Customizing Twenty Thirteen and Using Child Themes

The new default theme for Wordpress, Twenty Thirteen, is set to come out at the end of April. In this session, I show you a preview of the new theme along with the new Post Formats feature, and I show you how to customize any theme by creating a child theme style.css and modifying your functions.php file to create additional widgeted areas and menus for use in your theme.

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1. Customizing Twenty Thirteen and Using Child Themes Suzette Franck Pasadena WordPress April 16, 2013 Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple
2. • Suzette Franck • WordPress Evangelist Lead at Media Temple • 18+ Years Web Development & Coding • Twitter: @mt_Suzette • Slides: https://speakerdeck.com/suzettefranck Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple Who Am I?
3. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple What We Will Cover ★Twenty Thirteen Overview ★Twenty Thirteen Demo ★Theme Basics ★Modifying Twenty Thirteen ★Child Theme ★Fun with functions.php ★Theme Development Resources
4. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple Twenty Thirteen ★Beautiful Implementation of Post Formats ★“Back to the blog” ★WordPress 3.6 Needed ★Takes advantage of Google web fonts ★End of April Release with WordPress 3.6
5. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple Twenty Thirteen Post Formats ★Standard ★Image ★Gallery ★Link ★Video ★Audio ★Chat ★Status ★Quote ★Aside
6. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple Why Default Themes Rock ★Latest and greatest coding ★Community tested ★Designed to run fast ★Best compatibility with plugins ★Responsive, looks good on mobile
7. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple Twenty Thirteen Team ★Directed by Matt Mullenweg ★Designed by Joen Asmussen ★Theme Wrangler Konstantin Obenland ★Project Lead Lance Willett
8. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple Twenty Thirteen Team ★Directed by Matt Mullenweg ★Designed by Joen Asmussen ★Theme Wrangler Konstantin Obenland ★Project Lead Lance Willett
9. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple Twenty Thirteen Preview ★http://twentythirteendemo.wordpress.com/
10. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple Twenty Thirteen Girlie Child Theme ★https://github.com/mtsuzette/
11. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple Theme Basics
12. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple Theme Directory Structure
13. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple Twenty Thirteen Anatomy
14. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple style.css (required) ★Defines CSS declarations for theme ★Contains required header comment
15. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple functions.php (optional) ★Add functions to theme using PHP
16. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple Template files (optional) ★Displays content according to template hierarchy ★Contains HTML & PHP
17. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple Template Hierarchy ★http://wp.tutsplus.com/articles/wordpress-cheat-sheets-template-heirarchy-map/ Also see: http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Hierarchy
18. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple Modifying Twenty Thirteen
19. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple Twenty Thirteen Modifications ★Upload new header 1600x230 pixels ★Customize header link color ★Main widget area (footer) ★Secondary widget area (sidebar) ★No background customization ★Use Custom CSS feature in Jetpack ★Create a Child Theme
20. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple Jetpack Edit CSS
21. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple Child Themes ★http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes
22. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple What Is A Child Theme? ★Safely make modifications to parent theme ★Preserves upgradability of parent theme
23. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple 5 Steps to Create A Child Theme ★In Filezilla, create new folder under wp-content/themes/ ★Name should be parent name-child: wp-content/themes/twentythirteen-child/ ★Create plain text file with required header named: style.css ★Create an empty plain text file named: functions.php ★Optional: 600x450 screenshot.png
24. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple style.css Required Header ★Replaces style.css of parent theme ★import parent theme style.css or not
25. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple functions.php for Child Themes ★Appends functions.php to parent theme ★Loaded before parent’s functions.php
26. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple Template files for Child Themes ★replaces parent theme file of same name
27. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple Lazy Way to Create a Child Theme http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/one-click-child-theme/
28. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple Fun With functions.php ★Add widget areas ★Add more menus
29. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple Adding More Widget Areas ★Register sidebar in functions.php and add action
30. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple Adding More Widget Areas
31. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple Add Code To Template File Retrieves sidebar-header.php
32. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple Create sidebar-header.php Copy sidebar.php from parent theme
33. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple Add Social Media Widget Social Media Widget by Blink Web Effects http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/social-media-widget/
34. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple Examine CSS
35. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple Add Some Style
36. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple Adding More Menu Areas ★Register New Menus in functions.php
37. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple Appearance > Menus ★Create a new menu and specify theme location
38. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple Add Menu to Template ★Add code to desired Template (header.php or footer.php)
39. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple Add Some Style ★Add styles for the bottom menu
40. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple Inspect Output and CSS
41. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple Theme Development Resources ★Cris Coyier: CSS-tricks.com ★Michelle Langston: ThemeShaper ★Jake Rocheleau: Honkiat.com ★Codex: Child Themes & Theme Development ★Starter Theme: Underscores ★Default Theme History: wplift ★Theme Development Tutorials: wptuts
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43. http://suzettefranck.com/css3-for-beginners/ Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple Bonus! CSS3 Slides and Demo! Click the Magical WordPress Unicorn
44. Media Temple // 8520 National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 / 877-578-4000 / mediatemple.net / @mt_Suzette © 2013 (mt) Media Temple Questions? Suzette Franck sfranck@mediatemple.net @mt_Suzette https://speakerdeck.com/suzettefranck