WordPress 3.9 adds the power of visual customization via widgets to the WordPress Customizer. This feature allows you to configure your widgets and build a custom home page layout directly from the customizer preview pane before committing any changes. Not only does it provide a user-friendly way to see how your widgets and configurations look right away, but it adds a level of safety for live sites when you want to make changes on the fly.

For a detailed walkthrough of what the Obox Widgets do and how to configure them, see your Theme Documentation’s Configure Your Widgets article.

Using the Homepage Builder example

1. Go to Theme Options and click the Site Layout tab, and ensure you have the Widget Driven Home Layout selected.
2. Go to Appearance → Customize
3. Expand the Widgets: Slider panel (you may need to scroll the left sidebar to find it)
4. Click +Add Widget and choose the (Obox) Slider. Configure the options and see how it looks on the right.
5. Expand the Widgets: Home section and click +Add Widget. Choose the (Obox) Content Widget
6. Configure the options and remember to click the Apply button at the bottom-right corner of the widget to save any selections in your drop-down options to load dependent options.

To Delete a widget, expand it and click Delete at bottom-left. To move it into a different panel, click Reorder and then drag it into the appropriate panel. You may drag and drop widgets into the order you want within the same panel in the same way you normally do on the Widgets screen.