Speakers: Wes Theron

  • Using Block Patterns

    Speaker: Wes Theron

    April 3, 2023 — Use a pattern to add a beautifully designed, ready-to-go layout to any WordPress site. In this Tutorial, we will explore how you can utilise patterns to save time and enhance design and creativity.

  • Add media and Openverse images to your content directly from the Inserter

    Speaker: Wes Theron

    April 2, 2023 — WordPress has made it even easier for folks by enabling users to add media via the Inserter and images from Openverse that are free to use on your site.

  • Intro to the Site Editor and Template Editor

    Speaker: Wes Theron

    March 29, 2023 — Learn more about using a block theme and how the Site Editor and Template Editor work.

  • Intro to Templates (Block Theme)

    Speaker: Wes Theron

    March 20, 2023 — A template provides the structure or design for how a page is displayed. That usually includes a header template part, a content area and a footer template part. In this beginner session, we will look closer at the various templates available, the template layout, and how to assign a template to a post or page.

  • Customizing the Single Template and 404 Template

    Speaker: Wes Theron

    March 16, 2023 — The Single template controls the layout of individual blog posts on your site, and the 404 page will be displayed when your site visitors end up on non-existent URLs and find no content. This Online Workshop will show how you can customize these templates to meet your design needs.

  • Displaying testimonials on your website

    Speaker: Wes Theron

    March 7, 2023 — Customer testimonials are extremely valuable for any business to grow. Testimonials highlight the positive experiences of existing customers, but they can also provide insight for prospective clients who look online before purchasing a product or service.

    In this tutorial, we will look at adding a testimonial pattern and installing a new block to your site from the Block Directory.

  • Designing with the Columns Block

    Speaker: Wes Theron

    February 22, 2023 — The Columns block is a container block that can be used to create various custom layouts, and it opens up a world of design possibilities. In this tutorial, we will take a closer at all the functionalities of a Columns block.

  • Migrating your WordPress website to a different host and domain

    Speaker: Wes Theron

    February 8, 2023 — In this video tutorial, we will take a closer look at how we can use a migration plugin to migrate our site to a new host and domain.

  • Creating a photography website with the block editor

    Speaker: Wes Theron

    February 7, 2023 — In this Online Workshop, we will look at how you can use the block editor, and blocks, to create a photography website to display your images and photographic skills. I will demo how I created my own site using the Twenty Twenty-Three theme.

  • Patterns, Reusable Blocks and Block Locking

    Speaker: Wes Theron

    January 24, 2023 — In this Online Workshop, we will explore using block patterns, creating and editing reusable blocks and utilising the block locking feature.