Genesis framework 2.0 update

If you are using Genesis 2.0 Framework platform for your blog, this is good news for you because Studiopress provider have upgraded it to version 2.0 – what’s new in to version 2.0 ?

Genesis 2.0 is a major leap forward for the framework, as essential web standards like HTML5 and schema.org to make your WordPress website as fast, secure, flexible, and findable as it can be.

The first new feature that will catch your eye is the default Genesis design. It has been completely revamped to run even better as a stand-alone theme for your site, if you wish to use it that way. And yes, it is completely mobile responsive.

But the improvements in Genesis 2.0 are far more than just cosmetic.  And the two most prominent and empowering under-the-hood changes being Genesis 2.0′s support for HTML5 and schema.org markup.

HTML5 Markup

Genesis has always been on the cutting edge of web technology, and Genesis 2.0 continues in that excellent tradition. With a single line of code in a child theme, Genesis will now output HTML5 markup in place of the old XHTML tags. Also, every theme we build in the future will be developed on HTML5. What does this mean? The benefits of HTML5 markup are numerous:

It makes your website future compatible

It improves cross-browser compatibility

It makes your site truly mobile-friendly

It allows for extensible design and supports video and audio like no other markup language.

It is cleaner and more efficient in terms of storage, API interaction, and other ways impact user experience.

Microdata

With built-in support for schema.org, Genesis 2.0 allows you to enhance your site’s search engine optimization and results display through proper classification of the most important and defining elements on your pages.

If you’re using a theme with HTML5 enabled, Genesis will also output your markup using microdata.. Not sure what that is? We don’t blame you. Take a look at this explanation. Still confused? Don’t worry. That’s why you’re using a framework. We did all the research and modified the markup to serve search engines the Microdata they’re looking for, so you don’t have to. It’s good to be a Genesis user.

A Brand New Design

Genesis is sporting a fresh new look. And we’ve taken advantage of the new HTML5 markup, as well as some snazzy CSS3. We think you’re gonna love this.

Removing Features

We want to keep Genesis as lightweight as possible for you, nobody wants to use bloated software. So we’ve removed the Latest Tweets widget, eNews widget, the “post templates” feature, and the “fancy dropdowns” setting. But fear not! If you want those features back, click below to install the handy plugins we created for you.

• Genesis Latest Tweets Widget


• Genesis eNews Extended

Creates a new widget to easily add mailing lists to a Genesis website. Recommended plugin to replace the Genesis eNews Widget removed in Genesis 2.0. The widget allows the site administrator to set the either the Feedburner ID or form action, e-mail form field and hidden fields to mimic the subscribe form of other mailing list services.

• Single Post Template

The Single Post Template plugin adds the ability for your theme to include “Post Templates” in much the same way you can add “Page Templates”, allowing you to choose (via a simple dropdown) which post template you want to use, on a per-post basis.

All you need to do, after installing and activating the plugin, is create one or more “Post Templates” in your theme’s folder, and when creating or editing a post, choose the post template that you would like to use. If no post template is selected, the default template will be used.

• Fancy Dropdowns

 Boring, but important

We’re always improving. Call it a sickness, but we like to make things work really, really well. Here’s a list of the technical changes in this latest release.

• Better named loop hooks for HTML5.


• Network Upgrade now upgrades the Genesis database for all sites in a network when running WordPress in multisite mode.


• Widget classes are now coded in PHP5 format.


• Admin CSS and Javascript are now minified.


• Inline HTML comments have been removed to reduce page size.


• The Scripts option now has its own metabox when editing an entry.


• Custom Post Type archive pages now have a settings page so you can control the output.


• Genesis tracks displayed entry IDs so you can exclude entries from showing twice on a page.


• Entries without titles now display a permalink after the post content.

Sure you will have many interesting experiences with version 2.0 of Genesis

Genesis framework 2.0 update
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