The Archeo WordPress Theme Blends Mayan History With Magazine-Style Block Patterns
The day has finally arrived when a block theme does something interesting with the featured image on single post views. One of my biggest pet peeves is when themers simply dump it at the top of the content and call it a day. I nearly always bolt straight for the site editor to remove the single-post featured image upon installing block themes from some authors. However, after installing Archeo, Automattic’s latest, I simply let it be. At least in this instance, the implementation did not make me wonder if we were ever going to get this whole block-based theme venture right. Split-screen post title and featured image. Perhaps the most impressive thing about the single-post header design is that it works with the limited toolset offered by the current Featured Image block. If there is one knit-pick I have it is that the post and site titles do not align on the left side of the page, at least on wide-desktop views. So, the single-post header is well-designed. How does the rest of the theme hold up? I am getting to that, but every now and again, something special about a design catches my eye. And, I cannot wait to…
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