In WordPress, an author can mark a post as "sticky," meaning it sticks to the top of the home page and is pulled out of the reverse chronological display of posts. When this happens, a class is applied to the post that allows theme developers to create custom CSS for it. In this online video tutorial you learn how to highlight sticky posts using CSS and custom functions.
- [Instructor] Let's take a quick departure…from all the advanced functionality of WordPress…and look at something that's just plain fun.…You may have noticed that the first post…on the index page is called Template: Sticky,…and the publishing date for it is…January seventh, 2012.…When I scroll down,…the next post is published on…November 29th, 2016,…and this is the blog page…which should be displaying the latest posts first.…Well, the title says it all,…this is a sticky post,…meaning when the post was created,…if we go to edit post,…you'll see it in the publishing panel,…it's visibility is set to public and sticky.…
This literally means…the post has been stuck to the front page.…You can stick as many posts as you want to the front page…and they will always display above…the regular reverse chronological order.…But there's no way you wouldn't know…this was a sticky post…except for the fact that the title literally…says it's a sticky post.…And normally when you create a sticky post…you do not say, "This is a sticky post,…
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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