Stephen Burge's Blog, page 24
December 13, 2018
Gutenberg #2. How to Use Columns
Gutenberg is more than just blocks. It lets you layout a page using columns, thus providing greater flexibility with the look of your page. You can create columns and rows with a variety of different content in both.
As can be expected with such a new release there are some limitations, but it still represents a great step forward. In this tutorial, you will look at using columns in the WordPress Gutenberg editor.
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As can be expected with such a new release there are some limitations, but it still represents a great step forward. In this tutorial, you will look at using columns in the WordPress Gutenberg editor.
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December 10, 2018
Get Started With the New Gutenberg Editor in WordPress
WordPress 5 is here with a brand new editor that changes the way posts and pages are created and edited. Here we provide an overview on how to use the new editor and what to do when upgrading existing sites.
The new Gutenberg editor uses a block-based system to provide flexibility with how content is displayed. This allows you to insert text, images, multimedia content, code, quote, buttons, and much more, with ease.
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The new Gutenberg editor uses a block-based system to provide flexibility with how content is displayed. This allows you to insert text, images, multimedia content, code, quote, buttons, and much more, with ease.
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How to Use the New Gutenberg Editor in WordPress
WordPress 5 is here with a brand new editor that changes the way posts and pages are created and edited. Here we provide an overview on how to use the new editor and what to do when upgrading existing sites.
The new Gutenberg editor uses a block-based system to provide flexibility with how content is displayed. This allows you to insert text, images, multimedia content, code, quote, buttons, and much more, with ease.
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The new Gutenberg editor uses a block-based system to provide flexibility with how content is displayed. This allows you to insert text, images, multimedia content, code, quote, buttons, and much more, with ease.
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December 6, 2018
Gutenberg is the Biggest Ever Open Source Software Launch
WordPress 5 is available today. The headline feature is the new Gutenberg editor.
This is perhaps the biggest single-day release in the history of open source software. That's no exaggeration. I'm unable to think of any other change that was so significant and was quickly pushed out to over 30% of the web.
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This is perhaps the biggest single-day release in the history of open source software. That's no exaggeration. I'm unable to think of any other change that was so significant and was quickly pushed out to over 30% of the web.
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November 19, 2018
Genesis Explained is Updated for WPEngine and Genesis 2.7
Genesis Explained is the latest OSTraining to be updated. This new release talk about the recently sale of Genesis to WPEngine.
This release also included updates for Genesis 2.7 and 2.7.1, both of which arrived last week and the book already reflects those week.
Nick Croft, the writer of Genesis Explained, has been following along with the development of Genesis. He even got some core contributions in this cycle.
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This release also included updates for Genesis 2.7 and 2.7.1, both of which arrived last week and the book already reflects those week.
Nick Croft, the writer of Genesis Explained, has been following along with the development of Genesis. He even got some core contributions in this cycle.
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November 16, 2018
Move A WordPress Site From Localhost To Production
So you have everything ready for launch and your site is sitting on your local computer. You're ready to move WordPress to the "real" server and start publishing.
Here's a step-by-step tutorial on how to export and import your data base, and get WordPress running on the new server.
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Here's a step-by-step tutorial on how to export and import your data base, and get WordPress running on the new server.
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November 15, 2018
WooCommerce Looks Really Different on WordPress.com
Until the middle of 2017, it wasn't possible to install any plugins on WordPress.com. If you used WordPress.com, you got a very stripped-down WordPress experience. However, that has started to change recently, and users on higher-level WordPress.com plans can now install their own plugins.
Last week, I was helping out a friend with a WordPress.com site and stumbled upon their WooCommerce store. I hadn't been into WordPress.com for some time, and was surprised by how different the experience was. I knew the "Posts" screen was different, but had no idea that WooCommerce also looks very different on WordPress.com.
I decided to take some screenshots. It was really interesting to see WooCommerce look like less like a WordPress plugin and more like a Shopify or
Here's a screenshot of the WooCommerce dashboard on WordPress.com:
Here is the main Products overview screen:
Here's a screenshot of the editing screen for a single product:
Here's the main "Orders"...
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Last week, I was helping out a friend with a WordPress.com site and stumbled upon their WooCommerce store. I hadn't been into WordPress.com for some time, and was surprised by how different the experience was. I knew the "Posts" screen was different, but had no idea that WooCommerce also looks very different on WordPress.com.
I decided to take some screenshots. It was really interesting to see WooCommerce look like less like a WordPress plugin and more like a Shopify or
Here's a screenshot of the WooCommerce dashboard on WordPress.com:
Here is the main Products overview screen:
Here's a screenshot of the editing screen for a single product:
Here's the main "Orders"...
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Allow Your Users to Choose Drupal Entities with the Entity Browser Module
In this blog post, I'm going to show you to enable Drupal users to select entities using the "Entity Browser" module.
This tutorial was requested by an OSTraining customer who is building a book review site. The customer wanted to use Entity Browser so that they can create this feature:
The site has two content types: Books and Book Reviews.
When users create a new Book Review, they can use a view to search for and select the book they're reviewing. For example, if they're reviewing "War and Peace", they can search for the exisiting "War and Peace" node.
When the book review is published, the selected node will be embedded inside the book review.
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This tutorial was requested by an OSTraining customer who is building a book review site. The customer wanted to use Entity Browser so that they can create this feature:
The site has two content types: Books and Book Reviews.
When users create a new Book Review, they can use a view to search for and select the book they're reviewing. For example, if they're reviewing "War and Peace", they can search for the exisiting "War and Peace" node.
When the book review is published, the selected node will be embedded inside the book review.
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How to Embed Drupal Entities with the Entity Browser Module
In this blog post, I'm going to show you how embed Drupal entities using the "Entity Browser" module.
This tutorial was requested by an OSTraining customer who is building a book review site. The customer wanted to use Entity Browser so that they can create this feature:
The site has two content types: Books and Book Reviews.
When users create a new Book Review, they can use a view to search for and select the book they're reviewing. For example, if they're reviewing "War and Peace", they can search for the exisiting "War and Peace" node.
When the book review is published, the selected node will be embedded inside the book review.
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This tutorial was requested by an OSTraining customer who is building a book review site. The customer wanted to use Entity Browser so that they can create this feature:
The site has two content types: Books and Book Reviews.
When users create a new Book Review, they can use a view to search for and select the book they're reviewing. For example, if they're reviewing "War and Peace", they can search for the exisiting "War and Peace" node.
When the book review is published, the selected node will be embedded inside the book review.
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November 12, 2018
How to Use the Advanced Gutenberg Blocks Plugin
The new Gutenberg editor is due to arrive with WordPress 5.0 on November 27.
We're already starting to see new types of Gutenberg-specific plugin. These aren't old plugins that have a layer of Gutenberg comptability. These are new plugins that a block-first. They're built for the new Gutenberg era.
One of the most popular of these new plugins is Advanced Gutenberg from JoomUnited. This plugin provides over 20 new blocks. It's helpful to think of them in two categories:
Better versions of the default Gutenberg blocks.
Entirely new blocks not covered by the Gutenberg defaults.
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We're already starting to see new types of Gutenberg-specific plugin. These aren't old plugins that have a layer of Gutenberg comptability. These are new plugins that a block-first. They're built for the new Gutenberg era.
One of the most popular of these new plugins is Advanced Gutenberg from JoomUnited. This plugin provides over 20 new blocks. It's helpful to think of them in two categories:
Better versions of the default Gutenberg blocks.
Entirely new blocks not covered by the Gutenberg defaults.
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