How to keep customizations updating from twenty-two?

Hey @hansbeen! Changing themes like this would definitely be treated like a full re-design project, so you would likely need to manually port the customizations to the new theme.

Are there any specific kinds of customizations that you’re having trouble with?

The menu eg. It is just a lot of work if you are not a full-time web designer. Each theme has different ways to implement customizations it seems to me. I hoped there would be a way to take the overall design of the old theme to the new theme, but that works only for the content it seems. Even going from twenty-three to twenty-four the whole menu disappears, which is rather annoying.
Seems I have to build the whole design from scratch again in 24 coming from 23?

I hoped there would be a way to take the overall design of the old theme to the new theme,

Is there a specific reason you’re trying to keep the overall design but switch themes? Generally, switching themes would include moving to the new theme’s design, look-and-feel, etc.

It was just that I lost some basic things switching from twenty-three to twenty-four: header and menu’s. Just found the navigation-menu and header back. I guess it is just trial and error to get it properly working if webdesign is not your job and the theme is not so long existing.
Does using a child theme makes sense now a days? Or not any more, since you can now edit the theme?

• This reply was modified 1 year ago by hansbeen.

It was just that I lost some basic things switching from twenty-three to twenty-four: header and menu’s.

I guess it is just trial and error to get it properly working if webdesign is not your job and the theme is not so long existing.

There’s definitely a learning curve if you’re using the site editor with relatively fresh eyes. The documentation on blocks is quite helpful , as well as some tutorials on the Learn site

Does using a child theme makes sense now a days? Or not any more, since you can now edit the theme?

It still makes sense, but it’s much easier to build one now. You can use the Create block theme plugin, which will let you save your changes to the theme and templates as a child theme, right in your dashboard. This also makes sure your changes are safe from theme updates.

In case it helps too, you can also use the Live Preview feature to preview how your site will look before switching themes and make changes to ensure everything looks as you want it to. If you want to get a sense of what’s that feature is like, watch this video starting at 3:40. Written out, you can head to Appearance > Themes and, after hovering over Twenty Twenty-Three, you’ll see a “Live Preview” option. Once you select that, you’ll be brought to the Site Editor, the new editing experience, where you can make changes and resolve any issues in switching over to this new theme or you can back out to keep things as they are.