If you are new to using Genesis themes, the first thing you will likely notice when you look under the hood that they are set up somewhat differently than your typical WordPress theme. I like to think of the Genesis framework as a variation of WordPress. When you first start poking around at the Genesis framework, you might feel a bit lost and confused. But there is nothing wrong with that you certainly are not alone. Fortunately, once you get past the learning curve, Genesis themes not only become easier to customize, but you soon realize what a powerful tool the Genesis framework can be for building websites. Genesis themes offer a decent amount of functionality 'out of the box' and many users content at never moving past that stage. However, at some point you may require more customization and functionality and adding custom page templates to your WordPress site is one way  create a more dynamic website. To give you an idea of how to make a custom page template in Genesis, I have … Continue reading...