Okay, I’ve watched so many of your tutorials I’ve lost count. But showing me the exact steps finally makes sense. “Explain it to a 5 Year Old” wins again. Thank you!
@jamiewp4 ай бұрын
Great to hear!
@marekeisenman-soletraderco37114 ай бұрын
Bravo! Header, body and footer. That is it...
@jamiewp4 ай бұрын
👍
@MbonisiM4 ай бұрын
You made it much easier to understand now
@jamiewp4 ай бұрын
👍
@HelenaDenley4 ай бұрын
Yay - this is what I've been needing. I was only speaking to my husband about it last night, feeling a little confused because I have come from a long history with Studiopress themes and Genesis framework, and then Kadence and now I want to make the jump into block themes, so this was perfect. Thank you 🙏
@jamiewp4 ай бұрын
That's so great to hear Helena 😃
@aabb-xe2mz4 ай бұрын
It can't be explained more clearly. :)
@jamiewp4 ай бұрын
Thank you 🙏
@jdccool4 ай бұрын
Blocka 101. Thank you, Jamie. Most helpful.
@jamiewp4 ай бұрын
My pleasure - hope it was useful :)
@derek-hanson4 ай бұрын
Yeah, this is like a pet peeve of mine when working with sites. I could see a scenario where you just have a one page marketing site and just doing it in the template editor, but more often than not keeping the two separate is the best approach. The layers of abstraction in WP aren’t as soft as they seem, especially with a morange explanation 😅
@jamiewp4 ай бұрын
Yup agree - i'd like to see more abstraction between pages and templates.
@daveden24 ай бұрын
You make FSE look really easy!
@jamiewp4 ай бұрын
Thanks 🙏
@kevinschmidt22104 ай бұрын
Isn't that concoction called Orange Julius?
@jamiewp4 ай бұрын
Wow, I just had to look that up. Just goes to prove there's a market for everything 😂
@maartenklem22724 ай бұрын
I almost watch all your videos for the awesome cat treat section at the end but the video is very helpful. Thanks so much!
@jamiewp4 ай бұрын
You're very welcome!☺️
@MarkFaamaoni4 ай бұрын
Huzzah! Perfect explanation.
@jamiewp4 ай бұрын
Thanks Mark 🙏
@EricBright2504 ай бұрын
Thanks. I am wondering what would happen if you don't initially created header, body and footer in the home template.
@kaysha4 ай бұрын
Brilliant
@jamiewp4 ай бұрын
Thanks 🙏
@alexandrepessoa4 ай бұрын
great video. I've been doing this since you brought this up, months ago and really is much bertter, since on can target the page with SEO plugins or any other stuff. 👍
@jamiewp4 ай бұрын
👍
@visualmodo4 ай бұрын
Truly good job!!!
@jamiewp4 ай бұрын
cheers
@Dougster1234 ай бұрын
Most attempts at relatable analogies in tech fail horribly; However, THAT, was a great analogy 👍 LOL.
@jamiewp4 ай бұрын
Thank you :)
@shivatomix4 ай бұрын
Hahaha - you're absolutely right! I guess people are confused because that's exactly what TT4 does: mixing template (front page) with content ... In former days a rule in web coding was: don't mix styling with content ... that times are over it seems ;-)
@jamiewp4 ай бұрын
thanks , yup i would like to see a clearer boundary between the two (it really confuses people)
@richmaniow4 ай бұрын
Very useful, it does highlight that WP needs to sort out the interface, too many important things buried within menu's that all look the same at the moment. ps I prefer your videos without the background music if possible, as I find it hard to separate the music from the speech.
@jamiewp4 ай бұрын
Thanks Richard - noted about the music 👍
@paulroos85174 ай бұрын
Thanks. Your cat deserves TWO treats. Dilute and give the morange juice to the roses and pour yourself a glass of Cape Pinotage. 😃
@jamiewp4 ай бұрын
😂 tks Paul
@amigospower4 ай бұрын
Jemie , Brilliant! as always 👌💯👑
@jamiewp4 ай бұрын
Thank you 🙌
@kenyie80804 ай бұрын
Can you also cover an example where the content starts with a cover block header image and there is random whitespace between the header and the cover block? I ended up using some custom css to overwrite the spacing but I don't know what is the "proper" way to find where the spacing got introduced to remove it.
@thomassaunders2254 ай бұрын
This seems to be a "glitch" that happens with WP sites sometimes. It is usually resolved by dragging the sliders for the margins back and forth ending back with no margin.
@kenyie80804 ай бұрын
@@thomassaunders225 I've seen that, but in this case the devtools showed it was some sort of gap/spacing between all elements of the content almost as if it was flexbox. When I have a moment I'll go find the css rule I needed to add
@jamiewp4 ай бұрын
What theme were you using?
@kenyie80804 ай бұрын
@@jamiewp It is with Spectra One Block Theme. I found the spacing coming from this rule: :where(.wp-site-blocks) > * { margin-block-start: var(--wp--preset--spacing--x-small); margin-block-end: 0; } The CSS rule I needed to add through the Styles > Additional CSS is: :where(.wp-site-blocks) > * { margin-block-start: 0 !important; margin-block-end: 0 !important; }
@antygod4 ай бұрын
the main thing missing from this video is the why. why is it necessary to do this? i understand the separation of template and content, but why is that important for a homepage which is usually relatively static and not something that is frequently updated? also, (this is perhaps rhetorical, or at least something you might not be able to answer) if having a Front Page template is so important why doesn't WP include a Front Page template by default rather than us needing to create one for every site? also part 2: the revenge of the also. how is the Front Page template different from the Blog Home template? why have both?
@jamiewp4 ай бұрын
Here's a longer explanation kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKSpfnuXm9-IsJYsi=rzJEQ-4PcepvV3xb - i kept this video deliberately short and simple 👍
@antygod4 ай бұрын
@@jamiewp thanks
@paycenodom31504 ай бұрын
Hey is there a way to change the color of a link I'm trying to edit the color of the link to white so it doesn't blend in with the background which is also blue
@jamiewp4 ай бұрын
Yes, you can do this in Global Styles 👍
@ahmetakdel4 ай бұрын
Pill knowledge thanks🎉
@jamiewp4 ай бұрын
👍
@waynecoombes39604 ай бұрын
Like it says in its description, The Front Page Template "Displays your site's homepage, whether it is set to display latest posts or a static page. The Front Page template takes precedence over all templates." Surely IF IT DOES NOT EXIST IT SHOULD BE ADDED AS A DEFAULT BEST PRACTICE just as you describe, Correct?
@jamiewp4 ай бұрын
Exactly 👍
@refsvik4 ай бұрын
Thank you. I got it now ;-)
@jamiewp4 ай бұрын
Great 😊
@SingaporeMathsAcademyUK4 ай бұрын
Thank you. Why do we need a front page template? Wouldn't pages template be enough after setting the correct homepage in settings?
@jamiewp4 ай бұрын
Great quesiton - you could do that but then your front page is using exactly the same template as all the page on your site. In my experience, most sites use a different layout for the home page than normal pages eg. not display page title. So using a front page template gives you the ablility to create a layout that is different to normal pages.
@SingaporeMathsAcademyUK4 ай бұрын
@@jamiewp thank you, I see you're an early bird too.
@jamiewp4 ай бұрын
@@SingaporeMathsAcademyUK Yup
@p__wing4 ай бұрын
Cogent metaphor about separation of concerns, but I maintain that orange juice and milk mixed together, if you drink it quickly, is delicious! #JusticeForMorange
@jamiewp4 ай бұрын
😂
@MbonisiM4 ай бұрын
Now 😅we need Ice Cream 2:43
@jamiewp4 ай бұрын
😂
@codeAlongwithАй бұрын
Should be a way to lock clients out of site editor?
@jamiewpАй бұрын
Only Admins have access to the site editor
@napynap4 ай бұрын
I've done that with orange juice on cereal. No, I wasn't awake yet!
