Over the past 7 years Gutenberg has gone through several name changes – The Gutenberg Editor, Block Editor, Gutenberg Block tool, and now the Block Builder with FSE-Full Site Editing features. In sum, Gutenberg with its JavaScript driven blocks is being advanced as the primary UI engine for the evolving WordPress Core System. *** Table […]
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The Mobile Presence Meetup was filled with as many questions as facts and answers. However, important facts evident in the presented Hootsuite slides – Mobile device usage, at 92% of all internet connections. simply demands attention. And the the second HootSuite slide puts “mobile devices” into perspective – it shows the multiple flavors for mobiles
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Mobile WordPress Development often gets the short emd of the analytics stick. Fortunately, Hootsuite publishes annual reports on the state of the Web World which clearly shows the pivotal role mobile devices play on the Web. Mobile in their many forms play everywhere in contemporary computing. For the past 5 years these reports have marked
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From the April 6th Meetup on Elementor Changes there were some interesting observations about Elementor and the WordPress PageBuilder/ThemeBuilder market. First, attendees were split equally between using Elementor, Beaver Builder and the Classic Editor as their goto post and page editor. Second, choices of Gutenberg Block Editor, SiteOrigin Pageuilder and Thrive architect indicated diverse commitments
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Wouldn’t you know it, you set a free Meetup for Tuesday March 15th all about WordPress CSS Tips and Tricks – and then two major WordPress software developers, Elementor and Brainstorm Force, annouce that theyare shifting to flexbox framework for all of their basic layout routines. So much a commitment that Elementor has decided to
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For the past 20 years WordPress has gained worldwide website markets share [currently 44.0% of the top 10 million websites] by delivering easy-to-use, “no coding required” frontend design and backend operational tools. The WordPress Classic Visual Editor is simple, easy to use as seen in 5-million active installations , being a Gutenberg core block, and
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The Gutenberg Team has a checkered history with MVP- Minimum Viable Products. Check on the Kinsta Blog which cites effect that the MVP strategy had on the Gutenberg Editor. The Gutenberg Editor deficits incurred are well delineated in the review – Gutenberg Editor: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. So what exactly is a
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This post is about the the free online Holiday Meetups featuring 6 Backend plugins – all of which have substantial free versions in addition to premium plugins with specialized add-on features. Users get choose the approach for WP Optimization to Backup Migration and Staging services. Also, welcome to being a part of the multi-billion $
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Within the last two years there has been a whole new batch of better WordPress Performance Optimization plugins. What sets these plugins apart from the many caching and image compression plugins is that many of the new Gun Performance plugins incorporate not just caching tools but also image compression, database optimization, app assets cleanup, and
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WordPress Optimization used to be an arcane art similar to scurrying around in an Alice in Wonderland rabbit hole of misdirections. But not any more. Now the range of tuning tools and optimizing methods outlined above can be quickly tracked and corrected. The net result is that sub 2 second response time for most WordPress
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Cybersecurity resources are constantly changing with the onslaught of cyberattacks . Here are some valuable and up to date reports. The IBM Cost of a Data Breach repot underlines the costs and recovery time for a Data Breach. Next is the Cisco CyberThreat Review of 2021. Look for basic cybersecurity threat trends and at the
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Web Trends 2021-2022 This review looks at how Computing has become world-wide personally pervasive – 66% of the world’s population have a personal computer. But not quite as expected – the PCs are predominately mobile phones and though slightly lagging [59.5% of mobile PCs are connected to the Web], these PCs are not isolated
WordPress users are finding it more important than ever to be able to quickly view their WordPress files, media and database directly within the WordPress admin area. Yes, file managers with your hosting serviceor FTP access or PhpMyAdmin provide access but often not on a convenient and/or timely basis. This WP Developer has found a
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With the arrival of Gutenberg and rapid change in drag and drop PageBuilder capabilities, the humble WordPress Visual Editor is getting lots of attention and frankly welcome innovations from plugin developers. This starts with the TinyMCE Advanced with its improved Table and top menu bar commands. But Editor innovation extends to Joom United’s WP Smart
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Our technical blog, TheOpenSourcery.com recently did a major review of Google’s New Sites and App Maker programs to support G Suite. Both Google programs are clearly committed to the Drag and Drop, “no programming required” coding model used by a wide range of Website Builders. These including the leading edge WordPress PageBuilders. So wouldn’t you
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WordPress 5 and the Gutenberg Editor have been tantalizing WordPress developers for the last half year. There have been at least a half dozen “tentative’ delivery dates from May through November. And the Gutenberg team certainly came down to the wire in delivering a “working” version of Gutenberg. Now of course “working” is relative but
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10 months ago there were very few signs of 3rd party add-on blocks for the Gutenberg editor. But now there is a feast of add-ons just in Time for WordCamp Toronto 2018 plus the imminent arrival of WordPress 5 Final Release. And two of the Gutenberg Add-on blocks, Caxton and kadence, have solved the Multi-columns
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WordCamp Toronto 2018 is coming to the North York Civic Centre [North York station right on the Yonge Subway line] on Saturday Dec 1st. And as always it is crammed with attractive sessions that makes for Sophie’s choice decisions on what to attend to immediately and what to wait for their appearance on WordPress.TV. Session
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As Gutenberg Editor along with WordPress 5.0 rapidly approach release [now scheduled for November 19th]a number of PageBuilder vendors are promising interfaces with Gutenberg. Site Origins in February was first to announce its compatibility plans. Themify Builder added in May the ability to have Themify blocks interspersed in a Gutenberg session much like it delivers
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WPTavern is the watering hole for the latest news on WordPress. As the Gutenberg Editor approaches Release Candidate in early November and the WordPress 5.0 Launch, there are some roaring debates going on at WPtavern. This is not quite Justice Kavanaugh stridency, but beyond the normal WP civility norms. As an example, the topic of WordPress Theme and Plugin
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