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annezazu 6:12 pm on June 20, 2022
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FSE Program: Sign up for usability testing by June 24th

Building off of the high level feedback and in line with the goals around refinement and unification for 6.1, the outreach program is going to try something new and pair up members of the program with community designers. The aim is to directly learn what kind of refinement is needed by watching someone use the current experience. In the process, perhaps this effort can also engage folks in a new way who might not have been able to participate as much before!

Description

Designers will be paired with 1 or more folks, depending on their capacity and interest, from the outreach program based on ideal timezone matches. Once paired, they will then find time between June 20th and July 1st to record a 15 minute call on Zoom going through one of two tasks: Creating & applying a new 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.; using and customizing patterns. 

Designer & Participants: Sign up by June 24th, 2022

Before signing up, keep in mind that you will need to be available to help between June 27th to July 8th to record at least one 15 minute session:

For both parties, please ensure you are in #fse-outreach-experiment for updates, reminders, etc and generally checking Make Slack for coordination. 

Details for designers

After the sign up forms close, you’ll receive a 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/. DM from @annezazu (that’s me) on or before June 27th with more information, including who you are paired with along with a one pager of all the details you’ll need. 

Next Steps

A recap of all of the videos will be shared on Make Test for posterity. 

Thank you to @critterverse for collaborating with me on this effort.

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annezazu 1:40 am on April 28, 2022
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FSE Program Testing Call #14: Rallying Recipe Reviewers

This post is the fourteenth call for testing as part of the Full Site Editing Outreach Program. For more information about this experimental 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 will be shared there. 

Overview

This call for testing focuses on taking a few blocks for a practical spin to create a fun, interactive recipe focused site that has a customized commenting experience to rally your recipe reviewers. 

New Quote 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.

For your favorite recipe reviewers who leave behind their own tweaks to your recipes, you’ll explore adding in quotes from them using the new quote block. Currently, this is still in the experimental stage so get excited to report some bugs. Specifically, this new quote block supports using nested blocks, meaning you can add headings, lists, and more within a quote. 

New List Block 

Get ready to get detailed – your recipes require lots of ingredients with alternatives in case folks don’t have them. We’ll rely on the new list block to accomplish this since it includes a different UXUX UX is an acronym for User Experience - the way the user uses the UI. Think ‘what they are doing’ and less about how they do it. to explore. 

Comments 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. blocks

Pulling from this specific call for testing, there are a ton of blocks for you to explore and build your desired commenting experience, with more to come as more functionality is supported in each block: 

  • Comments Query Loop: An advanced block that displays post comments and allows for various layouts and  configurations.
    • Comment Template: Contains the block elements used to display a comment, such as  the title, date, author, avatarAvatar An avatar is an image or illustration that specifically refers to a character that represents an online user. It’s usually a square box that appears next to the user’s name. and more.
    • Comments Pagination: Displays next/previous links to paginated comments where this has been enabled in the comment settings in the WordPress admin
      • Previous Page: Displays the link to the previous page of comments.
      • Page Numbers: Displays a list of page numbers for comments pagination.
      • Next Page: Displays the link to the next page of comments.

Testing Environment 

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: 

  • Use a test site. Do not use a production/live site. You can follow these instructions to set up a local installLocal Install A local install of WordPress is a way to create a staging environment by installing a LAMP or LEMP stack on your local computer. or use a tool like this to set up a development site. 
  • Use WordPress 5.9.3 (downloadable here).
  • Use the Twenty Twenty-Two theme.
  • Use GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/ 13.1 or the latest version (latest version). 

Testing Instructions

Setup Instructions: 

  1. Have a test site using the latest version of WordPress (5.9+). It’s important this is not a production/live site. 
  2. Install and activate the Twenty Twenty-Two theme by going to Appearances > Themes.
  3. Install and activate the Gutenberg 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 from Plugins > Add New. If you already have it installed, make sure you are using at least Gutenberg 13.1.
  4. By the end of these steps, you should see a navigation item titled “Editor (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.) under Appearance. If you don’t, you aren’t using a block theme and need to switch themes. 

Testing Instructions:

Helpful Hint: As you go through this test, you might find the List View helpful while navigating between content. 

Add a new recipe post

  1. From your dashboard, head to Gutenberg > Experiments and turn on both the Quote and List experiments by checking the checkbox by each and saving (screenshot of what you want to see). 
  2. From your dashboard, head to Posts > Add New. 
  3. Title the post “May Macaroni” and add in a brief sentence for now (“Welcome to my latest monthly recipe where I’ll share the recipe I’m most excited to make in the month ahead”). Publish the post. 
  4. View the post on the front end and quickly add a few comments to the post. They can be brief like: “Great recipe!” & “Can’t wait to make this”. 

Create a custom template for recipes

  1. Return to the Post Editor where you just published your post, open the Post Settings, and, under Templates, select the “New” option.
  2. A name field will appear. Title the template something recipe related, like “Recipe Template”, and hit the create button. This will open up the template editor. 
  3. Customize the template as you’d like to start. For example, you can add in a 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. template part that matches the wider site, change the font size of the post title, and more. You are likely going to want to add in a Header and Footer Template part at this stage using whatever method you like to add blocks. Remember that you can search for “header” and “footer” too! 

Customize commenting functionality 

  1. Where you see fit, add in the Comments Query Loop block. When you do so, various child blocks will be included. This is where using List View can help you get a sense of what’s there. 
  2. Explore the settings available for each block and begin customizing. This includes removing or adding additional blocks mentioned above under “Comments Query Loop blocks”, adding custom colors, changing font size, etc. You could also wrap the Comments Query loop in a Group block in order to add custom borders. Here’s a screenshot for inspiration that shows what you can do if you have time.
  3. As you go, save changes and view your post to see what you’re creating live on your site. As much as you can, try to make the comments area an engaging and welcoming spot for your recipe reviewers.  

Write your recipe with quote and list blocks

  1. When done, save changes to your template and hit “back” to return to your post itself. 
  2. Add a list block and begin listing ingredients (pasta, cheese, pepper, milk, pepper, etc). Here’s a recipe you can pull ingredients from in case you’re like me and need some inspiration. Notice how you can still hit return to add new list items and that you can use the + sibling inserter to add sub items. 
  3. Under a few ingredients, use the + sibling inserter to add in some alternatives. For example, you can list types of cheeses (provolone, cheddar, goat cheese). Aim to create something like this screenshot. 
  4. Add another list block and switch to numbers in the toolbar to list out cooking steps. These can be simple: Boil water, add pasta, cook for 10 min, add cheese, and taste. Try adding some sub items once more. For example, you can list different cook times depending on how folks like their pasta. 
  5. After the ingredients and steps are listed, add a heading block titled “Recipe Insights”. 
  6. Add in a quote block and create a quick quote from the point of view of a reader of the site who might have some tweaks to offer. Be sure to include some different blocks like another List block, Headings, etc. Here’s a screenshot of an example. 
  7. Create a few quotes as you so desire and have time. 
  8. Update the post and make any additional changes you’d like to the post or Recipe Template itself. 

