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Introduction to the framework files

Introduction to the framework files

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Introduction to the framework files

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- [Instructor] Depending on the sort of introduction you were hoping for to Genesis, you may not care about the actual folders and files that make up the software. But I'm going to share a little with you anyway, because I think that in taking a look under the hood, so to speak, helps demystify notions about what Genesis is or isn't. Don't worry, I'm not going to make your eyes glaze over by stepping through all of this code. I just want to show you a couple of things. First things first, in this root directory, you'll see some template files that are pretty standard for WordPress themes. Files like 404.php, search.php, and page.php. Genesis follows the WordPress template hierarchy, which is the way that WordPress determines which themed files are used at a given time. What you're looking at on your screen is a visualization of the template hierarchy, and you can see index.php all the way over here to the right. If…

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