Lesson: Exploring WordPress 6.6

[westnz]

Details

• Content type (Online Workshop, Lesson, Course, Tutorial, or Lesson Plan): Lesson
• Content title: Exploring WordPress 6.6
• Topic description: New features that have landed with 6.6
• Audience (User, Developer, Designer, Contributor, etc.): User
• Experience Level (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Any): Intermediate

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https://wordpress.org/news/2024/07/dorsey/

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[westnz]

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[Soir7]

[+] Learning outcomes/objectives are clear. [+] Technical concepts introduced in the content are accurate. [+] The speed of demonstrations are easy to follow. [+] The narration audio matches what is shown visually. [+] Spelling and grammar are correct. [+] Sound quality is consistent throughout the video. [+] Brand Usage Guidelines and Promotional Guidelines are being followed. [ ] Media assets are all in the public domain (CC0). N/A

Another winner, @westnz.

General comments:

1. Nice how you demonstrated with side by side screens, showing how updates on pattern propagated to respective blocks (?)
2. Your enthusiasm is infectious. :+)

Comments for section Synced pattern overrides:

1. You could preface explanation of syncing by saying 'Syncing enables you to (or syncing means) create a pattern centrally....'. Another words, more specifically letting people know this is the definition of syncing.
2. Stating overrides apply only to following: Heading, Paragraph, Button, and Image blocks.*

*Source: https://learn.wordpress.org/tutorial/creating-your-own-custom-synced-or-non-synced-patterns/

Thank you.

Eileen

[westnz]

Thank you very much @Soir7. Appreciate it. The topic of synced pattern overrides is tricky. 😉

[Soir7]

You are welcome, @westnz. Yes, synced pattern overrides topic is tricky. Your visuals helped greatly.

[kathrynwp]

Wow, you crammed a lot into a short video and I learned some things!

A few notes:

0:36 - I'm not sure about calling that icon "bulk select" as there's also a Bulk Edit link (though I'm not sure why I don't see it in your video!) – and this icon doesn't really allow you to select templates in bulk, does it? 🤔 What do you think about calling it the "View options" or "Options" icon, following what the tooltip says?

1:46 - I think your screen has two words flipped by accident? In your demo, it says "Grid Support Layout" - but did you mean "Grid Layout Support," as in your title slide and audio?

2:33 - where you say "tablet or mobile" - did you mean to say "tablet or mobile phone"? My first reaction was "Isn't a tablet a mobile device"? Then it occurred to me that you might mean a mobile phone... I'm not sure how common it is to use "mobile" as a noun in some variations of English, it might be more commonly used as an adjective in some places like the US and Canada - i.e. mobile phone, mobile device, etc. In any case, it felt to me like a word was missing, so I was distracted for a bit. :D

5:22 - I would recommend not naming an element after a colour like in this example. Instead I would suggest giving it a functional name, like "Team member name." This is more future-proof, so if you change site-wide colours, for example, you won't have block names that no longer make sense (Not to mention, it looks black on my screen, not green!) Same thing for "Green image." I know these were just examples, but it would be good to model best practices at the same time, ideally!

7:53 - In the section about background images, I wonder if it's worth explaining why the background image doesn't show behind the whole page, and why you need to scroll down the footer to see it?

That's it!

[westnz]

Thank you so much for the helpful feedback @kathrynwp

[digitalchild]

Great overview. Some exciting featuers in this releaes.

Please tick all items you've confirmed:

• [x] Learning outcomes/objectives are clear.
• [x] Technical concepts introduced in the content are accurate.
• [x] The speed of demonstrations are easy to follow.
• [x] The narration audio matches what is shown visually.
• [x] Spelling and grammar are correct.
• [x] Sound quality is consistent throughout the video.
• [x] Brand Usage Guidelines and Promotional Guidelines are being followed.
• [x] Media assets are all in the public domain (CC0).

[westnz]

Thanks @digitalchild

[westnz]

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