Custom fields & custom meta boxes can empower site managers to easily create complex page layouts only possible with extensive HTML markup, without writing a single line of a code.

As a designer or developer, custom fields & meta boxes not only empower clients to create these layouts and manage extra site data, but also give you the power to control the markup ensuring proper, semantic HTML, and prevent support issues for “broken” layouts resulting from HTML errors.

In this talk we’ll cover:

A. What are custom fields & meta boxes and why you should use them

B. Options for creating custom fields & meta boxes

C. Design examples utilizing custom fields & code tips for integrating custom fields into a WordPress theme