Pretty up boring lists with flexbox using flex-grow. .grid-list { display: flex; flex-flow: row wrap; gap: 20px; } .grid-list li { background: #dddddd; padding: 10px; text-align: center; font-weight: 500; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 1px; border: 1px solid #999; flex-grow: 1; } .entry-content … [Read more...] about Service Items With Flexbox
Best WordPress Form Plugin – Gravity Forms
Contact Form 7 is the most popular free plugin offered in the WordPress repository. However, the best form plugin is Gravity Forms. My company has been proudly using Gravity Forms for the past 5 years. It makes the form functionality of our sites easy to setup and powerful. Since contact forms are one of the most important elements of a website, spending a few extra bucks … [Read more...] about Best WordPress Form Plugin – Gravity Forms
Adding slick to a Genesis child theme
You can see slick here - https://kenwheeler.github.io/slick/. It's a lightweight carousel with tons of flexibility. View slick Add the two folders, js and slick, to your theme's main directory. (You can download them with the link below.) Download slick files Add this to your functions.php: //* Enqueue slick add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'gp_slick' … [Read more...] about Adding slick to a Genesis child theme
5 Best Genesis Plugins in 2018
Genesis is one of the best frameworks for building powerful SEO-friendly WordPress themes. By adding a few Genesis plugins you can take that power one step further, creating a even more robust system. In this lineup, I wanted to focus on plugins that were lightweight and flexible. The following plugins are usable in a variety of circumstances. I installed them on most of the … [Read more...] about 5 Best Genesis Plugins in 2018
Recommended Plugin: Post Types Order
Keeping clients happy can be difficult. There's a few great plugins out there that make managing WordPress websites a breeze. Post Types Order can help clients reorder posts with a simple drag and drop interface. A common way WordPress used to arrange posts was the order field. It was used by setting a number for each individual post from 0 to 999. The default sort order is … [Read more...] about Recommended Plugin: Post Types Order
Desktop Server Review – Setting Up WordPress Easily
I've chosen to write a Desktop Server review because it has ingrained itself into an integral part of my web dev process over the years. Most of us in the WordPress realm are familiar with the famous five minute install, a simple way to get a website up and running. Those tedious tasks are over now, with Desktop Server you can setup a WordPress website with a few simple … [Read more...] about Desktop Server Review – Setting Up WordPress Easily
Add A Transparent Color Layer To A Soliloquy Slider
A popular design trend you will see on a lot of newer themes, is a saturated or darkened banner. I really like this style, it makes the banner less distracting, and conveys a clean and professional look. It also gives a lot more contrast to any text or buttons you plan to display on the banner. I find myself constantly forgetting how to do this, hence the quick and simple … [Read more...] about Add A Transparent Color Layer To A Soliloquy Slider
How To Add Or Remove Footer Widgets On Genesis Themes
Genesis WordPress themes typically come with three footer widgets installed. With a little bit of math and a simple edit to one line of code, you can modify the number of footer widgets. Not all site containers or 'wraps' have the same width. This tutorial breaks down how to calculate the CSS you will need to apply to those elements widths. If you're not here for an … [Read more...] about How To Add Or Remove Footer Widgets On Genesis Themes
How To Add FontAwesome Icons To Simple Social Icons
Ever have clients ask you to add abnormal social networks to their site? Ever have clients not like the Facebook icon you used? I have, and this can be frustrating when you already have your social icons setup using Simple Social Icons. Simple Social Icons is -- you guessed it -- an intuitive plugin that adds social icons to your website through widgets. The only downside to … [Read more...] about How To Add FontAwesome Icons To Simple Social Icons
Recommended Plugin: Genesis Widget Column Classes
Most designers and developers using the Genesis framework have familiarized themselves with the built-in column classes used for constructing layouts. By adding a couple CSS classes to HTML elements you can float content responsively across all devices. See the example below: Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 The Result Column 1 … [Read more...] about Recommended Plugin: Genesis Widget Column Classes