Using Block Patterns in your Block Theme - Lesson

[jonathanbossenger]

IMPORTANT

This lesson plan belongs to part of a greater course, Extend a Low Code Block Theme which depends on the completion of Create a Custom Block Theme #1

Please reach out to @jonathanbossenger (Jonathan Bossenger) in the #training team Slack if you would like to help with this lesson plan.

Topic Description

The goal of this lesson is to learn how to use block patterns in a block theme, by way of different examples.

Objectives

After completing this lesson, participants will be able to:

• Add an image to a theme, via a pattern
• Add comments to a theme, via a pattern
• Understand how to build a block theme by designing patterns first, or templates first
• Create patterns that aren't used in the theme, but available to the theme user

Guidelines

Review the [team guidelines] (https://make.wordpress.org/training/handbook/guidelines/)

[justintadlock]

@jonathanbossenger Assign this to me. I've got the initial outline here: https://github.com/justintadlock/block-theme-course/tree/main/module-06

[westnz]

Review:

Methods for using block patterns were clearly explained!

Add a full stop at the end of the paragraph:

Here 'Site Editor' is in capital letters, but in previous lessons, site editor and editor have been in lowercase. I think it should be in capital letters, if I am not mistaken:

Add a full stop at the end of point 3. Please also see my previous note about bold text and accessibility:

I really like the reminder or extra information that is given in the blue call-out box at the end of lessons.

[courtneyr-dev]

WP 6.4 https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/52270 please review for revisions

[courtneyr-dev]

WP 6.4 https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/52270 please review for revisions

[courtneyr-dev]

WP 6.4 https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/54337 https://make.wordpress.org/core/2023/09/28/whats-new-in-gutenberg-16-7-27-september/#import-export-of-patterns