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Shaping Your Themes with Style
David Sutoyo
March 29, 2015
Programming
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Shaping Your Themes with Style
Presentation at WordCamp San Diego 2015
David Sutoyo
March 29, 2015
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Transcript
Shaping Your Theme with Style David Sutoyo WordCamp San Diego
2015
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Going Beyond the Options Panel
What’s ahead • How to add your own CSS •
Using Chrome Developer Tools • Twenty Fifteen —> WordCamp Maine website • Resources
Adding Your Own CSS
Edit Theme Styles Directly Good idea for • custom themes
Bad idea for • regularly updated themes (not by you!) • If parent theme, can use a child theme
Plugins Jetpack Slim Jetpack Simple Custom CSS
Adding the Right CSS (what styles go with this element?)
Chrome Developer Tools • Safari and Firefox have their tools
too (IE, sort of). • Open with View > Developer > Developer Tools • Or just use ⌥⌘I, Control-Shift-I on Windows (learn this well)
Browser Testing Online Testing • browserstack.com • Every combination you
can think of • Chrome Extension • Paid • Can be slow at times
Browser Testing Virtual Machine • Modern.ie • Every version of
Internet Explorer • Free • Downloads can be huge • Needs virtualization software (Virtual Box or similar) • Expires
Browser Testing Mobile Testing • Remote debugging with Safari/Chrome •
Inspect elements just like desktop • Can be a pain to set up
Learning CSS
Learn the Basics First Online • Code School, Treehouse, lynda.com
Books • O’Reilly, Sitepoint, A Book Apart Blogs • CSS Tricks, Smashing Magazine
All those Frameworks • Bootstrap • Foundation • Susy •
Pure • Skeleton • The list goes on…
Why Use Frameworks • Up and running quickly • Don’t
need to reinvent the wheel • Tested for different browsers
Why Not Frameworks? • Bloated code • Less control over
your HTML/CSS • Doesn’t necessarily work well with WordPress
Bottom line… • Learn the basics first! • Frameworks aren’t
always the answer • If starting out, just choose one that has good documentation and support
Start Hacking Away • Install WordPress locally • Start playing
with TwentyFifteen or Underscores • Genesis • BootstrapWP, FoundationPress, Hybrid Foundation
Asking Questions • Google • Stack Overflow/Stack Exchange • Local
WordPress meetups
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http://davidsutoyo.com/wcsd2015 @dsutoyo