Try: Blockbase standalone theme #5660
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I think it's a great idea, it seems like a good starting place for a Block Theme.
Edit: Yea I get carried away thinking about child themes sometimes. I agree with comments below, this is a better tool to be used instead of "empty theme" to get started with rather than a parent theme to derive from. |
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I think all the shared headings definitions can live under a headings property.
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looks like we have on remote under styles/elements/headings but it doesn't seem to be working! do you remember how to do that?
I think then why not use Blockbase then? I didn't want to add any of the extras because I wanted this to be as close to a clean slate as possible. CSS in any case is bringing a maintenance burden and this one is not meant to be a parent theme that we will update and other themers can just build children and always get the latest code, but as a starting point for someone to build something new. It's meant to bring a base of what a block theme can include, nothing more (without looking terrible like emptytheme). In fact, now I think I just need to remove everything that's not CSS alignments! And I'm keeping those because else it looks really bad. |
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This is a great idea; I love that it's another option for themers to use as a starting point, and it's a great introduction to block themes.
I think we should add a readme file similar to the one we have for Blockbase, to help people understand when/why they could use either theme.
I also think the name is great 😁
To use `php create.php` and answer the prompts. This will create a folder alongside this theme with the provided metadata as well as namespaced attributes refactored.
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I'm trying to make this theme work with WordPress/gutenberg#36751 for the 404 pattern but I'm having no luck, can any of you 👀 to see if the pattern works with the GB PR? maybe it's my env? |
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I think I have done all the suggested changes, should we bring this in to use as a starter with the create plugin ourselves? I think development of Pendant will inform any adjustments that we might want to make to this theme and we can iterate as we go. I'd add it to gitignore on dotcom if we merge, though! |
Sounds good to me! |
Changes proposed in this Pull Request:
Following on our conversations about what kind of theme could be used as a starter for other teams that want to build Block themes but want a solid foundation instead of doing it from scratch, I quickly built this version of Blockbase that only has the basics as a standalone theme.
Who is this theme for?
Someone who doesn't want to start from 0 and wants the basics in terms of visual structure to tweak and move without a massive boilerplate and relying 100% on FSE. Most probably someone who isn't 100% familiar with all that theme.json and FSE can do and doesn't want to miss something along the way.
How should one use this theme?
I think this theme is best used if you fork it and build on top of it. I don't think it makes sense to use it as a parent theme, it adds no functionality or a heavy stylistic foundation that you'd want to keep.
This theme includes:
/patternsdirectory WordPress/gutenberg#36751 but looks like it's not working with the block pattern block! we can wait that one out or implement the pattern the old way as we see fit.Please do forgive the horrible naming. It feels like a running joke already with the starter themes.
It looks like this: