a simple way to customize your site

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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