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Generate Box Plugin for StudioPress Generate Child Theme

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Generate Box Plugin for StudioPress

The folks from StudioPress did great job on designing the Generate Child Theme, I picked it for one of my new projects because that child theme has what I need. But while working on the new site and building the front page, I found out that there is no option to display the optin box “Generate Box” on the “front page“, it only works on the home page, then I discovered a quick solution.

WordPress Generate Box MenuActually, the solution was posted at StudioPress support forum after that, so I won’t share it here. But what I did was actually putting together a quick solution to display the Generate Box wherever you want on your blog, that’s my new WordPress plugin, the Generate Box.

Once you install the plugin, a new menu item under StudioPress menu:

Clicking on that menu item will take you to the Generate Box plugin settings page.

The Generate Box plugin Options

generate box plugin options

As you can see from the screenshot above, you can:

  • Change the color scheme (the 4 colors has been added)
  • Add optin form title, badge image and text
  • Embed your email form HTML code
  • And, choose where to display the Generate Box!

All this without having to edit your child theme’s code, and you will enjoy your Generate Child Theme even more.

generate box styles

Special thanks to Rafal Tomal, lead designer of Copyblogger Media who designed the Generate Box.

If you are using the the Generate Child Theme, get the Generate Box plugin from wordpress.org and have more functionality and control over the box!

