Compatible with Genesis 2.3.0?

Hi danbashaw,

It seems as though the base Genesis 2.3.0 is missing the CSS for columns, I am not sure why and I am looking into it. Are you using a child theme? If not, this might be why. I seems as though the Genesis folks are moving towards requiring that people use a Child theme rather than the base framework. For example the newly redesigned Genesis Sample Theme includes the column classes.

I have reached out to some folk behind the scenes at Studiopress to see what the direction will be on including column classes in the base framework. If they are going to leave them out, I will include an option in the plugin that adds the proper CSS classes if you are running a child theme that does not include them.

I’ll keep you posted.

Nick

i’m only using the base framework, and it looks not good., old version is much better

Hi markgelo,

I can confirm that the column classes have been removed from the base Genesis Framework in version 2.3.0. I am still looking into why this is the case and if StudioPress will no longer be supporting column classes. If this is the case, I will build the classes directly into this plugin so everything still will work.

Please hold tight, I will have an update for you all later today. I apologize for this inconvenience.

Nick

So it is official, the column classes were purposefully removed from v2.3.0 of the base Genesis Framework theme. That being said, nearly all child themes still use these classes so the majority of users should have no issue.

If you are using the base Genesis Framework as the theme of your site, StudioPress now advises that this should never be done and you should always be running a child theme as well. You will probably see a notification about this in your WordPress admin if you upgraded to v2.3.0 and are just using the base theme.

The best course of action in this case it to install the free Genesis Sample Theme. It has been completely rebuilt for v2.3.0 and contains the column classes you need for this plugin. You can download it from GitHub here (https://github.com/copyblogger/genesis-sample). Click the green button on the right.

As an aside, I am hard at work on version 2.0 for this plugin. In light of the column classes being removed from Genesis v2.3.0, I adding an option in version 2 that allows the plugin itself to serve the required CSS. This will allow the plugin to stand alone from Genesis.

Again, I apologize for the inconvenience. If you are running the base parent theme, I highly recommend you upgrade to the free Genesis Sample Theme. Also stay on the lookout for version 2.0 of this plugin coming next week.

Thanks,
Nick

Thanks Nick!

In our case, we are using a custom child theme that references the Genesis theme directly, rather than using a StudioPress ‘official’ child theme. It surprises me a bit that StudioPress would choose to abstract something this fundamental from the framework itself.

Thanks again for looking into this so rapidly, and for your great plugin! I appreciate you adding the needed CSS to the plugin itself, for use cases like ours.

Cheers – Dan

What infuriates me is that from what i remember the older framework had about 1700 lines of CSS code. Now the new framework only reduced that to 1500 and on top of that, i need their child theme, which includes 1,900 lines of extra CSS code? How is this an improvement? I’m with @danbashaw, i don’t use an “official” child theme

Hi jbbaab44,

I feel your pain and I don’t have an answer for you ?? I am busy making this plugin stand-alone so it will not rely on any existing Genesis column classes unless you want it to. Taking a bit longer than expected because I am adding a few new things that Genesis never supported, like fifths, but it will be released this weekend.

Nick

Sorry this has taken so long. Version 2.0.0 is now available. Give it a try and let me know what you think.

Nick

Thanks Nick – The fix is working perfectly, and I really like the well thought out interface improvements you have made in 2.0 as well. Much appreciated!

Thanks Dan! Plugin reviews are most welcome ??