December 9, 2022 — Global Styles (theme.json) is an area of WordPress that has received some of the most enhancements in the last few releases. WordPress 6.1 is no different. This Online Workshop will review how theme.json and Global Styles work while digging into many of the changes in 6.1. This functionality is incredibly powerful and necessary for building WordPress sites that fully support all of the design features in WordPress. Join us for an interactive presentation followed by a group Q&A.

December 9, 2022 — Create Block Theme has a fantastic new feature that enables theme developers to add external fonts to their block theme. Whether you want to download a font from Google fonts, or install a font you’ve downloaded elsewhere, Create Block Theme makes it painless to add them to your block theme.

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December 8, 2022 — In this session, we will look at how to restrict the movement and the removal of blocks or patterns. We will also briefly discuss how to restrict users from unlocking a block.

December 8, 2022 — Learn more about the importance of editor-first content creation experiences. Explore common anti-patterns that cultivate hostile editorial UX. Get practical tips and tricks for building intuitive and easy-to-use content creation tools in the block editor.

December 7, 2022 — Let’s explore how to use the Navigation block together. The Navigation block is an advanced block that enables you to edit your site’s menu, both in terms of structure and design.

December 6, 2022 — Marija will talk about how the commons gave her an opportunity to learn, contribute, evolve and why is that important. The commons today is an Internet. With the internet we have new ways of sharing software, code, images, website themes, information… enabling the growth of the digital commons that we have now. People can share their ideas easily due to that possibility. Ideas are the driving force of human progress and the building blocks of creativity. Digital commons are Wikipedia, Wikimedia, open source such as: Bootstrap responsive framework, WordPress CMS, Unsplash, and many, many others as well. Web is built on open source by wonderful altruistic people.

The commons is not about the profit, it is about people, the community, a dedication and persistence. It is open minded philosophy, a social, cultural and an an artistic movement. We are putting our curiosity, experiences, personalities, and beliefs in it. As technology improves, a question arises: How better can we be as humans? Fortunately, with the digital commons you can leave your footprint in a compassionate way. Technology with good people must bring compassion, the willingness to help others.

December 5, 2022 — SEO (Search Engine Optimization) refers to setting up your site for optimal discoverability through search results. Making sure the text on your site is discoverable is important. But did you know there are steps you can take to make your images more discoverable, too? This is called “Image SEO”.

In this Online Workshop, we’ll be looking at Image SEO best practices for WordPress sites.

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December 4, 2022 — Learn the basics of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB).Know more about how to make ours a more inclusive and welcoming community where everyone can feel a sense of belonging.

December 3, 2022 — Learn all about images on the web! Topics include current formats, how browsers load images, and upcoming formats.

Start with a review of image formats commonly used on the web today: JPEG, GIT, PNG, SVG, and WebP. Find out what each format is good for, as well as when and how to use them.

Then dig into the surprisingly complicated loading process of pages and images in the browser and the implications for site optimization.

Finally, dive into newer formats like AVIF, JPEG XL, and WebP2, and how to begin using those in your projects.

December 2, 2022 — In this Hallway Hangout, we’ll have a casual chat about some of the Block Theme development-related features that are under active development. This will be an open conversation via Zoom. Expect plenty of healthy conversation, question and answers, and maybe even a demo or two.