Learning Genesis for WordPress

Learning Genesis for WordPress

English | MP4 | AVC 1280×720 | AAC 48KHz 2ch | 1h 04m | 193 MB

Get up and running with Genesis, the hugely popular theme framework that empowers users of all stripes to quickly and easily build websites with WordPress. Instructor Carrie Dils shows you how to install Genesis and configure the basic settings, from selecting a layout to enabling comments. Carrie goes over the different types of homepages—and how to choose the one that best suits your needs—and discusses how to work with popular widgets. She also offers a few tips for when you’re ready to take WordPress further with search engine optimization (SEO), accelerated mobile pages (AMP), and various plugins you can use to extend the framework’s functionality.

Table of Contents

1 Getting started with Genesis
2 What you need to follow this course
3 What is the Genesis Framework
4 Introduction to the framework files
5 What is a child theme
6 The files that make up a child theme
7 Modifying themes with hooks and filters
8 Installing the Genesis Framework
9 Theme onboarding
10 Using the Theme Customizer
11 Working with menus
12 Theme settings, part 1
13 Theme settings, part 2
14 Adding custom header and footer scripts
15 Adding a logo
16 Using a custom or dynamic homepage
17 Using a blog-style or static homepage
18 Using a block-based homepage
19 Standard Genesis widget areas
20 Featured Page widget
21 Featured Post widget
22 User Profile widget
23 Genesis and SEO
24 Genesis and AMP
25 Shopping for a Genesis child theme
26 Extending Genesis with plugins
27 Next steps