Instantly Looking Turn-key • Genesis Makes Designs Customizing Your Site • Genesis Gives You Incredibly Easy Unlimited Everything • Genesis has Custom • Genesis Gives You Widgets and Layout State-of-the-Art Options Security
- 9. Challenges With This Design • Header and Footer Menus • Graphite outlines around boxes • Asymmetric drop shadows behind boxes • Tabbed slider with rotating images • Exact spacing
- 11. What Came from Where • Top and Bottom menus from News Theme • Main menu from Mocha Theme • Tabbed slider from Venture Theme • Four-widget home page layout from Executive Theme • Large widgeted footer from Platinum Theme
- 12. News Theme Header Menu
- 13. News Theme Header Menu Code Don’t ask ME what this is doing in functions.php. I didn’t write it that way.
- 14. Mocha Menu
- 18. Contents of Theme Folder
- 20. Theme Lib Folder
- 21. Style.css (Key to a Child Theme)
- 22. Functions.php
- 23. Registering Widgets Remember this: we’re going to need to make some changes here.
- 24. THE ORIGINAL HOME PAGE
- 29. Home.php Bottom Add three more just like this. Note the box classes for the backgrounds. We’re going to have to change those, too.
- 30. End of Home.php
- 31. SO WHAT’S UP WITH THESE WIDGETS?
- 32. Close-Up of Widget Design
- 33. Widget Sliced for Site
- 34. Test CSS for Widgets /* JUST SOMETHING TO HOLD THE BOX TOGETHER IN A FLOATING AREA */ .box-area { float: left; margin: 0 15px 0 0; } /* THE ACTUAL BOX, HEAD ON TOP, BOX WITH BACKGROUND, AND A BOTTOM */ .box-header-blue { background: #FFFFFF url(box-head-blue.png) no-repeat; width: 235px; height: 45px; color: #FFFFFF; } .box { background: #FFFFFF url(box-back.png) no-repeat; background-position: bottom right; width: 235px; } .box-bottom { background: #FFFFFF url(box-bottom.png) no-repeat; width: 235px; }
- 35. Test HTML for Widgets <div class="box-area"> <div class="box-header-blue"><div class="head-text">BOX HEADER TEXT</div></div> <div class="box"> <div class="content"> The box and its contents.<br><br> And another line of text.<br> And some more.<br> Just to fill things up a bit.<br><br> And something to end with. </div> </div> <div class="box-bottom"> </div> </div>
- 36. What This Looks Like
- 37. Original Genesis Widget Code <div id="home-bottom-bg"> <div id="home-bottom"> <div class="home-bottom-1"> <?php if (!dynamic_sidebar('Home Bottom #1')) : ?> <div class="widget"> <h4><?php _e("Home Bottom #1 Widget", 'genesis'); ?></h4> <p><?php _e("This is a widgeted area which is called Home Bottom #1. It is using the Genesis - Featured Post widget to display what you see on the Executive child theme demo site. To get started, log into your WordPress dashboard, and then go to the Appearance > Widgets screen. There you can drag the Genesis - Featured Post widget into the Home Bottom #1 widget area on the right hand side. To get the image to display, simply upload an image through the media uploader on the edit post screen and publish your post. The Featured Post widget will know to display the post image as long as you select that option in the widget interface.", 'genesis'); ?></p> </div> <?php endif; ?> </div><!-- end .home-bottom-1 -->
- 38. Translating CSS Test to Genesis This looked great at first. Who can see the problem with this solution?
- 39. So Where Can We Put the CSS? In the functions.php file
- 40. The Final Home Page Look, Ma! No Tabs.
- 41. Final Home Page, 2
- 42. Locations Page
- 43. Success Stories
- 44. Where to Find Us Sallie Goetsch Linda Shum wpfangirl.com shumdesign.com