Hello,
Are you using a custom built child theme or a purchased theme, such as from StudioPress?
If you’re using a StudioPress theme, many of the popular themes will be AMP ready as part of the Genesis 3 Roadmap.
If you’re using a purchased child theme from another provider, I’d suggest contacting that provider and asking them when their themes will be AMP ready.
If you have a custom built or customized child theme, you can modify the child theme itself for each of the invalid AMP areas. Let’s talk more about how you can do that.
Customizing – Where to start?
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As @swissspidy mentioned, start with the video that WP Engine put together, which is found here https://wpengine.com/blog/genesis-amp/. You’ll install the plugin, set up the site in paired or native mode, and then walk through the AMP Validation screens to identify problem areas that need to be addressed.
Once you do, you’ll notice that the Genesis 2 versions of the framework have AMP validation errors due to various scripts being loaded, such as Superfish, dropdown menu, and skip links. Work is underway to make these features and components AMP ready as part of the Genesis 3 roadmap. However, for now, you can accept these validation errors and then concentrate on the errors generated within your child theme and/or plugins.
How about the child theme AMP validation errors?
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You’ll likely see AMP validation errors if your child theme has one or more of the common interactivity and functionality features, such as:
responsive menus, combining of menus for mobile, scroll-bound animation, sticky headers, scroll to the top, height matching, image backstretch, and offscreen menus and widget areas.
Check to see if your theme has any of these and if you have validation errors. If yes, what can you do? You’ll need to modify your custom child theme.
How?
We have Genesis+AMP Playbooks that will be released soon. These provide you with a Genesis-specific AMP solution for each of these common interactivity and functionality features. They will give you the code and an explanation.
You can then use the playbook(s) you need in your child themes.
Stay tuned for announcements on when the playbooks and AMP is coming to Genesis.
