Genesis Customisation Question

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Several people highly recommended Genesis as being the best and most customisable framework for Wordpress and one that displays well on iPads. I was assured I wouldn't be disappointed and that it's amazing.

Amazingly basic is how it seems to me. Yes, you can get child themes. Yes, I've installed a simple one as I want to design my own theme.

No, I cannot see how to do that. I understand basic CSS and PHP. But Genesis has to be different so regular php aint gonna work. I have to learn hooks.

My sanity is in danger. The very first thing I want to do is fix the site width to around 960px.

There's no option for that under Site Layout.

Does anyone know how to fix the width of a Genesis site. You'll save me from an early grave if you do.
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  • Sound like you may benefit by watching a few YouTube videos on Geneis

    genesis is your framework and the "child" theme is your theme.
    Check your style.css for something similar to below

    .site-inner,
    .wrap {
    margin: 0 auto;
    max-width: 960px;
    }

    You may also need to adjust the sidebar widths
    There may be some settings in the theme functions.php as well
    Really depends on the theme and design.
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  • Hi rosetrees

    We are building sites in Genesis all the time for our clients. No less than a 100 sites we have done. If you are not looking to dig deep into the code and want to make your life a lot easier, I high recommend that you invest in Dynamic by CobaltApps. Here is a link to their website (Dynamik Website Builder for Genesis | A Premium Genesis Child Theme). Dynamic will allow you to do a huge amount of things to your Genesis website without coding at all.

    You will install genesis first, then install Dynamic as a Child theme... All this means is that you put Dynamic on the site just like any other type of theme and then select it as your theme. It will only work if Genesis is already installed as it uses many of the Genesis components to work.

    If you want to keep your Child them, they (CobaltApps) also have a product called Genesis Extender. It installs as a plugin and not a theme.

    With Dynamic, you will be able to set your site width and make it fully responsive for site visitors. It has a very long list of things that you can do to your site so go have a look at it.

    Cheers,

    Mary
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    Genesis Customisation Question

    Several people highly recommended Genesis as being the best and most customisable framework for Wordpress and one that displays well on iPads. I was assured I wouldn't be disappointed and that it's amazing. Amazingly basic is how it seems to me. Yes, you can get child themes. Yes, I've installed a simple one as I want to design my own theme.