The Test Team helps manage testing and triage across the WordPress ecosystem. They focus on user testing of the editing experience and WordPress dashboard, replicating and documenting bug reports, and supporting a culture of review and triage across the project.
If you’d like to help test Full Site Editing, please join the FSE Outreach Program. You can find current calls for testing for this program here and you can join the fun in #fse-outreach-experiment.
This is a summary of a Hallway Hangout that was wrangled in the #fse-outreach-experiment channel as part of the FSE Outreach Program. It was originally announced in this post. Thank you to everyone who joined in!
Attendance: @paulbigai @karmatosed @mkaz @get_dave @annezazu @courane01 @shaunandrews @pdclark
Video Recording:
Topics Covered:
Ideas for improvement
This is a summary of a Hallway Hangout that was wrangled in the #fse-outreach-experiment channel as part of the FSE Outreach Program. Thank you to everyone who joined in!
Attendance: @poena @richtabor @karmatosed @paulbigai
Video Recording:
Topics Covered:
Date: 2021-09-16 16:00 UTC
Format: Zoom (recorded). A link will be shared in the #fse-outreach-experiment channel before the meeting time. Please join that channel if you’d like to participate!
Length: 45 – 60mins. This will not run longer than an hour.
Topic: This session will focus on adoption pathways with full site editing.
Facilitator(s): @mkaz @get_dave @annezazu
Goal: To have a broader discussion about adoption pathways, what’s working, what successes folks have had, what blockers people are running into, and what might help more folks participate. Beyond just the benefits of learning from each other, this information will ideally be used to help influence future resources and to give insights to the teams working on these items.
Intended Audience: Anyone who has adopted or is interested in adopting site editing related features (theme.jsonJSON JSON, or JavaScript Object Notation, is a minimal, readable format for structuring data. It is used primarily to transmit data between a server and web application, as an alternative to XML., template editor, theme blocks, navigation editor, etc).
Agenda
This conversation is meant to casual, collaborative, and open ended rather than prescriptive about how one should approach adoption. With that in mind, we’ll start the session asking folks who are comfortable doing so to share what they’ve tried and how it’s gone. Once everyone who wants to go has done so, we’ll talk about successes, blockers, and what resources folks have used (along with what resources folks would like to see). We’ll see where the conversation takes us from there!
With the advent of blockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. themes in the WordPress ecosystem, new possibilities are on the horizon, from easier theme development for developers and designers to easier site creation for users. Rather than just examining the value of block themes in isolation though, it’s important to expand to think about what can be done across different block themes. For example, imagine a world where one could seamlessly take product review patterns from one theme, styling from another, and product display templates from an eCommerce focused theme to create a store. Or imagine being able to switch themes while retaining your favorite palette of colors and typography. Regardless, it’s imperative that the experience is reliable, intuitive, and expansive pushing beyond what’s been possible in the past.
As a result, the focus of this exploration is on thinking from this longer term, “wishful thinking” perspective first by guiding you through a very basic theme switching process and then by asking each of you to creatively think about what you’d like to see happen. Since this is not quite a call for testing due to the lack of flows, focus less on finding bugs (although they are still welcomed) and more on thinking through things you wish would happen or would like to occur. The aim is to gather useful insights that will help inform how we design this experience.
Note: this is intentionally just focusing on block theme switching only for now rather than, for example, switching from classic to block.
Explore what’s currently possible
The steps below are meant to be high level with the aim to have you set up initial block theme related items that you might want to keep upon switching themes. It’s not required to run through these steps for the sake of this test since many of the flows are not yet built.
If you don’t have time to create quick content, feel free to import this demo content (open the link and select “Download) created especially for this test via the WordPress importer under Tools > Import. You can also follow this lesson for how to use demo content.
Bonus: Try importing and exporting content from a current site you have to a test site to make the test feel more real and applicable, even if the site is not using a block theme. From there, switch to any theme, block or not. This is purely to get you in the headspace of thinking more about what you’d like to retain even if this is focused specifically on block themes.
Describe what you’d like to see
Comment below after reflecting on the following questions. Remember to share what you’d like to see ideally rather than focusing on what’s currently in place. Answer one, answer all, answer none! These are merely to get you thinking in the right framework rather than boxes to check:
Please share feedback by September 29th, 2021
As always, thank you for participating in this exercise. If anything is blocking you from doing so, just say so either in #fse-outreach-experiment, in the comments of this post, or over DM in slackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. to @annezazu (that’s me!). Keep in mind that not everything shared here will be implemented by the nature of this exploration but know that your ideas will ultimately help shape what is possible going forward.
Thank you to @poena @kellychoffman @priethor @daisyo for reviewing!
This post is a summary of the ninth call for testing for the experimental FSE outreach program. During this call for testing, we surpassed 400 members in the channel! I love an excuse to celebrate so please pat yourselves on the back, treat yourself to a favorite dessert, listen to your favorite song, etc to celebrate this neat milestone of community contributions. While we reached this milestone, I do want to note that contributions were lower for this last round than usual so, if you’re sitting back thinking that others have it covered, please instead jump into the next round if you can!
Special thanks to both @mimitips for the Japanese translation and @piermario for the Italian translation.
Shout out to @utz119 @wazeter @alanjacobmathew as first time contributors to a call for testing. Get excited – you now have a testing contributor badge on your WordPress profile!
How far can one go?
Check out @greenshady’s approach (keep in mind he self admittedly “cheated” to get the final look):
@richtabor took on trying to replicate UNG’s header with the following outcome:
High Level Feedback
Here’s what a few folks had to say about the overall experience that can help frame the following detail oriented feedback. Across all of the feedback, the desire for a lighter navigation experience as well as more advanced tools around spacing, bulk adding items, etc. stood out.
I didn’t run into too many issues getting the headerHeader The header of your site is typically the first thing people will experience. The masthead or header art located across the top of your page is part of the look and feel of your website. It can influence a visitor’s opinion about your content and you/ your organization’s brand. It may also look different on different screen sizes. to display decently, but I also know a bunch of tricks to get the editor to do what I need it to do. The end result is ok — but the experience getting there needs a lot of refining yet.
– @richtabor in this comment.
Creating the menu was quite a hassle. Too many clicks especially when creating submenu.
– @alanjacobmathew in this comment.
This was an interesting challenge…I didn’t make anything “beautiful,” however I did find a couple of things while I was trying to do most of this via keyboard-only navigation.
– @bjturner in this comment.
Using the Navigation blockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. still seems the most troublesome area of site editing. I know how much work the development team has put behind the user experience for this feature but cannot help but wonder if there is a point where users can opt into managing its content (the links) via the traditional Nav Menus screen in WordPress. The site editor works fine for the design aspect, but I have yet to feel comfortable using it to manage links.
– @greenshady in this WPTavern post.
After delving deeply into the ins and outs of the navbar – the primary issues all revolve around responsiveness. The coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. issue came down to the navigation bar operating as a separate element (which makes sense for a block) than the rest of what you’d normally consider a complete header. This means that in order to properly size and place the navbar, you have to use a container block like group or columns – which is where alignment starts to get into trouble.
– @wazeter in this comment.
Confirmed bugs
Thanks to clear patterns in feedback due to a larger focus on the navigation block, this is a dedication section to just bugs that were found or confirmed in this test. Those that have been resolved thanks to a release mid-test have been noted below.
General Usability Feedback
At the core of this test, the feedback centered around a combination of small, specific issues and larger problems with the overall settings of different blocks. This made the experience feel less refined and intuitive leading to general confusion when trying to accomplish sometimes simple things, like changing the width of the Search block. In some cases, work is underway actively to address these concerns, as is the case with adding a gap block feature to make it easier to manage the spacing between navigation block items. Some were repeat items and are noted as such below.
I am not able to see any visual difference between Wide width or Full width. Because my browser screen is not wide enough to see the difference. When I widen the browser window then I am able to see the difference. Should the Wide width alignment be response in relation to the browser size window? So the user will be able to see a visual difference in the backend when testing Wide or Full width.
– @paaljoachim in this comment.
I wish there was some way to reduce the default spacing between blocks. For example I want to reduce the space above the 2nd Nav block.
– @alanjacobmathew in this comment.
To add an actual link, users must first add the Page Link block. Then, they can search for a specific page. This two-step process gets me every time.
– @greenshady in this WPTavern post.
For example, adding search to the navbar, and then wanting the search bar to display differently (larger, smaller) with a potentially different background doesn’t work. Individual menu items can’t easily change the background color of a link (e.g. an active color) to align properly with the container element and there are no hover effects (extremely common use cases) without diving into CSSCSS CSS is an acronym for cascading style sheets. This is what controls the design or look and feel of a site. code.
– @wazeter in this comment.
Not quite a bug, but it doesn’t feel polished when the Block hover menu extends past the viewport.
– @bjturner in this comment.
