How to remove Site Description (Tagline) in Genesis

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In Genesis Facebook page, Rian Rietveld wrote:

Hi all,

If you update to Genesis 2.2 and activate the accessibility features, you may see some extra headings in your theme.

If you want to get rid of them, don’t use a remove_action, but hide them with CSS.

Blind people need those headings to navigate and understand a web page.

Don’t hide them with display: none, but with the .screen-reader-text class.

This class is included in the new sample theme: https://github.com/copyblogger/genesis-sample/blob/develop/style.css

If you want to know more about how to use the accessibility features read: http://genesis-accessible.org/2015/07/genesis-2-2-accessibility-changes-and-features/

If you have any questions, ask them in the slack ‪#‎accessibility‬ channel.

Therefore to remove the tagline, instead of adding

// Remove the site description
remove_action( 'genesis_site_description', 'genesis_seo_site_description' );

in functions.php, add

// Add class for screen readers to site description
add_filter( 'genesis_attr_site-description', 'genesis_attributes_screen_reader_class' );

If your active child theme does not already include the CSS for .screen-reader-text, add this in style.css:

/* ## Screen Reader Text
--------------------------------------------- */

.screen-reader-text,
.screen-reader-text span,
.screen-reader-shortcut {
	position: absolute !important;
	clip: rect(0, 0, 0, 0);
	height: 1px;
	width: 1px;
	border: 0;
	overflow: hidden;
}

.screen-reader-text:focus,
.screen-reader-shortcut:focus {
	clip: auto !important;
	height: auto;
	width: auto;
	display: block;
	font-size: 1em;
	font-weight: bold;
	padding: 15px 23px 14px;
	color: #333;
	background: #fff;
	z-index: 100000; /* Above WP toolbar. */
	text-decoration: none;
	box-shadow: 0 0 2px 2px rgba(0,0,0,.6);
}