Make yourself some pasta and pat yourself on the back. Thanks for testing and remember to leave a comment below about your experience!

What to notice:

Remember to share a screenshot of what you created if you’re up for it!

  • Did the experience crash at any point?
  • Did the saving experience work properly? 
  • What did you find particularly confusing or frustrating about the experience?
  • What did you especially enjoy or appreciate about the experience? 
  • What would have made this experience easier?
  • Did you find that what you created matched what you saw on your site?
  • Did it work using Keyboard only?
  • Did it work using a screen reader?

Leave Feedback by May 18th, 2022

You are always welcome to join a social learning space to go through this call for testing on May 2nd. All are welcome to join and we hope to see you there!

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annezazu 9:06 pm on March 31, 2022
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FSE Program Testing Call #13: Authoring an Author Template

This post is the thirteenth call for testing (lucky number 13!) as part of the Full Site Editing Outreach Program. For more information about this experimental 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 will be shared there. 

Overview

Ahead of WordPress 6.0, new features and options are rapidly being added that expand upon the foundation 5.9 set. The result is this test that walks you through creating a template for your author pages, locking blocks to prevent removal or movement, new design options, a new No Results 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., and more. Simply put, this was the most fun I’ve ever had writing any test for this outreach program.

Expanded template options

To put things in perspective, 5.9 saw the launch of the Site Editor where you could only create a limited number of additional primary templates. Ahead of 6.0, the options are now far more open with the ability to add the following: Author, CategoryCategory The 'category' taxonomy lets you group posts / content together that share a common bond. Categories are pre-defined and broad ranging., Date, TagTag Tag is one of the pre-defined taxonomies in WordPress. Users can add tags to their WordPress posts along with categories. However, while a category may cover a broad range of topics, tags are smaller in scope and focused to specific topics. Think of them as keywords used for topics discussed in a particular post., TaxonomyTaxonomy A taxonomy is a way to group things together. In WordPress, some common taxonomies are category, link, tag, or post format. https://codex.wordpress.org/Taxonomies#Default_Taxonomies.. Stay tuned for more options here in the future! This test will focus on creating an Author template.

Direct ability to lock blocks

Similarly, while the block locking API was released in 5.9, an interface for it didn’t exist until now. What you’ll explore in this test around locking the ability to move or remove a block is just a start too with more work to be done around further permissions like being able to disable the ability to lock / unlock globally or per user role. Having a quick and easy way to prevent unwanted changes is a huge step, whether to help pass off work to a client or to reduce the chance of mistakes for your own sake. 

Customize what no results look like

The 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. block is also getting even more powerful with the new addition of a No Results block that allows you to customize what folks will see when nothing matches the query at hand. This means you can both have an elegant design for displaying content and for guiding people when there’s not. For inspiration, here’s what I came up with on my test site while writing this:

No results

No results page with a message saying an author doesn't have any posts yet and a nudge to sign up for a newsletter.

Results

List of recent posts from an author and a thank you message.

More design tools

Finally, with each release, more and more design tools and dimension controls are being added to allow you to customize things to your liking (or leave them as is). Don’t overlook this as part of the test, especially when you get to the stage of styling what you’ve created. 

Testing Environment 

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: 

  • Use a test site. Do not use a production/live site. You can follow these instructions to set up a local installLocal Install A local install of WordPress is a way to create a staging environment by installing a LAMP or LEMP stack on your local computer. or use a tool like this to set up a development site. 
  • Use WordPress 5.9.2 or the latest version (downloadable here).
  • Use the Twenty Twenty-Two theme. If you’d like to repeat the test or switch things up, you can always use a different block theme.
  • Use GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/ 12.9 or the latest version (latest version). 

Testing Instructions

Setup Instructions: 

  1. Have a test site using the latest version of WordPress (5.9.2 as of writing this). It’s important this is not a production/live site. 
  2. Install and activate the Twenty Twenty-Two theme by going to Appearances > Themes. If you choose to use a different block theme, install and activate by going to Appearances > Themes > Add New and searching for the one that has the `Full Site Editing`  listed as a feature. 
  3. Create at least two posts with different titles.
  4. Create a new user on your site by going to Users > Add New. Set the Role to at least the level of “Author”. Here are instructions to follow.
  5. Install and activate the Gutenberg 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 from Plugins > Add New. If you already have it installed, make sure you are using at least Gutenberg 12.9.
  6. By the end of these steps, you should see a navigation item titled “Editor (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.) under Appearance. If you don’t, you aren’t using a block theme and need to switch themes. 

Testing Instructions:

Helpful Hint: As you go through this test, you might find the List View helpful while navigating between content. 

These instructions are more general as they will change depending on what theme you are using. In general, you should explore a few things with this test so, if the steps don’t align with what you see, either switch to the Twenty Twenty-Two theme for ease of use or ensure you cover each of the features mentioned in the Overview section. 

Create an author template

  1. Navigate to Appearance > Editor (beta). This will automatically open the site editor to the template powering your homepage. 
  2. Once there, open the W menu (if you have a set site icon, you will see that instead) > Templates. This will open up the template list.
  3. Choose “Add New” > Select “Author”. This will open up a new blank template that displays the latest post from a single author. 

Add your structure

  1. As you’d like, add any 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. or Footer template parts. You can do this by searching directly for “Header” or “Footer” or by adding the template part block and selecting the one you’d like. 
  2. In between the template parts, add a Group block. Within the Group block, add a Columns block set to 70/30. 
  3. In the larger Column, add a Query Loop block and select whichever option you’d like.
  4. While selecting the Query Loop block, open the block settings sidebarSidebar A sidebar in WordPress is referred to a widget-ready area used by WordPress themes to display information that is not a part of the main content. It is not always a vertical column on the side. It can be a horizontal rectangle below or above the content area, footer, header, or any where in the theme. and ensure the option “Inherit query from template” has been selected. 
  5. While still focused on the Query Loop block (you might find the List View helpful at this point), use the quick inserter to add a No Results block. Here’s a quick video in case you get stuck here. 

Customize the No Results block

  1. Customize the No Results block as you’d like. This block will display content when no results are found. You can add something like “Check back for future content from this great author that we are lucky to have write with us” and/or you could add the “Subscribe Callout” pattern to nudge folks to subscribe to the site. 
  2. Once done, select the overall No Results block > Open the three dot menu > Select “Lock” > Check “Prevent Removal”. This will prevent folks from accidentally removing this without unlocking it first since it might not be obvious at first what the role is of this new block.

Style the rest

  1. From there, select the smaller Column and add whatever you’d like as a sidebar. For example, you can add a latest post block to show all posts on the site regardless of author or you can add social icons. 
  2. Select the overall Group block that you originally added and open the block settings sidebar. Explore some of the new styling options like Border control, padding, block spacing, color controls, and more. 
  3. Do the same with any other block you’d like before selecting the option to Save. For example, you can alter the font appearance, font size, colors, and more. 

