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Top 10 tips for Editing with the Gutenberg Block Editor
Here’s a few top tips that will help you Edit like a pro when using the Gutenberg Block Editor. Either watch the full video or skip to one of the sections below. 0:00 – Intro 00:13 – An easy way to move Blocks in long pages 00:53 – How to wrap text around an image…
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Gutenberg Pro Webinar recording
Here’s the video recording of the recent Gutenberg Pro Webinar
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Gutenberg Pro – sneak peek video
I’m a big fan of the WordPress Gutenberg Block Editor, but sometimes the core blocks don’t quite have enough functionality that I need. An example is the Cover Block. The Cover Block is great if you want to add a hero, banner or call to action section to your website. I use the Cover Block…
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Customize WooCommerce Storefront Theme – 101 simple tweaks that will boost your sales
Here’s 101 ways to customize the WooCommerce Storefront theme. Storefront is the official theme for WooCommerce, so it’s a great theme to use if you want to build an online shop with WordPress. It’s now been downloaded over 1.4 million times – so it’s very popular, and for good reason.
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FREE WEBINAR – How to add a SHOP to your WordPress Website
Next Tuesday 6th October at 4pm (British Summer Time) I’m running a free 45 minute webinar that will show you how to add a SHOP to your WordPress website. This will be great if you want to move your business online, or if you have an idea for a start up that you would like to test out. Here’s what I’ll…
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Video Tutorial – The easiest way to build a new WordPress site while the old site is live
There are quite a few ways to build build a new WordPress website while the old site is live, but this is the easiest non-technical way to do it. Original I wrote this post in 2014 and it’s still my preferred method today. Introduction Step 1: Install a new WordPress website Install a new WordPress…
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Why does the Gutenberg Block Editor get such bad reviews?
The Gutenberg Block Editor for WordPress continues to get some pretty damming feedback on wordpress.org. I thought it would be fun to go through the reviews of the Gutenberg block editor on WordPress.org in an attempt to understand why people don’t like it. Here’s what I discovered 🙂 Let me know what you think. Do…
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Sneak Peek of WooHoo Bar
Here’s a sneak peek of WooHoo Bar. WooHoo Bar is a notification bar and countdown timer plugin that will increase your sales, by creating urgency in your potential customers and encourage them to click the ‘buy now’ button 🙂 WooHoo Bar is built with the Gutenberg Block Editor so any other 3rd party blocks can…
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Free Webinar – SEO Kickstart – 22nd September (4pm British Summer Time)
On Tuesday 22nd September I’m running a free 45 minute webinar called ‘SEO Kickstart’. This webinar is aimed at SEO Beginners who want to improve the traffic to their website, but don’t know anything about Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) or where to start. By the end of the webinar my hope is that you’ll have…
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Win a Lifetime Licence of WooBuilder Blocks
This week we are running a competition with the team at WP Mayor where you can win a Lifetime Licence of WooBuilder Blocks. Click the big button below to enter. It’s incredibly easy to enter and only takes 10 seconds. WooBuilder Blocks WooBuilder Blocks uses the WordPress Block Editor (Gutenberg) so that WordPress store owners…
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What’s coming in WordPress 5.5 – Webinar recording and live demo
Here’s a recording of a webinar I ran where I cover the major changes coming with WordPress 5.5. Release timescales for WordPress 5.5 Gutenberg changes and live demo Automatic plugin updates Image handling improvements SEO improvements I hope you found it useful, if you have any questions, please leave them in the comments below. Thanks…
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Free Webinar – Learn about the big changes coming in WordPress 5.5
Big changes are coming soon to WordPress and the Gutenberg Block Editor – make sure you are ready! Here’s what I’ll be covering. Release timescale for WordPress 5.5 What’s new in WordPress 5.5 Changes to the WordPress Block Editor (Gutenberg) User interface changes Improvements in image handling Auto Plugin & Theme Updates SEO improvements How you…
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Storefront Blocks Version 3 brings, WooCommerce Mobile Columns settings, a brand new Product Card Block, and Drag and Drop WooCommerce Product Grid sorting
Today we released Storefront Blocks Version 3. Version 3 is a major update that contains the following improvements. WooCommerce Responsive Layouts A brand new Product Card Block Drag and drop WooCommerce Product Grid sorting Search to add WooCommerce Products Let’s take a look at these one by one. WooCommerce Responsive Layouts Storefront Blocks now lets…
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Gutenberg and WooCommerce (Webinar recording)
Here’s my Webinar on the WordPress Block Editor (Gutenberg) and WooCommerce. Here’s what I cover. How to customise the WooCommerce Shop page with Gutenberg How to customize the WooCommerce Single product page with Gutenberg How to customise WooCommerce Category pages How to showcase your WooCommerce products in your blog posts.
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Taking Gutenberg, the WordPress Block Editor to the next level (Webinar recording)
Here’s a recording of my second Webinar on Gutenberg. Here’s what I cover. Creating complex page layouts with Gutenberg Extending Gutenberg with ‘best of breed’ plugins 5 awesome page layouts and how they were built with Gutenberg 5 fantastic Gutenberg plugins A glimpse of the future – how Gutenberg will enable full site editing
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Introduction to Gutenberg, the WordPress Block Editor (Webinar Recording)
Here’s a video recording of my recent webinar series that I ran on the WordPress Block Editor (Gutenberg) This is what I cover. Why WordPress built Gutenberg Gutenberg demonstration Gutenberg best features What are Blocks Plugins and Gutenberg Why you should start using Gutenberg sooner rather than later An introduction to complex page design with Gutenberg
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Learn WordPress with The Guardian and Pootlepress
The Guardian and Pootlepress have joined forces to launch the ‘How to create a WordPress website in one day’ masterclass, live and online. The next course is on Tuesday 11th August and starts at 10am (British Summer Time). If you would like to read more about the course click here. Course dates Sold out –…
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Sneak Peek Video of our upcoming Product Card Block for WooCommerce Stores (and Gutenberg)
Here’s a sneak peek of our upcoming Product Card Block. The Product Card Block is part of our Storefront Blocks plugin. Storefront Blocks is a collection of 11 premium WooCommerce Blocks, that makes it easy to customize your WooCommerce Shop Pages, Category Pages or showcase your products in any page or post . The Product…
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New WooCommerce Product Title overlay setting for Storefront Blocks
Following feedback from customers we’ve added a new setting to make Product titles more visible. Here’s a video that shows you how to add the overlay.