WP Smith

Creating WordPress & Genesis Websites Since 2010

Dequeue Soliloquy Style

Since Soliloquy does not "properly" enqueue the flexslider stylesheet (only meaning, it doesn't hook into wp_enqueue_scripts, and frankly, it does it with the best approach IMHO). Here is the proper hook to remove the default Soliloquy style sheet.

Enable Lazy Load on Genesis

If you would like to enable Lazy Load on Genesis, you may notice that the feature images do not lazy load. Because of the simplicity of Lazy Load, it is quite easy to add this functionality.

Add the following to your functions.php file. And BOOM! you're done!

The later function, wps_lazyload_placeholder_image, will enable you to setup a default image instead of the Lazy Load's default placeholder image, which is 1x1.trans.gif. However, if you are good with the 1x1 gif, then you don't need the second function.

How to Effectively Use the Blog Template with the Genesis Easter Egg, query_args, Pt 2?

In my previous post, How to Effectively Use the Blog Template with the Genesis Easter Egg, query_args, I discussed how to create single category pages and single custom post type pages with a caveat explained how to use shortcodes to get the desired content as well as the look and feel that you want.

However, if you wanted to get a bit more fancy like integrating multiple custom post types or multiple categories, that can be a bit more complicated. However, it isn't, if you know how to use query_args and query strings. With multiple categories, WordPress is looking for a comma separated (with no spaces!) list of categories. Your query_args would be: cat=3,7.

However, this will not work with post types! Instead you need to "build an array of post types via query string." Your query_args would be: post_type[]=post&post_type[]=wps_cpt1&post_type[]=wps_cpt2

So, if you wanted to combine the query where you show only posts from the post post type and your custom post type that share a specific category (WordPress built-in categories), then your query_args would be: cat=3&post_type[]=post&post_type[]=wps_cpt1.

So, when I said "your possibilities are almost endless" with using the Genesis Easter Egg, I meant that your possibilities are almost endless!

How to Display a Different Menu Based on User Capabilities or Level

wp_nav_menu() has a filter, wp_nav_menu_args, right after it parses the function arguments. This essentially allows you to change the menu at any time. So, if you want to have a different menu for administrators, editors, authors, contributors, and subscribers, you can easily do this via the wp_nav_menu_args filter hook.

First, you will need to check the theme_location of the menu. If you utilize menu theme locations, as your theme should, then any time the location is empty, it is because of the Custom Menu widget. Personally, I wish WordPress would have placed that in the arguments; however, as it stands now, 3.4.2 and 3.5.0, it is what it is.

Use Justin Tadlock's Members plugin to create new roles and new capabilities to further expand this.