Thatcher & Thorne Homepage Widgets

Slider

The image size for the slider in the Home Top widget area is 2500 x [any height] px. First install the Soliloquy Lite plugin (got to Plugins >> Add New and search for “Responsive WordPress Slider – Soliloquy Lite”).

Once installed, you’ll see a new tab called “Soliloquy” in the sidebar within your WordPress admin area. Click Soliloquy >> Add New to add a new slider. Click “config” and modify your settings as outlined below:

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(You can adjust the duration and speed if you want.) Upload your images. Click on the blue “i” icon to edit the slider image’s meta data and add in your caption and/or link button. Use this code in the image caption box (view photo instructions here):

<h1 class="soliloquy-fc-caption">
Your Message Here
</h1>
<a class="soliloquy-button" href="http://URLHERE">
Button Text Here
</a>

Once your slider is ready, copy and paste the shortcode (will looking something like ) into a Text widget (on the Appearance >> Widgets page) under the Home – Top widget area.

Text Widgets

Go to Appearance >> Widgets and drag and drop a Text widget to the home-left, home-center, or home-right area. Copy and paste the following code, editing where necessary:

<center>
<br /><br /><h4>Heading Here</h4>
Your text here
</center>

To add the icons download and install the Better Font Awesome plugin. Add icons to the text widget via shortcode, e.g.

[icon name="fa-bolt" size="2x"]

right after the first < center > tag. Use the Font Awesome cheat sheet to see all your choices.

Repeat as necessary for the other two widget areas. You can also add a “Simple Social Icons” widget as well.

Featured Posts Grid

Go to Appearance >> Widgets and drag and drop a new Genesis – Featured Posts into the Home Featured widget area. Make sure your settings match the following:

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Slider

The image size for the slider in the Home Bottom Slider widget area is 2500 x [any height] px. First install the Soliloquy Lite plugin (got to Plugins >> Add New and search for “Responsive WordPress Slider – Soliloquy Lite”).

Once installed, you’ll see a new tab called “Soliloquy” in the sidebar within your WordPress admin area. Click Soliloquy >> Add New to add a new slider. Click “config” and modify your settings as outlined below:

Click to enlarge

(You can adjust the duration and speed if you want.) Upload your image or images. Click on the blue “i” icon to edit the slider image’s meta data and add in your caption and/or link button. Use this code in the image caption box (view photo instructions here):

<div class="caption"><div class="cap">Put your ultra cool quote here</div></div>

Once your slider is ready, copy and paste the shortcode (will looking something like ) into a Text widget (on the Appearance >> Widgets page) under the Home – Bottom – Slider widget area.

Genesis eNews Extended (Subscribe Form)

Install Genesis eNews Extended plugin. Drop a a Genesis – eNews Extended widget into the Home – Bottom widget area on the Appearance >> Widgets page. plugin This tutorial covers how to set up your subscription box.

Text or Link

You can also put a link or text in this area. Go to Appearance >> Widgets and drag and drop a new Text widget into the Home – Bottom widget area. Copy and paste the following, replacing the text in red as necessary:

<h3><span><a href="http://URLHERE">your message here</a></span></h3>