Newsletter category: Archive

Take Command of the Command Line As a developer and a builder, sooner or later you’re going to run into the need to use the command line. Some of the newest block themes coming out, like Blockbase that I mentioned last week, require knowing some SCSS and compiling that with NPM/Node which is all handled…

Dive Into Full Site Editing The past few weekends I’ve been spending my time trying to wrap my head around the best possible way for me to go from developing Classic Themes and moving closer to full Block Themes. This week’s issue provides links to some of the tools I’ve found that have helped me…

Make The Block Editor Work For You This past week I’ve been doing a lot of testing for a new large website redesign at my job in Government and thinking about ways to make the editing experience even easier for our stakeholders across multiple departments and skill levels. Three areas I’m seeing issues with time…

Take Your Patterns, Map Them Out, and Don’t Forget Your Wallet This week’s issue focuses on some of the tools I’ve been working with the past few days. Whether it’s trying to figure out the best layout with patterns, crunching to make a sitemap in 20 minutes, or sharing a premium license with a client,…

The Makers Will Save Us One of the things that has always excited me the most about WordPress is the spirit of independent makers – designers, developers, innovators, etc. I feel like we’re seeing a resurgence of that lately as Core evolves and brings new opportunities for innovation. This week I’m highlighting some of the…

Design, Build, and Test In the past few months I’ve been working on several side projects like WP Live Streams Directory and soon to be launched Awesome Cause. One of the things that makes me so excited about using WordPress is the ability to create an entire website or web app with a small team…

Alexa on WP, Ads off WP, & a DB in your WP The WordPress Administration side can be a fun but also frustrating experience. Last month I curated an issue of WP Owls and shared some links I felt are important to know if you’re going to wrangle your wp-admin side. Here are some items…