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  1. krishnaTORQUE says:
    I can not add this plugin. Error message is coming. Please help The package could not be installed. No valid plugins were found. Plugin install failed.
  2. Servando Silva says:
    Hello Hesham, Do you know how can I change the color of the Generate Box to match the one from my Blog? I'd be happy to use this plugin with my new design! Thanks on advance.
    • Hesham Zebida says:
      Servando, the plugin has 4 color schemes, if CSS is not enough to change the colors, then you can download the PSD file from StudioPress.com and edit it.
  3. Felix Albutra says:
    Hi Hesham, I tried to install the plugin but I am having an issue regarding the activation of the plugin. I meet this compatibility error. It says that I need to use Genesis 1.7.1 version or higher. But I am currently using the latest version of the Genesis which is the 1.9.1 version. Please help me out. - Felix
    • Hesham Zebida says:
      I've just tested out the plugin with Genesis version 1.9.1 and it works fine for me!
  4. Megan says:
    Hi Hesham, I love your plugin, and have been playing around with it for a few hours and am hitting a brick wall trying to make a change, and am wondering if there's any fix for what I want to do. I've significantly changed the way that the generate child theme looks (although underneath, it's the same). I am trying to insert an image into the background of the generatebox. That's easy enough, but unfortunately the "input" box is positioned absolutely (or something), and I can not figure out how to move the input box to the bottom of the generatebox. Does that make any sense at all? If not, go to http://megwinget.com and all will be clear. Can I move the box that contains all the text and the form fields to the bottom of the generatebox? Thanks so much for any advice/help/code you could provide. --Meg
    • Hesham Zebida says:
      Sorry for the late reply. I can't assist you without seeing the box on your site. And, by the way the form and inputs are not set to absolute position, you can use add margin to your styles to re-position them.
  5. Sean Nelson says:
    Great plugin. Was going to use the Generate theme but with your plugin was able to use with Executive 2.0. Is there a way to use a short code in the plugin? I'm using the box for a 3 field form. Using three elements makes the generate box too big which doesn't look good. Instead I want to just have the button which links to a modal to display form. Of course sugar model uses short codes. Thank You.
  6. Cotton Rohrscheib says:
    Is there a way to just us the box on a single page or post? I see it has that option but when I add it it shows up on all posts? I'd prefer a shortcode that I could just drop in a page or a post that I want the box added to... Thanks, great plugin!!
  7. Saksham Talwar says:
    1..2..3.. and boom, the box is there. I love this plugin so much!
  8. JB says:
    The plugin looks great on desktop browsers, but one of the great features of the generate theme is the responsive design which displays appropriately on phones and tablets. This plugin breaks that responsiveness, and defeats the purpose of the theme for mobile viewers. The box on the studiopress demo displays perfectly, but your plugin does not. Do you know of an easy fix for this? Thanks in advance..
    • Hesham Zebida says:
      Wow, that was so true :) but not anymore.. It's now responsive, I've updated the plugin to the WordPress repository, it should show an upgrade notice in your dashboard soon, of you can just download it and upgrade manually! Thanks a lot for pointing me to this, I have no idea how I missed this!
      • JB says:
        Looks 1000x better - thanks! The input box for the email address is still stretching outside the subscribe box by maybe 25 pixels - hard to tell on my Android. All of the other elements definitely adjusted though and it looks much better.
      • JB says:
        I checked generatebox.com and the input box is fine, so it must have something to do with my code for my mailchimp form. Sorry about that.
        • Hesham Zebida says:
          There is nothing really wrong, take a quick look to your MailChimp form HTML code, and remove the id="mce-EMAIL" from the input box. Let's see if this will fix it.
          • JB says:
            That fixes the issue for mobile, but doesn't display properly on desktop browsers. It shrinks the input box to half the height and it throws off the balance with the Submit button. I'll mess around with it some more and see if I can come up with something.
            • Hesham Zebida says:
              I see what you mean, I will have to take another look into the plugin when I have time. Thanks.
            • Scott Dowling says:
              JB, what solution did you (and/or Hesham) come up with on the box? I am using AWeber and have a similar problem with the alignment of the Submit box within the Generate Box. ** Reply from Hesham: I can't reply to your comment because threaded comments are already reached the limits (too many replies to one comment), so here is my reply to you... I think the issue is with the code you are using to display the form, I see some java script and styles, make sure you are using the HTML version of the Aweber form, and also remove any styles from it! I hope this solve it!
  9. Terence ONeill says:
    I really love this theme by studiopress. Great demo.
  10. Sanjeev says:
    Nice Plugin Hesham, I just used it at one of my blog and it worked. I do not understand why it was not the inbuilt function but at least we can do it now..
  11. Nada says:
    "The Genesis Framework empowers you to quickly and easily build incredible websites with WordPress."I guess i should try this theme asap.It seems very easy to use and very easy to navigate.
  12. Ayaz says:
    Very nice plugin. I am using the generate theme for my blog and I was looking for this kind of functionality in my blog as previously box was only appearing on home page but with this plugin I can use that any where on the blog with different colours. Thanks for creating this plugin Hesham.
  13. Servando Silva says:
    Thanks Hesham. I'm using "Magazine" Child theme but I was actually looking for something like this without moving to the "Generate" Theme. I already tested it and while I need to tweak it a little, It will work.
  14. Imran Soudagar says:
    Thanks for sharing useful information. BTW I think this theme is pretty costly for beginners like me. I prefer free themes.
  15. Larry says:
    This is a very nice plugin, I have the same questions as Zimbrul. Can the plugin be used with other child themes, or can it only be used with the Generate theme? I would like to be able to use it as a "Call To Action" after my posts. Can I insert it into my template, or can I insert the code into Genesis Simple Hooks to include it after my posts?
    • Hesham Zebida says:
      Hi Larry, I assure you it works with Genesis Framework, I've tested that while I was coding the plugin, and probably it will work with most of the StudioPress child themes. The box won't look good in the after post area, you will have to do some work to make it show there and style it.
  16. zimbrul says:
    Fantastic plugin and I've got few questions: -Does it work only with Generate theme? -Can you add any HTML in the plugin box? Mail Chimp? I'm asking the latter because (if I'm not wrong) the actual generate box was meant to be used with Feedburner.
    • Hesham Zebida says:
      Hi Zimbrul , The plugin works if Genesis framework is installed, I've test it on the framework without the child theme, so I don't see anything that could stop it from working with any of the StudioPress child themes, however it wont look good or fit on all of them. Anyways, you just need to test it out and see how it goes. You can add any HTML form, which means it should work with all email services just fine.
  17. Amrik says:
    Hello Hesham, Well I am presently using Geneis with customised theme and very satisfied. This theme will sure help to grab some subscribers list. Thanks!
    • Mohamed Osam says:
      Do you mean Genesis Amrik? If so, I use that too, and happy with the outcome. I run into situations sometimes where I wish they had a few more options here or there to customize the theme a little bit better, but overall their designs are just super professional. :)
      • Amrik says:
        Oops! Sometimes my keyboard get stuck! Anyway, Yes I was talking about Genesis!