WordCamp KC 2012: Simplifying Theme Functionality

Simplifying Theme FunctionalityChip Bennett, WordCamp Kansas City, 02 June 2012 @chip_bennett

Simplifying Theme FunctionalityAudience:DevelopersNew and Derivative ThemesWhy Simplify?De-crappifying header.phpStreamlining functions.phpReducing Theme OptionsGeneral Clean-Up of Theme FilesUnneeded Functions/Callbacks (Twenty Ten/Twenty Eleven Derivatives) 2 WordCamp Kansas City: 02 June 2012

Why Simplify? “Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler.” - Albert Einstein3 WordCamp Kansas City: 02 June 2012

Simplifying Theme FunctionalityWhy Simplify?T h e m e M a in t e n a n c e & S u p p o r tS im p lif y in g T h e m e f u n c t io n a lit y w ill 4 WordCamp Kansas City: 02 June 2012

Simplifying Theme FunctionalityWhy Simplify?Theme Maintenance & SupportSimplifying Theme functionality will facilitate maintenance,P l u g i n S u p p o r t /I n t e g r a t i o nS im p lif y in g T h e m e f u n c t io n a lit y w ill 5 WordCamp Kansas City: 02 June 2012

Simplifying Theme FunctionalityWhy Simplify?Theme Maintenance & SupportSimplifying Theme functionality will facilitate maintenance,Plugin Support/IntegrationSimplifying Theme functionality will facilitate out-of-the-boxC h ild T h e m e sS im p lif y in g T h e m e f u n c t io n a lit y w ill 6 WordCamp Kansas City: 02 June 2012

De-Crappifying header.php ...because whats there doesnt really need to be there7 WordCamp Kansas City: 02 June 2012

Simplifying Theme FunctionalityDe-Crappifying header.php<?php wp_title(); ?><title><?php Your SEO Plugin is crying.if (is_home()) { bloginfo(name);} elseif (is_404()) { echo 404 Not Found; echo | ;bloginfo(name);} elseif (is_category()) { echo Category:; wp_title(); echo | ; bloginfo(name);} elseif (is_search()) { echo Search Results; echo | ;bloginfo(name);} elseif ( is_day() || is_month() ||is_year() ) { echo Archives:; wp_title(); echo 8 WordCamp Kansas City: 02 June 2012

Simplifying Theme FunctionalityDe-Crappifying header.php<?php wp_title(); ?><title><?php Your SEO Plugin is crying.if (is_home()) {bloginfo(name);} elseif (is_404()) { The wp_title filter is yourecho 404 Not Found; echo | ;bloginfo(name); friend.} elseif (is_category()) {echo Category:; wp_title(); echo | ;bloginfo(name);} elseif (is_search()) {echo Search Results; echo | ;bloginfo(name);} elseif ( is_day() || is_month() ||is_year() ) {echo Archives:; wp_title(); echo | ; 9 WordCamp Kansas City: 02 June 2012

Simplifying Theme FunctionalityDe-Crappifying header.php<?php wp_title(); ?>functions.php f u n c t i o n t h e m e n a m e _f i l t e r _w p _t i t l e ( $ t i t l e ) { $new_title = ; if (is_home()) { $new_title = esc_attr( get_bloginfo( name ) ); } elseif (is_404()) { $new_title = 404 Not Found . | . esc_attr( get_bloginfo( name ) ); } elseif (is_category()) { // etc...header.php <title><?php wp_title(); ?></title> 10 WordCamp Kansas City: 02 June 2012

Simplifying Theme FunctionalityDe-Crappifying header.phpRSS Feed Links<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="<?php bloginfo(name); ?> RSS 2.0Feed" href="<?php bloginfo(rss2_url); ?>" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/xml" title="<?php bloginfo(name); ?> RSSFeed" href="<?php bloginfo(rss_url); ?>" /><link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" title="<?phpbloginfo(name); ?> Atom 0.3" href="<?php bloginfo(atom_url); ?>" /> Let WordPress do this for you! 11 WordCamp Kansas City: 02 June 2012

