• Managing Spam on Your Website

    Online event

    Are you new to WordPress and would like to know which steps you can take to manage spam comments and secure your website?

    Date: Tuesday 1 February 2022
    Time: 15:00 PST
    Where: Zoom (link will be visible after RSVP)
    Audience: Users
    Level: Beginner

    Check this link to find the time in your local timezone:
    https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20220201T230000&p1=22&p2=tz_pt

  • Ride Along: How To Switch From a Classic To Block Theme

    Online event

    The WordPress 5.9 release has arrived--are you ready to unleash the full power of full site editing?

    If you're used to editing your website using classic themes and are curious about making the move to a block theme, this is the social learning space for you!

    During this hour-long session, ride along with me as I convert my classic-theme hobby blog to a block-based theme.

    During this session, we will...
    -Make a backup of my active site & copy it to a local installation to experiment
    -Search for and select a block-based theme to install

    Without using the customizer, together, we will learn how to...
    -Create a header image
    -Create a navigation menu
    -Set the home page to display latest blog posts
    -Explore a variety of full site editing settings

    I've built a website using full site editing before, but have not yet tried converting an existing one with a classic theme to a block based theme that utilized the power of full site editing; let's go on an adventure and learn about this together!

    Audience: Beginner/Intermediate User

  • Zero to Block Theme Series #3: theme.json Continued - Styles

    Online event

    Welcome to the third session of Zero to Block Theme: Foundations

    What this series is about:

    Have you ever wondered how themes are developed?

    Or, have you ever ventured into the backend of your WordPress website and wondered just what, exactly, you were looking at?

    Finally, have you ever wanted to learn the very basics of WordPress block theme development ?

    If so, this intermediate learn-up series is for you!

    1st Week
    Last week’s session covered setting up your first local installation of WordPress, finding your way into WordPress’ actual core files, creating a child theme, and changing a color using theme.json.

    2nd Week
    Now that you’re able to find all the files that make up a WordPress theme, we’ll discuss at a high level the primary parts of a block theme, including index.php, style.css, functions.php, parts, templates, and, most excitingly, theme.json.

    This session will provide a high-level overview of the most important parts of your theme, then dig into theme.json so that you can start experimenting with this feature immediately. It will also be recorded.

    If you were unable to attend the previous sessions #1 (Foundations) and #2 (Intro to theme.json) and are a beginner to WordPress development work, we recommend watching the recordings (~1 hour each) before attending this social learning space. For the time being, the recording of last week's session can be found here:

    Session 1: https://youtu.be/ntT1GT6Yr3w
    Session 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjSZOJZspe0

    The sessions build foundational knowledge, so we highly recommend watching both of the previous ones ahead of time.

  • Beginner's Guide to Full Site Editing

    Online event

    What's all the hype about full site editing?

    Let's chat about some full site editing features that will give users the power to make beautiful designs... without needing to code!

    We will touch on:
    -Block themes vs. theme blocks
    -Styles
    -Block patterns
    -Templates & Template Parts (like your header and footer!)

    Date: Friday 4 February 2022
    Time: 19:00 UTC
    Where: Zoom (link will be visible after RSVP)
    Audience: Users
    Level: Beginner
    Language: English w/live Zoom transcription

  • Taking Control Over the Editor for Client Builds

    Online event

    Do you build WordPress sites for clients? Are you wondering how new features will work with your clients' restrictions and regulations?

    Let’s explore how to shape the software so that it works for many different types of experiences!

    Join Fabian Kaegy, frontend engineer at 10up, in exploring how to choose between building with core blocks, vs block patterns, vs block extensions, vs. custom blocks and more in an interactive live demo.

    Date: Monday 7 February 2022
    Time: 17:00 UTC
    Where: Zoom (link will be visible after RSVP)
    Audience: Developers & designers
    Level: Beginner to Intermediate
    Language: English (with live Zoom transcription)

  • Gutenberg Developer Hours

    Online event

    Join us and get help with your development project for the WordPress block editor, be it plugin or theme or tool.

    Developer Hours are a new event series, geared towards WordPress developers.

    You will be able to discuss with three expert panelists any topic around building blocks, using create-block, building themes, build other tools for the block editor.

    It starts with a short educational segment and thereafter, we open the floor.
    Bring your questions questions, share code, demo features, and get advice from the expert panel.

    You can sign up now. We will post about our panelists, the warm-up topic and the zoom link, when we get closer to the event.

    The event won't be recorded. We will share learned lessons in a recap post afterwards.

  • I'm Stuck! How to Find Help with WordPress

    Online event

    Are you new to WordPress--but perhaps stuck somewhere along the way?

    Are you not sure...
    Where the best place to ask for help is?
    How to troubleshoot a problem when things aren't working quite right?
    How to ask the right questions to get the help you need faster?

    If so, this beginner-level social learning space is for you!

    Join us to discover the answers to these three questions and learn some best practices for troubleshooting, what spaces already exist for you to ask questions, and places where you can learn more about WordPress in general.

    The goal of this workshop is to learn how to troubleshoot a problem as far as you can, then find the best source of help beyond that.

    This means that if you have a detailed question involving a plugin, code, or theme, we probably can't solve that issue FOR you--but we may be able to point you in the right direction.

    Please note that this is a BEGINNER level social learning space; if you are not a beginner in WordPress, but enjoy answering questions, we welcome you too, and would value your answers!

    Let's learn together. I look forward to seeing you there!

  • Using Block Patterns

    Online event

    *This a repeat session*

    Are you keen to use block patterns to save time and be able to modify existing layouts to suit your needs?

    Join us as we explore using block patterns to create new or update existing content.

    Bring your experiences with the block editor to learn from each other.

    View when this event takes place in your timezone:
    https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20220209T220000&p1=22&p2=tz_pt

    **If you are having trouble joining the meeting, please copy and paste the Zoom link into your browser**

    Target audience: Beginners

    Cheers!

  • Breaking it Down: Blocks, Patterns, And Templates with Full Site Editing

    Have you ever wondered how blocks, patterns, and templates overlap and interact? Let's explore what these different terms mean and look at the differences between them in the Editor.

    In this demo we will:
    -Explain the differences between blocks, patterns, and templates

    **If you are having trouble joining the meeting, please copy and paste the Zoom link into your browser**

    Date: Friday 11 February 2022
    Time: 19:00 UTC
    Where: Zoom (link will be visible after RSVP)
    Audience: Users
    Level: Beginner
    Language: English (with live Zoom transcription)

  • Exploring Theme Blocks

    Online event

    **If you are having trouble joining the meeting, please copy and paste the Zoom link into your browser**

    Let's explore Theme Blocks! Full site editing allows more parts of your site to be edited directly with blocks. New blocks (Theme blocks) have been created to enable you to take advantage of the familiar experience of blocks to edit everything from your Site Title, Post Title, Post Comments to your Navigation Menu.

    Date: Tuesday 15 February 2022
    Time: 9:00am NZDT
    Where: Zoom (link will be visible after RSVP)
    Audience: Users
    Level: Beginner