The Index Template - Module 2-1 - Building a WordPress Classic Theme with Pinegrow

The index template is one of the only required files in a theme and one of the most important to get right. This video shows us how to create the template, add a main loop, use conditionals, and create template parts for repeated elements.
📝Note: Around 9:36, I show you the preview field in the WordPress page settings. This has been superseded by the WordPress Live Preview Function. You can see more about that here: • Introducing Pinegrow L...
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• Course Playlist: • Building a WordPress C...
• Course info and resources on GitHub: github.com/adamslowe/pinegrow...
• Download the course files: github.com/adamslowe/pinegrow...
🧭Course Navigation
• Module 1 - Prerequisite Information and Project Setup
• Module 2 - Creating the Theme Templates
2-1 - The Index Template (You are here!)
2-2 - Header and Footer Template Parts
2-3 - Page, Post, and 404 Templates
• Module 3 - Custom Post Types and Custom Blocks
• Module 4 - Using JavaScript libraries, making back-to-top buttons, using custom code, and more.
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⌚ Timestamps:
00:00 - Global colors and typography styles
02:20 - Auto-generated theme.css contents
02:59 - Looking at our pre-built course CSS files
07:45 - Configuring the Index layout
09:14 - Turning the page layout into a WordPress template
10:48 - Defining header & footer areas
12:58 - Adding missing media to the WordPress export
14:28 - Adding the Main WordPress loop
16:37 - Replacing placeholders with WordPress dynamic data
17:19 - Fallback featured image
18:25 - Our first conditional
20:18 - What happens when you click a link?
20:56 - Adding Pagination as a template part
26:14 - Handling page titles
28:40 - Sidebar template part
📝Note: I'm not affiliated with Pinegrow in any way. I'm just a happy, paying customer who wants to see the product continue to grow and thrive, and to help build a more active community around it.

[@joxmanyou]

I have resumed the tutorial and I am enjoying it.

[@joxmanyou]

38:19
It seems that Pinegrow has already included the_archive_title function. Or am I wrong?..

[@AdamLoweIO]

It’s possible that they snuck it in and I never got the memo. It’s also equally possible that I have “man eyes” (as my wife likes to say) and simply never saw it, despite it being right in my face.

[@joxmanyou]

@@AdamLoweIO 😂