Simplifying Theme FunctionalityDe-Crappifying header.phpRSS Feed Linksfunctions.php function themename_setup_theme() { a d d _t h e m e _s u p p o r t ( a u t o m a t i c - f e e d - lin k s ) ; } add_action( wp_title, themename_setup_theme );header.php <?php wp_head(); ?> 12 WordCamp Kansas City: 02 June 2012

Simplifying Theme FunctionalityDe-Crappifying header.phpScript and Stylesheet Links<link href="<?php echo bloginfo(template_url); ?>/library/js/swfupload/default.css"rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /><link href="<?php bloginfo(template_directory); ?>/library/css/slimbox.css"rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /><script src="<?php bloginfo(template_directory); ?>/library/js/jquery-1.3.2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script><script src="<?php bloginfo(template_directory); ? How many things can you find wrong with this? (If we have time, well come back to this slide later.) 13 WordCamp Kansas City: 02 June 2012

Simplifying Theme FunctionalityDe-Crappifying header.phpScript and Stylesheet Linksfunctions.php: Scriptsfunction themename_enqueue_scripts() { wp_enqueue_script( jquery ); wp_enqueue_script( nivo, get_template_directory_uri() ./library/js/jquery.nivo.slider.pack.js, array( jquery ) );}add_action( wp_enqueue_scripts, themename_enqueue_scripts );header.php <?php wp_head(); ?> 14 WordCamp Kansas City: 02 June 2012

Simplifying Theme FunctionalityDe-Crappifying header.phpScript and Stylesheet LinksProtip: wp_enqueue_scripts() $deps parameterfunction themename_enqueue_scripts() { wp_enqueue_script( j q u e r y ); wp_enqueue_script( nivo, get_template_directory_uri() ./library/js/jquery.nivo.slider.pack.js, a r r a y ( j q u e r y ) );}add_action( wp_enqueue_scripts, themename_enqueue_scripts ); 15 WordCamp Kansas City: 02 June 2012

Simplifying Theme FunctionalityDe-Crappifying header.phpScript and Stylesheet LinksProtip: wp_enqueue_scripts() $deps parameterfunction themename_enqueue_scripts() { wp_enqueue_script( j q u e r y ); wp_enqueue_script( nivo, get_template_directory_uri() ./library/js/jquery.nivo.slider.pack.js, a r r a y ( j q u e r y ) );}add_action( wp_enqueue_scripts, themename_enqueue_scripts );Because jquery is listed as a dependency of nivo, wp_enqueue_script() willenqueue it automatically! No need to call wp_enqueue_script( jquery ): 16 WordCamp Kansas City: 02 June 2012

Simplifying Theme FunctionalityDe-Crappifying header.phpScript and Stylesheet LinksProtip: wp_enqueue_scripts() $deps parameterfunction themename_enqueue_scripts() { wp_enqueue_script( jquery ); wp_enqueue_script( nivo, get_template_directory_uri() ./library/js/jquery.nivo.slider.pack.js, array( jquery ) );}add_action( wp_enqueue_scripts, themename_enqueue_scripts );Because jquery is listed as a dependency of nivo, wp_enqueue_script() willenqueue it automatically! No need to call wp_enqueue_script( jquery ):f u n c t i o n t h e m e n a m e _e n q u e u e _s c r i p t s ( ) { w p _e n q u e u e _s c r i p t ( n i v o ,g e t _t e m p l a t e _d i r e c t o r y _u r i ( ) . /l i b r a r y /j s /j q u e r y . n i v o . s l i d e r . p a c k . j s , a r r a y ( j q u e r y ) ) ;}a d d _a c t i o n ( w p _e n q u e u e _s c r i p t s , 17 WordCamp Kansas City: 02 June 2012

Simplifying Theme FunctionalityDe-Crappifying header.phpScript and Stylesheet Linksfunctions.php: Stylesheetsfunction themename_enqueue_styles() { wp_enqueue_style( swfupload-css, get_template_directory_uri() ./library/js/swfupload/default.css ); wp_enqueue_style( slimbox-css, get_template_directory_uri() ./library/css/slimbox.css );}add_action( wp_enqueue_scripts, themename_enqueue_styles ); 18 WordCamp Kansas City: 02 June 2012

