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  • No-Code Techniques to Showcase Your Images on Any Device

    Speaker: Wes Theron

    April 20, 2022 — Join Benjamin Evans as he walks you through some concepts of responsive design, and the options WordPress offers to showcase images responsively without using any code.

  • Creating a Magazine Layout with the Block Editor

    Speaker: Wes Theron

    April 19, 2022 — This Social Learning Space will take a closer look at creating a magazine layout with the block editor.

  • Adding Custom CSS to Your WordPress Site

    Speaker: Hugh Lashbrooke

    April 18, 2022 — Do you want to add your own design to your WordPress site without having to search for a new theme? Learning how to add some custom CSS to your site will help you do exactly that!

    CSS is the code you can use to add custom styles to any part of your website. This workshop is targeted at site owners who may not know how to code but would like some more control over what their site looks like.

    Come and learn how to identify the elements on your site, create custom CSS rules for them, and style them however you want. We’ll go over some basic CSS rules you can use to start styling your site today.

  • Fearless Theme Switching

    Speaker: Tanya Thibodeau

    April 15, 2022 — Have you ever been nervous about switching themes? Maybe you’ve had a bad experience before, or maybe you’ve never taken the plunge. In either case, this Social Learning Space workshop is for you.

  • Testing WordPress 6.0: Authoring an Author Template

    Speakers: Anne McCarthy, Courtney Robertson, Sarah Snow

    April 15, 2022 — Ride along with Anne McCarthy, Courtney Robertson, and Sarah Snow as we walk through the process of testing new WordPress features together, specifically the new Author Template, which will be released with WordPress 6.0.

    If you are brand new to testing, have tested WordPress a time or two before, or are an expert, this session is for ALL of you.

  • Podcasting with WordPress

    Speaker: Ken Gagne

    April 13, 2022 — Podcasting is an easy way to engage with your audience, have your voice heard, and stand out from the crowd—and WordPress makes it even easier. With a few free plugins, WordPress becomes a natural platform for publishing your serial audio content. We’ll review how to install and configure these plugins to get started with hosting your podcast files and creating easy ways for you to share your episodes and for users to subscribe.

  • Nick Diego: Builder Basics – Headers and Footers in Full Site Editing

    Speaker: Nick Diego

    April 13, 2022 — Nearly every website has a header and footer. Full Site Editing makes managing these content areas a breeze. In this social learning space, we explored how to edit the header and footer of a block theme using the Site Editor. We also learned how to completely redesign these areas and how to add unique headers and footers on different page templates.

  • Submitting Block Patterns to the Directory

    Speaker: Wes Theron

    April 13, 2022 — Every WordPress user benefits when you share your patterns and help democratize design. This lesson aims to equip users to help expand the Pattern Directory and share their designs with the rest of the WordPress community.

  • The difference between reusable blocks, block patterns, templates and template parts

    Speaker: Wes Theron

    April 7, 2022 — This workshop will walk you through the key differences between reusable blocks, block patterns, templates and template parts. We will also shed light on when and why you need to use them.

  • Creating A Sidebar For Your Posts Using The Full Site Editing Blank Template

    Speaker: Bud Kraus

    April 7, 2022 — Bud Kraus, a WordPress instructor and site developer, will demonstrate how to use the Blank template to create a sidebar that can be used for single posts. He will also demonstrate how to create and add a unique header with site-wide navigation.