Lock and view

  1. As you see fit, lock any block you’d like to as well either to prevent removal or movement. For example, you could lock the Header and Footer template parts to prevent them from being moved.
  2. Once done, view the author page of the account you are logged into to see posts displayed and view the author page of the account you created that doesn’t currently have any posts. You can find the author page by going to yoursiteurl.com/author/[username]. Here are the examples from my test site: author with posts, author without posts.

What to notice:

Remember to share a screenshot of what you created if you’re up for it!

  • Did the experience crash at any point?
  • Did the saving experience work properly? 
  • Did you find any features missing while creating the header?
  • What did you find particularly confusing or frustrating about the experience?
  • What did you especially enjoy or appreciate about the experience? 
  • What would have made this experience easier?
  • Did you find that what you created in the Site Editor matched what you saw on your site?
  • Did it work using Keyboard only?
  • Did it work using a screen reader?

Leave Feedback by April 21, 2022

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annezazu 7:26 pm on February 23, 2022
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FSE Program Testing Call #12: Hyping Headers

This post is the twelfth call for testing as part of the Full Site Editing Outreach Program. For more information about this experimental 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 will be shared there. 

Overview

With WordPress 5.9 out in the wild, it’s time to start revisiting some common workflows that we’ve tested earlier versions of that have new tools, options, and more to explore. In the case of this test, we’re going to customize a 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. using everything from the navigation block to template part focus mode to then reuse this personalized header in a different template. Along the way, we explore how patterns are integrated into the experience, new dimension control options, and improved UXUX UX is an acronym for User Experience - the way the user uses the UI. Think ‘what they are doing’ and less about how they do it. for 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.. While going through the experience, think about what would make it even easier and more intuitive to use as that’s ultimately the aim!

Testing Environment 

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: 

  • Use a test site. Do not use a production/live site. You can follow these instructions to set up a local installLocal Install A local install of WordPress is a way to create a staging environment by installing a LAMP or LEMP stack on your local computer. or use a tool like this to set up a development site. 
  • Use WordPress 5.9 (downloadable here).
  • Use the Twenty Twenty-Two theme. If you’d like to repeat the test or switch things up, you can always use a different block theme.
  • Use GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/ 12.6 (latest version). 

Testing Instructions

Setup Instructions: 

  1. Have a test site using the latest version of WordPress (5.9). It’s important this is not a production/live site. 
  2. Install and activate the Twenty Twenty-Two theme by going to Appearances > Themes. If you choose to use a different block theme, install and activate by going to Appearances > Themes > Add New and searching for the one that has the Full Site Editing  listed as a feature. 
  3. Create four different pages with different titles to add to your menu under Pages > Add New. No content in the pages are needed. 
  4. Install and activate the Gutenberg 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 from Plugins > Add New. If you already have it installed, make sure you are using at least Gutenberg 12.6.
  5. By the end of these steps, you should see a navigation item titled “Editor (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.) under Appearance. If you don’t, you aren’t using a block theme and need to switch themes. 

Testing Instructions:

Helpful Hint: As you go through this test, you might find the List View helpful while navigating between content.

These instructions are intentionally more general to help you make the Header you create your own, to find more points of friction, and in case you are using a different block theme. At a high level, you should explore a few things with this test so, if the steps don’t align with what you see, either switch to the Twenty Twenty-Two theme for ease of use if you aren’t using it already or ensure you cover each of the features mentioned in the Overview section. 

  1. Navigate to Appearance > Editor (beta). This will automatically open the site editor to the template powering your homepage. 
  2. Using the List View, select your overall Header provided by your theme. If you’re using the Twenty Twenty-Two theme, you will see that it has provided multiple header options by selecting the “Replace” option in the block toolbar. Select whatever header you’d like to edit. Here’s a screenshot of what to expect here if you have this option.
  3. From there, enter the isolated template part mode to focus just on editing the Header in isolation. You can find this mode by selecting the overall Header template part > Opening the three-dot menu > Selecting “Edit Header”. You can learn more about this mode and the various ways to find it in this post. 
  4. Once there, build out and customize your navigation block by adding the four pages you created earlier. Keep in mind that you can create draft pages that you will need to publish later in order to have them show up on the front end of your site.
  5. Continue to customize your Header to your liking, whether by using dimension controls in blocks like the Group or Row blocks (depending on what your theme offers), by adding any additional blocks (Site Tagline, Site Icon, etc), or by exploring more options in the navigation block.
  6. When done, select “Back” to return to your homepage template and make any additional changes you might want when seeing the template part in the wider template once more.
  7. From there, select Save and go through the saving flowFlow Flow is the path of screens and interactions taken to accomplish a task. It’s an experience vector. Flow is also a feeling. It’s being unselfconscious and in the zone. Flow is what happens when difficulties are removed and you are freed to pursue an activity without forming intentions. You just do it. to save all the changes you’ve made. 
  8. After saving, open the W menu > Templates and select another template where you’d like to ensure it uses the Header you just customized (for example, the Blank template). Open that template and, if the Header isn’t in place, add it in however you see fit before saving. 

What to notice:

Remember to share a screenshot of what you created if you’re up for it!

  • Did the experience crash at any point?
  • Did the saving experience work properly? 
  • Did you find any features missing while creating or reusing the Header?
  • What did you find particularly confusing or frustrating about the experience?
  • What did you especially enjoy or appreciate about the experience? 
  • What would have made this experience easier and more intuitive?
  • Did you find that what you created in the Site Editor matched what you saw on your site?
  • Did it work using Keyboard only?
  • Did it work using a screen reader?

Leave Feedback by March 16th, 2022

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annezazu 11:10 pm on February 2, 2022
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FSE Program Exploration: All Things Media

With WordPress 5.9 shipped, the big pieces of full site editing are out in the open ready for feedback. Rather than digging once more into these pieces for now, let’s leave that to the wider world to absorb and switch into an aspect of site building that can be very make or break: the role of media. Whether it’s setting a 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. or adding a 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. image, there are tons of ways media touches all parts of building a great site. 

Like last time, the focus of this exploration is to think with a more long term, “wishful thinking” perspective in order to gather useful insights that will help inform the design of media related experiences going forward. This is achieved by guiding you through some common tasks for site building with media, 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.

As you look over the post, remember that you can engage with all of the items or just one of them! Either way, it’s all helpful.

Brief Overview

Part of why we’re doing this call for testing is because there are a few new projects and tools around media in the WordPress project that you might have missed: the WordPress Photo Directory and Openverse. 

The WordPress Photo directory is currently in 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., and aims to offer a curated source of high-quality images. By adding your photos there, the photos will automatically appear in Openverse, a search engine for openly licensed media with over 600 million items to use free of charge. Right now, these are standalone tools but, in the future, there will be huge opportunities to integrate them directly into the WordPress experience. This exploration will help inform this very early work that’s also in line with various 2022 goals. 

To read more about the WordPress Photo Directory and Openverse, check out this comprehensive post sharing everything you need to know.

Task 1: Explore what’s currently possible 

These tasks are purposefully open ended as there’s often a few ways to accomplish them. When you respond below, share what approach/steps you took and why! Any bugs you find too, report away in your comment. 

  • Add a duotone filterFilter Filters are one of the two types of Hooks https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Hooks. They provide a way for functions to modify data of other functions. They are the counterpart to Actions. Unlike Actions, filters are meant to work in an isolated manner, and should never have side effects such as affecting global variables and output. to a Cover 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. with an image or video in it and add text over top, adjusting the opacity as needed. 
  • Add an image to the background of your header.
  • Add a caption to an image. 
  • Crop or rotate an image in a gallery block. 
  • Add an external non-copyrighted photo to your post as a featured image. Bonus points to share where you searched for the image and where you normally do so.
  • Change the size of your featured image for your posts by editing your post template. 

For this exploration, it would be advantageous to use a block theme since this is meant to capture media in the context of full site editing. As a result, please follow these steps:

  1. Set up a test site. You can follow these instructions to set up a local installLocal Install A local install of WordPress is a way to create a staging environment by installing a LAMP or LEMP stack on your local computer. or use a tool like this to set up a development site. 
  2. Install and activate a block theme from the options listed in the theme directory. 

Task 2: Describe what you’d like to see

As you go through the above experiences, consider the following questions as a way to reflect on what you’d like to see in the future. This could be everything from being able to use a featured image as a background of a cover block to having more built in controls to style your images to rethinking featured images in general. Don’t hold back and don’t worry about how practical an idea might be. This is just to get a sense of what folks might want to do in the future.   Answer one, all, or none! These are merely to get you thinking in the right framework rather than boxes to check: 

  • How would you like to see Openverse or the WordPress photo directory integrated into the experience?
  • What comes to mind when you think about Patterns and media?
  • What workflow improvements can you think of? What was hard to accomplish? 
  • What basic tasks do you find you have to do outside of WordPress to get your media just right and how would you like to see those tasks integrated into the experience? 
  • How would you feel about using an image where attribution information couldn’t be removed? What about an image where you can not make significant changes?
  • Anything else? Think big!

Please share feedback by Wednesday, Feb 23rd, 2022

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. 

Join a hallway hangout on Feb 16th, 2022 @ 5:30PM UTC 

If you want to dig into this exploration more and chat about All Things Media, join @fcoveram and @annezazu in an upcoming hallway hangout. As a reminder, these are casual, open calls that anyone can join and leave as they’d like, have their video on/off, talk or just listen! It’ll last under an hour and will be recapped on Make Test. 

To join, head to #fse-outreach-experiment in Make Slack where a zoom link will be shared at the time of the hangout. 

#fse-exploration, #fse-outreach-program, #fse-testing-call, #full-site-editing

annezazu 9:52 pm on November 8, 2021
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FSE Program Testing Call #11: Site Editing Safari

This is the eleventh 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. 

As a reminder, if you’d like to suggest an idea for a call for testing, 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). 

Overview

Feel free to jump straight to the testing steps if you’d prefer to get started right away.

This is the final call for testing before WordPress 5.9, which makes it a wonderful and high impact one to be involved in as it’ll help improve the experience for a large portion of the web before it ever launches. In order to get the most out of this call for testing, the instructions are going to change as the test goes on and as we move forward in the release cycle. For example, at the start of this test, folks will be encouraged to use TT1 and, by the end of the test, Twenty Twenty-Two will be recommended. For now, here’s a high level overview of what is going to be tested:

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 template and template part editing UIUI UI is an acronym for User Interface - the layout of the page the user interacts with. Think ‘how are they doing that’ and less about what they are doing.

While certain calls for testing have ventured into the Site Editor, that experience as you’ve known it is shifting for 5.9 in order to offer a more refined and scaled down experience to manage templates and template parts within a block theme. With a condensed browsing tool and a new placement in wp-admin under Appearance, this might feel more like a taste than the full experience of the Site Editor as you’ve come to know it.  

Styles Interface

While 5.8 laid the groundwork for a cohesive style system, 5.9 sees the introduction of a beautiful user interface that allows folks to interact directly with various style properties. You might have heard of this work under the project name “global styles”! While we’ve had calls for testing around 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., one of the mechanisms related to the overall Global Styles project, this is the first time Styling itself is being explored. Currently, this interface displays two large groups of design focuses: blocks and elements. Elements represent things that can be styled globally and across blocks (such as “text”, “links”, “captions”, etc). This is a fancy way of saying you can easily change the typography of your entire site or the unique coloring of your buttons block all from the same interface. 

Patterns Explorer

With block patterns on the rise, a new explorer modal has been shipped to make it easier to navigate between patterns and find the exact one you want to use. This sets the groundwork for future integration with the Pattern Directory. This test will briefly explore this new experience.

Twenty Twenty-Two

Twenty Twenty-Two is the latest in a long line of default themes with a twist — it’s a block theme first and foremost built for the various site editing tools. As a result, midway through this call for testing, folks will be encouraged to test using this theme and report back their findings. Read more about this groundbreaking default theme here. 

Testing Environment 

This will adjust as the test goes on and the release cycle progresses to ensure folks are testing the latest and greatest. 

Here are the steps to follow to properly set up your testing environment for this specific all for testing. If you’re already ready to go, jump to the testing steps below.

  1. Use a test site with the latest version of WordPress. Right now, that’s 5.8.2. It’s important this is not a production/live site. 
  2. Install and activate the GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/ 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 from Plugins > Add New. If you already have it installed, make sure you are using at least Gutenberg 12.0.
  3. Install the TT1 Blocks theme by going to Appearances > Themes > Add New. Once installed, activate the theme. 
  4. Create a few posts with featured images of your choosing. Alternatively, you can download and import the demo Gutenberg content created previously for these kinds of tests via the WordPress importer under Tools >  Import. You can also follow this lesson for how to use demo content.
  5. Go to the website’s admin.
  6. You should now see a navigation item under Appearance titled “Editor (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.)”. If you don’t see that, your environment isn’t correctly set up. If you get stuck here, just comment on this post or ask in #fse-outreach-experiment for help!

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.

Testing steps

Personalize your homepage

1. Go to Settings > Reading and set “Your homepage displays” to show “Your latest posts”.
2. Once set, go to Appearance > “Editor (beta)”. This will open up to show a template that displays your homepage.
3. From there, change your homepage to your liking! This could mean adding in a navigation block, changing the font size of your Post Title Blocks, adding a duotone filterFilter Filters are one of the two types of Hooks https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Hooks. They provide a way for functions to modify data of other functions. They are the counterpart to Actions. Unlike Actions, filters are meant to work in an isolated manner, and should never have side effects such as affecting global variables and output. to your Post 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. blocks, removing blocks, adding blocks, and more. 
4. Once you’ve adjusted everything to your liking, click “Save” and go through the saving experience. 

Set your styles 

5. From there, click on the Styles icon in the upper right corner to access the Styles interface. 
6. Once open, personalize the four sections as much or as little as you’d like: Typography, Colors, Layout, and Blocks (to customize individual blocks). For example, you can click on Colors > Palette > Use the + sign to add your own custom color option for use throughout your content. 
7. Once you’ve adjusted everything to your liking, click “Save” and go through the saving experience. 

Add a buttons pattern and use layout controls

8. From there, open up the Inserter and switch to the Patterns tab.
9. Select the “Explore” option, navigate to the Buttons section, and pick the “Simple call to action” pattern.
10. Once added, use the + option to add in a second button. 
11. From there, select the overall parent Buttons block and open the sidebarSidebar A sidebar in WordPress is referred to a widget-ready area used by WordPress themes to display information that is not a part of the main content. It is not always a vertical column on the side. It can be a horizontal rectangle below or above the content area, footer, header, or any where in the theme. settings to customize the layout to your liking. Here’s a quick video in case you get stuck.
12. Save the changes. 

Add a duotone filter to your Archive template

13. Click on the W menu in the upper left hand corner > Under Editor select “Templates” > Select “Add New” > Select “Archive” (currently not possible to create a General template from here).
14. In the content, add in the Post Featured Image block and add in a duotone filter. 
15. Add in any additional blocks you’d like and save the changes when you’re ready. 
16. Head back to your dashboard by clicking on the W icon in the upper left corner before heading to Posts > All posts. 
17. Edit one of your posts with a featured image and assign your updated “Archive” to this post. Here’s a quick video in case you get stuck.
18. Save and view the post to see the filter applied!

Edit your 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.

19. Return to Appearance > Editor (beta) and, using List View if you need to, select your Header template part. 
20. Select the three dot menu in List View or in the block toolbar and select “Edit Header”. This will take you to the focused template part mode. 
21. From there, make a few changes to the template part (add items to the navigation block, change the size of your Site Title, etc) and use the horizontal drag handles to see how your header will look at different sizes! 
22. Save the changes.

What to notice:

  • Did the experience crash at any point?
  • Did the saving experience properly save your changes? 
  • Did you find any features missing? 
  • What did you find anything particularly confusing or frustrating about the experience?
  • What did you especially enjoy or appreciate about the experience? 
  • What would have made this experience easier? 
  • Did you find that what you created in the editor matched what you saw on your site?
  • How did your content look on a smaller device or screen size? 
  • How do you think this will impact your current workflows? 
  • Did it work using Keyboard only?
  • Did it work using a screen reader?

Leave Feedback by December 7th, 2021

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. If you leave feedback in GitHubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that 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.

Props to @kellychoffman for helping review this call for testing.

Changelog

Nov 10th: updated instructions to use Gutenberg 11.9 RC4.
Nov 12th: updated instructions to use Gutenberg 11.9.
Nov 13th: updated instructions to use WordPress 5.8.2.
Nov 24th: updated instructions to use Gutenberg 12.0, to change the phrasing around the browsing component, and to update the due date.

#fse-outreach-program, #fse-testing-call, #full-site-editing

annezazu 7:41 pm on September 29, 2021
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FSE Program Testing Call #10: Pattern Party

This is the tenth 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. 

As a reminder, if you’d like to suggest an idea for a call for testing, 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). 

Feature Overview

Because Full Site Editing is a collection of features that allows more items to be easily edited without knowing code, new blocks needed to be created to cover more parts of your site. These blocks are generally called “Theme Blocks” as they match functionality that used to only live in themes. While a number of theme blocks were introduced in WordPress 5.8, there’s always more work to be done, including shipping even more theme blocks in future releases! 

This test is focused on pushing these lovely Theme Blocks to their limits to better determine what to prioritize and what features might remain to be documented. To make the experience feel a bit more fun and practical, we’re going to approach this test from the vantage point of creating patterns for blogs using some of these blocks. If you really like what you make, remember you could even register them on your site 🙂 

As a refresher, here’s a rundown of all of the theme blocks ready for testing with a note around which ones are included in WordPress 5.8 in case you’re inspired to use them on your site now:

  • Site Logo: allows you to display and edit the site logo [shipped in 5.8].
  • Site Tagline: allows you to display and edit your Site Tagline [shipped in 5.8]. 
  • Site Title: allows you to display and edit your Site Title [shipped in 5.8]. 
  • 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.: allows you to display posts and pages in various formats [shipped in 5.8]. 
  • Post Title: displays the Post Title [shipped in 5.8].
  • Post Content: displays the contents of your post [shipped in 5.8]. 
  • Post Date: displays the post date [shipped in 5.8]. 
  • Post ExcerptExcerpt An excerpt is the description of the blog post or page that will by default show on the blog archive page, in search results (SERPs), and on social media. With an SEO plugin, the excerpt may also be in that plugin’s metabox.: displays the post excerpt [shipped in 5.8].
  • Post 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.: allows you to display and edit the featured image of your post [shipped in 5.8]. 
  • Post Categories: displays the categories of a post [shipped in 5.8]. 
  • Post Tags: displays the tags for a post [shipped in 5.8].
  • Login/out: displays login and out links [shipped in 5.8].
  • Page List: displays a list of all pages on your site [shipped in 5.8]. 
  • Template Part: allows you to display and edit various global regions of your site (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., footer, etc). 
  • Post Comment: displays an individual comment.
  • Post Comment Author: displays author for a comment. 
  • Post Comment Content: displays content of a comment.
  • Post Comment Date: displays comment date. 
  • Post Comments: displays all comments. 
  • Post Comments Count: displays comment count. 
  • Post Comments Form: displays comment form. 
  • Archive Title: Displays archive title. 
  • Term Description: Displays the description of categories, tags and custom taxonomies when viewing an archive.

Testing Environment 

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.

Testing steps

Setup Instructions:

  1. Have a test site using the latest version of WordPress. It’s important this is not a production/live site. 
  2. Install and activate the Gutenberg 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 from Plugins > Add New. If you already have it installed, make sure you are using at least Gutenberg 11.6.
  3. Install the TT1 Blocks theme by going to Appearances > Themes > Add New. Once installed, activate the theme. 
  4. Create at least eight posts with two different categories and featured images of your choosing. Alternatively, you can download and import the demo Gutenberg content created especially for this test (open the link and select “Download”) via the WordPress importer under Tools >  Import. You can also follow this lesson for how to use demo content.
  5. Go to the website’s admin.
  6. You should now see a navigation item titled “Site Editor (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.).” If you don’t see that in your sidebarSidebar A sidebar in WordPress is referred to a widget-ready area used by WordPress themes to display information that is not a part of the main content. It is not always a vertical column on the side. It can be a horizontal rectangle below or above the content area, footer, header, or any where in the theme., you aren’t correctly using the Site Editing experiment. 

General Instructions:

  1. Head to Pages > Add New and create a new page. Title it whatever you’d like!
  2. Add the Query Loop 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. and select whatever pattern you want to build upon. You can also add in a container block, like a Columns or Group block, and add in the Query Loop as you’d like.
  3. From there, make the pattern your own using as many Theme blocks listed above as you can and customizing the various settings. For example, you could create a comment heavy pattern utilizing the various comment blocks or have a particularly image focused one thanks to new improvements to the Featured Image block. Try to be as unique as possible and don’t be constrained by adding the blocks only within the Query Loop.

If you’re up for the challenge and want to take this test further, try to create your own pattern from scratch, make multiple patterns, or recreate some with your own twist from Theme designers at Automattic shown below:

What to notice:

Remember to share a screenshot of what you created if you’re up for it!

  • Did the experience crash at any point?
  • Did the saving experience work properly? 
  • Did you find any features missing while creating your custom blog pattern? 
  • What did you find particularly confusing or frustrating about the experience?
  • What did you especially enjoy or appreciate about the experience? 
  • What would have made this experience easier? 
  • Did you find that what you created in the editor matched what you saw on your site?
  • Did it work using Keyboard only?
  • Did it work using a screen reader?

Leave Feedback by October 13th, 2021

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. If you leave feedback in GitHubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that 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.

Thank you to @priethor @sparklingrobots and @welcher for reviewing this post and giving me the confidence to ship it.

#fse-outreach-program, #fse-testing-call, #full-site-editing

annezazu 4:01 pm on August 11, 2021
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FSE Program Testing Call #9: Handling HigherEd Headers

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). 

Feature Overview

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.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en

https://www.ni.ac.rs/en/student-info

https://engineering.asu.edu/

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:

Image of a pretend Gutenberg University header with two different menus, including one with multiple sub-menu layers open.

Testing Environment 

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:

Beginner testing steps

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)

  1. Navigate to the “Site Editor (beta)” view. This will automatically open the site editor to the template powering your homepage. 
  2. Upon opening your homepage, remove the Navigation Block found inside the Header Template Part. This is to help reset the header to add more to it later on. 
  3. Select the parent Columns Block and, using the Block Settings in the sidebarSidebar A sidebar in WordPress is referred to a widget-ready area used by WordPress themes to display information that is not a part of the main content. It is not always a vertical column on the side. It can be a horizontal rectangle below or above the content area, footer, header, or any where in the theme., change the columns from 2 to 3 columns. 
  4. Return to the Columns Block and, using the Block Toolbar settings, make sure it’s set to Full Width.

Build out site branding 

  1. In the first column, add the Site Logo Block and upload/use a site logo. You can use this free logo from logodust.com if you’d like. 
  2. From there, customize the Site Title, Site Tagline, and Site Logo blocks to your liking (change font, change color, change alignment, etc).
  3. In the second column, add a Buttons block to add a warning about COVID by linking to the August COVID Update post. You can do this by searching for the post title. If you haven’t yet imported the necessary demo content, please do so now using this export file (open the link and select the “Download” option). 

Create a simple menu for high level items

  1. In the third column, add a Navigation Block and select the “Start Empty” option.
  2. From there, use the Page Link Block to add in the following pages from the imported content: Contact, Directions, Make a Donation. To do this, just start typing the title of each page. You will likely notice this spacing bug at this point that’s slated to be fixed in Gutenberg 11.3. 
  3. Rename menu item Make a Donation to Donate to make it shorter by simply editing the text of that Page Link Block. 
  4. To finalize the menu, add in a Search Block and, using the sidebar settings, customize it to your liking (picking background color, text colors, width, etc). 
  5. Once the main menu items are in place, select the overall Navigation Block once more and, in the sidebar settings under “Display Settings”, toggle on the Enable responsive menu option. You can also customize the block styles at this point as you like. 

Create a more complex menu for specifics 

  1. Select the overall Columns Block that contains your three columns (this is where you might find the List View helpful). Using the More Settings menu option, select “Insert After” to add a block after. 
  2. Add another Columns Block and select the 30/70 option. 
  3. From there, select the overall Columns Block again and, using the Block Toolbar settings, make sure it’s set to Full Width.
  4. Add a Navigation Block to the larger 70% width column and select the “Start Empty” option.
  5. From there, use the Page Link Block to add in the following pages from the imported content: About, Admissions, Student Life, Research, and News. To do this, just start typing the title of each page. 
  6. Once the main menu items are in place, select the overall Navigation Block once more and, in the sidebar settings under “Display Settings”, toggle on the Enable responsive menu option. 
  7. From there, add in sub-menu items to About, Admissions, Student Life, and Research. In case you need a hint, here’s a screenshot of the icon for adding sub menu items. 
    1. About should have the following sub-menu items: Distinguished Alumni,  Diversity and Inclusion, Faculty, History, Leadership.
    2. Admissions should have the following sub-menu items: Career Paths, Undergraduate Graduate Admissions, Scholarship & Financial Aid, Tuition. 
    3. Research should have the following sub-menu items: Awards & Honors, Partnerships, Undergraduate Research, Graduate Research. 
    4. Student Life should have the following sub-menu items: Athletics, Tutoring Services, FAQs, Study Abroad Opportunities, Tutoring, Services. 
  8. At this point, add sub menu items under Admissions > Career: Business, Design, Technology. 
  9. Once the sub menu items are added, rearrange and rename various sub-menu items to your liking. You can rearrange using the Block Navigation option when selecting the entire Navigation Block as shown in this GIF. 
  10. If you want to add more pages that don’t exist yet, you can do so by typing a title that doesn’t currently exist on your site. From there, you’ll see an option to create a draft page. Do this for at least one menu item. Remember to have fun with this and make it HigherEd-themed! 
  11. From there, customize the overall Navigation block as you’d like (change alignment, color, font size, etc). Remember that for sub-menu items you can use the Overlay color settings to set the colors you want. 

Save your work & customize further

  1. Select “Save” to save your changes and view your site on the front end. Note any differences in what you see in the editor vs what you see on the front end. If you have any drafted pages, you’ll want to publish them in order to see them listed in the menu.
  2. Try viewing your site on mobile and checking to see whether the menus appear responsive with a hamburger menu. 
  3. From there, continue to customize as you’d like by changing any alignment, color, font size, removing/renaming/rearranging items, and more. You can also add additional blocks to either Navigation Block including Spacer or Social Icons. 

Advanced testing steps

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. 

What to notice:

Remember to share a screenshot of what you created if you’re up for it!

  • Did the experience crash at any point?
  • Did the saving experience work properly? 
  • Did you find any features missing while creating the header? Please be as specific as possible, especially if you followed the Advanced steps. 
  • What did you find particularly confusing or frustrating about the experience?
  • What did you especially enjoy or appreciate about the experience? 
  • Did you find that what you created in the Site Editor matched what you saw on your site?
  • How did you find the Navigation block worked when viewed on smaller screen sizes? 
  • Did it work using Keyboard only?
  • Did it work using a screen reader?
  • If you’d like, try running your test site through a tool like https://wave.webaim.org or https://www.accessify.com/ to see how it performs. 

Leave Feedback by September 1, 2021

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 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.

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annezazu 10:46 pm on June 24, 2021
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FSE Program Testing Call #8: Thrive with Theme.json

Props to @daisyo and @jffng for the massive amount of help in writing and perfecting this call for testing. 

Important note: Compared to previous calls for testing for the FSE Outreach program, this is intentionally targeting a more developer-centric audience compared to site builders or end users in order to bring high impact feedback for 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., a new tool for extenders. You can read more about what to expect with upcoming efforts here. 

Feature Overview

At the highest level, theme.json is a configuration file used to enable or disable features and set default styles for both a website and blocks. Rather than dealing with a ton of theme support flags or alternative methods, theme.json provides a consolidated and canonical way to manage it all. These settings include options like:

  • What customization options should be made available or hidden from the user.
  • What are the default colors, font sizes, etc available to the user.
  • Defines the default layout of the editor (widths and available alignments).

This configuration file is a big part of what makes 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 so powerful as it allows for finer-grained control, and introduces the first step in “managing styles” for future WordPress releases. Here are a few of the top benefits of using this new mechanism: 

  • It allows themes to provide settings per block which wasn’t possible before since add_theme_support targets settings for the entire editor. 
  • Themes using theme.json will automatically get classes and CSSCSS CSS is an acronym for cascading style sheets. This is what controls the design or look and feel of a site. Custom Properties enqueued for the presets they declare instead of needing to handle this themselves. Plus, this means translations of preset names are also managed for them!
  • Theme.json will coordinate coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress., theme, and user styles in a way that reduces the amount of CSS that needs to ship as well as help resolve specificity problems. 

While block themes won’t work with WordPress 5.8 without the GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/ 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 due to some theme blocks being left out of the release that weren’t quite ready to ship, it’s still an important feature coming to 5.8 that needs testing and exploration. If you’ve been curious about the world of block themes or have started building your own, this call for testing is for you and should help you to continue to explore what’s possible with theme.json while giving you a chance to share what else you’d like to see.

You can read more about this feature in the documentation here. 

Beginner Testing Steps

This section is for those wanting to get a sense of what theme.json can control and what the output will look like. 

  1. Head to https://gutenberg-theme.xyz/. This is a tool that can help generate the settings section of the theme.json file. 
  2. From there, try toggling on and off various theme supports. This will help you explore just a few settings that are possible to control with theme.json. For example, you can toggle on and off Custom Colors or Custom Link controls. Notice that the output in the browser changes based on your selection.
  3. Use the + button next to Palette, Gradients, or Font Sizes to explore adding customizations. Keep in mind that you can edit both the slug and specific variables, like color name or font size. 
  4. Add a few customizations and review the output! If you want to go a step further and use what you’ve created, check out the intermediate steps. 

Intermediate Testing Steps

This section is for those wanting to dig deeper into theme.json by writing their own file and exploring the various settings it can control. 

Note: this mainly focuses on just theme supports and presets for blocks in the settings section of theme.json rather than Global Styles. 

Set up your testing environment

  1. Create a Fresh WordPress Install.
  2. Install and Activate Gutenberg Plugin while using the latest version (10.9.0 as of writing this).
  3. Download and Install TT1 Blocks from the Theme Directory. 
  4. Navigate to the TT1 Blocks Theme directory and open the theme.json file in a text editor or IDE.
  5. Replace the theme.json file with this gist before starting the next steps. It’s expected that this will really simplify what the theme looks like so don’t panic if you see a lot of options removed. This is intentional to simplify the settings you’re changing.

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.

Layout

  1. Create a new post.
  2. Add a cover block with a solid colored background and several lines of content in an inner paragraph block to the post.
  3. Add another cover block with a solid colored background and several lines of content in an inner paragraph block. Set this block to “Wide Width”.
  4. Add a third cover block with a solid colored background and several lines of content to the post and set the block to “Full Width”.
  5. Publish Post.
  6. Load the post on the front end and note the width of the cover blocks.
  7. Change the contentSize value to a different pixel value in the layout section of theme.json.
  8. Change wideSize value to a different pixel value in the Layout section of theme.json.
  9. Load the edit view of the previously created post and confirm that new widths are reflected in the editor
  10. Load the post on the front end and confirm that the new widths are reflected on the front end of the site
  11. Extra Credit: Try setting the width values to something other than “px” such as “em”, “rem”, “vh”, “vw”, or “%”.

Typography

  1. Set the following typography settings to true in theme.json: 
    • customFontWeight (Heading Block)
    • customFontSize (Paragraph Block)
    • customLineHeight (Paragraph Block)
    • dropCap (Paragraph Block)
  2. Test the visibility of typography settings in a paragraph block (font size, line height and drop cap).
  3. Test the visibility of typography settings in a Heading block (font size, font weight, line height).
  4. Test that each of settings apply to the block on the front end.
  5. Change the typography settings to false in theme.json.
  6. Confirm that each of the custom typography settings in the paragraph block are no longer present in the block editor (Note the typography settings applied previously may still apply to existing blocks).
  7. Extra credit: Add one or more font families and font sizes to the typography section of the theme.json file. Test your custom font families and sizes using a Button block.

Border

  1. Set the following border settings to true in theme.json:
    • "customColor": true
    • "customRadius": true
    • "customStyle": true
    • "customWidth": true
  2. Create a group block with an inner paragraph block with several lines of text.
  3. Test visibility of border settings in a group block (Style, Width, Radius, Custom Color).
  4. Test that settings apply to the block on the front end.
  5. Change the above border settings to false in theme.json.
  6. Confirm that border settings in group block are no longer present in the block editor.

Color

  1. Set the following color settings for custom and customGradient to true in theme.json:
    • "custom": true
    • "customGradient": true
    • "link": true
  2. Add a cover block with a custom gradient background and several lines of content in an inner paragraph block to the post.
  3. Add a link to the paragraph block and set the link color to a custom color.
  4. Add another cover block with an image background and several lines of content in an inner paragraph block to the post. Set the cover background to use a duotone preset.
  5. Change the duotone colors for the background image to use custom colors for the duotone shadows and highlights settings.
  6. Extra Credit: Add one or more additional colors to the palette and duotone or gradient presets. For more information about CSS gradients check these resources from CSS Tricks and CSS Gradient. Keep in mind that for duotone presets, you’ll need to use RGB, Hex or specifically named colors when adding custom colors.

(Very) Advanced Testing Steps

This section is for those looking to create a more robust block theme using theme.json and who are experienced theme developers. This isn’t for everyone! 

If you feel more comfortable with block themes and have ample time to dig into theme.json, try replicating a classic theme. Here are two options that should be fun to dig into but keep in mind any default theme should work well:

As you try to do this, write down what gaps remain, what proves to be the most difficult to do, and what feels surprisingly easy! Share in the comments below so we can learn from your experience. This is intentionally extremely open ended and advanced so don’t worry if you don’t feel up for the challenge. If you want to follow along while someone else explores doing this, check out @mkaz‘s exploration video on learning to create a block theme.

What to notice:

These questions are specifically for the Intermediate and Advanced sections: 

  • Do the colors added to the theme.json file appear with the assigned names visible on hover in the color palette for various blocks?
  • Do the font sizes added to the theme.json file appear with the assigned names and sizes in the font size dropdowns in blocks?
  • Do the colors and font sizes appear correctly when used with blocks in the editor?
  • Do the colors and font sizes appear correctly when used with blocks on the front end?
  • What did you find particularly confusing or frustrating about the experience?
  • What did you especially enjoy or appreciate about the experience? 

Leave Feedback by July 14th

Please leave feedback (questions, comments, concerns) in the comments of this post and be sure to note which section you followed. If you’d prefer, you’re always welcome to create issues in this GitHub repo directly for Gutenberg but, for this test, it’s unlikely you’ll need to. However, if you do leave feedback in GitHubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that 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 comment below with the link. 

Join a hallway hangout for theme.json testing on July 7th

To help those who might want to explore this test and theme.json in a group, @daisyolsen will be hosting a hallway hangout specifically for this exercise. If you have never attended a hallway hangout, you can read more about them here. Ultimately, they are meant to be casual and collaborative sessions to bring like minds together. 

Hope to see you there. 

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annezazu 6:26 pm on May 26, 2021
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FSE Program Testing Call #7: Polished Portfolios

This is the seventh call for testing as part of the Full Site Editing Outreach Program! As mentioned in the sixth testing call, if you haven’t been able to participate yet, now is a great time to do so leading up to 5.8. 

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. 

Feature Overview

As a reminder, Template Editing Mode is the feature of Full Site Editing that unlocks the ability to switch between editing an individual’s post/page content and the template that an individual post/page uses. With this feature, you can create a new template, edit current ones, and select which template you want to use for pages/posts. You can learn more about this feature in the following video: 

To ground this test in a real-world example, we’re going to build out a portfolio page showcasing your hypothetically amazing work. If you use the demo content, you’ll embrace your inner architect and show off visuals of pretend locations, like 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. 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 Harbor and GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/ Parkour Space. Please share a screenshot in your comment so we can celebrate what you’ve made. For inspiration, here’s my example and here are a few high end example from some designers using Gutenberg.

Note: Compared to the sixth call for testing, this is an intentionally more open-ended call for testing setup to have you, the tester, push this feature to its limits. Have fun with it!

Testing Environment 

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.

Testing FlowFlow Flow is the path of screens and interactions taken to accomplish a task. It’s an experience vector. Flow is also a feeling. It’s being unselfconscious and in the zone. Flow is what happens when difficulties are removed and you are freed to pursue an activity without forming intentions. You just do it. 

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. 

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 serious items:

Known issues are expected to be found at this stage in development for something that’s so actively being iterated upon.

Setup Instructions: 

  1. Have a test site using the latest version of WordPress. It’s important this is not a production/live site. 
  2. Install the TT1 Blocks theme by going to Appearances > Themes > Add New. Once installed, activate the theme. 
  3. Create six posts with two different categories and featured images of your choosing along with at least four pages to use for your menu. Alternatively, you can download and import the demo Gutenberg content created especially for this test via the WordPress importer under Tools >  Import.
  4. Go to the website’s admin.
  5. Install and activate the Gutenberg plugin from Plugins > Add New. If you already have it installed, make sure you are using at least Gutenberg 10.7.1
  6. You should now see a navigation item titled “Site Editor (beta).” If you don’t see that in your sidebarSidebar A sidebar in WordPress is referred to a widget-ready area used by WordPress themes to display information that is not a part of the main content. It is not always a vertical column on the side. It can be a horizontal rectangle below or above the content area, footer, header, or any where in the theme., you aren’t correctly using the Site Editing experiment. Do not click on this as we will not be exploring the Site Editor for this test!

Setting up your portfolio page

  1. Under Pages, select “Add New” and title it “Portfolio”. 
  2. In the page content, add in a Query Block and select whatever pattern you’d like or use the Inserter to add in a Query Pattern. Here’s a short video showing how to insert a pattern in case you get stuck. 
  3. Once the pattern is inserted, you can open the Block Settings and under “Settings” turn off the “Inherit query from URLURL A specific web address of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.org”. From there, you should see options to customize what posts this Query Block includes. The demo content includes the following categories to use: Portfolio, Parks, Buildings. 
  4. Customize the Query Block to your liking! This might include creating columns to put in different Query Blocks to show off different categories of posts or adding in additional blocks like Post Author. If you get stuck here, please jump down to the “Customization Instructions/Ideas” for help. 

Creating and customizing a new template

  1. In the sidebar, open the Settings and select Page Settings (you should see Page and Block). Select “New” under the Template section to create a new template. Here’s a short video in case you get stuck. 
  2. Title the new template “Portfolio”. 
  3. From there, you’ll enter Template Editing Mode and, in 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., you’ll see a Site Title, Site Tagline, and a Separator Block. You can keep these blocks, convert them to Columns, or remove them entirely. 
  4. Add in a Navigation Block to the Header and select the “Start Empty” option. From there, add each page you created to the menu to set the structure. If you use the demo content, the page names are as follows so you can search for them: About, Contact, Resume, Partners, Influences. 
  5. At this point, you can customize the header, footer, and more to your liking. If you get stuck here, please jump down to the “Customization Instructions/Ideas” for help. Get creative and make it your own!
  6. Save your changes and view your Portfolio page.

Customization Instructions/Ideas:

While the last test was meant to guide you through the specifics of creating a customized template, this test is meant to allow you to explore what customization might look like for you. This makes for a more open-ended and expansive test that should help you explore the edges of the experience and, ideally, find both bugs and enhancement requests! Because there are two points of customizations in this test, the following instructions/ideas are broken down to cover each. Remember that what’s shared below is just the beginning of the customization you can try out!

Portfolio Page ideas:

  • Change the Post Title block to have a set background color, different font sizes, and different alignments. 
  • Change the width of the column that the 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. block is in to make the image larger or smaller. 
  • Add additional blocks to the Query Block and customize them.
  • Change general alignment of the main blocks provided by the Query Block. 
  • Add in an introduction section to make the Portfolio page more real with a Heading Block, Cover Block, and more. 
  • Use multiple Query Blocks for different categories of posts! Remember that for the demo content, there are three categories that you can interact with: Portfolio, Parks, Buildings. 

Portfolio Template ideas:

What to notice:

Remember to share a screenshot of what you created if you’re up for it!

  • Did the experience crash at any point?
  • Did the saving experience work properly? 
  • Did you find any features missing?
  • What did you find particularly confusing or frustrating about the experience?
  • What did you especially enjoy or appreciate about the experience? 
  • Did you find that what you created in Template Editing Mode matched what you saw on your site?
  • Did it work using Keyboard only?
  • Did it work using a screen reader?

Leave Feedback by June 9th June 16th.

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 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. 

Note: Originally feedback was set to be due by June 9th but this has been updated to June 16th to give more time for feedback.

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