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  • Build in Public, Video
    February 19, 2024

    How the block editor handles CSS (Block Styles Manager Ep 5)

    Registering block styles, inline block styles, tree-shaking, the “Styles Engine” – how does the block editor actually load CSS and is this tool going to be good for performance? Plus a quick update on the Block Styles Manager user interface.

  • Build in Public, Video
    February 13, 2024

    Thoughts on Editor UI (Block Styles Manager – Build in Public Part 4)

    In this update to the Block Styles Manager, we focus on some of the weird UI challenges that the block editor provides, why custom CSS isn’t already an option, and what is a block editor “plugin”.

  • Build in Public, Video
    February 6, 2024

    Building a Block Styles Manager – Episode 3

    Custom data stores in WordPress / the block editor. Hard stuff (for me at least). In this status update on the Block Styles Manager, I talk about custom REST API endpoints, handling data, and saving CSS directly to your filesystem.

  • Build in Public, Video
    February 2, 2024

    Block Styles Manager for WordPress – Episode 2

    Episode 2 of my YouTube Build in Public series building a block styles manager for the WordPress block editor.

  • Build in Public, Video
    January 30, 2024

    Building a Block Styles Manager – Episode 1

    Episode 1 of my YouTube Build in Public series building a block styles manager for the WordPress block editor.

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