Simplifying Theme FunctionalityDe-Crappifying header.phpScript and Stylesheet Linksheader.php <?php wp_head(); ?> 19 WordCamp Kansas City: 02 June 2012

Simplifying Theme FunctionalityDe-Crappifying header.phpIE Conditional Stylesheets   <!--[if lte IE9]> But wp_enqueue_style() doesnt have a parameter for IE conditionals... 20 WordCamp Kansas City: 02 June 2012

Simplifying Theme FunctionalityDe-Crappifying header.phpIE Conditional StylesheetsEnter the $wp_styles class, and the $wp_styles->add_data() member function: wp_register_style( $handle, $src ); global $wp_styles; $ w p _s t y l e s - >a d d _d a t a ( $ h a n d l e , c o n d i t i o n a l , $ c o n d it io n ) ; wp_enqueue_style( $handle );Just call $wp_styles->add_data() after the stylesheet is registered, but before it is enqueued. 21 WordCamp Kansas City: 02 June 2012

Simplifying Theme FunctionalityDe-Crappifying header.phpIE Conditional Stylesheetsfunctions.php:function themename_enqueue_styles() { wp_enqueue_style( swfupload-css, get_template_directory_uri() ./library/js/swfupload/default.css ); wp_enqueue_style( slimbox-css, get_template_directory_uri() ./library/css/slimbox.css ); // Conditional stylesheets global $wp_styles; // IE6 wp_register_style( ie6-css, get_template_directory_uri() . /library/css/ie6.css ); $ w p _s t y l e s - >a d d _d a t a ( i e 6 - c s s , c o n d i t i o n a l , lt IE 7 ) ; wp_enqueue_style( ie6-css ); 22 WordCamp Kansas City: 02 June 2012

Simplifying Theme FunctionalityDe-Crappifying header.phpIE Conditional Stylesheetsfunctions.php:function themename_enqueue_styles() { wp_enqueue_style( swfupload-css, get_template_directory_uri() ./library/js/swfupload/default.css ); wp_enqueue_style( slimbox-css, get_template_directory_uri() ./library/css/slimbox.css ); // Conditional stylesheets global $wp_styles; // IE6 wp_register_style( ie6-css, get_template_directory_uri() . /library/css/ie6.css ); $wp_styles->add_data( ie6-css, conditional, lt IE7 ); wp_enqueue_style( ie6-css ); // IE7PROTIP: Possibly coming soon to a wp_enqueue_script() near you. See Tracticket #16024 23 WordCamp Kansas City: 02 June 2012

Simplifying Theme FunctionalityDe-Crappifying header.phpIE Conditional Stylesheetsheader.php <?php wp_head(); ?> 24 WordCamp Kansas City: 02 June 2012

Simplifying Theme FunctionalityDe-Crappifying header.phpComment-Reply Script <?php if ( comments_open() && is_singular() && get_option( thread_comments ) ) { wp_enqueue_script( comment-reply ); } ?>Okay, this ones not bad. But it calls wp_enqueue_script(), so we shouldput it in our script-enqueueing callback in functions.php, right? 25 WordCamp Kansas City: 02 June 2012

Simplifying Theme FunctionalityDe-Crappifying header.phpComment-Reply Script <?php if ( comments_open() && is_singular() && get_option( thread_comments ) ) { wp_enqueue_script( comment-reply ); } ?>Okay, this ones not bad. But it calls wp_enqueue_script(), so we shouldput it in our script-enqueueing callback in functions.php, right?How about an even better shortcut...? 26 WordCamp Kansas City: 02 June 2012

Simplifying Theme FunctionalityDe-Crappifying header.phpComment-Reply ScriptMeet the comment_form_before action hook 27 WordCamp Kansas City: 02 June 2012

Simplifying Theme FunctionalityDe-Crappifying header.phpComment-Reply ScriptMeet the comment_form_before action hookfunctions.php: function themename_enqueue_comment_reply_script() { if ( get_option( thread_comments ) ) { wp_enqueue_script( comment-reply ); } } add_action( c o m m e n t _f o r m _b e f o r e , themename_enqueue_comment_reply_script ); 28 WordCamp Kansas City: 02 June 2012

Simplifying Theme FunctionalityDe-Crappifying header.phpComment-Reply ScriptMeet the comment_form_before action hookfunctions.php: function themename_enqueue_comment_reply_script() { if ( get_option( thread_comments ) ) { wp_enqueue_script( comment-reply ); } } add_action( c o m m e n t _f o r m _b e f o r e , themename_enqueue_comment_reply_script ); Thanks to changes in WordPress 3.3, we can now call wp_enqueue_script() inline, rather than only in the header or footer. By using the comment_form_before action hook, we can skip the conditional checks for comments_open() and is_singular(). 29 WordCamp Kansas City: 02 June 2012

Simplifying Theme FunctionalityDe-Crappifying header.phpComment-Reply Scriptheader.php // Silence is goldencomments.php <?php comment_form(); ?> 30 WordCamp Kansas City: 02 June 2012

Simplifying Theme FunctionalityDe-Crappifying header.php<?php body_class(); ?><?php$bodyclass = ;// Generic semanticclassesif ( is_front_page() ) { $bodyclass = O <body <?php themename_custom_body_class(); ?>>home;} else if { is_home() ) { R $bodyclass = blog;} else if { is_archive() ) { $bodyclass =archive;} else if { is_date() ) { $bodyclass = date;} else if { is_search() ) { 31 WordCamp Kansas City: 02 June 2012

Simplifying Theme FunctionalityDe-Crappifying header.php<?php body_class(); ?>functions.php function themename_filter_body_class( $ c l a s s e s ) { $bodyclass = false; if ( is_front_page() ) { $bodyclass = home; } else if { is_home() ) { $bodyclass = blog; } else if { is_archive() ) { $bodyclass = archive; } else if { is_date() ) { // etc... } 32 if ( $bodyclassWordCamp Kansas City: 02 June 2012 ){

Simplifying Theme FunctionalityDe-Crappifying header.php<?php body_class(); ?> header.php <body <?php body_class(); ?> 33 WordCamp Kansas City: 02 June 2012

Simplifying Theme FunctionalityDe-Crappifying header.php<?php body_class(); ?> header.php <body <?php body_class(); ?> PROTIP: you can do the same thing for post_class(), via the post_class filter. 34 WordCamp Kansas City: 02 June 2012

Simplifying Theme FunctionalityDe-Crappifying header.phpPlugin Territory SEO Meta Tags  <meta charset="<?php bloginfo(charset); ?>" /> <meta name="Generator" content="WordPress" /> <meta name="Description" content="<?php bloginfo(description); ?>" /> <meta name="Keywords" content="<?php bloginfo(description); ?> , bunch, of, keywords, stuffed, in, here" /> header.php // silence is golden // just let Plugins handle these 35 WordCamp Kansas City: 02 June 2012

Streamlining functions.php The 10-minute weight-loss plan for your Theme36 WordCamp Kansas City: 02 June 2012

Simplifying Theme FunctionalityStreamlining functions.phpCallback all the things Function calls not explicitly hooked into an action hook via callback will fire at after_setup_theme, which may not be the appropriate action hook for the function being called. Also, function calls not explicitly hooked into an action hook via callback cannot be overridden via remove_action(). 37 WordCamp Kansas City: 02 June 2012

Simplifying Theme FunctionalityStreamlining functions.phpCallback all the things Before add_theme_support( custom-background ); add_theme_support( custom-header ); add_theme_support( automatic-feed-links ); add_theme_support( post-thumbnails ); register_nav_menus( array( 38 WordCamp Kansas City: 02 June 2012

Simplifying Theme FunctionalityStreamlining functions.phpCallback all the things Before add_theme_support( custom-background ); add_theme_support( custom-header ); add_theme_support( automatic-feed-links ); add_theme_support( post-thumbnails ); register_nav_menus( array( After function themename_setup_theme() { add_theme_support( custom-background ); add_theme_support( custom-header ); add_theme_support( automatic-feed-links ); add_theme_support( post-thumbnails ); register_nav_menus( array( header => Header Menu ) ); 39 WordCamp Kansas City: 02 June 2012

Simplifying Theme FunctionalityStreamlining functions.phpCallback all the things Before register_sidebar( array( // Args array ) ); 40 WordCamp Kansas City: 02 June 2012

