FREELessons: 12Length: 1.5 hours
The WordPress Theme Customizer, introduced in WordPress 3.4, is a feature that allows users to customize their themes and see a live preview of the changes without having to toggle back and forth from the dashboard to the public-facing side of the site. In this series, we'll learn this API, and review a practical example of how to develop themes that incorporate a variety of controls as offered by the API.
1.An Introduction To The WordPress Theme Customizer
1.1What is the WordPress Theme Customizer?03:14
1.1
What is the WordPress Theme Customizer?
03:14
1.2Why Does It Benefit Us?07:08
1.2
Why Does It Benefit Us?
07:08
2.The Sections, Settings, and Controls of the WordPress Theme Customizer
2.1Understanding Sections, Settings, and Controls05:29
2.1
Understanding Sections, Settings, and Controls
05:29
3.The First Steps of Theme Development
3.1Setting Up Apache, MySQL, and PHP09:55
3.1
Setting Up Apache, MySQL, and PHP
09:55
3.2Preparing Our IDE05:41
3.2
Preparing Our IDE
05:41
3.3Starting Theme Development06:39
3.3
Starting Theme Development
06:39
4.Implementing The Theme Customizer
4.1Implementing Our First Setting13:19
4.1
Implementing Our First Setting
13:19
4.2A Methodology For Sections, Settings, and Controls05:20
4.2
A Methodology For Sections, Settings, and Controls
05:20
4.3Our Next Settings12:34
4.3
Our Next Settings
12:34
5.Advanced Controls of the Theme Customizer
5.1Advanced Controls: The Color Picker04:42
5.1
Advanced Controls: The Color Picker
04:42
5.2Advanced Controls: Customize Image, Customize Upload09:46
5.2
Advanced Controls: Customize Image, Customize Upload
09:46
5.3Advanced Controls: A Survey of the Theme Customizer06:05
5.3
Advanced Controls: A Survey of the Theme Customizer
06:05
