Daisy Olsen's guest appearances

Daisy Olsen

WP Tavern

Do the Woo - A WooCommerce and WordPress Builder Podcast

Jukebox

Anne McCarthy

Courtney Robertson

Chris Coyier

Matt Mullenweg

Cory Miller

Joe Casabona

Daniel Schutzsmith

Robert Jacobi

Josepha Haden

Cate DeRosia

Topher DeRosia

Leonardo Losoviz

Lee Shadle

Mendel Kurland

Ajit Bohra

OwlTail

On the podcast today we have Daisy Olsen. Daisy works for Automattic as a Developer Relations contributor on the WordPress Project, and she's on the podcast today to talk about Block Themes. These new themes bring additional possibilities for WordPress users in what they're able to build in the Block Editor. Now, non-technical can start to add and style things like headers, footers and navigation menus. Daisy talks about how this all works as well as what's not quite ready. We also get into what new skills you'll need to learn, as well as what new tooling might be required. It's an interesting subject and a good primer on Block Themes if you're considering jumping in.

#32 – Daisy Olsen on Why You Should Try Out Block Themes

On the podcast today we have Daisy Olsen. Daisy works for Automattic as a Developer Relations contributor on the WordPress Project. She’s been working with WordPress since 2007 and during that time has worn many hats, including speaking at WordCamps in New York City, Boston and Chicago, as well as helping to organise the first WordCamp Boston in 2010. I met up with Daisy at the recent WordCamp Europe to discuss the newly arrived block themes. She was giving a workshop there in which she taught attendees how to create a block theme from scratch. As you’ll hear in the podcast, it was a great success. We talk about what a block theme is and how it differs from the ‘classic’ themes that have been used in WordPress in recent years. What are the advantages of moving over to block themes, and what additional features and functionality do they present for WordPress websites? As block themes are new, we get into how there’s still a lot of work to be done to make the experience of working with them as easy as it might be, and where those improvements are most needed. We round off by talking about the new technologies that need to be learned, and whether or not you need new tools to get up and running with block themes. Typically, when we record the podcast, there’s not a lot of background noise, but that’s not always the case with these WordCamp Europe interviews. We were competing against crowds and the air-conditioning. Whilst the podcasts are more than listenable, I hope that you understand that the vagaries of the real world were at play.Useful links.Daisy's website Block Editor Handbook Theme Handbook Full Site Editing website

On the podcast today we have <a href="https://daisyonwp.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Daisy Olsen</a>. Daisy works for Automattic as a Developer Relations contributor on the WordPress Project. She’s been working with WordPress since 2007 and during that time has worn many hats, including speaking at WordCamps in New York City, Boston and Chicago, as well as helping to organise the first WordCamp Boston in 2010. I met up with Daisy at the recent WordCamp Europe to discuss the newly arrived block themes. She was giving a workshop there in which she taught attendees how to create a block theme from scratch. As you’ll hear in the podcast, it was a great success. We talk about what a block theme is and how it differs from the ‘classic’ themes that have been used in WordPress in recent years. What are the advantages of moving over to block themes, and what additional features and functionality do they present for WordPress websites? As block themes are new, we get into how there’s still a lot of work to be done to make the experience of working with them as easy as it might be, and where those improvements are most needed. We round off by talking about the new technologies that need to be learned, and whether or not you need new tools to get up and running with block themes. Typically, when we record the podcast, there’s not a lot of background noise, but that’s not always the case with these WordCamp Europe interviews. We were competing against crowds and the air-conditioning. Whilst the podcasts are more than listenable, I hope that you understand that the vagaries of the real world were at play.Useful links. <a href="https://daisyonwp.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Daisy's website</a> <a href="https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Block Editor Handbook</a> <a href="https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Theme Handbook</a> <a href="https://fullsiteediting.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Full Site Editing website</a>

Daisy has a long history in WordPress, loves educating the community and is an advocate of block themes.

Block Themes, WordPress 5.8 and WooCommerce with Daisy Olsen