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Bridging The Gap Between The WordPress Admin And The Front End

Cameron Jones
September 07, 2016

Bridging The Gap Between The WordPress Admin And The Front End

Meetup presentation on the customizer

Code is available on GitHub: https://github.com/cameronjonesweb/wordpress-sunshine-coast-customizer

Cameron Jones

September 07, 2016
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  1. Bridging The Gap Between The WordPress Admin And The Front

    End www.mattersolutions.com.au Cameron Jones - WordPress Developer at Matter Solutions
  2. Problems for users: • Cannot preview or stage their changes

    • Settings located in many different places and formats ◦ Difficult to find ◦ Can’t make batch updates
  3. • One place to update settings • Live preview •

    Device previews • Batch changes
  4. Support for selective refresh in widgets needs to be declared

    first (this is normally done by your theme)
  5. • Can’t preview template changes • Post thumbnail changes happen

    live • Shortcodes not previewed without a custom solution • Inconsistencies between WYSIWYG and front-end stylesheets