The comments in WordPress posts and pages are marked up to make them easy to manage using CSS. The semantic markup and careful application of classes gives theme designers and developers direct control of every element within a comment as well as the comments list as a whole. Discover how to use CSS to create unique comments in your custom WordPress theme.
- [Teacher] The HTML markup that makes…up the common section in WordPress…is structured to make it easy to style using CSS.…In this movie I want to break down…the HTML of a single comment for you…to show you how it all fits together,…and show you how I use CSS to completely…change the appearance of the comment.…To help you follow along, I provided…the completed CSS in the exercise files for this movie…0803, and you can find that CSS…if you go to the sass folder,…then site, then primary,…and the file _comments.scss.…These styles are mobile first,…so I start out with baseline styles…and then we have a series of media queries…that increase the width and change the layout…of the comments when there is available space.…
When I work with comments,…I find it best to start with a post…that only has one comment like "Hello world",…then style the comment to make it look…and feel exactly as I want,…and then I move on to post with…several comments to make sure…nesting works and relationships…are displayed properly.…Now let's take a look at the markup…
Author
Morten Rand-Hendriksen
Released
2/6/2017- Setting up a WordPress development environment
- Getting and installing _s
- Automating theme development with Gulp
- The WordPress template hierarchy
- Setting up the basic theme
- Registering and displaying menus
- Applying styles to menus
- Creating conditional layouts
- Working with the comments template
- Working with featured images
- Working with widget areas, or sidebars
- Working with index templates
- Working with static pages
- Adding features to the Customizer
Skill Level Advanced
Duration
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Introduction
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Welcome58s
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1. Set Up a WordPress Development Environment
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Get and install _s3m 48s
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2. The Design to Development Process
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Modular, mobile-first design2m 19s
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Underscores: An overview1m 50s
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3. Set Up the Basic Theme
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Configure the theme info5m 32s
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Create responsive typography6m 19s
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4. Build the Header
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Style the default header8m 3s
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5. Create Menus
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Apply styles to the menu6m 33s
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6. Configure the Single Post Template
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Apply CSS to the post header6m 25s
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Style image galleries1m 56s
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Configure post navigation6m 19s
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7. Create Conditional Layouts
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Planning an unusual layout1m 49s
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8. Work with Comments
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Apply CSS to comments5m 41s
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9. Work with Featured Images
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10. Work with Widget Areas (Sidebars)
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11. Work with Index templates
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Customize the excerpt output3m 51s
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Highlight sticky posts4m 57s
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Customize archive pages5m 51s
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12. Work with Static Pages
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13. Advanced Features
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Add SVG icon functionality9m 16s
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14. Adding Features to the Customizer
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Get to know the Customizer4m 20s
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15. Back-End Customization
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Add a screenshot2m 44s
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Conclusion
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Going further with WordPress2m 15s
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