178 – Exploring the Customize Area in WordPress 3.9

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Tools / Plugins

• Advanced Image Styles

Exploring the Customize Area in WordPress 3.9

In today’s episode, I talk about the Customize Area, and area that is majorly overlooked in the WordPress Dashboard. Personally, I think the Customize Area will replace, submenus, Widgets, and Header.

• Site Title & Tagline
  • Customize your Site Title and Tagline
• Colors
  • Header Text Color
• Header Image
  • Add a new Header Image
• Static Front Page
  • Front page displays settings
    • Latest Posts
    • Static Page
• Widgets
  • New widgets layout is now under Customize
  • Drag and Drop or Up and Down Arrows
  • You can quickly move between widget areas
  • Gone are the days of clicking / scrolling at the same time
  • And you can see everything in a live preview 🙂
• Images
  • Favorite: Drag image right into the Visual Editor!
  • Galleries no longer have generic place holders
  • Want to resize an image? Drag the corner and resize
  • No more slide the image scale, up and down
  • All edit settings are on the same lightbox.

Call To Action

What is your favorite thing about WordPress 3.9?