Nick Diego

Outermost

<p><strong>Genesis Columns Advanced is nearing the end of its life. The plugin was built for the Classic Editor and is not needed in the block Editor (Gutenberg). Critical support will still be provided in the support forum, but the plugin is no longer being actively developed. Consider transitioning to the native WordPress Columns block.</strong></p>
<p>This plugin was originally designed to generate shortcodes for every column configuration available with the column classes provided by the <a href="http://www.studiopress.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Genesis Framework</a>, hence the name. We are pleased to announce that as of version 2.0, the plugin is completely standalone and does not require Genesis. The plugin now loads its own CSS styles, which can be disabled if you desire. See the FAQ for more details. By moving away from Genesis, we have been able to add new features, such as the inclusion of fifths, and it opens the door to more enhancements in the future!</p>
<p>Shortcodes are easily added using a custom button in your WordPress editor. They can also be added manually if you so choose. See the FAQ for more details. Check out the video below for a short demo on the plugin.</p>
<p><iframe loading="lazy" title="Genesis Columns Advanced - A Brief Demo" width="750" height="422" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ortnpInn_YE?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<h4>Plugin highlights</h4>
<ul>
<li>Plugin is fully translatable, .pot file included</li>
<li>Plugin loads its own CSS column classes and does not require Genesis</li>
<li>Plugin includes fifths so you can finally add 5 even columns!</li>
<li>42 different responsive column configurations available</li>
<li>Add custom CSS classes to any column</li>
<li>Includes three utility shortcodes to assist with layout, see the FAQ for more info</li>
<li>Only adds one button to your WordPress editor</li>
<li>No plugin settings to configure</li>
<li>Custom button and TinyMCE popup design integrates seamlessly with the core WordPress aesthetic</li>
</ul>
<p>If you have questions or would like to request additional features, such as additional utility shortcodes, please let me know in the plugin support forum.</p>


Genesis Columns Advanced

Good plugin, makes the task for column widths quick and simple. Rather than typing classes for text widgets, and wondering what to do with other widgets, simply use this plugin. I recommend it.

Also, the author is responsive to queries posted on these support forums, which can often be quite important for these sorts of plugins.

Simple to use; does what it says on the box

Adds shortcodes to easily create up to 42 different columned layouts.

