Chapter 10
Working with the Default Theme: Twenty Fifteen
In This Chapter
Discovering Twenty Fifteen layout features
Tweaking your header image
Installing custom navigation menus
Exploring widgets on your website
Bundled with every WordPress installation is the default Twenty Fifteen theme, named for the year it was released to the public. Twenty Fifteen was created by the core WordPress team. It’s a starter theme that gets new users up and running with their websites. They can apply a clean-looking theme that utilizes many of the built-in display features standard to a basic WordPress install. These display features include the ability to use different header images (such as your own custom header graphics) and to build custom navigation menus easily with the Custom Menus feature.
By working with the Twenty Fifteen theme, you gain an understanding of the features WordPress users are accustomed to seeing in themes. If you plan to create your own WordPress themes, you can find out a lot by exploring these common features so you can implement them in your own themes. The information ...
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