[Tracking Issue] Block Based Themes Training

[fabiankaegy]

This tracking issue is for defining the overall stricture of the Block Based Theme training section of the site.

The training itself happens using the https://github.com/10up/block-based-theme-training repository.

In terms of setup the plan is to have two CPT's with some meta fields etc. One of them already has all the templates properly configured & built and the other one is bare bones with only the CPT itself built out. Tasks then are creating the various templates etc.

Proposed Structure:

• Lesson 1: Anatomy of a block based theme
• Lesson 2: Creating a new single template for a CPT
• Lesson 3: Displaying meta fields in the custom template
• Lesson 4: Making sure the meta fields are editable in the admin
• Lesson 5: Creating a new archive template for the CPT
• Lesson 6: Extending the Query Loop
• Lesson 7: Working with patterns (inserter false, the wp:pattern block, etc.)

[fabiankaegy]

CC: @colinswinney @ajmaurya99 @ncoetzer @BryanBelanger

[colinswinney]

@fabiankaegy Can you clarify a little on how you envision lessons 3 & 4? Are you thinking of using meta fields via block bindings or as small atomic blocks (or both?). Or is there a third way I'm not thinking of?

[fabiankaegy]

@colinswinney I think we'll have to showcase both and add a bit more context about when to choose what.

Block bindings are great when the field is never conditional. But more often than not I end up needing atomic custom blocks because as of right now block bindings also aren't editable when they are used inside a template. Which is not the case for atomic blocks. They can be editable in the template