FREELessons: 12Length: 1.5 hours
- Overview
- Transcript
1.1 What is the WordPress Theme Customizer?
In this lesson, we'll take a look at the WordPress Theme Customizer. Specifically, we'll be doing so within the context of WordPress 3.8, and we'll be talking about this following topics:
- What is the Theme Customizer?
- Why does it benefit us as theme developers?
- How does using the Theme Customizer differ from options pages?
We'll also talk a little bit about how it benefits users, and why we should consider implementing it in our next theme to provide a better user experience.
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
