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Blockbase: A parent theme for block themes
Phase 2 of Gutenberg introduces Full Site Editing to WordPress; to make this possible, we need a new way of building themes – using blocks. How do block themes work? Block themes use templates made...
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Using Blockbase for a theme experiment
Last week I spent a little time putting Blockbase to the test. I had some explorations into warping text and images using CSS and SVG filters gathering dust, and I thought it would be fun to explore...
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Universal themes: Some ideas
With the Full Site Editing project well underway, theme developers need to be thinking about what the future holds for themes. Why block themes? To take advantage of the Site Editor, themes need to...
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Theme patterns for the Site Editor
We’ve been bundling block patterns with all of our themes for quite a while now, but recent improvements to the Template Part and Query Loop blocks has opened up a whole new world for how patterns can...
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Universal Themes: Customization
In the last post we shared the idea of a “universal” theme. This post looks at how we can use classic WordPress tools (in this case the Customizer) to customize a block theme, while saving these...
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Resources for block theme development
With WordPress 5.8 launching on July 20th, it seems like a great time to round up some resources to help theme authors prepare for the future. By now, you’ve probably heard about block themes and the...
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Universal Themes
Since our last post about Universal Themes we have fleshed out this idea and are using it to build all our themes. The Problem WordPress is introducing the Full Site Editor and with it new ways to...
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Create A Blockbase Child Theme
We have been working on a plugin to help you create a Blockbase child theme. The idea is that you can use the existing tools to make changes to a Blockbase theme, and then export a bundle of templates...
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Block Theme Building Tips
When building block themes there is often more than one way to achieve the same thing. It’s often not clear which of these options is preferable. Below I outline some tips and guidelines that I find...
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The easy and compliant way that every theme developer should know. TL;DR: Use the Create Block Theme plugin to bundle fonts in your theme with just a few clicks. WordPress block themes allow you to...
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