Create Block Theme Improvements

Recent Improvements in the Create Block Theme Plugin

Jonathan Bossenger @ wordpress.tv • 12 months ago

Block Theme Development – There is a cool plugin called Create Block Theme that allows you to export a new theme or a child theme based on site styles and templates created using the Site Editor.

There have been a couple of improvements to the plugin which include the ability to select, preview, and manage theme fonts, and changes to make it easier to export. These changes are shown in this short video by Jonathan Bossenger.

Bricks Experiment

A Bricks Builder Experiment

Jamie Marsland @ twitter.com • 12 months ago

Jamie Marsland shared a video on Twitter where he did an experiment. He tried to use Bricks without doing any training first. It was a bit painful to watch because I would have expected Jamie to have noticed the “Templates” menu, which is a common feature with the Site Editor, and the Border styling for rounded corners, which is common with the Gutenberg block options. However, when everything is unfamiliar it is easy to missing things.

I think the video highlights some of the pain points for new users of tools like Bricks. Bricks, Oxygen, and Cwicly allow you to create all of the templates for your site. They don’t just allow it, but require you to do so. This is a large connotative disconnect for new users. It would be better, I think, to provide a very basic set of templates, like wire frames, for people to get started. I actually thought Bricks did that, but perhaps that is in the child theme(?). Cwicly doesn’t.