The webinar, hosted by Carrie Dils, focuses on building and future-proofing WordPress sites using the Genesis Framework and Gutenberg. Participants will learn about the advantages of the Genesis Framework, including faster site setups, ease of client content creation, and how it integrates with Gutenberg. The session includes a Q&A portion and offers resources for further learning about Genesis and Gutenberg.

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Carrie Dils
@cdils
Building and future-proofing your
WordPress sites with the Genesis
Framework.
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Ask questions as we go.
We’ll answer as many questions as we can after
the presentation
Slides and recording will be
made available shortly after
the webinar
Use the “Questions” pane
throughout the webinar

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What You’ll Learn
● What the Genesis Framework is
● How to use Genesis to ease into Gutenberg
● Faster site setups and easier client creation with Gutenberg
● How Genesis and WP Engine help future-proof your site
● Next steps: tips, tools and resources to put into practice
● Q&A

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Tom ShapiroINTRODUCING TODAY’S EXPERT
• Founder of The Fearless FreelancerTM
• Working with WordPress since 2012
• An organizer for WordCamp US 2019
• 6th generation Texan
• Last year I hiked across Spain with my dad
Founder
The Fearless Freelancer
@cdils
Carrie Dils

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Poll: Do you use the Genesis
Framework today?

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What is Genesis Framework?
● Theme framework
● Heavy lifting
● Customization through child
themes

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Genesis + Gutenberg
Header
Footer
Sidebar Content

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Genesis + Gutenberg
Header
Footer
Sidebar Content

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How do Genesis child themes work with the block editor?
● Gutenberg-ready
● Gutenberg-optimized
● Gutenberg-first
Child Themes + Gutenberg

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All StudioPress child themes are Gutenberg ready, meaning there
are no breaking changes and users have access to the new
editing experience regardless of which StudioPress child theme
is used.
Gutenberg-ready
Child Themes + Gutenberg

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All StudioPress child themes are Gutenberg ready, meaning there
are no breaking changes and users have access to the new
editing experience regardless of which StudioPress child theme
is used.
Gutenberg-ready
Child Themes + Gutenberg
Child themes that take advantage of Gutenberg features made
possible with Genesis 2.8
Gutenberg-optimized

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All StudioPress child themes are Gutenberg ready, meaning there
are no breaking changes and users have access to the new
editing experience regardless of which StudioPress child theme
is used.
Gutenberg-ready
Child Themes + Gutenberg
Child themes that take advantage of Gutenberg features made
possible with Genesis 2.8
Gutenberg-optimized
A new theme created from the ground up to take advantage of
all the block editor offers.
Gutenberg-first

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How Genesis can help you
ease into Gutenberg

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Block Editor Demo

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Faster site setups and easier
client content creation

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There’s more!

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As of Genesis 2.8, support was added for:
• Configuration API
• Onboarding wizard
Genesis + Gutenberg

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Theme Onboarding

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Are you impressed?

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How Genesis and WP Engine
help future-proof your site

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Genesis + WP Engine
● Genesis + child themes
● Always able to take advantage of new features
● Full (and free) access to all StudioPress themes
● Continued deep integration with Atomic Blocks
● Continued commitment to pushing development forward
● Staging and development environments for testing new features

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Q&A

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Inquiring minds want to know.
Questions and Answers.
* Slides, recording and resources will be made available within
the next several days

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Add Theme Color Palette to the Gutenberg Block Editor for WordPress
Resources.
Genesis Onboarding
Genesis Configuration
Block Based Homepage Genesis Framework
Add Block Font Sizes to the Gutenberg Block Editor for WordPress
Get More Attention with Atomic Blocks and Gutenberg

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On-Demand Webinar: How to Win with Gutenberg
More Resources.
Ebook: Getting Started with the Genesis Framework and WP Engine
Ebook: Genesis as an Onramp to Gutenberg
On-Demand Webinar: Gettin’ Down and Nerdy with the Genesis Framework (featuring Bill Erickson)
StudioPress Podcast

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Next Up.
Register Now:
http://wpeng.in/
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Wednesday, Mar 27
11:00 a.m. CDT,
12:00 p.m. EDT,
9:00 a.m. PDT,
16:00 UTC/GMT

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Join us!
https://wpeng.in/summit-us/

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Thank You.