@jamiewp4 ай бұрын
hehe 🤪
@yvieormsby4 ай бұрын
Setting up my first WP website today, and just noticed this new vid. Perfect timing ✌🏽 Is it best practise to do this for the "blog template" too? I tried to add the "content" block (as in vid) but instead of showing the "blog page" content, it looks like it's trying to show a (non-existent) "post" content in that space.
@jamiewp4 ай бұрын
Fab, thanks for commenting 💪
@OliPH014 ай бұрын
Fab?@@jamiewp
@HullioGQ4 ай бұрын
Why do clients have access to templates? I only show them how to manage content. I always discourage them from adding new content pages that do not have a template assigned - it messing up the design language and UI/UX.
@jamiewp4 ай бұрын
Only Site Admins have access to templates
@HullioGQ4 ай бұрын
@@jamiewp I consider myself an artist. My work on their websites should never be messed with! 😃
@FlorentClaude4 ай бұрын
Hi Jamie, To me, the whole point of using a template is to reuse it for many pages. By setting the default template, wouldn't your example make more sense? I was even considering, since FSE, NOT to use ANY content on the homepage!! All would be in the template :-O Regards
@jamiewp4 ай бұрын
Yes …but your home page is normally different to internal pages eg displaying page titles
@FlorentClaude4 ай бұрын
@@jamiewp indeed. And we then create 1 template that's used for only 1 page.
@jamiewp4 ай бұрын
@@FlorentClaude Yup the front page template
@FlorentClaude4 ай бұрын
@@jamiewp Since template AND content both use the same tool (Gutenberg), I find it hard to explain to clients why we need 2 different places to edit the whole homepage (template + content). On the opposite, they get it well when 1 template is used for multiple pieces of content (page, posts etc). Regards
@DarrinRich4 ай бұрын
After that is it the best time to start doing global styles?
@jamiewp4 ай бұрын
Yup
@DarrinRich4 ай бұрын
@@jamiewp Thank you sir. I recently started a site and going to redoo it the right way hopefully.
@jamiewp4 ай бұрын
@@DarrinRich ok good luck
@thomassaunders2254 ай бұрын
Morange for the win. 🤣 I guess it doesn't taste like a dreamsicle.
@jamiewp4 ай бұрын
😬😂
@codeAlongwith4 ай бұрын
Is this Spectre?
@jamiewp4 ай бұрын
This demo is using the Ollie Theme, but the principle will work with any WordPress Block Theme.
@haegarNL4 ай бұрын
Either I am too stupid to follow this "logic" or there is flaw: When I create a new "Front Page" template I can never directly assign this template to a page!!?? Even in your example the inspector on the right side shows template "pages" for the front page??? And you cannot change this in the inspector to any other page template. However when I assign my page as "Front page" in the settings it actually uses the right front page template. But it does not show up in the inspector...
@jamiewp4 ай бұрын
Yes you are right - the inspector just shows the page template. I think it's a bug that it doesn't show the front page template, but I'll add a support ticket.
@caseyhill51384 ай бұрын
@@jamiewp I have the same problem. I don't see how to assign the page as "Front Page" so I am not understanding that. When I go to the homepage displays static page, Home is an option but nothing about Front page. Not a good sign when I'm so confused this early in the game. LOL
@jamiewp4 ай бұрын
@@caseyhill5138 When you assign a page in Settings / Reading to the Homepage: dropdown it will use the Front Page Template (if you created a Front Page Template). That's all you have to do 👍
@DarrinRich4 ай бұрын
👋Yep. That's me, I was doing it all wrong.
@jamiewp4 ай бұрын
Hope this helped Darrin 👍
@CarlMadsen4 ай бұрын
I'm guilty of this. Just did it again two weeks ago. The one page website is a template. I'll do better next time.
@jamiewp4 ай бұрын
Yes me too - it's so much easier and nicer to keep them separate 👍
@aztecs88792 ай бұрын
I couldn't concentrate on the content sorry; the music was too loud and very irritating and broke my concentration unfortunately.