Features

Automation

• BrowserSync to inject CSS and reload browser when file changes
• Automatically compile Sass, output minified and non-minifed stylesheets
• Combines CSS rules, selectors and media queries for the smallest minification possible
• Automatically optimizes PNG and JPG images
• Automatically translates theme into POT file
• Automatically minify JavaScript files
• Automatically adds :focus rules after every :hover rule
• Gulp task for packaging theme into a distribution ZIP file
• Gulp task for bumping theme version
• Helpful Sass/SCSS partials, variables, mixins and functions included
• Contains POT file for internationalization (i18n)

Scripts & Styles

• 100% mobile-first, flexbox-based CSS
• Pure CSS menu-toggle and sub-menu toggle buttons
• Includes the Genesis Responsive menu script
• Menu's combine into one on smaller screens
• Superfish menu for keyboard navigation and other accessibility enhancements
• Enqueues basic Google Font

Plugins

• Includes TGM Plugin Activation script for recommended plugins
• Full support for WooCommerce
• Only recommends Genesis Connect if WooCommerce is active
• Only loads WooCommerce styles on WooCommerce pages
• Uses Genesis Widget Column Classes for flexible layouts
• Built in support for Simple Social Icons and Gravity Forms plugins
• Removes Simple Social Icons default stylesheets
• Adds mobile-first, flexbox Gravity Forms and Simple Social Icons SCSS
• Includes workaround to allow for different styling on multiple Simple Social Icons widgets

Customizer

• Custom Logo instead of Custom Header for better SEO
• Custom Header for uploading a hero section background image or YouTube video
• Custom Colors with RGBA/transparency option
• Custom Layout included to easily extend the Genesis page layouts
• Includes CSS minification function to compress all inline CSS output by Customizer

Optimization

• Removes secondary sidebar widget area
• Removes the unnecessary (and discouraged) blog and archive templates
• Removes blog metabox from Genesis theme settings
• Removes all three-column page layouts
• Corrects the site title and logo schema microdata
• Corrects the Front Page 1 widget title schema microdata

Modification

• Reposition child theme stylesheet to a later priority to override plugins
• Reposition primary navigation menu to the header right area
• Reposition the secondary navigation menu after the header
• Reposition footer widgets inside site footer for better semantics
• Reposition page title inside a custom 'hero section' section

Templates

• Includes a widgetized, full-width front-page template
• Includes a full-width Page Builder template for use with plugins
• Includes a blank landing page template
• Includes a 404 page template to correct page title (until next Genesis update)

Advanced

• Follows WordPress coding standards and StudioPress best practices
• Accessible skip links and read more links with descriptive screen-reader text
• Additional hooks added before and after Genesis structural wraps
• Includes a function to prevent automatic updates