Simplifying Theme FunctionalityStreamlining functions.phpCallback all the things Before register_sidebar( array( // Args array ) ); After function themename_widgets_init() { register_sidebar( array( // Args array ) ); } add_action( widgets_init, themename_widgets_init ); 41 WordCamp Kansas City: 02 June 2012

Simplifying Theme FunctionalityStreamlining functions.phpPlugin Territory All of these are functional, rather than presentational, and therefore should be handled by Plugins rather than by the Theme: // Clean up the <head> function removeHeadLinks() { remove_action(wp_head, rsd_link); remove_action(wp_head, wlwmanifest_link); } add_action(init, removeHeadLinks); remove_action(wp_head, wp_generator); // Disable admin bar function themename_disable_admin_bar() { add_filter( show_admin_bar, __return_false ); 42 WordCamp Kansas City: 02 June 2012

Simplifying Theme FunctionalityStreamlining functions.phpPlugin Territory All of these are functional, rather than presentational, and therefore should be handled by Plugins rather than by the Theme: // C l e a n u p t h e <h e a d > f u n c t io n r e m o v e H e a d L in k s ( ) { r e m o v e _a c t i o n ( w p _h e a d , r s d _l i n k ) ; r e m o v e _a c t i o n ( w p _h e a d , w l w m a n i f e s t _l i n k ) ; } a d d _a c t i o n ( i n i t , r e m o v e H e a d L i n k s ) ; r e m o v e _a c t i o n ( w p _h e a d , w p _g e n e r a t o r ) ; // Disable admin bar 43 function themename_disable_admin_bar() { WordCamp Kansas City: 02 June 2012

Simplifying Theme FunctionalityStreamlining functions.phpPlugin Territory All of these are functional, rather than presentational, and therefore should be handled by Plugins rather than by the Theme: // Clean up the <head> function removeHeadLinks() { remove_action(wp_head, rsd_link); remove_action(wp_head, wlwmanifest_link); } add_action(init, removeHeadLinks); remove_action(wp_head, wp_generator); // D i s a b l e a d m i n b a r f u n c t io n t h e m e n a m e _d i s a b l e _a d m i n _b a r ( ) { 44 WordCamp Kansas City: 02 June 2012

Simplifying Theme FunctionalityStreamlining functions.phpPlugin Territory All of these are functional, rather than presentational, and therefore should be handled by Plugins rather than by the Theme: // Clean up the <head> function removeHeadLinks() { remove_action(wp_head, rsd_link); remove_action(wp_head, wlwmanifest_link); } add_action(init, removeHeadLinks); remove_action(wp_head, wp_generator); // Disable admin bar function themename_disable_admin_bar() { add_filter( show_admin_bar, __return_false ); 45 WordCamp Kansas City: 02 June 2012

Reducing Theme Options Less is more.46 WordCamp Kansas City: 02 June 2012

Simplifying Theme FunctionalityReducing Theme OptionsPlugin TerritoryThe following options are functional, rather than presentational, and thereforeshould be left to Plugins:F a v ic o n 47 WordCamp Kansas City: 02 June 2012

Simplifying Theme FunctionalityReducing Theme OptionsPlugin TerritoryThe following options are functional, rather than presentational, and thereforeshould be left to Plugins:FaviconG o o g le A n a ly t ic s 48 WordCamp Kansas City: 02 June 2012

Simplifying Theme FunctionalityReducing Theme OptionsPlugin TerritoryThe following options are functional, rather than presentational, and thereforeshould be left to Plugins:FaviconGoogle AnalyticsS E O M e t a Ta g s 49 WordCamp Kansas City: 02 June 2012

Simplifying Theme FunctionalityReducing Theme OptionsPlugin TerritoryThe following options are functional, rather than presentational, and thereforeshould be left to Plugins:FaviconGoogle AnalyticsSEO Meta TagsR o b o ts .tx t 50 WordCamp Kansas City: 02 June 2012

Simplifying Theme FunctionalityReducing Theme OptionsPlugin TerritoryThe following options are functional, rather than presentational, and thereforeshould be left to Plugins:FaviconGoogle AnalyticsSEO Meta TagsRobots.txtD i s a b l i n g t h e A d m i n To o l b a r 51 WordCamp Kansas City: 02 June 2012

