In June 2023 we updated the version of WordPress and included 2 new themes: Twenty Twenty-two and Twenty Twenty-three. The Twenty Twenty-four and Twenty Twenty Five themes were added later. These are themes that support Site Editing. This means these themes are a lot more customisable than standard WordPress themes.
Here is a good video on the different between block themes and the older classic themes.
Site Editor Quick Starts
Here are two videos showing how to get started quickly with the site editor. One for simple blog type sites that consist in a series of posts the other a school site that will be made up mostly of pages and organised hierarchically.
Getting Started with Glow Blogs. 1. A news site.Getting Started with Glow Blogs 2. An information/School site
A Whole School Site
Block Editor
Once you have edited your site templates, you will want to add content, pages and posts. We have help on using the block editor to do that. Becoming familiar with the block editor will hep with using the site editor to make further changes to your site.
Full site editing’s features, include (links to wordpress.org documentation):
From Twenty Twenty-Three – WordPress.org Documentation
Styles: a feature that allows you to customize your site, including individual blocks, as much as you’d like with different colors, typography, layouts, and more.
Templates: edit, create, and manage templates used by pages, posts, and other content.
Template parts: a way to organize and display groups of blocks as part of a block template mainly for site structure, like Headers and Footers.
Theme blocks including the Navigation block, Query Loop block, and more.
This very short video help understand how Block Themes work January 2024.
