June 18, 2017

Genesis Club Lite Plugin

Mobile Responsive Logos, Hamburger Menus, Animated Top Bars, FAQ Accordions, User Signatures, Google Calendars and much more for Genesis sites

IMPORTANT: This plugin can ONLY be used with Genesis child themes

WHAT’S NEW: New analytics features and Facebook Comments Widget – see http://www.diywebmastery.com/4907/genesis-club-lite-back-on-track

SUPPORT: For priority support and bonus features try https://genesisclubpro.com

FEATURES:

Genesis Club Lite is organized into separate modules so you can just load the modules you need.

DASHBOARD MODULE:

Switch on only the modules you need – there is no bloat in this plugin
Enable the plugin selectively for any custom post types you have defined

ACCORDION MODULE:

Apply the accordion feature to your FAQ pages
Can add special scroll to top with bump for themes with fixed header sections so the answers is always visible at the top of the scrolling section of the page immediately beneath the fixed header
Enable the Accordion on your FAQ archives pages to show all the post title (the questions) with the post content (the answer) revealed on clicking each title
Added the arrows class that styles accordion with up and down arrows when the accordion is open or closed

BAR MODULE:

Add a responsive top bar for your marketing messages
Can use different messages for desktop, laptop, notepad and mobile sized devices
Can control timing of when the bar appears and if and when it disappears
Can add a shadow and a subtle(ish) bounce effect to attract visitor attention on arrival of the bar
Can apply bar to footer instead of header
Added setting to hide bar on home page
Added setting to show bar only on the home page
In Genesis Club Post Settings you can switch the Top Bar off for selected posts and on for selected pages
In Genesis Club Archive Settings you can switch the Top Bar off for selected archives –NEW–

DISPLAY MODULE:

Include responsive clickable logo image in the title instead of text and tagline with settable ALT tag
Exclude logo from Pinterest sharing
Change “read more…” label
Change “read more” prefix (default is …)
Add custom class for “read more” text (e.g. make the link look like a button)
Change commentary label “Leave A Reply” in HTML5 sites and “Speak Your Mind” in XHTML sites
Remove comment form notices
Change breadcrumb labels such as “You are here” and “Archives for”
Remove postinfo and postmeta from all standard pages
Remove postinfo and postmeta from all archive pages
Control the post info and post meta on your archive pages
Change or remove the content in the postinfo and postmeta sections at the top and bottom of each post
Selectively include post dates so your site does not appear out of date using new shortcodes: [genesis_club_recent_update] and [genesis_club_post_dates]
Add extra widget areas at the top or foot of the “entry” on single posts/pages (i.e. above the post title or below the post comments)
Add extra widget areas at the top or foot of the “entry content” on posts/pages (i.e. below the post info or before the post comments)
Add extra widget areas at the top or foot of each archive page
Add extra widget areas at the top or foot of the “content” on any page
Customize your WordPress login with a background image, logo, user label and button color.
Set background color and opacity on WordPress login form
Set button color and button text color on WordPress login form –NEW–
Add clearfix class which can be placed on the container of floated elements so anything that comes after is unaffected
Use dropcaps class to create a big capital letter on the first paragraph on the page
Single click to add screen_reader_text support for old themes
Single click to remove unwanted emoji support
Disable breadcrumbs on specific archives
Specify an except image to use for all posts on your archive images (if you require a consistent look)
Control the sort order of your archive pages
Control the post info and post meta on your archive pages
Redirect your archive page to another page
Hide features on selected pages or posts: e.g the page title, various widget areas, breadcrumbs, or to disable auto-paragraphing, or to exclude the page from the site search. For example, you may want to not have landing pages, “thank you” pages and any download pages appear on a site search

FONTS MODULE:

Easy to add Google Fonts
Easy to use Google Font Effects

GOOGLE CALENDAR MODULE:

Embed a Google Calendar on your page where the users can adjust the timezone so they can see your meetings and webinars scheduled in their own time zone
The [genesis_club_calendar] shortcode allows you to use multiple calendars, with different sizes and color settings

ICONS MODULE:

Enables Simple Social Icons plugin to have multiple widgets on the same page with different sizes
Use [simple-social-icons] short code to allow inclusion of social icons in the body of a post
Updated to use SVG files rather than fonts for icons –NEW–

MENU MODULE:

Add a responsive hamburger menu icon which appears at a size of device you can configure which can be applied to to your primary, secondary and/or header navigation areas
Can choose to locate the expanded menu to the left, to the right or below the hamburger
Can add a search box at the end of the primary, secondary or header right navigation areas

POST MODULE:

