Tag: Ask the Bartender

  • Ask the Bartender: Are There Any Compact and Personal Block Themes?

    Ask the Bartender: Are There Any Compact and Personal Block Themes?

    All the block themes seem to have something similar in how they look. Although unique in their own ways, being generally wide, spacy, and modular instantly make them look like they came from the same mold. This is not to say they’re bad though… I’m just not really fond of such design. I prefer something…

  • Ask the Bartender: Will It Become Easier To Create Block Patterns?

    Ask the Bartender: Will It Become Easier To Create Block Patterns?

    Do you know if WordPress FSE is working to make it easier to create block patterns? Templates and Parts need to just click a button to download them. But patterns are very manual, and you need to register all of them programmatically. Thiago You are not the first person to ask this question, and it…

  • Ask the Bartender: Is There a Starter for Building Block Themes?

    Ask the Bartender: Is There a Starter for Building Block Themes?

    I read some posts from “Ask the Bartender,” and I appreciate it a lot! Thanks. I have a question now. :) I want to refine my WordPress theme development process, which is: To make a unique-creative design with Adobe XD or Figma. To convert it to static HTML using VS Code with Bootstrap. In WordPress,…

  • Ask the Bartender: Where Are the WooCommerce Block Themes?

    Ask the Bartender: Where Are the WooCommerce Block Themes?

    At what point are FSE theme developers going to start integrating and considering WooCommerce for their themes? WooCommerce has almost always seemed to lag behind all other considerations. It’s a bit like it’s an afterthought to simply scramble in the elements of a solid WooCommerce store. Where is a persistent cart header? Where are the…

  • Ask the Bartender: What Happens to the Customizer When a Block Theme Is Active?

    Ask the Bartender: What Happens to the Customizer When a Block Theme Is Active?

    Something on my radar right now is third-party plugins that have settings in the Customizer. What I gather of friends who are the devs working on Customizer and front-end stuff within a few plugin companies, global styles and block styles are not yet on their radar. So what happens if someone installs Twenty Twenty-Two or…

  • Ask the Bartender: How To Find Project Partners?

    Ask the Bartender: How To Find Project Partners?

    I was wondering, where should I go if I want to find a developer to work with on an idea? I have an idea for a product. I know the market well, I’m part of the target audience, and I just need someone else that would be passionate and interested in the idea just as…

  • Ask the Bartender: What Happens When Block Markup Changes?

    Ask the Bartender: What Happens When Block Markup Changes?

    I’m a developer that has started developing with Gutenberg recently. There are a bunch of amazing benefits and features, but there are also a ton of drawbacks, inconsistencies, as well as absolutely awful and outdated documentation. One of the worst aspects of Gutenberg from a developer perspective has been block validation. Consider the following scenario.…

  • Ask the Bartender: Frustrations and Finding the Right WordPress Block Plugins

    Ask the Bartender: Frustrations and Finding the Right WordPress Block Plugins

    Hello. I always supported the idea of a WordPress block editor as a whole, but lately, I’m a bit frustrated in that there are some blocks I need with urgency to work on a (non-visitor editable) wiki-like site (mostly a Tabs block, a Countdown block, an Accordion/Toggle block, a Table of contents block and a…

  • Ask the Bartender: How To Bulk Convert Classic WordPress Posts To Blocks?

    Ask the Bartender: How To Bulk Convert Classic WordPress Posts To Blocks?

    I was wondering if you could help me. I want to convert all of my old posts (about 600) to Gutenberg blocks. Do you know an easy way to do that? Philip I often get these short questions via private messages. I always try my best to help other WordPress users whenever I can. This…

  • Ask the Bartender: How to Build WordPress Themes from Scratch?

    Ask the Bartender: How to Build WordPress Themes from Scratch?

    I would like to ask, what is the best way to learn to create WordPress themes from scratch? I would like to learn, but there seems to be no comprehensive resource for this. Thanks for any help. Mark I have been around the WordPress community long enough to remember the days when there were sparse…

  • Ask the Bartender: Integrate With Third-Party App or Use Native WordPress Plugin?

    Ask the Bartender: Integrate With Third-Party App or Use Native WordPress Plugin?

    My question to you is how you see the future (or even the present) of integrating software with WordPress and when you should make the distinction of going the integration vs. native approach. In other words, with the vast ecosystem of WordPress plugins out there, how can a website owner discern which responsibilities WordPress the…

  • Ask the Bartender: How To WordPress in a Block World?

    Ask the Bartender: How To WordPress in a Block World?

    I love your articles. And now, in the middle of the WordPress revolution, I realized I’m constantly searching for an answer regarding WP these days. So many things are being said, so many previsions of the future, problems, etc., but, right now, I think I, as a designer, just want to understand one thing that…