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Theme Options & Customizer

The Total WordPress theme includes tons of easy to use options to customize the design of your site. Most of your theme options can be found in the live WordPress theme customizer. Total uses only native WordPress functions, so you should be familiar with the way the Customizer looks and works. Simply navigate to Appearance > Customize…

Theme Options/Customizer

All the theme options in Total are stored using the theme_mods functionality in WordPress. By default there isn’t any way to import, export or reset these, therefore I have added a unique admin panel built exclusively for the Total theme so you can do so. Important: Theme mods are stored based on the theme name,…

Exporting and Resetting Theme Options

The WordPress customizer is a core function built-into WordPress so as long as your server supports WordPress then the Customizer should work 100%. That said, there are some known plugins that could break things as well as specific server settings that could cause issues. Below is a list of the troubleshooting steps to go through…

Troubleshooting Customizer Issues

The WordPress customizer is awesome but it can also be a bit slow when  you have tons of options. For this reason I added a panel where you can quickly and easily enable/disable different sections. For example if all you are changing is the header you can disable everything except the header before launching the…

Enable/Disable Customizer Sections

We have noticed that the WordPress Customizer can get a bit laggy in the Google Chrome browser. If you are finding the Customizer “laggy” (slow) when opening and closing tabs and panels we suggest you try using the latest version of Firefox to see if things are faster. We have found Firefox to work much better…

Fix Laggy (slow) Customizer

The Total theme includes many great features built-in that provide extra functionality but can be easily disabled if not in use. Disabling features won’t make your site faster because each feature runs very quickly, however, disabling features will slim down the WordPress dashboard. Demo Importer Enables a new admin screen at Theme Panel > Demo Importer…

Theme Panel Features Explained

The Total Theme includes a Color Palette functionality to make it easier to define a set color scheme so you can easily control your site colors globally. To define your color palette, simply go to Theme Panel > Color Palette which will look something like this: Click on the “Add Color” button on the top…

Define and Use a Site Color Palette
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