Rule #1
Structure should be logical and go from general to specific:
- Start engine
- Include anciliary files (using require_once and built-in Genesis DIR constants, eg CHILD_DIR)
- Register additional featured image sizes
- Register additional widget areas/sidebars
- Load scripts / custom stylesheets
- Functions hooked to standard WP filters (eg excerpt, content)
- Layout, eg forcing layout on home.php or elsewhere
- Post classes, eg adding new class to particular posts etc
- Site-wide remove Genesis actions
- Site-wide add to Genesis actions
- Custom functions
Rule #2
Add additional image sizes using add_image_size(). Include the theme name in the image size name, eg ‘Lifestyle Thumbnail’
Rule #3
Register theme-specific widget areas using genesis_register_sidebar(). Always assign an ID to each sidebar.
Rule #4
Use wp_enqueue_script to load js. (See note General[8] about js frameworks)
