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    Home » How To Customize Your WordPress Themes

    Foodie Pro Classic Tutorials

    Demos, FAQs, Tutorials and How-tos for the Foodie Pro Classic WordPress Theme.

    Note: Updating from a previous version to the most recent version is like installing a new theme altogether, requiring customizations to be redone.

    Before starting, read the tutorial on How to launch a food blog.

    Foodie Pro Demo

    Foodie Pro Classic Demo

    Below are all the tutorials on getting your new theme set up to appear like our demo.

    Setup:

    1. Install the theme, and Import Demo Content
    2. Configure the Home Page
    3. Adding Social Icons to Your Navigation Menu
    4. Add a logo
      • Create a logo
    5. Configure the Footer Widgets
    6. Configure the Recipe Index
    7. Configuring the Category Pages
    8. How to set up the "Genesis - User Profile" sidebar widget
    9. How to set up the navigation menu
    10. Run the Regenerate Thumbnails Advanced plugin from Shortpixel
    11. Remove the "website" field from comments to help avoid spam
    12. If you're new to WordPress, take the Yoast FREE WordPress Training course (highly recommended)

    Also, see:

    • Foodie Pro FAQ
    • How Can I Update Foodie Pro Classic?
    • Use the Code Snippets Plugin to customize your theme (do not edit theme files)

    After-Setup

    These aren't required for getting your theme set up like the demo site, but are things you should do to set yourself up for success:

    • MANDATORY: Review the Google SEO Starter Guide
      • Especially the "best practices" and "avoid" tips under each section
    • How to add content to the category pages
    • Optimize your food blog for search engines
    • Expand your functionality with the Feast Plugin!
    • How to set a Favicon
    • Update your author bio in entry meta (above content)
    • Remove the Entry Meta (below content)
    • How to use alt text for images (Posts + Pages only)
      • How many words to use for image alt text
    • Understanding food blog site structure
    • Add Google Analytics Tracking
    • Use the Code Snippets Plugin to customize your theme (do not edit theme files)

    Image sizes you need to know

    These are the recommended image sizes you need to know for the theme:

    • Featured images: 1200 x 1200 px
      • The featured image is what is used to generate thumbnails for the home page and category pages
    • Post content: 720px width minimum (any height is fine)
      • For future proofing, uploading 1200px or 1440px width is a good idea, but this will take up additional disk space on your host
    • Pinterest/Social: ask your plugin provider (Tasty Pins, Social Pug)
    • Recipe card: ask your plugin provider (WPRM, Tasty Recipes)
    • Sidebar: 300px desktop, 360px mobile
    • Footer:
      • Full width (mobile): 360px
      • Full width (desktop): 1400px
      • One Half (desktop): 380px

    Images for recipe cards, and social platforms are outside the scope of the themes. They require dedicated plugins to manage because of how frequently they're updated.

    How do I write a recipe post?

    One of the most frustrating things we hear from bloggers is that their content doesn't rank well. There's a lot of reasons for this, but the most prominent is that their content is simply not high enough quality.

    We've detailed how to write a high quality recipe post in the anatomy of a recipe post, and we highly recommend reviewing the quality rater guidelines for recipe pages.

    The Feast Plugin contains the Recipe Post Template that we highly recommend beginners use.

    Customization Tips for Foodie Pro

    Please note that while we’ve added these resources due to the high number of requests that we’ve received that we are unable to troubleshoot issues that arise due to customizations.

    • Custom fonts with Foodie Pro Classic
    • How to Change the Header Size in Foodie Pro Classic 3.0
    • Editing CSS, colors, fonts and whitespaces
    • Set Up Your WooCommerce Shop with Genesis Connect

    Ads

    Where can I place ads in Foodie Pro?

    We don't recommend running any ads until you qualify for a high quality ad network.

    Version Updates

    What's new in the releases? Check out the Foodie Pro theme page for update notes.

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    How To Customize Your WordPress Themes

    • Why is troubleshooting so complex?
    • Manually Disable Google Fonts
    • How Do I Set Up My Navigation Menu?
    • Can I Use Multiple Recipe Index Pages?
    • Customization Library
    • Add a Before Entry Widget Area
    • How to Create Multiple Recipe Index Pages
    • How to Add a Logo
    • How to Add the Featured Posts Category Index
    • How to Add the Visual Category Page Index
    • How to Change the Background Color of the Genesis eNews Widgets
    • Plugins to Install
    • Recipe Index: Content Configuration (Cravings Pro + Seasoned Pro)
    • Cravings Pro Theme: Setup Your Navigation Menu
    • WordPress Settings
    • How to Change the Header Size
    • Seasoned Pro Classic Tutorials
    • How to Create Multiple Recipe Index Pages
    • Food Blog Home Page Pagination
    • Install Theme, and Import Demo Content and Widgets
    • Why we're not supporting Gutenberg Oversized Images
    • Troubleshoot Plugin Conflicts
    • How Do I Update the Theme Version?
    • Remove Search Box from Navigation Menu
    • Font Size for Food Blogs
    • Image Alt Tags
    • Pinterest for Food Bloggers
    • How to Launch Your Food Blog
    • How to Set a Favicon
    • Why we don't support the read more tag
    • Setup a secondary navigation menu
    • How to clear your cache
    • How to change change your footer
    • Foodie Pro Classic Tutorials
      • Foodie Pro 3.0 FAQ
      • How Can I Update to Version 3.0?
      • How to Configure the Foodie Pro Recipe Index
      • How to Add a Logo to Foodie Pro 3.0
      • Configure the Foodie Pro Footer Widgets
      • Adding Social Icons to Foodie Pro Navigation Menu
      • How to Change the Header Size in Foodie Pro 3.0
      • Custom Fonts with Foodie Pro
      • How to Configure the Foodie Pro Classic Home Page
    • Brunch Pro Classic Tutorials
    • Cook'd Pro Classic Tutorials
    • Cravings Pro Classic Tutorials
    • All About Featured Images
    • FAQ for All Themes
    • Add Google Analytics Tracking Code
    • Customization Referrals
    • Enable SSL for HTTPS on your Food Blog
    • Genesis Child Themes
    • How to Start a Food Blog
    • Set Up Your WooCommerce Shop
    • The parent theme could not be found. You will need to install the parent theme, genesis, before you can use this child theme
    • Food Blog Theme Features Comparison
    • Translation + Multi Language Support
    • Use Inspect Element to troubleshoot styles

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