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KafleG 2:27 pm on August 11, 2023
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Blue Note: The second community theme is released

Blue Note, the second WordPress community theme is live on the WordPress themes directory. This theme is perfect for writers and bloggers. It is an elegant and fun 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 inspired by jazz and the record label “Blue Note Records”.

Community Theme Blue Note

Blue Note comes with 14 different patterns. It can be easily added to the post and page. It also includes 7 page templates and 4 template parts. The design of the patterns was inspired by Jazz record covers.

The theme was mainly developed during WCEU contributor dayContributor Day Contributor Days are standalone days, frequently held before or after WordCamps but they can also happen at any time. They are events where people get together to work on various areas of https://make.wordpress.org/ There are many teams that people can participate in, each with a different focus. https://2017.us.wordcamp.org/contributor-day/ https://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/getting-started/getting-started-at-a-contributor-day/.. During the keynote, it also got a shoutout from Josepha. The remaining work of the theme is finished by contributors afterward.

As per the designer @beafialho, the idea for the design comes after working on the State of Words slide 2020. There was plenty of inspiration around the Blue Note aesthetic and jazzy style, which gave us the idea of designing a theme that essentially had a very simple structure, and offered many styled patterns.

Community Themes

Community themes are a new initiative to provide high-quality themes for free. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to contribute to this effort on the Community Themes GitHub repository.

Credits

Thank you @beafialho for the nice design. And also thank you all contributors.

#community-themes, #themes

Justin Tadlock 2:49 pm on March 10, 2023
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Summary: Community Themes Project Kickoff

More than 20 members of the WordPress theming community gathered for an initial discussion on the proposed Community Themes project on March 7, 2023. The primary goal of the conversation was to gauge interest and discuss what this project might look like.

The Community Themes Initiative is a collaborative effort to create blockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. themes in much the same way as the coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Twenty* themes are built. However, it should afford designers and developers more room to experiment with ideas without all of the same limitations of a default theme. For more information on the project, please read the Community Themes Initiative proposal.

The meeting was recorded live over Zoom and is now available on WordPress TV:

Much of the meeting centered on what types of block themes participants could build. The short answer? Pretty much anything that falls within the WordPress theme review guidelines.

Some items were decided or reiterated in the meeting:

The biggest unanswered question from the discussion was around administrative expectations. In particular, there was a worry that the themes wouldn’t be updated as often as needed, which is an issue stemming from experience with the core Twenty* themes.

Because this is not a formal team with its own reps there are some undefined roles and guideposts that may need to be defined at some point. There seems to be enough excitement around the project that such a small issue is unlikely to be a major roadblock. However, it is worth continued discussion.

For now, the most important thing is to get the project moving. If you want to contribute themes back to the WordPress community, you can get started by visiting the WordPress Community Themes repository. This is a collaborative project, so you can participate to varying degrees, such as submitting a design mockup, adding a ticket with an idea, running code reviews, or testing. There are no hard and fast rules. The more people, the merrier.

Feedback, suggestions, and continued discussion on this project are encouraged. Please share your thoughts in the comments.

Props to @onemaggie for co-hosting the meeting and feedback on this followup post.

#community-themes, #hallway-hangout