Anchored - Home Page Setup

If this is a brand new site, please begin with the  Quick Start Guide.

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Home Page at a Glance

Note: If you are building a new site and have gone through the Widget Import step, these widgets will already be in place. We do recommend that you go through this tutorial to become familiar with the placement, format and capabilities of these widgets.

The home page is comprised of 6 widget areas:

  • Home Featured
  • Home Flexible 1
  • Home Flexible 2
  • Home Flexible 3
  • Home Above Blog Content
  • Home Below Content

These widget areas can be found by navigating to  Appearance > Widgets.

Here is an overview of the Home Page widget areas and what widgets can go in them. 

Home Featured

The Home Featured widget area is a flexible widget space with four options for customization. 

OPTION 1 - FLEXIBLE POSTS WIDGET

The Flexible Posts widget is shown in the demo. It displays a carousel of the first 9 posts featured images. The demo shows the square featured image, however, you can choose to display either the vertical or horizontal entry image size as well.

The demo uses the square featured image, however, the vertical or horizontal sizes can be used as well.

Images from specific categories or tags can be displayed instead of the most recent posts. Click the "Taxonomy & Term" tab, select "Categories" from the drop-down and select the category(ies) to display.

OPTION 2 - GENESIS FEATURED POSTS WIDGET

The Genesis Featured Posts widget will display fixed images in increments of 3 (3, 6, 9, etc.). The screenshot below shows the three most recent posts with the vertical entry image size, however, you can choose to display either the square or horizontal entry image size as well.

OPTION 3 - GENESIS FEATURED PAGE WIDGET

The Genesis Featured Page widgets will display fixed images in increments of 3 (3, 6, 9, etc.). The screenshot below shows three pages, About, Blog & Shop, with the square entry image size, however, you can choose to display either the vertical or horizontal entry image size as well..

OPTION 4 - SOLILOQUY SLIDER

The Soliloquy Slider can also be used in this space.

Assign a Custom HTML widget to the Home Featured area. 

Paste the shortcode from the Soliloquy slider in the content field and save.

For more information on using the Soliloquy Slider, see  this article.

The  Home Flexible sections are all set up as flexible widget spaces. With these, all of the first widgets will extend full width across the page. These widget area can be customized with a variety of widgets including Genesis Featured Posts, Genesis Featured Pages, Genesis Responsive Slider, Soliloquy Slider, Text widgets for Rewards Style or Amazon affiliate codes, as well as ads. Widgets will resize automatically depending on the number of widgets in that particular section. Here is a grid to show you how they look configured according to active widgets:

Home Flexible 1

The  Home Flexible 1 area is a flexible widget area. The demo shows two widget areas with the video and text shown below.

The top widget is for the title area:

This next widget is to place the video. Alternately, you can place an image in this widget space with either an image widget or a text widget.

The last widget is a Genesis Featured Page widget to pull the excerpt from the About Page. Alternately, you can place a text widget in this space.

Home Flexible 2

The Home Flexible 2 widget area displays three Genesis Featured Pages in the demo.

The top widget is for the title area. 

The remaining widgets are Genesis - Featured Page widgets set up as follows:

Home Flexible 3

The Home Flexible 3 widget displays one Custom HTML widget with an Amazon Affiliate code in the demo.

Home Above Blog Content

The Home Above Content widget area displays above the "Latest from the Blog" section. The demo shows a Genesis Featured Posts widget. Alternately, a WooCommerce Products, Genesis Featured Page, Genesis Responsive Slider, or Soliloquy Slider can be used in this space.

Home Below Content

The Home Below Content area is displayed below the "Latest From the Blog" section. This area can be customized with a variety of widgets including Genesis Featured Posts, Genesis Featured Pages, Genesis Responsive Slider, Soliloquy Slider, Text widgets for Rewards Style or Amazon affiliate codes, as well as ads.

The demo is setup as shown below: