WordPress 5.8 is out and I’ve been playing around with Full Site Editing a lot! In fact, this episode is pretty theme-heavy. News about block patterns, the direction of the theme directory, and more.
A few weeks ago In my newsletter, I talked about how I’m considering switching to SavvyCal over Calendly. There are a lot of great features to like about SavvyCal, including how calendar overlays work, one-off links, reusable hours, and recurring time blocks based on calendar events.
Plus with teams, you can do “round robin” scheduling, allowing you to easily combine multiple people’s availability – something that while SavvyCal requires a team account for, Calendly doesn’t offer at all. But I’m not quite ready to switch yet. Here’s why.
(more…)Welcome to another Clip from the Build Something Live Stream! I love public speaking, and in this one I’m planning out a talk and my slides using the infinite canvas app Concepts on my iPad.
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When building content, a crucial component of any page is an email optin form. One of my favorite features of page builders for WordPress, like Beaver Builder is the fantastic integration with most Email Service Providers, including ConvertKit. There aren’t many blocks out there for Gutenberg that work as well.
However, Kadence’s forms block DOES have a webhook integration – meaning we can use Zapier to route form entries to ConvertKit, suping up your email marketing efforts. And that’s exactly what we’ll do in this video.
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Let me tell you something: I’m not great at social media. I KNOW…totally shocking. But you know who is? My friend Jean. In fact, we had a SUPER long chat all about content strategy and social media. It was super helpful and we covered a lot of ground, from growing your audience to TikTok. Plus there’s a Build Something More pre- AND post-show. We talk about parenting in the pre-show and accents, culture, and repurposing in the post-show.
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Welcome to another Clip from the Build Something Live Stream! In this one, I’m testing out the new Query (Post Template Block) on my website.
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WordPress 5.8 Tatum is perhaps the biggest update to WordPress since the introduction of the block editor! It’s packed with lots of fantastic features, including blocks in widget areas, editor improvements, WebP support, and the first seeds of Full Site Editing. Let’s take a look at all the major changes to WordPress in this walk through video.
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* WordPress 5.8 Tatum: https://wordpress.org/news/2021/07/tatum/
* Kinsta’s What’s New Guide: https://kinsta.com/blog/wordpress-5-8/
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Chapters
00:00 – Intro
02:00 – IE 11 Dropped
02:42 – Bock Editor Improvements
05:00 – Embedding PDFs
05:46 – Duotone Filter
06:24 – Table Improvements
07:22 – WebP Support
09:08 – Blocks in Widgets
12:15 – Full Site Editing Features
12:56 – Page Template Editor
15:58 – theme.json file
16:54 – Wrapping Up
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With the impending release of WordPress 5.8 and the new Block Patterns directory, a common question has cropped up: what’s the difference between reusable blocks and block patterns? It’s a great question, and we’ll explore it by using a block pattern to create a reusable block!
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Michelle Frechette knows a thing or two about building a community. Not only does she do it for multiple WordPress businesses, but she’s cultivated quite the community on Twitter! As someone who’s trying to grow my own community, I had lots of questions for Michelle and she generously answered them all. Learn all about what it takes to grow a community today. Plus in Build Something More, how to help those underrepresented in your community.
Why course creators should make a podcast — and why free content won’t deter people from paying for your course.
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