Tammie Lister : @karmatosed speakerdeck.com/tammielis/getting-to-know-gutenberg
Getting to know
Gutenberg
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CHAPTER I
Once upon a time…
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Authoring richly laid out posts is a key
strength of WordPress… but it’s not
easy to do.
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By embracing "the block", we can
potentially unify multiple different
interfaces into one.
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The vision…
• Everything is a block
• All blocks are created equal
• Drag and drop is additive
• Placeholders are key
• Direct manipulation
• Customisation
A tutorial: github.com/obenland/giphy-block/
commits/master
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Create blocks: Tweet, blog posts and let us know
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CHAPTER IV
A look inside
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A look inside
Editing
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Settings
A look inside
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Inspector
A look inside
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Inserter
A look inside
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CHAPTER VI
Themes
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Gutenberg DOES NOT need a theme to work
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What would an ideal theme be for Gutenberg?
• Single unlimited width column.
• Styles are IF want a true experience - ‘near’ frontend editing.
• Simpler THE better.
• Best is just CSS themes.
• Page templating… think placeholders
• Customisation is up to user NOT theme
Exploring: a way to write create a block in
any framework.
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Nested blocks, global blocks … oh my!
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CHAPTER III
Testing Tale
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Why test?
• Important to get a baseline
• A lot was influx, needed boundaries
• Ease of contributions
• Iterate on over time
• A way for community to learn to write tests
• A way for those that didn’t know to learn to run tests
Full list of issues for feedback:
• https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/1544
• https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/1546
• https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/1547
• https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/1548
• https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/1549
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General comments
• https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/1550
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103 Task responses
41 Feedback
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CHAPTER IV
The impact of the tale
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CHAPTER V
Spreading the tale
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Issues
Support
Blogs
Pull
Requests
Meetings
Twitter
Reviews
Slack
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58 Responses to feedback form
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53 Feedback
3 Support
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CHAPTER VI
The second saga of tests
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The new tests
• 3 images: beginner, intermediate and advanced level
• Tests can be run without tester or with
• Form for reporting and can write post
• Encourage screen recording upload, provide instructions
• Branched test depending on if need to set up Gutenberg
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CHAPTER VIII
The future…
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Agencies
Dev
New users
Universities
Journalists
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Contributors
Community
Plugin
Developers
Themers
Bloggers
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Builders
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CHAPTER IX
Get involved
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Learn more: wordpress.org/gutenberg
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Documentation:
wordpress.org/gutenberg/handbook/
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Get the plugin:
wordpress.org/plugins/gutenberg/
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Run some tests:
make.wordpress.org/test/handbook/call-for-
testing/gutenberg-testing
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Help with issues:
github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues
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Join the conversation:
chat.wordpress.org | #core-editor, wed 17:00 UTC
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Have a testing session at your meet up
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Let’s talk Gutenberg
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Let’s talk how you use WordPress
agency, education, startup, business, owner…
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Thanks, any questions?
Tammie Lister : @karmatosed speakerdeck.com/tammielis/getting-to-know-gutenberg-webldn