Been a while since I wrote something. Let’s talk about some of the new stuff available in the Customizer. Forget about some of part two First, back in part two, I had a bit about Surfacing the Customizer. That bit is outdated now, WordPress does this for you in later versions. So, yeah, skip that. […]
Okay, a quick one today. Let’s make a custom control for the customizer. Back in the first tutorial, I talked about the various controls available in the customizer. Specifically I mentioned image handling, color wheels, text boxes, radios, dropdowns, and checkboxes. Let’s try a new one? How about a textarea? It’s not in the core […]
Last time I wrote about using the Theme Customizer to supplant/add to your existing options. But what if you’re writing a new theme entirely? Do you even need an options page? How many options does your theme have, anyway? Would it not make more sense to eschew those complex options pages in favor of just […]
Note: Everything I’m talking about here, including the code, is in beta mode. It will be subject to change. I’ll update this post after release to fix any code changes that may occur between now and then. I’m releasing this post now so that theme authors can start looking at their themes and thinking about […]