Category: WordPress
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WooCommerce Storefront Theme Review: A Quick Guide
Are you looking for a versatile and customizable theme for your WooCommerce store? Look no further than the WooCommerce Storefront theme. Storefront is the official theme for WooCommerce and is built and maintained by the same team behind the popular e-commerce platform. This theme is designed to work seamlessly with WooCommerce and offers a range…
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How to Build Peter Mckinnen’s Photography Website using WordPress
Summary: Peter McKinnon is a popular YouTube photographer and this video is a tutorial on how to recreate his website in under 30 minutes. I start by building the structure of the website, then design the homepage, and then create the sub-page templates. I use a Gutenberg block called Parallax Effects for Gutenberg to get the…
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Does using Google fonts break GDPR rules?
I often get asked this question. Using Google Fonts on your website does not necessarily break the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). GDPR is a European Union (EU) law that regulates how personal data is collected and used. It applies to any company that processes the personal data of EU citizens, regardless of the company’s…
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What is the difference between a Classic WordPress Theme and a Block Theme?
Introduction A classic WordPress theme is a traditional theme that is built using PHP templates and the WordPress template hierarchy. It is designed to be used with the classic WordPress editor, which uses a single text box for creating content. A block theme, on the other hand, is a theme that is built using blocks…
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WordPress Gutenberg Block Editor Frequently asked questions
Introduction The Gutenberg editor is a new block-based editor introduced in WordPress 5.0. It offers a revolutionary way to create and manage content for your website, giving users the ability to add individual blocks of text, images, and other elements to build custom layouts. Unlike the classic editor, the Gutenberg editor provides a visual, drag-and-drop…
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WordPress Block Patterns – the Ultimate Guide
Introduction WordPress block patterns are predesigned blocks of content that can be easily added to a WordPress website. They are designed to make it easier for users to create visually appealing content without needing to have design skills. Block patterns are made up of blocks, which are the individual elements that make up a WordPress…
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What are the benefits of using the WordPress Gutenberg Block Editor?
The Gutenberg Block Editor is a WordPress plugin that allows you to create and edit content on a WordPress website using a block-based system. Some benefits of using the Gutenberg Block Editor include: Intuitive and easy to use: The Gutenberg Block Editor is designed to be user-friendly and intuitive, making it easy for beginners to…
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Top 10 Most Popular WordPress Gutenberg Block Themes
In this video, we’re going to take a look at the 10 most popular WordPress Gutenberg Block Themes. Gutenberg is a new block editor and Full Site Editing is currently in beta, and it’s changing the way WordPress sites look and work. If you’re looking for some inspiration for your next WordPress project, be sure…
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Introducing Storefront Blocks version 3.4, including the WooCommerce Mini Cart Gutenberg Block and the new Sliding Product Tiles Block
Today we released version 3.4 of the Storefront Blocks plugin for WooCommerce. Storefront Blocks lets Store Owners customize their WooCommerce Storefront using a collection of Gutenberg Blocks. You can see the Gutenberg Blocks included with Storefront Blocks in the picture over on the right 👉 Version 3.4 contains two new exciting Gutenberg Blocks. WooCommerce Mini…
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Master Sidebars With WordPress Gutenberg Block Themes
Introduction This article will look at how to add and customise WordPress sidebars, using the Twenty Twenty-Two Block Theme. In particular, we’ll look at how to: Add a sidebar. Style a sidebar. Create a sticky sidebar. Create dynamic sidebars to display different sidebars on different pages This link will take you to a free training…
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WooBuilder Gutenberg Blocks for WooCommerce plugin get a big update
We recently released two Big Updates to our WooBuilder Gutenberg Blocks plugin. WooBuilder Blocks lets you use Gutenberg for WooCommerce pages and now it supports full site editing, and dynamic content, so you can use WooBuilder Blocks on any pages.
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My heart operation and why I was wrong about the WordPress Gutenberg Block Editor
Ten days before last Christmas I was diagnosed with a Heart Condition called Atrial Fibrillation. Three days later I caught Covid. And three days after that, on a Sunday night, I was rushed into hospital at 2 am with really really bad stomach pains. The Doctors at the hospital wheeled me to a high-tech room…
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Gutenberg versus Elementor – the beginners challenge
What happens when you give Gutenberg and Elementor to complete Beginners? In this challenge, Meg and Lily (two of my daughters) are tasked with re-creating a webpage. They’ve never used Elementor or Gutenberg before, and I only gave them 30 minutes each. This is the page they were tasked with designing. Meg uses Elementor and…
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Mastering The New WordPress Menu System and Gutenberg Navigation Block
The way we create menus has completely changed with Full Site Editing (FSE) and this article will take you through step by step on how to manage WordPress menus when using a Block-Based Theme and the new Gutenberg Navigation Block. It is important to note that you’ll only have access to the new menu system…
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Will WordPress 5.9 break your website?
A client asked me yesterday whether their website will break when WordPress 5.9 is released on January 25th, 2022, and Gutenberg Full Site Editing is rolled out as part of WordPress core. In this video, I’ll explain how your WordPress website should carry on running fine when WordPress 5.9 is released, and also explain the…
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WordPress Gutenberg Yes or No? What the Pros say?
What do the WordPress Pros think about WordPress Gutenberg? I asked the best WordPress Pros what they think about Gutenberg and this is what they said. Paul Charlton Gutenberg Yes or No?Both. Gutenberg is the future of WordPress, so we’ll have to embrace it wether we like it or not. Gutenberg is getting slightly better. But no,…
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WooBuilder Blocks sneak peek – Gutenberg Full Site Editing Support and Dynamic WooCommerce content
Here’s a sneak peek of the next version of WooBuilder Blocks. WooBuilder Blocks lets you design the WooCommerce product page using the Gutenberg Block Editor. We are aiming to release the new version in early February. We’ve been working hard on two big new areas of functionality. Full Site Editing Support – Create WooCommerce Single…
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How To Create a Custom 404 Page in WordPress Gutenberg
Introduction Today we’ll be looking at how to create a custom 404 page using both Full Site Editing (FSE) and Gutenberg. This is an example of a 404 page that can be made. You have to be using the. You will need to have installed: A FSE theme, such as Tove. The Gutenberg plugin However,…
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What WordPress Stack do the Pro’s use?
Introduction I asked the best WordPress Pro’s to tell us what stack they use when building with WordPress and their answers are super useful and interesting. I asked them 5 questions. What are their favourite plugins What are their favourite themes What is their favourite hosting What is their favourite non-Wordpress App Gutenberg Yes or…
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Custom Single Post Layouts with WordPress Gutenberg
Introduction In this article, we’ll be looking at how to build a custom layout for your single posts using the WordPress Gutenberg Block Editor and Full Site Editing. We’ll also cover how to export layouts, restore layouts back to the default theme, and look at the importance of dynamic blocks. We don’t need any extra…