When the first block is extremely near to the editor header, some parts of the block content gets hidden, while the viewport adjusts automatically on both left and right side, the top part remains fixed.
– @alanjacobmathew in this comment.
AccessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility) feedback
Thanks to some folks focusing in on what could be done with this test using just keyboard controls, there’s a lovely list of accessibility focused items:
Trying to do keyboard only navigation for working with the navigation block. It’s pretty good, but there’s so many tabs!
– @bjturner in this comment.
Feature requests
While the experience was generally easy enough to follow, a few clear feature requests were raised to streamline the process further:
As mentioned above, an overview issue was shared during this test that explores a more scaled down version of the navigation block to make it easier for simple menus to be created. This will better cover the more common use case for most sites. Since this test explored both a simpler and more complex menu structure, the feature requests reflect each experience.
It just feels too cumbersome to add a custom link today.
– @paaljoachim in this comment.
Creating the menu was quite a hassle. Too many clicks especially when creating submenu.
– @alanjacobmathew in this comment.
On July 30th, I shared a survey to gather insights around how theme authors are exploring theme.jsonJSON JSON, or JavaScript Object Notation, is a minimal, readable format for structuring data. It is used primarily to transmit data between a server and web application, as an alternative to XML. today in order to shape what’s possible in the future with theme design. Thank you to the 31 people who took the time to share their feedback! By having concentrated feedback like this, better decisions can be made around what makes sense to include in CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.. What follows is a high level summary of the results.
As always, GitHub issues are welcomed for anything not covered here or that comes up in the future. Please keep sharing your feedback there and know it’s appreciated as the blockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. theme design system continues to evolve.
Most folks who responded to the survey have experimented with building block themes either by starting from scratch or by forking an existing theme. Of note, TT1 Blocks didn’t stand out as a base that folks relied upon with many choosing to fork their own theme or working to move a classic theme they made to a block. While most folks used color presets, there was a variety of approaches included a few mixed naming strategies showing that this is still an open ended area of exploration. Along with colors and typography, the ability to customize layout and spacing options proved to be favorites. There was a near 50/50 split in terms of those who had explored per block settings or styles, with the Button block being the most commonly referenced by those who had. From the wide variety of feedback gathered, a few suggestions emerged for how best to improve the experience going forward including expanding theme.json documentation, adding commenting and improving the structure of theme.json, and more.
If you want to read the full reports, I have included an option below. Keep in mind that I intentionally removed any personal identifying questions that listed the contact information for folks (name, email address, country, etc).
31 people participated from 17 countries with the longest time spent responding clocking in around 60 minutes and the shortest time just under 2 minutes (removed a 2d response assuming it was left open in their browser).
52% of participants said that they have built and launched block themes, which was exciting to see! For those who answered with Other Option, the responses were, for the most part, combining different responses into one:
I tried using theme.json in a classic theme and also experimented with TT1-Blocks theme and FSE. But haven’t dig in too deep to create a fully custom FSE solution.
I’ve built 5 experimental block themes and explored theme.json with classic themes.
I’m currently building a hybrid theme for a fairly large SaaS client that relies on theme.json and Block Patterns.
I have explored using theme.json with a classic theme and I have experimented with building block themes.
I have experimented with block themes and fse. I am currently building a custom block theme for a client site.
This question was intended to help get insight into what resources folks are relying on and what the process to get started looks like. The results showed that more could be done to improve this part of block theme development, whether through amplifying available resources or improving those resources themselves. For the Other Option selection, there were some insightful responses:
I converted an existing theme to a block theme.
All of the above.
Using my Genesis base child themeChild theme A Child Theme is a customized theme based upon a Parent Theme. It’s considered best practice to create a child theme if you want to modify the CSS of your theme. https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/advanced-topics/child-themes/. and implementing/testing what I have come across over several resources online.
The comment section was particularly lively for this question as it asked those who forked an existing theme to share which theme/what approach they took. All the responses aren’t included here, but here is a representative sampling:
I have used all three. I no longer use empty theme because it is too basic for me. When I fork, I copy one of my earlier themes.
I extended an existing custom theme from our agency.
We started from a classic theme, created a blocks pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party (Nova Blocks) around it, and step-by-step evolve towards a block theme (Rosa2). It’s not a fully block-based theme, but the goal is to get there soon.
I have done most of my experimenting with tt1. I have been referencing and digging into the code many block themes, trying to come up with the best methodology for my custom theme which will need to be production ready at end of month. Blockbase, seedlet-blocks, astra-blocks, genesis block theme.
