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It’s been nearly 6 months since we last updated Genesis, and we’d like to say that is a reflection of how stable the Genesis Framework is.

Today, we’re very happy to announce that Genesis 2.1 is now available for you.

Genesis 2.1 is part sensible additions, and part housekeeping. We’ve added a number of the theme settings to the WordPress Customizer screen, so you can watch your changes take place in real time.

Many of the settings you would normally find on the theme settings page can now also be found in the Customizer.

So, you can now adjust things like the layout, breadcrumbs, and the way your content archives, and watch the changes happen in real time.

For users installing Genesis for the first time on a site, we have disabled the “Primary Navigation Extras” setting. If you would like to add custom links like Twitter or RSS, just use a custom menu item and give it a CSS class of right.

But mostly, we’ve taken care of some old issues that have been bothering us for a while. While not a revolutionary release, Genesis 2.1 fixes some bugs, tightens security, and increases stability. Not bad.

The following are specific changes made in this branch:

• Allow some theme settings to be adjusted in the Customizer.
• Support Feedblitz as a feed redirection option.
• Prevent unnecessary calls to update server.
• Fixed a breadcrumb compatibility issue with WordPress SEO.
• Fixed IE11 bug in layout selector.
• Added support for RTL in the dashboard for Genesis elements.
• Many other improvements and bug fixes.

For a deeper overview, check out the Genesis 2.1 Changelog post by Gary Jones.

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There are few events in a person’s life as consequential as the buying or selling of a home. Which means that a person’s choice for an agent is vitally important.

Which means that agents like you can’t just slap a website up on the web an expect to build a business. No.

First you have to build the know, like, and trust factor with potential customers to give yourself a chance to earn their business.

AgentPress Pro, a new child theme for the Genesis Framework, gives you to the tools to do exactly that.

Get known with more than just a business card online. AgentPress Pro allows you to display listings clearly and with eye-catching imagery in a mobile-responsive way that visitors will appreciate (and be impressed by).

Become liked with widgets and page templates that give you the freedom and flexibility to show off your personality and what separates you from the mass of other agents out there.

Earn trust with a blog that lets you showcase your knowledge and educate visitors. The more potential clients know, and the more they learned it from you, the more likely they are to seek your counsel (and services) in the future.

Add it up, and you become the one they know, like, and trust … which means when it comes time for an epic life decision like buying or selling a home, you’re the one they’ll want by their side.

AgentPress Pro also features the following:

• Four color styles
• Six layout options
• Custom background/header
• HTML5 Markup
• Landing Page Template
• Mobile Responsive Design
• Property Listings Template

And, of course, AgentPress Pro is built on HTML5 markup — which means its future-proof and prepared to be your theme for the long haul.

Wouldn’t you know it? There’s an Open House ready for you right now.

Take a tour of the AgentPress Pro demo.

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A memorable website has a character that connects with readers and an atmosphere that makes them want to stay.

Some themes try to define your site’s character and atmosphere for you. Better themes get out of your way and let you do it — easily and clearly — for yourself.

Ambiance Pro for Genesis is one of the latter.

Consider your website like a party, and you’re the host. You need a theme that gives your readers what they want most: you.

Your images. Your words. Your ambiance.

The homepage of Ambiance Pro is set up to have a special display of your featured images and headlines welcome your visitors.

And once visitors clicks into a page the header expands, and the absence of a sidebar or other bells and whistles places each visitor directly into a private conversation with you — through the words in your post and the images you choose to accent them with.

Other features of Ambiance Pro include:

• HTML5 markup
• Mobile-responsiveness
• Built-in SEO
• Custom widgets

And much, much more.

Check out the Ambiance Pro demo for yourself here.

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Bounce. Close. Ignore.

That’s what visitors do when your design cannot capture attention — and keep it.

The Centric Pro theme for Genesis was designed to do both. It draws your readers in, then leads them down the page.

All you have to do is provide the message.

How does it work?

The hued minimalism above-the-fold acts like skywriting on a clear spring day.

The backdrop of blue (or one of six other colors) provides a vast expanse of lush color on which your brand’s most essential message can be written. Your eyes are drawn in just like they are to letters written the sky.

That’s how attention is captured. It is kept and compelled down the page with guided scrolling and a parallax-like feel, plus giant imagery and bold typography.

Centric is the antidote for the short attention spans.

Plus, Centric will respond to whatever device it’s being viewed from. You have neither the time nor the money to be developing separate sites for desktop and mobile users. You want one theme that does both, and Centric — like all of our themes built on Genesis 2.0 — does both.

In addition, Centric has:

• 7 color styles
• 3 page layouts
• 4 page templates
• HTML5 markup
• Built-in SEO
• Custom widgets

And so much more … including translation-readiness and button styles.

Check out the Centric Pro demo for yourself here.

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Stories remain the most powerful way to persuade. Both online and off.

And no other recent web design trend has done more to impact the way we tell stories online than the advent of parallax web design.

The parallax design style you know. You’ve seen it. You’ve probably been wowed by it. You may well have been called to action because of it.

Now, your Genesis-based web design can be powered by it. Introducing, the most amazing Genesis child theme ever: Parallax Pro.

We usually wait until the bottom of the post to link you to the theme demo. Not today. Go check out the Parallax demo now.

See how the text moves slower than the background images as you scroll down? That’s the parallax effect.

It makes your web page like a storybook. It keeps people on your page longer. It provokes curiosity. And it gives your website an air of design sophistication and credibility that will help you build instant trust and impulse.

And whereas an early critique of parallax-style design was that it was not mobile responsive … that criticism is so 2013. Parallax Pro for Genesis responds to any device you view it on. So you will wow your visitors, no matter what.

Among the many other features of Parallax Pro:

• Powered by HTML5
• Five different color options
• Gorgeous typography
• Six different color “content box” options to showcase something special.
• Minimalist page design to keep eyes focused on your content
• Specific page layout options for Author Page, Landing Page, Category Page, and four different options for Columns Pages
• Threaded comments

And so much more.

Try out Parallax Pro today. It’s easy to install and simple to set up.

With Parallax Pro, you’re mere minutes away from your most beautiful web design ever, and from telling your story like never before.

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We’ve all heard the adage that a website is like an “online business card.”

In part, it’s true. Your website provides interested parties with the who, what, and where about your business.

But why limit your website when your online presence can be so much more?

A business card is just a flat piece of cardboard … but a business website built on the Enterprise Pro child theme for Genesis 2.0 is a bright, engaging online communication hub for customers and prospects alike.

What makes Enterprise Pro so attractive for enterprise-level businesses is that it maintains the smart minimalism that has come to define sites built on Genesis 2.0. This focuses visitors’ attention on the 2-3 unique elements of your business that separate it from the pack.

Plus, your site is going to look splendid no matter what screen size it is being viewed on because Enterprise is mobile responsive.

Other features of Enterprise Pro include:

• 6 layout options
• 6 theme colors
• Features images
• Fixed width
• HTML5 markup
• Mobile responsive
• Theme options

See for yourself right now with the Enterprise Pro demo.

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