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WordPress Twenty Fourteen Theme: A Review
1. New Year, New Theme?
The Ups, Downs, and Sideways of
Twenty Fourteen
TJ List
9-Feb-2014
Metro Detroit WordPress Meetup
http://maxim650.com | @TJList
2. Introducing Twenty Fourteen
• Released on December 12, 2013
• New Default Theme for WordPress Version 3.8
http://twentyfourteendemo.wordpress.com/
3. The Claims
"In 2014, our default theme lets you create a
responsive magazine website with a sleek, modern
design. Feature your favorite homepage content in
either a grid or a slider. Use the three widget areas
to customize your website, and change your
content's layout with a full-width page template and
a contributor page to show off your authors.
Creating a magazine website with WordPress has
never been easier."
http://wordpress.org/themes/twentyfourteen
9. Responsive Design
• Wide Screens
– Left justified
– Background colors and images are available
• Laptops
– No background color or image
• Tablets
– Where did my menu go?
• Mobile Devices
– Prepare to swipe. A LOT.
11. Simple Controls
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Just tag it!
Appearance / Customize to change options
Works great for Posts
Can’t feature Pages
Display limit is 6. Tag more, but they won’t
show up.
13. Layout Options
• Standard Layout
– Images
– Images
– More Images
• Full Width…
– Isn’t for content
– Sidebar behavior is odd
• Contributors
– Move along, nothing to see here.
16. …a dress, it would work well on a model. It is limited off the catwalk.
IF TWENTY FOURTEEN WERE
17. Twenty Fourteen Summarized
Strengths
• Great for photos
• Simple, clean, readable
• Responsive Features works
well for featured content
Limitations
• Poor for text-heavy content
• Restrictive Page Layouts
• Responsive Features hide
menus