deckerweb

David Decker

<blockquote>
<h4>New Flexibility plus Enhanced User Experience</h4>
<p>Take control over <strong>Your Archive Pages</strong> in <em>Genesis</em> again! Use the ever popular way of <em>Widgets</em> to build your own archive listing or sitemap-like content. Use up to three columns that are responsive and enable automatically. Don’t lose your archive/sitemap creations if you ever switch the <em>Genesis</em> child theme.</p>
<p>A great helper tool for <em>Genesis Child Themes</em>!</p>
</blockquote>
<p><strong>Please note:</strong> The plugin requires the <em>Genesis Theme Framework</em> (GPL-2.0+), a paid premium product released by StudioPress/ Copyblogger Media LLC (via studiopress.com).</p>
<p>Plus: A premium <em>PRO Version</em> of this plugin will be released in the future…! 🙂</p>
<h4>Advantages & Benefits</h4>
<ul>
<li>Avoids long pages & blog posts listings that seem to happen a lot with the default template…</li>
<li>Far more possibilities for your archive pages: different listings of site menus, various site content, authors – plus search form, images etc.</li>
<li>Make sitemap-like pages very easily – use widgets by WordPress, Genesis or third-party plugins</li>
<li>Easily customizeable for any webmaster!</li>
<li>Works across all Genesis child themes – so you can switch your “skin” but not loosing this tool 🙂</li>
<li>Support Genesis 2.0+ and HTML5 enabled child themes!</li>
<li>Ideal for multilingual websites (for example with “WPML”): Much better handling of archive-/ sitemap-like pages for different languages. — <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/genesis-widgetized-archive/faq/" rel="ugc">See bottom of FAQ section here</a> for more info on that.</li>
</ul>
<h4>General Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Small & lightweight plugin tool: Just activate plugin, place your widgets and you’re done!</li>
<li>Adds up to three new widget areas (Sidebars) for the “Archive Page Template”</li>
<li>Adds very few CSS styles for the content area to properly divide widgets with some more space (all other styling is recommended via your child theme) and to enable responsive content columns (if more than one widget area is active)</li>
<li>Customizeable via 2 action hooks: if ever needed you can add content before and after the widgetized section</li>
<li>Customizeable via 6 filters: if ever needed you can customize the widget titles and descriptions</li>
<li>Fully internationalized! Real-life tested and developed with international users in mind!</li>
<li>Fully WPML compatible!</li>
<li>Fully Multisite compatible, you can also network-enable it if ever needed (per site use is recommended).</li>
<li>Tested with WordPress versions 3.4 branch and new 3.5 branch – also in debug mode (no stuff there, ok? 🙂</li>
</ul>
<p>Please note: The plugin requires the Genesis Theme Framework.</p>
<h4>Localization</h4>
<ul>
<li>English (default) – always included</li>
<li>German (de_DE) – always included</li>
<li>.pot file (<code>genesis-widgetized-archive.pot</code>) for translators is also always included 🙂</li>
<li>Easy plugin translation platform with GlotPress tool: <a href="http://translate.wpautobahn.com/projects/genesis-plugins-deckerweb/genesis-widgetized-archive" rel="nofollow ugc">Translate “Genesis Widgetized Archive”…</a></li>
<li><em>Your translation? – <a href="http://genesisthemes.de/en/contact/" rel="nofollow ugc">Just send it in</a></em></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="http://genesisthemes.de/en/" rel="nofollow ugc">A plugin from deckerweb.de and GenesisThemes</a></p>
<h4>Feedback</h4>
<ul>
<li>I am open for your suggestions and feedback – Thank you for using or trying out one of my plugins!</li>
<li>Drop me a line <a href="http://twitter.com/deckerweb" rel="nofollow ugc">@deckerweb</a> on Twitter</li>
<li>Follow me on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/deckerweb.service" rel="nofollow ugc">my Facebook page</a></li>
<li>Or follow me on <a href="http://deckerweb.de/gplus" rel="nofollow ugc">+David Decker</a> on Google Plus 😉</li>
</ul>
<h4>More</h4>
<ul>
<li>My other ‘Genesis Widgetized’ plugins: <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/genesis-widgetized-notfound/" rel="ugc"><em>“Genesis Widgetized Not Found & 404”</em></a> plus <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/genesis-widgetized-footer/" rel="ugc"><em>“Genesis Widgetized Footer”</em></a></li>
<li><a href="http://genesisthemes.de/en/wp-plugins/" rel="nofollow ugc">Also see my other plugins</a> or see <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/daveshine/" rel="nofollow ugc">my WordPress.org profile page</a></li>
<li>Tip: <a href="http://genesisfinder.com/" rel="nofollow ugc"><em>GenesisFinder</em> – Find then create. Your Genesis Framework Search Engine.</a></li>
<li>Hey, come & join the <a href="http://ddwb.me/genesiscommunity" rel="nofollow ugc">Genesis Community on Google+ 🙂</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Plugin Links</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://translate.wpautobahn.com/projects/genesis-plugins-deckerweb/genesis-widgetized-archive" rel="nofollow ugc">Translations (GlotPress)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/genesis-widgetized-archive" rel="ugc">User support forums</a></li>
<li><a href="https://gist.github.com/4106349" rel="nofollow ugc">Code snippets archive for customizing, GitHub Gist</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Donate</h3>
<p>Enjoy using <em>Genesis Widgetized Archive</em>? Please consider <a href="https://www.paypal.me/deckerweb" rel="nofollow ugc">making a small donation</a> to support the project’s continued development.</p>
<h3>Translations</h3>
<ul>
<li>English – default, always included</li>
<li>German (de_DE): Deutsch – immer dabei! <a href="http://deckerweb.de/material/sprachdateien/genesis-plugins/#genesis-widgetized-archive" rel="nofollow ugc">Download auch via deckerweb.de</a></li>
<li>For custom and update-secure language files please upload them to <code>/wp-content/languages/genesis-widgetized-archive/</code> (just create this folder) – This enables you to use fully custom translations that won’t be overridden on plugin updates. Also, complete custom English wording is possible with that as well, just use a language file like <code>genesis-widgetized-archive-en_US.mo/.po</code> to achieve that.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Easy plugin translation platform with GlotPress tool:</strong> <a href="http://translate.wpautobahn.com/projects/genesis-plugins-deckerweb/genesis-widgetized-archive" rel="nofollow ugc"><strong>Translate “Genesis Widgetized Archive”…</strong></a></p>
<p><em>Note:</em> All my plugins are internationalized/ translateable by default. This is very important for all users worldwide. So please contribute your language to the plugin to make it even more useful. For translating I recommend the awesome <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/codestyling-localization/" rel="ugc">“Codestyling Localization” plugin</a> and for validating the <a href="http://www.poedit.net/" rel="nofollow ugc">“Poedit Editor”</a>, which works fine on Windows, Mac and Linux.</p>
<h3>Idea Behind / Philosophy</h3>
<p>I never really enjoyed the bundled “Archive” page template in Genesis. So I always wanted this template/ area a bit more easily customizeable since I first worked with Genesis! Widgets in WordPress are powerful and allow for adding really diverse and custom stuff – all in a very simple and user-friendly way. The approach of this plugin is to bring more power to the webmasters and users and help avoid other “archive” or “sitemaps” plugins and instead use the powerful tools from WordPress and Genesis that are already there. This plugin here works primarily as a ‘helper’ or ‘bridge’ plugin to just do that :).</p>


Genesis Widgetized Archive

Finally, use widgets to maintain & customize your Archive Page Template in Genesis Framework and Child Themes to create archive/sitemap listings.

Genesis Columns Advanced vs Genesis Widgetized Archive