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A SIMPLE WAY TO CUSTOMIZE
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Your Site
Best Theme Ever! … almost
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Now What?!? Curse and swear at the world. Find another theme. Customize the theme we like.
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We’ll customize the theme we like.
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We’ll Do Just That
“HOW?” you ask with skepticism.
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Advanced Custom Fields
Let’s get to know each other a bit.
But first …
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Considering this Talk about ACF
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Child Themes Enable us to tweak the look and feel – and functionality – of the parent theme
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As a reminder …
All of this is online at liamdempsey.com
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A way to add extra data, or information, to your website – in a way that harnesses the power of WordPress
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Custom Field
ACF: The Steps
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Determine the desired customization.
Step 1:
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Install and activate the ACF plugin.
Step 2:
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Create the pages, posts and post categories within the WordPress Dashboard.
Step 3:
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Enable ACF shortcodes in widgets.
Step 4:
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Add the custom fields and adjust their settings within the WordPress dashboard.
Step 5:
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Add the data to the custom fields via the respective pages and posts.
Step 6:
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Add the ACF plugin’s code to your child theme.
Step 7:
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Demo Time ... like Hammer Time,
but with tighter pants.
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Questions?
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