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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.
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The Flip Book Block for WooCommerce and Gutenberg
Here’s a look at the new Flip Book Block for WooCommerce. The Flip Book Block is one of eleven premium WooCommerce blocks available with version 2.9 of the Storefront Blocks plugin. Storefront Blocks gives WooCommerce store owners the ability to customize their most important WooCommerce pages, using the WordPress Block Editor (Gutenberg). The Flip Book…
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WordPress Block Editor (Gutenberg) Question and Answer Webinar – Tuesday, June 16th, 4pm (British Summer Time)
Following on from my three webinars (click on the link to see a recording of each webinar) on the new WordPress Block Editor, I’m running a free 45 minute Question and Answer webinar on June 16th at 4pm (British summer time). See you next week 🙂 Jamie
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21 tips, tricks and CSS tweaks for WooCommerce Storefront
These WooCommerce Storefront theme tweaks have been curated from the most common questions we’ve found on the web. We really hope you find them useful. If you have any questions, please post them in the comments box below 🙂 Storefront Pro now makes customizing the WooCommerce Storefront Theme incredibly easy We’ve now released a plugin called…
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What’s new in Storefront Blocks version 2.7
The new version contains some cool new functionality. More mobile control over your blocks Now with Storefront Blocks for your Masonry Grid and Square Grid layouts you can choose how they behave on mobile devices. We’ve kept this nice and simple for this first release, but we’ll considering adding more mobile controls in the future.…
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WooCommerce Product Filters, WooCommerce Product Pagination, and three new WooCommerce Blocks all included in Storefront Blocks version 2.5
Last week we released a major update to our WooCommerce Storefront Blocks plugin. Storefront Blocks lets you customize the WooCommerce Shop page, Category page, home page, and showcase your products in your blog. Storefront Blocks uses the WordPress Block Editor (Gutenberg) and contains 10 premium WooCommerce Blocks, including grids, carousels, sliders, masonry blocks and more.…
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How to change WooCommerce Related Products
Introduction Would you like to have 100% control over your WooCommerce Related Products section on the WooCommerce Product Page? WooCommerce Related Products and upsells will normally show up automatically under your WooCommerce Single Product pages, based on your WooCommerce Product categories or tags (read more here). These are slightly different from cross-sells, which appear on…
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The WooCommerce Cover Block
Last week we released an update to our WooBuilder Blocks plugin that contains a brand new Block called the WooCommerce Cover Block. WooBuilder Blocks lets you customize the WooCommerce Product Page. The WooCommerce Cover Block works in a similar way to the existing Cover Block found in the WordPress block editor, however we automatically grab…
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How to reset Storefront Pro skins back to default
Our Storefront Pro plugin comes with a five free pre-built designs that you can import into your storefront theme site in a single click. We call them skins and you can see them below. Sometimes you may want to revert your storefront site to the default appearance. Note! We’ve made this a two step process…
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The complete guide to using WooBuilder Blocks Templates
WooBuilder Blocks is our WordPress plugin that lets you customize the WooCommerce Single Product Page using the WordPress Block Editor (Gutenberg). This article explains how you can create Templates and then apply your Templates to multiple WooCommerce Products. You can also use your Templates on a ‘per product’ basis. Let’s dive right in 🙂 How…
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The new version of our Woocommerce Product Table Block lets you select Product fields and change their order (including variable product data)
Last week we released a new version of our WooCommerce Product Table plugin. Now you can choose which Product Fields to include and change their order Full support for variable products Here’s a little look at how it works. Choose which WooCommerce Product Fields to show Select which WooCommerce products to show Or select WooCommerce…
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How the WordPress Block Builder (Gutenberg) can improve with your SEO
Last week I started experimenting with adding structured content to some of my posts and pages and the results have been really good. If you go to Google and search for ‘beginners seo course’ you’ll see that pootlepress now has some additional expandable content tabs under our normal search listing. Here’s a picture Over the…
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How To Enable WordPress Split Test For WooCommerce Products?
Wondering how to A/B split test your WooCommerce product page? You can do it in just 3 simple steps – fully explained in our WordPress tutorial…
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A beginners guide to building a WooCommerce Storefront Website from start to finish (2021)
Here’s something I’ve never done before…a beginners Guide to building a WooCommerce Storefront Website from start to finish.
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How to change the layout of your WooCommerce Storefront Theme home page
This WooThemes Storefront tutorial shows you how to get complete control over the home page of your website with no coding.
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Showcase your WooCommerce Product Images – WooBuilder Blocks gets a big update with WooCommerce Product Image Carousels and vertical product galleries
We’ve recently released an update to WooBuilder Blocks that includes a brand new block called the Product Images Carousel Block. WooBuilder Blocks makes it easy to customize the WooCommerce Product Page. The Product Images Carousel Block makes it easy to showcase your WooCommerce Products in a beautiful Carousel. It automatically grabs your main product image…