Across the board in the comments, these four patterns emerged: starting with an existing theme they know well, following tutorials like fullsiteediting.com, forking an existing block theme, or some combination of each option. It feels important to note that TT1 Blocks, the block version of the Twenty Twenty-One default theme, was only mentioned three times.
On the whole, most folks mentioned the following:
To get a broader sense of responses, here is a sampling:
This is an ecommerce theme using WooCommerce blocks and our custom block library. Templates: Front Page Single Post Archive Search 404 Page Several Post templates and Page templates with sidebars
Template parts: Header Footer Shop Archive-product (categories, tags, attributes) Loop and a few other templates (e.g., loop with sidebar) depending on the setup
We primarily use template parts for Header and Footer but evolving steadily to all other theme parts. Here is a list of all the templates: https://github.com/pixelgrade/rosa2/tree/main/template-parts
In particular, in that last comment, you can see a wide range of possible template parts mentioned from Pixelgrade, including site branding and meta social (shared with consent).
For the other options, the following themes emerged as a combination of feedback and approaches:
This question resulted in some lively additional comments with a sampling shared below:
Surely, this is a tricky question as there is no standard cross-theme compatible way of naming colors.
Nowadays I kind of use a mixed naming strategy:
– primary, secondary and tertiary (,…) for base theme color scheme,
– an black, white, gray, dark gray, light gray for standard grayscale colors.
All of these colors populate editor palette too. I do not set other colors if not required by the project as I feel a theme should adhere to some limited color palette (while still providing some options for basic colors of grayscale for possible tinting).
I have been adding the color names. But am keen to the idea of the primary, secondary, etc. The problem for me in doing so has always been that they are too limiting. The designs I work off of in client theming are usually pretty complex and my colors do not always neatly fall into those categories.
I use semantic names with a Tailwind-like shading system. For example, my “primary” color gets split between different shades from 100 (lightest) to 900 (darkest). So, you get primary-100, primary-200, … primary-900. These can be reduced or added to on a per-project basis. The system is based on the popular Tailwind CSSCSS CSS is an acronym for cascading style sheets. This is what controls the design or look and feel of a site. framework, but it also closely models common systems of theme authors I have surveyed. They tend to have neutral, primary, and/or secondary colors across the average project.
The !important that is added to all theme colors is DRIVING ME CRAZY.
A few folks mentioned block-specific settings likely because this question came before the one about block settings. I removed those responses from this section.
For Layout, I counted the following mentions altogether: Layout, contentSize, wideSize.
For Spacing, I counted the following mentions altogether: Spacing, Margin, Padding.
Mainly custom definitions: filling gaps that aren’t currently supported as presets, and duplicating layout definitions for contentSize and wideSize to expose these values.
Not much to date, but waiting on more to become available so I can use it more.
I think I’ve touched every piece of `{ settings: {} }`, configuring things to my liking. Some common `settings.custom` properties that I set are: – Spacing values, with the most-used being a `spacing.global` value. – Content and wide-layout values because these are not currently exposed as CSS properties via presets. – Google Fonts system. It’s a bit too early to say what I will use the most going forward though. It is still early. The biggest thing that is missing is a global spacing value as a preset. I have a feeling that will be a common use case for most theme authors.
This question was nearly split, with 16 people responding “Yes” (52%) and 15 responding “No” (48%). Those who said they do include per-block settings or styles were then given an additional question covered in the next section.
Which blocks do you tend to customize with per block settings or styles in theme.json and why?
Note that this question was only shown if someone indicated that they have included per-block settings or styles in their theme.json files. The responses were fairly split with folks either saying they tend to customize all of them or tending to mention specific blocks. The Button block was heavily mentioned with 11 out of 16 people noting it. The following specific blocks were mentioned:
Because this was an open-ended question, here is a sampling of longer form responses to help get a sense of what folks shared:
For per-block settings, I have not done much outside of enabling an option or two if it was disabled by default. However, for per-block (and per-element) styles, I am not sold on the system. Writing CSS in JSON, which is essentially what we are talking about, feels wrong on so many levels. There is the obvious issue that it is limited to merely a few styles that are actually configurable, so anything beyond that requires diving into an actual CSS file anyway. And, that is problematic. Why would I want half my CSS code in a JSON file and the other half elsewhere? From a development standpoint, it makes the codebase harder to maintain. Initially, I started down the path of configuring per-block and element styles from `theme.json`. However, I have since moved my styling back to CSS files. It feels more natural, and I have the added benefit of all the tooling I am accustomed to. Right now, I cannot imagine a scenario where I would move back.
