The theme review team is requiring all themes to implement keyboard navigation in two months time, around the third of september 2019. Because this may be a complex task for many authors, we encourage you to start planning for and working on this as soon as possible. We want to point out that this requirement… Continue reading Planning for keyboard navigation
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Another just for fun theme -Mardi Gras
The Mardi Gras theme is now available on WordPress.org. Yes, another holiday theme! Mardi Gras a fun, colorful theme for the carnival season. The theme has four widget areas, two menus including a social menu, and displays your posts in a 3 column grid. The default colors are the traditional New Orleans Mardi Gras colors… Continue reading Another just for fun theme -Mardi Gras
Speed up reviews with autocomplete snippets
When reviewing themes for the WordPress.org theme directory, you will find that there are mistakes that are more common than others. This means that we often use the same type of messages in different tickets and reviews. We can use this fact to make our reviews faster. I have done so many reviews that many… Continue reading Speed up reviews with autocomplete snippets
My Theme Review Process 2018
Updated december 2018 The Theme Review Team on WordPress.org encourages reviewers to find their own flow and tools that work for them. There is no right or wrong way to review a theme, as long as the requirements are checked and the author receives useful feedback. My personal review process require a lot of manual… Continue reading My Theme Review Process 2018
Random thoughts about Gutenizer Phase 2
Some early (and early morning 🙂 ) thoughts about Phase 2. I’m still a bit confused about what will go into earlier updates, and what will go into phase two. I mean there was a ton of block ideas that got postponed, will these blocks or some of them be added in phase 2? Simplicity… Continue reading Random thoughts about Gutenizer Phase 2
My first custom block plugin
Well, my first ever plugin to be submitted to WordPress.org actually 🙂 . Last Christmas, I added a custom, static image block with Christmas decorations to my theme Christmas Sweets. This was the first theme in the directory to include blocks for the new block editor. Later, the Theme Review Team on WordPress.org decided that… Continue reading My first custom block plugin
Spooky! A Halloween theme adoption
Last year, I released a Christmas theme, and I wanted to create a holiday theme this year as well. While I was considering a name for my new theme, I found a theme in the WordPress.org theme directory called Spooky, that had not been updated since 2009.  I thought this was a great name for Halloween, and… Continue reading Spooky! A Halloween theme adoption
Aaron is getting ready for the new editor
Two months ago, I finally started the process of creating new demos for some of my existing themes. But after seeing very little actually being done 😉 I have realised I need a better plan for which themes I want to continue working on. The first theme that has recieved an update in preparation for… Continue reading Aaron is getting ready for the new editor
GOAT
So, my latest child theme has nothing to do with goats*, but is inspired by the 2018 FIFA World Cup.Sweden is out of the cup, but I have wanted to make a theme for SportsPress for a while and this was good opportunity to try it out. This is a basic theme, but together with… Continue reading GOAT
Farm, a new child theme
Farm is a new child theme for Embla.It is a basic blog theme with a romantic header font and just a hint of green.Farm is responsive with a large header images and a two column grid layout.Present your farm and your staff with the custom staff template, or sell your goods with the help of… Continue reading Farm, a new child theme