How to add theme support for editor-color-palette to Sample 3.3.0

[bobeaston]

I am using the Genesis Framework, 3.3.1 and Genesis Sample 3.3.0 for the child.
"Out of the box" the theme makes 2 colors available to the Gutenberg editor, the primary theme color and the secondary.

I am attempting to add additional colors to the palette using the code suggested by Brian Gardner in this article: https://studiopress.blog/theme-color-palette/

After adding the code to the child theme's functions.php, nothing changes. There are still only the two colors. Is there something else in 3.3.0 blocking the change?

FWIW, I'm working on a local development environment (Laragon) and using the Brave browser ... and yes, have cleared the browser cache, restarted the server, etc. etc. etc.

Many thanks for any advice.

[bobeaston]

Thanks...
Yes, that is the code structure in Gardner's article (take a look).
Doesn't work!
Probably because of the code in appearance.php. I'll stuff my code in there unless someone has a better / real answer.

[sanderson]

Have you ever found an answer to your question? I'm struggling here just like you did.

[bobeaston]

Yes, I found the answer. I suspect Brian's article is old enough to not reflect changes made later. Current StudioPress themes include a config folder, which contains an appearance.php file. The editor color palette is defined in that file.

As with all theme modifications, make the following change to a CHILD of the parent StudioPress theme. In your child theme, find the config folder and the appearance.php file within. Look for the "return" statement and modify as such... (short snippet, ask if you need more)

'editor-color-palette' => [
		[
			'name' => __( 'navy', 'genesis-evaeaston' ),
			'slug' => 'navy',
			'color' => '#002060',
		],
		[
			'name' => __( 'medium blue', 'genesis-evaeaston' ),
			'slug' => 'link-blue',
			'color' => '#0073e5',
		],
		[
			'name' => __( 'bright blue', 'genesis-evaeaston' ),
			'slug' => 'bright-blue',
			'color' => '#0000ff',
		],

Happy coding!

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