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Here are some other useful formatting blocks, beyond the more typically used formatting blocks. quotepullquotepreformattedversetablecode These blocks can be found in the Formatting section of the editor, except for Quote, which is stored under Common Blocks. Quote Quote option 1 This is a quote – option 1 style. This becomes an HTML <blockquote>, with class wp-block-quote. Interestingly, hitting […]
Simple Example of Cover Image Block Very simply, the Cover Image block allows you to include an image with text sitting in front of it, like the image below (where the words “Simple Cover Image Block” are not part of the image but text typed directly into the block in the editor):- Simple Cover Image […]
The Gutenberg editor introduces some new and interesting alignment options:- full-widthwide-alignment These options require that your theme explicitly supports them. See Developer Aside for a deeper discussion on what is needed to support these alignment options. What Does Full-Width Mean with a Sidebar? Since the use of wide-aligned and full-width may not be entirely sensible […]
Let’s take a look at each of the standard blocks provided with Gutenberg. First, the more typical blocks which deal with text and formatting:- paragraphheadinglistsubheadingbutton See these other articles for further formatting blocks and image-handling blocks. All of these typical blocks can be found in the Common Blocks section of the editor, except for the […]
Am I alone in hating the X theme? There’s a lot of hype about it, it seems to be “the designer’s dream theme” of 2016. The sales pages are great and it looks like you can create wonders with it in just a couple of hours. And maybe you can…. if you have the energy to […]
Step 2 for refreshing the website is to plan the main site pages. Most small businesses can be described in about 4 key pages:- Home page One or more pages about Services or Products About us (the business, organisation or site) Contact details / form Additional useful pages to consider are:- FAQs Examples or samples of work, products […]
Step 1 for refreshing the website is to refresh the design. Here is the new look. I hope it works better in terms of providing better visual contrast, more lively look, easier to click on navigation. Next steps are: – Refresh the design – nothing too fancy, just clear and clean and lively Plan the […]
It’s time to give this website a refresh and that is what my focus is right now. There are times when you realise that your website is not doing all that it could be for you. I had some feedback with comments on the site:- links not working header image conveying the wrong message page […]
Template themes which use the more recent format for the loop are more flexible and allow for easier adaptation than older style templates.
It looks crisp and clean, it works well as a blog layout and appears to faultlessly embody WordPress. If all you want to do is use it, the Default (Kubrick) theme which comes with WordPress is ideal. But if you want to tailor it, beware…