Summary
The frontend of an application presents the backend data to the user in an interactive way. The possibility of requesting for frontend changes of an application is relatively high as compared to the backend. Therefore, it's important to make the application design as stylish and as flexible as possible. Advanced web applications will require complex layouts that can be extended by new features. Planning for the future is important, and hence we prioritized the content of this chapter to discuss extending the capabilities of the WordPress theme files using widgetized architecture and custom action hooks.
We also had a look at the integration of custom hooks with widgetized areas while building the most basic home page for the portfolio application. ...
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