I do customize pretty much all of them, as the default block styles rarely fit. I also remove every and all default block variations, and a lot of the patterns. Overall I’m not a fan of Core having “opinionated” styles, because that should be the theme’s job.
Individually styling a lot of blocks leads to a lot of customization when done explicitly in raw css – and potentially unnecessary bloat. Most of my customizations are set on the most used core blocks for layouting / synchronizing design aspects.
I’ve mostly enabled border support for the Button block in the past (not sure if that is enabled by default now). Adding default spacing to various blocks is another thing I’ve done. But, the biggest use case has been settings some default styles for the root/body (colors, typography, and spacing) and for other elements rather than specifically individual blocks. I’m more interested in configuring per-block settings in the long-term than per-block styles though.
This open-ended question resulted in an awesome abundance of feedback, ideas, and more help request style questions! If you’re keen to read more, I’d recommend downloading the full results. For now, here are the major themes that relate to more specific ideas than more general feedback/help requests:
Once more, since this is an open ended question, here are some of the responses:
We plan to use theme.json to *disable* all low-level controls like color pickers, padding controls, and even custom font sizes. We want to introduce some system-level controls similar to the Global Styles but couldn’t wait until that part of the project is finished.
I have to think more – but definitely have thoughts on this. MultisiteMultisite Multisite is a WordPress feature which allows users to create a network of sites on a single WordPress installation. Available since WordPress version 3.0, Multisite is a continuation of WPMU or WordPress Multiuser project. WordPress MultiUser project was discontinued and its features were included into WordPress core.https://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network. functionality with theme.json in particular is a quite powerful use case. An “import” function, similar to wordpress importer to pass settings from one theme to another or one install to another or main theme to child theme – and consequently an exporter, would be super fantastic.
The theme.json file can get super big and a bit hard to peruse. My current project’s theme.json is 350+ lines long. I’ve seen two solutions already surface to try and address this a bit: Justin Tadlock shared a webpack tool that merges multiple json files in to one, which is probably the most suitable for my needs. I’m just mentioning this as I think it’ll quickly become a common gripe for engineers that use theme.json heavily and especially in a team/agency setting.
I love, love, love using the json file! It made customizing so easy. I’m looking forward to working more with FSE and building more themes.
We need as many tools as possible in theme.json but an ability to use as few of them as we need.
This is the ninth call for testing as part of the Full Site Editing Outreach Program! For more information about this outreach program, please review this FAQ for helpful details. To properly join the fun, please head to #fse-outreach-experiment in Make Slack for future testing announcements, helpful posts, and more.
In comparison with previous calls for testing, this one is even more community driven with the suggestion to do a Higher Education themed call for testing coming from @blake. If you’d like to suggest an idea for a call for testing, know it’s very welcomed and all ideas will be weighed against current project priorities to figure out what makes the most sense to pursue. You can share ideas directly in the slackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. channel or via DM to me (@annezazu).
To ground this test in a real-world example, we’re going to go back to school as an administrator and recreate a customized headerHeader The header of your site is typically the first thing people will experience. The masthead or header art located across the top of your page is part of the look and feel of your website. It can influence a visitor’s opinion about your content and you/ your organization’s brand. It may also look different on different screen sizes. to welcome students, parents, and teachers alike to our hypothetical university. For inspiration, check out the following sample of university sites or just look up some near you! Since this test is focused on building out the header portion, focus in on that aspect and take note of what is done on each site:
https://www.ni.ac.rs/en/student-info
As you can imagine, this test is going to enable us to go deep into the Navigation BlockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience.. As a refresher, it’s a powerful, new block that unlocks the ability to edit a site’s navigation menuNavigation Menu A theme feature introduced with Version 3.0. WordPress includes an easy to use mechanism for giving various control options to get users to click from one place to another on a site., both in terms of structure and design. To help prepare it for inclusion in a future WordPress release, this test is meant to explore the edges of what this block can do.
Similar to prior tests, if you choose to get super creative, please share a screenshot in your comment so we can celebrate what you’ve made. For inspiration, here’s my example below with the multiple layers of sub-menu items displayed:
While there’s more information below to ensure you get everything set up properly, here are the key aspects to have in place with your testing environment:
Generally speaking, please use the latest versions of each part of the setup and keep in mind that versions might have changed since this post was shared.
