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.
Getting Started with Your School Website on Glow Blogs
This screencast walks you through setting up a basic school website using Glow Blogs and WordPress — no prior experience required. In around 35 minutes, you’ll see how to create a new blog site, choose the block editor, and build out a simple but functional school site from scratch.
Details of the video content
You’ll learn the difference between posts and pages and when to use each, how to add other admin users, and how to navigate the block editor’s interface (block inserter, settings sidebar, and toolbar). The video then covers building out your site structure — adding pages, organising the navigation menu, and customising the header and logo using the site editor.
From there, you’ll see how to add news posts with featured images, tweak how posts display using the Query Loop block, create a “links to news” section on your homepage, and lay out content like a leadership team section using columns. The video wraps up with a tour of the site editor’s Design section (Navigation, Styles, Pages, Templates, and Patterns) and how to make your finished site public.
By the end, you’ll have a working school website with a home page, news page, and department pages.
Here is a good video on the different between block themes and the older classic themes.
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.
