{"id":8271,"date":"2024-04-24T14:17:49","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T20:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/webguide\/?p=8271"},"modified":"2026-01-13T15:20:46","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T22:20:46","slug":"gutenberg-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/webguide\/2024\/04\/24\/gutenberg-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Gutenberg update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Boise State has completed three rounds of user acceptance testing for our new WordPress Gutenberg theme editor, and is just about to begin round four.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>User acceptance testing is taking longer than anticipated, but we believe we&#8217;re still on track for a rollout later this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-does-this-mean\">What does this mean?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We are working with Modern Tribe, our current Boise State WordPress theme&#8217;s original author, to modernize our theme and take advantage of current WordPress features and functionality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Creating content in a modern WordPress environment has changed. In the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/webguide\/2024\/02\/23\/its-time-for-gutenberg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new Gutenberg theme editor<\/a>, &#8220;blocks&#8221; are used to arrange and edit each web page element. Think of it like building a web page with Legos, where each heading, paragraph, photo, and list are separate blocks you add and configure to create a page or post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Panels in our current theme function similarly to blocks. You add a panel to a page, configure the panel with content, and then drag-and-drop that panel to move it up or down on the page. 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All of our documentation must be updated, new training content created, demonstration and learning sessions prepared&#8230;there&#8217;s still much left to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-when-will-we-learn-more\">When will we learn more?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As soon as we have a stable environment available to demonstrate our new theme editor, we&#8217;ll schedule some open forums and show you what it looks like. 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