The Genesis Framework is the most stable, secure, and extendable theme for WordPress I’ve used. It can also be a little intimidating to modify.
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My main problem with Genesis is not being able to fully utilize it. On two of my sites, I can’t get the main blog page to look how I want. I use the Lifestyle theme on my father’s baseball blog, but I can’t get it to look magazine-styled–I can only figure out how to show a bunch of full blog posts. I know there should be a way to do it, but I can’t figure it out!
I also have trouble changing fonts in all the right places. Such a “newb” problem to have. I love how Genesis w/a child theme makes it so easy to have a professional-looking site, though.
To make font changes requires modification of the CSS via your child theme style sheet. I never recommend changing font style in the editor.
As a newb to Genesis (and WordPress – first installation ever was three days ago!) the hardest thing I’ve found is working out what is possible to do with widgets/plugins and what isn’t. For example – I’m using the Streamline Theme and want to customise the text that is displayed on the featured page boxes on my homepage. I can’t see how to do it so am thinking is there a plugin that lets me do this or do I need to get some code or ask someone else to?
Working out whats possible and what isn’t would be more straightforward if I knew what to search for. But I’m still getting used to the terminology used to describe different functionality.
I realise some of my frustrations may be more related to WordPress in general rather than specifically Genesis but I’m happy to feed through what else I find frustrating, not in the expectation that you suggest a fix (hopefully I can find it myself!) but because I am guessing the info will be useful to you in finding out more about the frustrations of your target market?
BTW my new site is temporarily hosted at http://www.mindofmyown.org.uk
One of the most common issues I see from new users is not a WordPress or Genesis issue, its a CSS issue. Changing font styles, colors, and such is changed in the style sheet. Gaining a basic understanding of CSS would be helpful.
Another helpful hint is use a browser that lets you inspect and view the code. I prefer Google Chrome, but FireFox also allows you to view source code and make changes. As you make changes you can see what happens in real time. It’s a great tool for figuring out what to change in your style sheet.
Thanks Alan
I’ve also found the following frustrating:
– working out how to change the excerpt displayed on a featured page widget
– working out how to create a new sidebar/place to put widgets on a homepage