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This Week in Genesis we’ve got another (yes, another!) guest editor, the awesome Sandee Jackson, and there’s a whole lot going on including…
Two new theme launches,
A showcase bonanza,
Awesome tutorials from Bill Erickson and Frank Schrijvers,
A pro tip on building your audience with Facebook,
And now you can now Like GenesisWP.guide on Facebook too 
Let’s get to it.
Themes
This week saw a couple of exciting theme launches.
First up, Lauren Gaige over at Restored 316 maintains the high quality that she’s famous for with the launch of the Glam theme.
Introducing Glam: a #genesiswp theme for the lifestyle blogger! https://t.co/IrzkKKyzbB pic.twitter.com/gjTxY7qXmQ
— Lauren Gaige (@restored316) February 3, 2016
A new theme from Jean-Philippe, entitled Photogram.
Say hello to Photogram, a #WordPress photoblog theme inspired by #Instagram! https://t.co/yLkVp92918 #genesiswp
— Jean-Philippe (@jpmarchand) February 2, 2016
A preview of the upcoming Vertical Rhythm theme from Frank over at WPStudio.
This is probably going to be my next release: https://t.co/f5Kvfu3UH5 #genesiswp
— WPStudio (@wpstudiowp) January 29, 2016
And, Wes Straham over at Appfinite is doing a ‘Buy One Get One Free’ offer on his themes for a limited time.
I just extended the “Buy One Get One Free” sale since a few were unable to purchase – https://t.co/FBBvOI6URc#wordpress #genesiswp
— Wes Straham (@WesStraham) February 1, 2016
Showcase
Dustin Stout with a great site design on StudioPress’ Digital Pro theme for warfareplugins.com (h/t Brian Gardner).
Hot dang! Check out this killer website running on our Digital Pro theme — https://t.co/HkYDYkyBYq props @DustinWStout #genesiswp
— Brian Gardner (@bgardner) February 3, 2016
…Jennifer Bourn for nafissashireen.com
Woot! Just pushed this gorgeous new #genesiswp site live for @NafissaShireen <3 https://t.co/IwvxW1PZiA pic.twitter.com/C43z3a6TBd
— Jennifer Bourn (@jenniferbourn) January 29, 2016
…Calvin Koepke for portlandfresh.com (h/t StudioPress).
…Heather Jones for passthebutterblog.com (h/t StudioPress).
…Sheley Marketing for bbls-law.com
…Mike Hemberger for holisticsquid.com
Annnnddd we’re live. https://t.co/B5C7eLg6C8 @holisticsquid #genesiswp (Still tweaks left, but close enough for us to launch)
— Mike Hemberger (@JiveDig) February 3, 2016
…Bill Erickson for texas4-h.tamu.edu (h/t Calvin)
Wonderful work on this site by @BillErickson – https://t.co/mi5RQ1cIIf #genesiswp
— Calvin Koepke (@cjkoepke) January 29, 2016
…nice site built on Minimal Genesis’ Ludwig theme for artgallerygo.com
Great example of a site built with our Ludwig #genesiswp theme… https://t.co/7NwsR2KYmS …Theme details: https://t.co/dqLbICymPm
— Minimal Genesis (@minimalgenesis) January 29, 2016
…Jill Caren for umbra.org
Our latest #webdesign launch built on #genesiswp! Let the hovers begin….https://t.co/tOl5BZVnyO
— Jill Caren (@2dogsmedia) January 30, 2016
…Shaan Nicol for citv.com.au
For more great Genesis showcase sites check out the StudioPress Facebook page and the Genesis Showcase Facebook group.
Podcasts & Interviews
The Genesis community’s Carrie Dils rocks the mic with Brad Touesnard this week over on OfficeHours.fm Episode 90.
I’m LIVE with @bradt! We’re talking about Investing in your biz. Tag your questions with #officefm https://t.co/kGpdTXb1Bf
— Office Hours Podcast (@officehoursfm) February 4, 2016
Best of the rest
If you’re struggling with trying to implement infinite scroll on your Genesis site, you’ll want to pay attention to a recent blog post by Genesis developer and core contributor, Bill Erickson, for a tutorial on how to add the technique to your site…
New Tutorial: How to implement Infinite Scroll in WordPress https://t.co/7WmOiwRq0w pic.twitter.com/ibEYVPoTYT
— Bill Erickson (@BillErickson) February 2, 2016
…plus another on Building a Dynamic Secondary Menu.
New Tutorial: Building a Dynamic Secondary Navigation https://t.co/jJvcyT5Ct4 pic.twitter.com/VV6IyWfDOs
— Bill Erickson (@BillErickson) January 29, 2016
Need a little help with organizing your design or development business?
Genesis designer Katie Price of Priceless Design and Designer Guidebook is hosting a free live webinar on Saturday, February 6 on “Evernote for Everything: 5 Ways Evernote Can Help Organize your Creative Biz.”
Katie uses Evernote to help organize her design projects for book bloggers and authors, and she’ll show you how she does it with help from business strategist, Nora Conrad.
You can register for Katie’s webinar here.
FREE Evernote Webinar from @NoraConradCom and I https://t.co/98GXhZ61vM – Feb 6th 2 PM EST pic.twitter.com/oQejm73s4V
— Katie Price (@designerguidebk) January 29, 2016
Some great design and creative advice, from Shay Bocks…
6 Food and Lifestyle Blog Trends to Take Your Site to the Next Level
…and Mike Hemberger.
Responsive background image aspect ratio with content overlay
That man, Frank (yes, him again) has a nice tutorial on adding a description to every menu item.
Add a description to every menu item https://t.co/IU59gd8JPS #genesiswp #wordpress
— WPStudio (@wpstudiowp) February 1, 2016
Dave Dean updates his Musket developer framework.
Musket 1.3.0 Released with #a11y mega menu support https://t.co/1TnbKDTTuF #genesiswp
— Dave Dean (@wpmusketeer) February 3, 2016
Jon Barratt on Safely Customizing Genesis Child Themes with WP Clips.
Just completed a new article, "Safely Customizing Genesis Child Themes with WP Clips" #genesiswp comments welcome – https://t.co/4xE4gTP2mO
— Jon Barratt (@KrolynStudios) January 30, 2016
Pro tip / And finally…
In case you didn’t notice (and you definitely should) Brian Gardner has been dropping links to some of the best new Genesis stuff over on the StudioPress Facebook page.
But wouldn’t it be a shame if he shared your article to potentially thousands of people and he couldn’t link to your Facebook page to drive traffic and new subscribers to that?
It pains me when I want to drop a link to someone on Facebook and their business doesn’t have a page.
— Brian Gardner (@bgardner) February 2, 2016
Better get a Facebook page then (note, that’s a ‘business’ page that people ‘Like’, not your profile page (where people ‘Friend’ you) or a group (where people join)).
And over here at GenesisWP.guide we’re not immune to taking our own advice so you can now follow us on Facebook too
http://facebook.com/genesiswpguide
Thanks to Sandee for putting together this week’s update!
PS If you didn’t already read it and enter the competition, check out Monday’s interview and giveaway with Frank Schrijvers of WPStudio.
PPS Nick will be back in the hot seat next week, but if you’d like to edit a future edition, get in touch!
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