Zero to Block Theme Series: Foundations

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 is for you!

At the end of this ~hour learn-up, you will be able to...

-Set up your first development sandbox
-Install Gutenberg plugin (required until 5.9 is released)
-Install the Twenty-Twenty-Two theme
-Understand the purpose of style.css, index.php, functions.php, theme.json, templates directory, and parts directory
-Create a child theme you can experiment with
-Dabble in your child theme's theme.json to change your website's colors from the backend

This is the first installment in an intermediate-level series geared toward beginning developers designed to take you from setting up your first development environment to "Hello World" across the entire span of the series.

If you’ve ever wanted to learn how to develop a WordPress theme, this learn-up will provide a strong basis to get you started developing themes of your very own.

This session will be recorded.