Creating Custom Templates and Template Parts - Lesson

[jonathanbossenger]

IMPORTANT

This lesson plan belongs to part of a greater course, Extend a Low Code Block Theme which depends on the completion of Create a Custom Block Theme #1

Please reach out to @jonathanbossenger (Jonathan Bossenger) in the #training team Slack if you would like to help with this lesson plan.

Topic Description

The goal of this lesson is to learn how to build and register a custom template (or template part) for a block theme. This is a template that is not added from the list of available templates in the editor.

Objectives

After completing this lesson, participants will be able to:

• Create a new custom template in the editor
• Create a new custom template part in the editor

Guidelines

Review the [team guidelines] (https://make.wordpress.org/training/handbook/guidelines/)

Draft for Review

Creating Custom Templates and Template Parts

Review checklist

Reviewers: this is not an extensive list, but it would be helpful if you can keep the following questions in mind while reviewing.

1. Are there any spelling/grammar issues or anything that doesn't make sense?
2. Is the content technically correct?
3. Does the layering of information successfully build from lesson to lesson
4. Can you follow the steps outlined in the course
5. Does the lesson contain enough relevant links to documentation (WordPress documentation, or any other relevant documentation)

[courtneyr-dev]

https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/42520#top