Simplifying Theme FunctionalityReducing Theme OptionsPlugin TerritoryThe following options are functional, rather than presentational, and thereforeshould be left to Plugins:FaviconGoogle AnalyticsSEO Meta TagsRobots.txtDisabling the Admin ToolbarG Z i p p i n g /c o m p r e s s i n g /m i n i m i z i n gr e s o u r c e s /c o n t e n t 52 WordCamp Kansas City: 02 June 2012

Simplifying Theme FunctionalityReducing Theme OptionsPlugin TerritoryThe following options are functional, rather than presentational, and thereforeshould be left to Plugins:FaviconGoogle AnalyticsSEO Meta TagsRobots.txtDisabling the Admin ToolbarGZipping/compressing/minimizing resources/contentR e p la c in g c o r e -b u n d le d s c r ip t s w it h C D N -h o s t e d 53 WordCamp Kansas City: 02 June 2012

Simplifying Theme FunctionalityReducing Theme OptionsPlugin TerritoryThe following options are functional, rather than presentational, and thereforeshould be left to Plugins:FaviconGoogle AnalyticsSEO Meta TagsRobots.txtDisabling the Admin ToolbarGZipping/compressing/minimizing resources/contentReplacing core-bundled scripts with CDN-hosted versionsChild Theme TerritoryThe following options are ideal candidates for customization via Child Themerather than via Theme options:C us to m C S S 54 WordCamp Kansas City: 02 June 2012

General Clean-Up of Theme Files Pruning to stay healthy55 WordCamp Kansas City: 02 June 2012

Simplifying Theme FunctionalityGeneral Clean-Up of Theme FilesU n n e e d e d Te m p l a t e F i l e sU n m o d if ie d t e m p la t e f ile s ( a r c h iv e . p h p ,a u t h o r . p h p , c a t e g o r y. p h p , d a t e . p h p , t a g . p h p , e t c . ) .DRY 56 WordCamp Kansas City: 02 June 2012

Simplifying Theme FunctionalityGeneral Clean-Up of Theme FilesUnneeded Template FilesUnmodified template files (archive.php, author.php, category.php, date.php,tag.php, etc.). DRYU n n e e d e d Te m p l a t e - P a r t F i l e sM in im a lly m o d if ie d t e m p la t e -p a r t f ile s( s e a r c h fo r m .p h p ) 57 WordCamp Kansas City: 02 June 2012

Simplifying Theme FunctionalityGeneral Clean-Up of Theme FilesUnneeded Template FilesUnmodified template files (archive.php, author.php, category.php, date.php,tag.php, etc.). DRYUnneeded Template-Part FilesMinimally modified template-part files (searchform.php)U n n e e d e d D e v e lo p m e n t F ile s__M A C O S X 58 WordCamp Kansas City: 02 June 2012

Simplifying Theme FunctionalityGeneral Clean-Up of Theme FilesUnneeded Template FilesUnmodified template files (archive.php, author.php, category.php, date.php,tag.php, etc.). DRYUnneeded Template-Part FilesMinimally modified template-part files (searchform.php)Unneeded Development Files__MACOSXU n n e e d e d V C S F ile s. g it , . s v n , e t c . 59 WordCamp Kansas City: 02 June 2012

Unneeded Callbacks/Functions Purposeful derivatives of Twenty Ten and Twenty Eleven60 WordCamp Kansas City: 02 June 2012

Simplifying Theme FunctionalityUnneeded Callbacks/FunctionsComment List Callbackfunction twentyeleven_comment( $comment, $args, $depth ) {} 61 WordCamp Kansas City: 02 June 2012

Simplifying Theme FunctionalityUnneeded Callbacks/FunctionsComment List Callbackfunction twentyeleven_comment( $comment, $args, $depth ) {}Consider using the default comment-list walker:// D e f a u l t o u t p u tw p _l i s t _c o m m e n t s ( ) ; 62 WordCamp Kansas City: 02 June 2012

