WordPress theme option panels were a tremendous stride in the world of theme development; they gave site owner’s the ability to modify various aspects of their site, without ever having to touch the code. Every great theme either has or should have an extensive options panel.
In this tutorial, I’m going to demonstrate how to add a custom font uploader to your options panel. This will allow site owners to upload any number of font files and apply them to different sections of the site.
As a designer, I cringe a little at the thought of clients possibly screwing up my carefully selected fonts with their own haphazard selection, but, in the end, it’s what the client wants.
Before Starting
To begin, you first need to create your options panel. For this task, I recommend you follow Rohan Mehta’s tutorial over on Net Tuts
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