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June 22, 2014 at 10:06 am #111078crbeddMember
Hi! I am wondering if anyone could answer my burning questions about Executive Pro http://my.studiopress.com/themes/executive/ especially the first 1 or 2. As mentioned before, this is only my second time needing and looking at themes.
1 Is the Genesis theme, framework in Executive Pro the same or different from Genesis theme, framework in parallax pro and lifestyle pro theme 3.0 that seems like Studio Press’ top theme, framework? If different, how so?
2 Can the area where Executive Pro is be set up and made into its own rectangular area with its own color different from the border around it?
3 In the slider, can the text be made stationary and only pictures move or slide?
4 Can the speed of the slider be controlled, varied, slowed down?
5 Can the number of text and images in the slider be controlled, have the number you would like?
6 Can the colors in the border around the page and the page itself be easily changed to just about any color you would like? ‘
Thanks, Randy
http://tinyurl.com/themewantlistJune 22, 2014 at 11:03 am #111086Davinder Singh KainthMember1. All three theme are completely different in terms of look and features. Lifestyle theme has more subtle blog / magazine layout, while Executive has more magazine / corporate website type layout.
Also, executive theme has additional built in custom post type for "portfolio" - this is not present in lifestyle / parallax theme (but can be added through manual code).
Parallax Theme follow latest trend of stack type of layout with big full width background images. It all depends on topic of your website that should help you decide on theme selection.
2. Yes requires code modification. If you really want full width layout, then go with parallax theme.
3. Slider is displayed using "Genesis Responsive Slider" plugin. You can give same text to all pictures, so photos will change but text remains same.
4. Yes, speed can controlled from slider plugin settings.
5. Yes you can set maximum number of slider images in slider plugin settings.
6. Through CSS code editing you can change color of any part or element in the theme.
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Need Genesis help? Davinder @ iGuiding Media | My Blog | Fresh Genesis ThemesJune 23, 2014 at 6:35 pm #111252crbeddMemberDavinder, Hi! Thank you so much for your thoughtful, detailed reply answering all my questions. As mentioned this is only my second time looking at themes, so your knowledge, expertise and experience is greatly appreciated.
It looks like my responsive theme want list http://tinyurl.com/themewantlist might have helped that was under my name at the end instead in the beginning.
I need to get a website up as soon as possible, and thought the theme selection was just about settled. Now it feels like “back to square one”; things knocked off the table and all over the floor so to speak. I am not sure how to put the pieces back together again.
It seems back to the question of what is the best responsive theme for the theme want list, and maybe that is not a Studio Press one.
My understanding was to pick a theme as close to what you want so changes, modifications, revamping, additions, subtractions, coding or recoding would be minimized. I had picked the Executive Pro because it was the closest I had seen so far to 1 in the theme want list.
But now some of the needed features for the responsive theme want list might not be in the Executive Pro and/or need some coding, code editing. If I want to set Max Fulfillment off like I have it in 1, then its better to go with the full width layout that the parallax theme has.
That is just for 1. What about the other items in the theme want list and whether executive pro, parallax, lifestyle or some other theme is best, a better match/fit.
Any thoughts, suggestions, resolution is welcomed.
Thanks, Randy
June 23, 2014 at 9:46 pm #111264Davinder Singh KainthMemberI am a Genesis Developer, I use Genesis Sample Theme to create any type of theme look and functionality. If you can provide more details:
- Topic of your website.
- Basic layout that you want
- Any specific featuresBased on above details I can provide you Theme name options that fit best to your requirements.
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Need Genesis help? Davinder @ iGuiding Media | My Blog | Fresh Genesis ThemesJune 24, 2014 at 7:53 am #111288crbeddMemberDavinder, Thank you!! for providing names of Themes that best fit my requirements. I think that is done in http://tinyurl.com/themewantlist but made it clearer and copied it below.
However, the visual of the layout in 1 doesn’t copy and paste right, and needs to be seen in that link. If there is anything missing in the requirements or theme want list, let me know.
Thanks again for the Theme names. Anyone is welcomed to make any responsive Theme suggestions.
Randy
Responsive Theme (RT) Want List
1 Layout for the top of the website and its web pages. It doesn’t copy and paste right, and can only be seen at http://tinyurl.com/themewantlist
The topics that Max Fulfillment, the main title is for are Adult Student and Career Services, and Administrator, Staff and Faculty Development.
A The top of the website and its pages has two bars. The top bar is the navigation bar with the title of the website, Max Fulfillment in the first tab.
The second bar below it is a slider divided in half. The left half has fixed or moving text; can choose which one. The second other half has fixed or moving pictures, images; can choose which one.
B Colors are preferably something like blue, green, crimson not white, black, grey. Colors of sides, background, lettering are changeable not fixed; don’t’ have to change the code to change a color.
2 Best full, complete, top quality responsive, mobile friendly theme. Theme is already totally responsive; it doesn’t have to be made into one.
3 Responsive theme (RT) that is capable of that real professional, top quality look and feel, grabs attention, makes you want to read and take advantage of the website. Any ideas or suggestions are welcomed.
4 RT that is capable of and supports a neat, classy, professional looking logo or something distinctive, outstanding for Max Fulfillment in the first bar and Maximizing, optimizing success/ fulfillment in the 2nd. Any ideas or suggestions are welcomed.
5 RT that fully enables and supports a website that’s based on top quality, best practice internet and on ground marketing. Includes the best SEO, etc. for internet marketing and selling. How is that done?
6 A regular, business, ecommerce type theme and website that will have a store with affiliate programs and selling my own educational materials. How is that set up?
7 Other? Anything missed, or not taken into consideration that should be?
June 24, 2014 at 11:08 am #111304Davinder Singh KainthMemberIf you look for every specific want, then it is highly likely you won't find any theme that meets all the above requirements "out of the box". As such you can use any latest theme and then can modify theme layout as per requirement. If you do not know the modification part, you can hire a theme developer (like me). Also check the executive theme - http://demo.studiopress.com/executive/
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Need Genesis help? Davinder @ iGuiding Media | My Blog | Fresh Genesis ThemesJune 25, 2014 at 1:09 pm #111513crbeddMemberDavinder, Thanks! It looks like it will take take sitting down with someone who knows about themes from different providers and working out which one fits best with the least amount of customization and expense.
Yes, good point about being unlikely to find a theme that fits the theme want list right "out of the box". But I certainly can find one that comes closest and requires the least amount of customization, and consequently the least amount of additional time, effort and expense.
Randy
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