Seasoned Pro Tutorials

Demos, FAQs, Tutorials and How-tos for the Seasoned Pro 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.

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

Seasoned Pro Demo

Basics & Settings

• Seasoned Pro FAQ
• How to Update Seasoned Pro
• WordPress Settings
• Genesis Theme Settings
• How to install your theme & import demo content
• Add a retina-ready logo
• Custom fonts
• How to set up your content archives (grid options)
• Speed & Performance Guide
• Editing CSS, colors, fonts and whitespaces

Plugin Setup

• Plugins to Install
• Setup Your Social Icons
• Setup Your Newsletter Opt-In-Genesis eNews Extended

Front Page Setup

• Home Page Layout
• Home Top Widget Area
• Home Middle Widget Area
• Home Bottom Widget Area

Recipe Index Page Setup

Note: Make sure you noindex the recipe index pages, as well as pages used to create the recipe index.

• Recipe Index Page Layout
• Recipes Index: Filter
• Recipes Index: Content
  • How to Add the Visual Category Page Index
  • How to Add the Featured Posts Category Index
  • How to Configure the Genesis eNews widget
• How to Create Multiple Recipe Index Pages

Other Widget Areas

• Setup Your Nav Social Menu Area
  • How to remove the search bar from the navigation menu
• Setup your Newsletter Opt-in (Genesis eNews Extended)
• Primary Sidebar 
• Footer Widget Areas

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:

• 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
• How to use alt text for images (Posts + Pages only)
  • How many words to use for image alt text
• Understanding food blog site structure