WordPress NYC Meetup at New Work City NYC on May 19 2015
http://www.meetup.com/WordPressNYC/events/222345560/

Last month, the WordPress.org theme review team made a new requirement regarding theme options. They are going to be requiring use of the customizer for all options from now. This applies to all new themes, submitted after April 21. Existing themes at WordPress.org have until October 21 to make the change.

In this presentation, you'll learn just how easy it is to integrate the WordPress customizer into your themes. We'll also explore ways to extend the customizer to make it do more than what's available out of the box.

PRESENTER: Thad Allender

Thad Allender is the founder of Graph Paper Press, a WordPress theme design and development studio, and has been working with WordPress since 2005. His themes are available on WordPress.com and WordPress.org. Previously, Thad worked for USA Today as a photographer and multimedia producer. He is a native Kansan who currently lives in Brooklyn with his wife Abby.
https://graphpaperpress.com/

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