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Feedback - Clarifying Export Steps: Cloning Before Exporting Custom Themes
Type of feedback
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Description
Content URL: https://learn.wordpress.org/lesson/use-the-create-block-theme-plugin-for-exports-and-theme-variations/
Are you reporting an error or providing other feedback? Reporting an error (such as outdated information)
What are you reporting? : I don't see why "Click on 'Create a New Blank Theme.'" before "Export Zip". It just exports a zip of a blank theme page. I had to clone an activated theme on a plugin page before "Export Zip" to successfully export my customed theme.
Recommended solution Cloning activated theme before customization would have been even better by the way.
Note: error reported by user hwajune5834
Feedback Validation Checklist:
- If this is reporting an issue, can you confirm/reproduce the issue? (Yes or No): Yes
- What should happen next to apply the feedback?: See below feedback
What should Happen
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In the “Rename your theme” step, the lesson currently instructs:
Click on ‘Create a New Blank Theme.’
This step is confusing and can lead to losing the customizations made earlier in the exercise. Selecting “Create a New Blank Theme” generates a completely empty theme and does not include any of the previously made changes. As a result, the following “Export Zip” step will only export a blank theme. To preserve and export the customized theme, the correct step would be to clone the active theme and rename it. -
I recommend updating the instructions to use “Clone your active theme” instead of “Create a New Blank Theme” so that learners can successfully export their customized theme.
@WordPress/learn-editors @rjekic
Feedback Validation Checklist:
- If this is reporting an issue, can you confirm/reproduce the issue? (Yes or No):
- YES
- What should happen next to apply the feedback?
- i agree with feedback's of @Bigod and we should also update the transcript of the lesson
