How to Use the PageLines Customize Plugin
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The PageLines Customize plugin allows you to make any change you need to without editing the core framework. This way when the PageLines 2.0 framework gets updated, you won’t have to worry about losing any custom changes you’ve made. Many of you upgrading from PlatformPro will remember using the Base child theme to add your custom code. In PageLines 2.0, the PageLines Customize plugin does the same thing. | The PageLines Customize plugin allows you to make any change you need to without editing the core framework. This way when the PageLines 2.0 framework gets updated, you won’t have to worry about losing any custom changes you’ve made. Many of you upgrading from PlatformPro will remember using the Base child theme to add your custom code. In PageLines 2.0, the PageLines Customize plugin does the same thing. | ||
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There are two main files in the PageLines Customize plugin for editing: base.css & functions.php. | There are two main files in the PageLines Customize plugin for editing: base.css & functions.php. | ||
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Editing the style.css file, you can apply custom CSS to your theme.<br />Editing the functions.php file, that you can add pretty much anything else. | Editing the style.css file, you can apply custom CSS to your theme.<br />Editing the functions.php file, that you can add pretty much anything else. | ||
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The "Custom CSS" section is a simple quick way to add custom styles to your current site design. | The "Custom CSS" section is a simple quick way to add custom styles to your current site design. | ||
Revision as of 03:12, 2 December 2011
The PageLines Customize plugin allows you to make any change you need to without editing the core framework. This way when the PageLines 2.0 framework gets updated, you won’t have to worry about losing any custom changes you’ve made. Many of you upgrading from PlatformPro will remember using the Base child theme to add your custom code. In PageLines 2.0, the PageLines Customize plugin does the same thing.
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style.css & functions.php
There are two main files in the PageLines Customize plugin for editing: base.css & functions.php.
- style.css - This is wear you should put all your custom CSS (graphical changes)
- function.php – This is wear you put all your custom PHP and hooks
Editing the style.css file, you can apply custom CSS to your theme.
Editing the functions.php file, that you can add pretty much anything else.
Adding custom CSS: PageLines Customize plugin vs. the Custom CSS setting
The "Custom CSS" section is a simple quick way to add custom styles to your current site design.
The PageLines Customize plugin is a more comprehensive way to customize your theme. It is a way to create child themes for your site through the plugin to add CSS but also functions, hooks and anything you want to customize your site.
Some of the differences
- The Custom CSS section only allows you to customize CSS
- In version 1.5 of PagelinesPro there was a base child theme
- The PageLines Customize plugin replaces the base child theme, allowing you to do the same types of customizations from the plugin rather than from an entirely separate child theme
- The Custom CSS is just for quick CSS changes, you would not want to use it to re-theme your entire site
- It also gives you the ability to customize child themes without your changes being overwritten when you update the child theme
- If you download iblogpro5 and want to customize it, those changes will stick around when you update to iblogpro6
Activate the Pagelines Customize Plugin
- Go to your PageLines Settings
- Click on the "Store" tab
- Click on the "Plugins" tab
- Click on the "Add Plugins" tab
- Click on the "Top Free" tab
- Find the "Pagelines Customize" plugin and click Activate
- The physical path to the style.css is (wp-content\plugins\pagelines-customize)