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Jonathan Obino
3,155 PointsWhat about customizing it by, for example, the functions.php file?
In these last tutorials you are showing how to customize the admin area just with plugins, what about customizing them with hand coding?
Jonathan Obino
3,155 Pointswell, customizing that with functions.php I think that does the job well, even if Wordpress updates it doesn't change your custom functions.php file
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Zac Gordon
Treehouse Guest TeacherHi!
I think you're missing about half the videos! We go through both code examples and plugin examples so you can take either approach.
Try this video for example: http://teamtreehouse.com/library/customizing-the-wordpress-admin-area/custom-dashboard-widgets-in-wordpress/how-to-add-custom-wordpress-dashboard-widgets-via-the-functionsphp-file
Jonathan Obino
3,155 PointsI'm following the wordpress path, plugins are the next "episode" in the track, anyway thanks for quick answer, worth the money :D
Blake Anneberg
23,304 PointsBlake Anneberg
23,304 PointsGood idea and hope this helps: There are different ways to do certain things. The videos your watching (if i remember) will allow you to help someone set up a very custom backend. just remember, when Wordpress updates (for security) files will get changed. so editing them with the plugins is a way of making sure what your doing is future proof and won't mess with future updates.