In this session, I’ll explain how a typical WordPress page template works, using the Twenty Sixteen theme as an example. I’ll show:
– How does the page template display your content with a header, footer and a sidebar (or two)?
– How does the header get there in the first place and what does it do?
– How did the default menu get there?
– Why do some pages have sidebars and others do not?
– How do sidebars work, and can I add a new one to my site?
– What is a sidebar, really, and why do you find them in the Widgets section?
– And what about the footer?
This is a “tiptoe through the templates”, not a “camp out for 2 weeks in the templates”, but by the time we’re done, you’ll have a reasonable understanding of how page templates work and how you might use your own in a child theme. I will be showing live code, not slides, using the files in the Twenty Sixteen theme.
This session is aimed at advanced beginners to intermediate users who are developer rather than design oriented. You’ll need a working knowledge of HTML. If you know a little PHP, great, but you don’t need to know PHP to understand what I’ll be covering.