September 16, 2022 — Learn the basics of building the simplest functional block theme possible from scratch using a text editor and local development environment.

September 16, 2022 — Being able to edit a theme in the Site Editor is handy, especially if you’re using it as the base for a new theme. But where do those changes get saved? What happens when you make changes to Global Styles, Block styles, Theme template files, and template parts? What happens when you make changes to the theme files, and changes to the Site Editor; which take precedence? In this session, we’ll be answering these questions.

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August 28, 2022 — Have you ever wondered how block themes are developed from an idea, through a Figma file, into WordPress, and beyond? If so, this social learning space is for you! Join Sarah Snow as she walks intermediate WordPress users through the high-level process many theme developers take to design a theme from start to finish.

August 17, 2022 — Block themes represent an existing shift in how WordPress themes are developed. It’s now possible to create an entirely new WordPress theme in the Site Editor and export it to be used wherever you need it.

In this session, we’ll be looking at a new WordPress plugin called Create Block Theme, that allows to you export your newly designed theme over your existing theme, as a new custom theme, or even as a child theme.

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December 30, 2021 — This lightning talk examines the past and present of WordPress theme development, with a look towards role of themes in the future of WordPress.

December 16, 2021 — This talk looks towards the horizon of modern website development.

Learn more about core WordPress tooling and how blocks, patterns and theme.json interplay with the new Full Site Editing experience.

October 29, 2021 — This talks suggests that good themes are more important than ever in this newer era of Full Site Editing and the block editor. If you are a theme developer — or want to be one — learn more about how to build well-designed themes with all the right guide posts for Full Site Editing.

August 30, 2021 — This talk encourages tool creators to ensure that their work and their tools enable accessibility.

As creators of themes, plugins, and code that might be used by millions, tool creators have a significant responsibility to ensure that accessibility is a consideration in everything they build.

When a platform improves accessibility, the change can be powerful, trickling down to millions of websites that were built using it.

May 27, 2021 — This talk shares the current status of Full Site Editing development. It provides a look behind the scenes at some themes created as early examples for theming WordPress with Full Site Editing. The session covers Templates, Template Parts, experimental-theme.json and more.

March 18, 2021 — Learn about block-based themes and how to use features like menus and widgets. This talk introduces using a block-based theme and also provides a brief demo of how you can easily build a block-based theme.