Frustrated

  • humadyn

    (@humadyn)


    14 years, 7 months ago

    Uncertain of even the right question…but would appreciate your helping me get clearer.

    Have a few WordPress sites. Been using a web guy, but he didn’t
    “do right by me” so I’m trying to (for now) take control of my websites and get to a place where I can build/develop my WordPress sites. By no means a WordPress guru, but generally know my way around and how

    My sites are using Genesis Themes, but they seem less friendly to the “layman” user. For instance, when I get onto the dashboard, I can’t find the “header.” Someone intro’d me to iThemes with the Builder tool. Seems easier to use.

    All that to say…if I want to be able to work with my WP sites, but without too much complication…what themes, builders, etc. should I be working with.

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  • Christine Rondeau

    (@crondeau)

    14 years, 7 months ago

    That’s a hard question, because all themes are different… I’ve never looked at Genesis so can’t say. I would recommend that you look at the series of tutorial at http://devpress.com/

    The courses at lynda.com may be helpful

    There are a few books of course, like digging into wordPress and WordPress for dummies.

    I also wrote a few tutorials to accompany the class that I teach. I would look at the custom theme dev one that runs in three parts.

    Hopefully that gives you lots of ideas where to start.

    Best of luck.

    Andrea Rennick

    (@andrea_r)

    14 years, 7 months ago

    Genesis also has an extensive support forum, with tutorials specific to each child theme, as well as http://dev.studiopress.com.

    Some child themes use the custom header option- some don’t. It depends on which one you have.

    Amanda Kopp

    (@amanda-kopp)

    14 years, 7 months ago

    All themes are different and most require a little more than general knowledge. Books and tutorials are a great suggestion. You could also try the “trial and error” approach, but if you do so, make sure to save a copy of the page you are editing.

    If you have a specific question, I am more than happy to look at it for you.

    Amanda Kopp
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