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    Web Development, WordPress

    My WordPress Origin Story

    Jacob Martella

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    August 15, 2023

    With WordCamp US coming up, now is about as good of a time as any to talk about my WordPress journey to where I am today.

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  • 2023 written with sparklers
    Life

    A look back at 2022 and a look forward to 2023

    Jacob Martella

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    January 1, 2023

    Over the weekend we flipped the calendar to the new year. Of course, this is when everyone gets reflective about the past year and looks forward to what the new year will bring. So I thought I would do the same for myself.

    Continue Reading: A look back at 2022 and a look forward to 2023
  • The Featured Content Block in the block editor in WordPress
    Plugin Development, Web Development, WordPress

    How I built the Featured Content Block plugin

    Jacob Martella

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    December 1, 2022

    In November I released my first dedicated block plugin to the WordPress Plugin Directory. This plugin allows someone to select a specific post or other post type item to show on a page and customize how it looks. Here’s how I built it.

    Continue Reading: How I built the Featured Content Block plugin
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    Trips, WordPress

    On WordCamp US and the feeling of coming home

    Jacob Martella

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    November 23, 2022

    Has it been two months since WordCamp US? Yes. Am I just now writing about my experience at WordCamp US? Yes. Whatever. Here are my thoughts on WordCamp US and that feeling of coming home.

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    General

    An introduction of sorts

    Jacob Martella

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    November 19, 2022

    Hey there and welcome to my website! Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Jacob Martella, and I am a web developer. Currently I work at the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth as a web dev. I also do freelance web dev work. I primarily help small businesses tell…

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  • Block Theme - Uploading it to the Directory
    Full Site Editing, Theme Development, Web Development, WordPress

    Creating a WordPress Block Theme — Uploading it to the Theme Directory

    Jacob Martella

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    October 13, 2022

    We are now basically done with creating our WordPress block theme! All that’s left is to give it a few more tests, bundle it up and submit it to the WordPress theme directory for review. So in today’s video we’ll do just that. And I’ll give just a few pointers for how to make your…

    Continue Reading: Creating a WordPress Block Theme — Uploading it to the Theme Directory
  • Block Theme - Theme Style Variations
    Full Site Editing, Theme Development, Web Development, WordPress

    Creating a WordPress Block Theme — Creating Theme Style Variations

    Jacob Martella

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    October 6, 2022

    We’re almost done with creating our full site editing theme. But before we get it ready to submit to the WordPress theme directory, we first need to add one more thing: style variations. Style variations allow theme developers to quickly create variations of their themes with different colors, fonts and other elements. We used to…

    Continue Reading: Creating a WordPress Block Theme — Creating Theme Style Variations
  • Block Theme - Archive and 404 templates
    Full Site Editing, Theme Development, Web Development, WordPress

    Creating a WordPress Block Theme — Creating the Archive and 404 Templates

    Jacob Martella

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    September 29, 2022

    Next up in our path to building a new WordPress block theme, we need to create our archive template and our 404 template. And believe it or not, both of these will take us almost no time to build. So join me as we start to wrap up building Semplice Monospazio and learn how you…

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  • Block Themes Page and Post Templates
    Full Site Editing, Theme Development, Web Development, WordPress

    Creating a WordPress Block Theme — Creating the Page and Post Templates

    Jacob Martella

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    September 22, 2022

    So we’re continuing on with creating our new block theme, Semplice Monospazio. So far we have set up the theme.json file, created various block patterns and built out a few template parts. In today’s video we’re moving on to create our page and post templates. We’ll create simple templates for each at first, before moving…

    Continue Reading: Creating a WordPress Block Theme — Creating the Page and Post Templates
  • Block Theme - Creating Template Parts
    Full Site Editing, Theme Development, Web Development, WordPress

    Creating a WordPress Block Theme — Creating the Template Parts

    Jacob Martella

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    September 15, 2022

    So we are continuing on in our efforts to create a WordPress block theme. This time we’re getting starting to create our template parts, including the header, footer and sidebar. Creating the template parts is super easy. It’s a lot like creating a block pattern, and in many cases, you’re probably going to be using…

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  • Creating a WordPress Block Theme — Creating Block Patterns
    Full Site Editing, Theme Development, Web Development, WordPress

    Creating a WordPress Block Theme — Creating Block Patterns

    Jacob Martella

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    September 8, 2022

    So we are continuing on in our efforts to create a WordPress block theme. This time we’re getting starting to create block patterns. If you’re new to block patterns, they are essentially groups of blocks that you can save in a file in your theme or plugin and then quickly add to any post, page,…

    Continue Reading: Creating a WordPress Block Theme — Creating Block Patterns
  • An American Airlines plane lands in the background with a statue of a boy in the foreground
    Life

    A lunch break taking photos of airplanes

    Jacob Martella

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    September 6, 2022

    Founder’s Plaza at DFW international Airport is a great place to watch planes land and take off. I spent a lunch break at the plaza. Here’s what I spotted.

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