Genesis 2.0 Beta 2 is released and the latest version of the Genesis Framework is available for download in the member’s area. It is recommended to all users that they do not use Genesis 2.0 Beta on their live website/blog. Already beta version of Genesis 2.0 is out and now a new beta version is released – Genesis 2.0 Beta 2 fixing a number of bugs & adding new features. If you want to try new features Genesis 2.0 Beta 2 on your demo site or on the local server then try it out but don’t use it on your live website/blog.
Genesis 2.0 Beta 2
Genesis 2.0 utilizes HTML5 to provide a number of features listed below:
- Brand New Design – Genesis is sporting a fresh new look as it comes with new HTML5 markup and some snazzy CSS3.
- HTML5 Markup – With a single line of code in a child theme, Genesis will now output HTML5 markup in place of the old XHTML tags. Also, every theme we build in the future will be developed on HTML5.
- Microdata – If you’re using a theme with HTML5 enabled, Genesis will also output your markup using microdata.
- Removing Features – Some features removed like “Latest Tweets” widget, the “eNews and Updates” widget, the “post templates” feature, and the “fancy dropdowns” setting. There are some good plugins you can grab and install if you want to continue using those functionalities.
Below you can find the number of changes made in the latest version of Genesis 2.0 Beta 2.
Genesis 1.0 Beta 2 – What’s New?
- Better named loop hooks for HTML5.
- Network Upgrade now upgrades the Genesis database for all sites in a network when running WordPress in multisite mode.
- Widget classes are now coded in PHP5 format.
- Admin CSS and Javascript are now minified.
- Inline HTML comments have been removed to reduce the page size.
- The Scripts option now has its own metabox when editing an entry.
- Custom Post Type archive pages now have a settings page so you can control the output.
- Genesis tracks displayed entry IDs so you can exclude entries from showing twice on a page.
- Entries without titles now display a permalink after the post content
All these features and many more features are coming with the final release of Genesis 2.0. So, if you are thinking on testing new features of Genesis 2.0 then test it right now and if you do not have your copy of Genesis Framework then you can get it from here:
Genesis 2.0 Beta 2
If you have any query let me know via comments!
Genesis 2.0 Beta Available With Better Named Loop Hooks For HTML5 And More