WordPress Twenty Fourteen Theme: A Review
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New Year, New Theme?
The Ups, Downs, and Sideways of Twenty Fourteen
TJ List9-Feb-2014
Metro Detroit WordPress Meetuphttp://maxim650.com | @TJList
Introducing Twenty Fourteen
http://twentyfourteendemo.wordpress.com/• Released on December 12, 2013• New Default Theme for WordPress
Version 3.8
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
RESPONSIVE…Magazine Website
Desktop (1600x1200)
Laptop
iPad 2
Phone (Galaxy Nexus)
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.
FEATURED CONTENT…shown in a Grid or Slider
Simple Controls
• 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.
TEMPLATES…Standard, Full Width and Contributor Pages
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.
USABILITY…limited options make it hard to break. Or customize.
Useful Plugins
• http://wordpress.org/plugins/fourteen-colors/
• http://wordpress.org/plugins/fourteen-extended/
IF TWENTY FOURTEEN WERE
…a dress, it would work well on a model. It is limited off the catwalk.
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
More Reading
• http://premium.wpmudev.org/blog/wordpress-twentyfourteen-theme-a-flawed-beauty/
• Sample sites using Twenty Fourteen• http://uscasce.com/ • http://twentyfourteendemo.wordpress.com/