Category: Web Development
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Wishlist for the WordPress Site Editor as it Heads to Phase 3
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Continue Reading: Wishlist for the WordPress Site Editor as it Heads to Phase 3As the WordPress Gutenberg project finishes phase two of the project and moves on to collaboration and phase three, here are some things I would still like to see in the site (and block) editor.
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My WordPress Origin Story
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Continue Reading: My WordPress Origin StoryWith 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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How I built the Featured Content Block plugin
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Continue Reading: How I built the Featured Content Block pluginIn 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.
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On WordCamp US and the feeling of coming home
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Continue Reading: On WordCamp US and the feeling of coming homeHas 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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Creating a WordPress Block Theme — Uploading it to the Theme Directory
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Continue Reading: Creating a WordPress Block Theme — Uploading it to the Theme DirectoryWe 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…
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Creating a WordPress Block Theme — Creating Theme Style Variations
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Continue Reading: Creating a WordPress Block Theme — Creating Theme Style VariationsWe’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…
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Creating a WordPress Block Theme — Creating the Archive and 404 Templates
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Continue Reading: Creating a WordPress Block Theme — Creating the Archive and 404 TemplatesNext 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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Creating a WordPress Block Theme — Creating the Page and Post Templates
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Continue Reading: Creating a WordPress Block Theme — Creating the Page and Post TemplatesSo 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…
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Creating a WordPress Block Theme — Creating the Template Parts
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Continue Reading: Creating a WordPress Block Theme — Creating the Template PartsSo 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
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Continue Reading: Creating a WordPress Block Theme — Creating Block PatternsSo 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,…