WordPress Master Pages

Setup the WordPress Master Page

When dealing with WordPress development with Pinegrow, the Master Page is the page where you control the header and the footer for your theme.

Index.html is generally used as the Master Page but this is not mandatory and you can use any other template as long as you are aware that the choosen template will “control” the content of your header and footer.

• This is the master page: Use this setting to define the current template as the master page.

If the current template is not your master page, you will have to uncheck this setting and enter the name of the master page (for example index.html) in the Use master page field.

• Theme name: is the name of your theme
• Theme slug: is the identifier of your theme. No spaces, no dash, no comma. Here you can use underscore (_) and less than 20 characters.
• Theme folder: is the location where your theme will be exported. This is the parameter causing the large majority of email we receive at Pinegrow support.

Click on the folder icon and navigate to the folder where you have installed your WordPress site.
Locate the folder named wp-content and get into it, then get into the folder named themes.

If you are at the right location, you SHOULD see a folder named twentyfifteen (and maybe twentythirteen and twentyfourteen which are the default themes when you setup a new WordPress).

If you don’t see these folders, you are probably NOT in the right folder!

Now, CREATE a new folder with the name you want for your theme.
This is the place where your theme will be AUTOMATICALLY exported during the EXPORT and this location will make it available in the WordPress Themes menu.

• Preview page url: is the url of your local wordpress website. For example http://localhost/yoursitename

Your Pinegrow template is now ready for your development session and you are now able to edit your template and export your theme automatically to your local WordPress site.

Last updated on June 26, 2017 at 11:04 pm

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