Learn about WordPress block themes and global styles
So what do I actually do as a full-time WordPress core contributor? I read, write code, test, attend meetings, and sometimes I do support and write documentation. I work from home and I start my day early, often around 5 in the morning, so that I can have the afternoon off. Working from home and The post A day in the life of a full-time core contributor appeared first on Full Site Editing .
In this post, I will show you how to add a background image or video in 4 steps using the Site Editor. When you use a block theme, like the new default theme Twenty Twenty-Two, WordPress hides the Customizer menu item. Instead of the Customizer, you can use the new Site Editor to update The post How to add a background image or background video with full site editing appeared first on Full Site…
Please note that this blog post has not been updated since 2021 and does not reflect how child themes work today. Read the new child themes lesson, published on February 18, 2023 This post reflects on the state of child themes in WordPress 5.8 in August 2021, where I walk you through some experiments I The post The state of child themes appeared first on Full Site Editing .
Twenty Twenty-One My days have been fully dedicated to the next default theme Twenty Twenty-One. Managing issues and pull requests, testing, solving problems and participating in discussions and meetings. Beta 3 of the WordPress 5.6 release cycle is tomorrow, and focus will be on bringing back the dark mode functionality to Twenty Twenty-One so that The post November update appeared first on Full…
This is a follow up to the previous post where I wrote about the new settings in the experimental theme json file. In this blog post on WordPress.org, Ari Stathopoulos introduces the new custom property. He also shows us how to use the font size settings and a custom variable to create a typography scale. The post More details on the changes to global styles appeared first on Full Site Editing .
In Gutenberg version 9.1, the structure of the experimental-theme.json file is being changed. Jump straight to the details on Github The JSON is still separated in two scopes (contexts), global and block type. What was previously two different objects, presets and features, are now bundled together inside settings. Styles remain unchanged. In your existing JSON The post Changes to global styles in…
I have created an auto complete snippet for VS Code that outputs the block grammar/markup for 52 blocks. VS Code users can enable the snippet, and simply type group to add the markup for a group block. Start typing para for the option to add the paragraph block, and so on. The snippets work in The post VS Code autocomplete for block grammar appeared first on Full Site Editing .
Beta 1 panic mode? We are getting closer to WordPress 5.5 Beta 1 that will include Gutenberg versions 7.6 8.5. Right now, work is being done to decide which of the block patterns that will be added to WordPress core: #23608 It looks like the testimonial, features and services and the numbered features blocks The post July 2 update and a hiccup appeared first on Full Site Editing .
This past week I have not found the time to blog to keep you up to date about the course progress. There are both positive reasons: -I currently have two client projects to complete -these are the first payed projects I have had in months so I am very happy and relieved about that. -I ve The post June 24 Update appeared first on Full Site Editing .
I am working hard to put more content for you on the site. Here is what I have been working on the last 3 days: Moving course material and examples to Github, and doing bug fixes for the block reference and the site in general. A lot of testing of Global styles: The concept is The post June 13 update appeared first on Full Site Editing .