Known issues
While creating this call for testing, a few issues popped up that you, too, might experience as you go through this. Rest assured they have been reported. Here’s a nonexhaustive list of the most important items:
This section is for those who want to follow specific steps to create a header and might not have a lot of time to take the test further.
While this call for testing is focused on testing a specific feature, you’ll likely find other bugs in the process of testing with such a betaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product; however, design changes often occur as part of the process. feature! Please know any bugs you find are welcome in your report for testing, even if they aren’t directly applicable to the tested feature.
Create structure (template part, columns, etc)
Build out site branding
Create a simple menu for high level items
Make a Donation to Donate to make it shorter by simply editing the text of that Page Link Block. Create a more complex menu for specifics
Save your work & customize further
This section is for those who have the time to take the test further and who are comfortable venturing into the site editor without much guidance.
The steps for this section are simple: find a university site’s header and try to recreate all or part of it. You’re welcome to continue to use TT1 Blocks or to use the block theme of your choosing (please note if you use a different theme). You can use the universities listed above or you can find your own. When leaving a comment, please share a screenshot of what you were attempting and a screenshot of what you were able to do. It’s very helpful to see what folks would like to be able to do so don’t hesitate to share different designs you see.
Remember to share a screenshot of what you created if you’re up for it!
Please leave feedback in the comments of this post. If you’d prefer, you’re always welcome to create issues in this GitHub repo directly for Gutenberg and in this GitHub repo for TT1 Blocks. If you leave feedback in GitHubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the ‘pull request’ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged be the repository owner. https://github.com/, please do still comment below with the link. If you see that someone else has already reported a problem, please still note your experience with it below, as it’ll help give those working on this experience more well-rounded insight into what to improve.
This is a summary of a Hallway Hangout that was wrangled in the #fse-outreach-experiment channel as part of the FSE Outreach Program. Thank you to everyone who joined in!
Attendance: @bobbingwide @poena @jcasabona @richtabor @desrosj @paulbigai
Video Recording:
Topics Covered:
If you’re a theme author who has worked with theme.jsonJSON JSON, or JavaScript Object Notation, is a minimal, readable format for structuring data. It is used primarily to transmit data between a server and web application, as an alternative to XML. in some capacity, please fill out this theme survey.
#fse-hallway-hangout, #fse-outreach-program, #full-site-editingWith WordPress 5.8 came the official introduction of theme.json to the project allowing you to configure both existing editor settings like enabling custom colors and adopt new ones as they are released. Since this new mechanism is an early step towards a comprehensive style system for the future of WordPress, it’s important to hear from everyone who is currently using theme.jsonJSON JSON, or JavaScript Object Notation, is a minimal, readable format for structuring data. It is used primarily to transmit data between a server and web application, as an alternative to XML. to learn more about how folks are using this tool and what might make sense to include in CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. going forward.
If you’re a theme author who has used theme.json or is interested in doing so, please fill out this survey by August 13th to help shape its future.
If you haven’t yet used theme.json, this survey won’t be applicable to you. Thanks in advance for taking the time to share your thoughts! The results will be shared in a recap post.
If you’re curious about theme.json and haven’t had a chance to explore just yet, check out this previous call for testing offering different difficulty levels of flows and the latest WordPress News post on Configuring Theme Design with theme.json.
This is a summary of a Hallway Hangout that was wrangled in the #fse-outreach-experiment channel as part of the FSE Outreach Program. It ended up just being me and @bobbingwide so I decided to not record and instead have a free flowing chat with Herb that was less structured and more in line with our interests. We chatted for just over an hour!
We mainly chatted about theme.jsonJSON JSON, or JavaScript Object Notation, is a minimal, readable format for structuring data. It is used primarily to transmit data between a server and web application, as an alternative to XML., what’s coming to 5.8, a few individual blocks (Query LoopLoop The Loop is PHP code used by WordPress to display posts. Using The Loop, WordPress processes each post to be displayed on the current page, and formats it according to how it matches specified criteria within The Loop tags. Any HTML or PHP code in the Loop will be processed on each post. https://codex.wordpress.org/The_Loop., Featured ImageFeatured image A featured image is the main image used on your blog archive page and is pulled when the post or page is shared on social media. The image can be used to display in widget areas on your site or in a summary list of posts., etc), responsive controls, and various explorations Herb has done including building a few blockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. plugins. Of those, we went through the following links that I recommend spending time reviewing too:
Next Steps
I followed up on two issues that we found while chatting: The reset to default option being too close to X for global styles UI and a bug with an empty template name and trying to rename it.
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