Being able to edit a theme in the Site Editor is handy, especially if you're using it as the base for a new theme. But where do those changes get saved? What happens when you make changes to Global Styles, Block styles, Theme template files, and template parts? What happens when you make changes to the theme files, and changes to the Site Editor; which take precedence? In this session, we'll be answering these questions.

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What Happens When You Make Theme Changes?

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• https://wordpress.org/plugins/create-block-theme/
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6. Learning Outcomes
○ Where are changes saved when you edit a block theme in the editor?
• What happens when you make Global Styles changes
• What happens when you make block level changes
• What happens when you make template changes
• What happens when you make template part changes
○ Which changes take precedence?
• theme.json
• editor changes

7. Objectives
1. Create a new blank theme
2. Edit a global style
3. Edit a block style
4. Edit a template
5. Edit a template part
6. Add a style in theme.json
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