Lynda - Up and Running with Genesis for WordPress | 304MB

Duration: 0h 52m | Video: AVC (.mp4) 1280x720 15fps | Audio: AAC 48KHz 2ch

Genre: eLearning | Level: Beginner | Language: English

Whether you're a novice or an advanced developer, Genesis provides the foundation that takes WordPress to places you never thought it could go. Because Genesis is much more than a mere WordPress theme; it's an underlying framework of immaculate code that offers three important benefits: SEO, security, and a huge selection of design options. Learn how to get up and running with Genesis in these tutorials from Carrie Dils. She'll show you how to configure the basic settings, from selecting a layout to enabling comments; create menus and add them to your site; choose a homepage; and work with popular widgets. She also offers a few tips for when you're ready to take WordPress further with search engine optimization (SEO) and templates.

Topics include:

* What is Genesis?

* Which files make up a child theme?

* Setting up navigation options, breadcrumbs, and comments

* Adding custom header and footer scripts

* Working with menus

* Working with the Featured Post and Featured Page widgets

* Using the Genesis Import/Export feature