Lessons:12Length:1.5 hours
1.2 Why Does It Benefit Us?
In this lesson we're going to talk about exactly why and how the Theme Customizer benefits us both as theme designers, and theme developers. In doing this, we'll be taking a look at the Settings API as well as the Theme Customizer API.
We'll take a look at the following themes as examples:
Ultimately, we look at how we can narrow the gap between what the user sees, what the user configures, and how the blog looks which greatly contributes to 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