Simplifying Theme FunctionalityUnneeded Callbacks/FunctionsComment List Callbackfunction twentyeleven_comment( $comment, $args, $depth ) {}Consider using the default comment-list walker:// Default outputwp_list_comments();// S p l i t C o m m e n t s a n d P i n g sw p _l i s t _c o m m e n t s ( a r r a y ( t y p e => c o m m e n t ) ;w p _l i s t _c o m m e n t s ( a r r a y ( t y p e => p i n g s ) ; 63 WordCamp Kansas City: 02 June 2012

Simplifying Theme FunctionalityUnneeded Callbacks/FunctionsComment List Callbackfunction twentyeleven_comment( $comment, $args, $depth ) {}Consider using the default comment-list walker:// Default outputwp_list_comments();// Split Comments and Pingswp_list_comments( array( type => comment );wp_list_comments( array( type => pings );// M o d i f y a v a t a r s i z e :w p _l i s t _c o m m e n t s ( a r r a y ( a v a t a r _s i z e => 4 0 ) ; 64 WordCamp Kansas City: 02 June 2012

Simplifying Theme FunctionalityUnneeded Callbacks/FunctionsContent FiltersIf you dont need it, just remove it:// C u s t o m e x c e r p t l e n g t h . D e f a u l t v a l u e i s 5 5 ; F i l t e rv a lu e is 4 0f u n c t i o n t w e n t y t e n _e x c e r p t _l e n g t h ( $ l e n g t h ) { re turn 4 0 ; 65 WordCamp Kansas City: 02 June 2012

Simplifying Theme FunctionalityUnneeded Callbacks/FunctionsContent FiltersIf you dont need it, just remove it:// Custom excerpt length. Default value is 55; Filter value is 40function twentyten_excerpt_length( $length ) { return 40;}// C u s t o m e x c e r p t " m o r e " t e x t ( a u t o - g e n e r a t e d ) .D e f a u l t v a l u e i s [ …] f u n c t i o n t w e n t y t e n _a u t o _e x c e r p t _m o r e ( $ m o r e ) { r e t u r n & h e llip ; . 66 WordCamp Kansas City: 02 June 2012

Simplifying Theme FunctionalityUnneeded Callbacks/FunctionsContent FiltersIf you dont need it, just remove it:// Custom excerpt length. Default value is 55; Filter value is 40function twentyten_excerpt_length( $length ) { return 40;}// Custom excerpt "more" text (auto-generated). Default value is […]function twentyten_auto_excerpt_more( $more ) { return … . twentyten_continue_reading_link();}// C u s t o m e x c e r p t " m o r e " t e x t ( m a n u a l ) . D e f a u l tv a lu e is [ . . . ] ;f u n c t i o n t w e n t y t e n _c u s t o m _e x c e r p t _m o r e ( $ o u t p u t ) { i f ( h a s _e x c e r p t ( ) & & ! i s _a t t a c h m e n t ( ) ) { $ o u t p u t . = t w e n t y t e n _c o n t i n u e _r e a d i n g _l i n k ( ) ; } 67 WordCamp Kansas City: 02 June 2012

Simplifying Theme FunctionalityUnneeded Callbacks/FunctionsContent FiltersIf you dont need it, just remove it:// Custom excerpt length. Default value is 55; Filter value is 40function twentyten_excerpt_length( $length ) { return 40;}// Custom excerpt "more" text (auto-generated). Default value is […]function twentyten_auto_excerpt_more( $more ) { return … . twentyten_continue_reading_link();}// Custom excerpt "more" text (manual). Default value is [...];function twentyten_custom_excerpt_more( $output ) { if ( has_excerpt() && ! is_attachment() ) { $output .= twentyten_continue_reading_link(); }// G a l l e r y s t y l e . O n l y u s e t h i s i f y o u i n t e n d t o d e f i n ey o u r o w n G a lle r y C S Sa 68 d _f i l t e r ( u s e _d e f a u l t _g a l l e r y _s t y l e , d WordCamp Kansas City: 02 June 2012

Feedback You’ve heard from me; now I want to hear from you69 WordCamp Kansas City: 02 June 2012

Simplifying Theme Functionality Questions? 70 WordCamp Kansas City: 02 June 2012

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