Mark and Keith are joined by expert WordPress developer Bill Erickson to discuss how to work with Gutenberg when building custom, modern WordPress themes.
This is a follow-up to our very first episode on developing Gutenberg themes which you can watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aN4uyGbGHmI&list=PLgdVIasaCHIbrvfnpJYE_F3VJLc32jjsW&index=1
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We discussed:
0:00 – Intro
3:25 – How does block-based development affect design workflow?
5:54 – Should you match the editor with the front-end?
7:47 – Advantages of a Gutenberg-first design and development approach
9:49 – What happens when a design is too hard to build in Gutenberg?
10:55 – How to price Gutenberg projects
11:40 – Should designers understand Gutenberg?
12:32 – Working with the block alignment options
14:20 – Does Bill use all of the default blocks?
18:40 – 3rd party and custom blocks
23:40 – Styling Gutenberg blocks
29:30 – Block patterns, styles and variations
36:06 – What opportunities does Gutenberg open up for theme developers?
37:04 – What are some of the challenges of building Gutenberg-based themes?
40:35 – Using a starter theme for Gutenberg theme development
43:30 – Does having a niche make developing with Gutenberg easier?
45:50 – How would you create a Gutenberg block on a headless WP site?
47:26 – How to handle rich/complex data?
52:30 – Custom Post Types vs. Pages
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