Genesis Club Post Images Widget displays a gallery of attached images sidebar widget with optional lightbox for showing random selection of photos where you have many photos attached to a post.
Genesis Club Post Specific Widget allows you to add widget content in the Post Editor for a widget that is only displayed on that page. The widget can be placed immediately above or below the post content or in the sidebar (or in fact in any widget area)
Genesis Club Text Widget has two titles, so each widget can have a unique title on the Widgets Dashboard making it instantly identifiable, and have a public widget title with an optional link, break or span
Genesis Club Posts Widget allows you to display post titles, featurd images and exceprts, targeting just the posts you want with its powerful selection by post type, taxonomy, with individual post inclusion and exclusions
Genesis Club Posts Widget has been enhanced to have a configurable number of posts per row, and has additional CSS classes for formatting excerpts and read more links –
Added shortcode genesis_club_more which displays a styled Read More Link
Added filter genesis_club_excerpt which allows you to override post excerpts in the Genesis Club Posts Widget

SEO MODULE:

Use alternative 404 page
Migrate Yoast SEO 301 Redirects
Migrate SEO titles, descriptions, noindex, nofollow from Genesis to Yoast
Migrate SEO titles, descriptions, noindex, nofollow Yoast to Genesis
Add support for Facebook opengraph tags to the Genesis to Yoast and SEO and Yoast to Genesis migrations
Override Facebook OpenGraph settings provided the SEO Framework plugin with those set up in the Social Module above
Add support for Google Tag Manager –NEW–
Add support for Clicky –NEW–
Add option to remove version numbers from script and stylesheet SRC querystrings – good for GTMetrix scores –NEW–

SIGNATURE MODULE:

Add an author signature at the foot of each post
Can click the checkbox in the Post Editor to exclude or include an automatic signature on individual posts and pages
With the [genesis_club_signature] shortcode you can position the signature anywhere in the post and hence you can use a PS and a PPS

SOCIAL MODULE

Set your Facebook AppId to avoid script warnings
Set your Facebook locale/language — NEW —
With a single click set up extra Facebook friendly sizes to that when you upload photos you get thumbnails that are sized for Facebook
With a single click set up WordPress default sizes thumbnail, medium and large to be Facebook friendly proportioned at 1.91:1
Genesis Club Facebook page widget with fixed height and width or autofit and options for cover photo, small header, show faces and show posts
Set up OpenGraph title , description and image to use from promotion of page on Facebook
Specify title, image and description to use on Facebook when promoting your category/tag archive pages (requires WordPress SEO Framework Plugin) — NEW —
Genesis Club Facebook Comments widget allows you to use Facebook to manage comments –NEW–

Installation

Use the standard WordPress plugin automatic updates system for updating to the latest version or use the manual steps below.
Uncompress the downloaded zip archive in [WordPress install root]/wp-content/plugins
Activate the plugin in your WordPress plugins control panel

Screenshots

Display settings
Frequently Asked Questions Before Clicking A Question
Frequently Asked Questions After Clicking A Question
Genesis Club Post Widgets

FAQ

How do I replace a text only title with a logo? – see http://www.diywebmastery.com/3173/add-a-mobile-responsive-clickable-logo-to-your-site
How do I add an author signature at the foot of a post? – see http://www.diywebmastery.com/3098/how-to-add-an-author-signature-at-the-foot-of-a-post/
How do I add the accordion to my FAQ page – see http://www.diywebmastery.com/3180/how-to-make-an-accordion-faq
How do I add the accordion to my FAQ Category archive – see http://www.diywebmastery.com/3189/how-to-make-an-accordion-from-your-faq-category
How do I display a post image gallery in the sidebar with a lightbox – see http://www.diywebmastery.com/3910/post-image-gallery-widget-lightbox

Installation Instructions

Use the standard WordPress plugin automatic updates system for updating to the latest version or use the manual steps below.
Uncompress the downloaded zip archive in [WordPress install root]/wp-content/plugins
Activate the plugin in your WordPress plugins control panel

Changelog

1.17

Added Google Tag Manager support for both public and membership sites
Added option for Clicky script addition for non logged in pages
Added option to remove version numbers from script and stylesheet SRC querystrings
Added Facebook comments widget
Added color options for labels and login button on WordPresslogin
Added option for home page only script
Added instance level class to Genesis Club widgets
Added option to hide or show the top bar on taxonomy archive pages.
Consolidated breadcrumbs, postinfo, postmeta, excerpt images and sort order on to a single Display tab on archive pages
Updated simple social icons support to use SVG files rather than fonts
Validated PHP 7 compatibility
Updated for WordPress 4.8 and Genesis 2.5.2

1.16.1

Fix fatal error in Thesis migration module

1.16

Enhancements to Genesis Club Posts Widget (posts per row, custom classes for excerpts and read more links)
Integration with The SEO Framework plugin to set the Facebook OpenGraph title, description and image (and override the default values of post title, description and featured image)
Add support forFacebook opengraph tags to the SEO migration module
Relocate the various Facebook features from the Display Module into the Social Module
Add option to show uparrow/downarrow open/close indicators to the accordion FAQs
Add setting to hide top bar on home page
Add setting to show top bar only on the home page
Add background color and opacity options to WordPress login page
Remove logo from Pinterest sharing
Single click to add screen reader text support for older Genesis child themes
Updated for WordPress 4.5.2

For full plugin history please see http://www.diywebmastery.com/plugins/genesis-club-lite/changelog

Genesis Club Lite Plugin

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