Speakers: Sarah Norris

  • An Introduction to Building Block Themes Without Leaving the Editor

    WordCamp Whitley Bay 2023Speaker: Sarah Norris

    December 9, 2023 — Gutenberg has revolutionised WordPress theme development, paving the way for a future where creating themes requires minimal to zero coding. This talk will cover creating and editing block themes within the editor, using the design tools available in Gutenberg in combination with the Create Block Theme plugin. It will describe the features of both tools, showcasing the practical ways to leverage Gutenberg’s block library, layout options, customisation tools, and advanced features provided by the Create Block Theme plugin.

  • WordPress 6.1 product walk-through

    Speakers: Matías Ventura, Jeffrey Paul, Sarah Norris, Justin Tadlock, Jonathan Desrosiers, Nick Diego, David Baumwald

    September 13, 2022 — Moderated by @greenshady, the walk-through began with a planned feature review by @matveb that included the TT3 default theme, a refined template experience, fluid typography, and locking tools, amongst other features. Following the demos, the participating release squad members @davidbaumwald, @jeffpaul, @ndiego, @richtabor, @mikachan, and @desrosj spoke about the scope of their respective team’s release work. Closing out the event, the panelists fielded questions from the 80+ live attendees.

    Speakers: David Baumwald, Jeff Paul, Jonathan Desrosiers, Justin Tadlock, Matías Ventura, Nicholas Diego, Sarah Norris

    Thank you to the panelists, the WordPress 6.1 release squad, and contributors, @dansoschin, @priethor, and @jpantani for making this a successful walk-through.