WordPress Glasgow Meetup

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Block Editor tips

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After the event…

Well the talk is over and several attendees asked about the links I showed in my presentation. The WP Block Editor is now an established part of the WordPress package. It is improving all the time and there is still plenty of online discussion as to the merits of the Block Editor in comparison to the Classic Editor and the Page Builder offerings such as Elementor, Divi and Beaver Builder.

Discussions about how — and why! — to use the Block Editor can be found here…

Make sure you check out the dates of some these discussion groups. Some have not aged well!

In addition, I identified some practice tools that allow you to get used to the Block Editor without anyone looking over your shoulder. MAMP, WAMP and XAMP are well known in this area but I find that Local is easier to implement and Frontenberg is a useful tool for trying things out too.

https://www.mamp.info/en/mac/
https://localwp.com/
https://frontenberg.tomjn.com/

Block Editor — hints & tips

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The next WP Glasgow MeetUp is scheduled for

6 April 2021
from 6:30pm

It’s an online meetup and the link to the Zoom call is available if you RSVP to the MeetUp at the link above.

This month’s MeetUp is a talk from Jeremy Davis on the WordPress Block Editor ⚊ known as ‘Gutenberg’ — with some hints and tips on how to use it.

Access to this talk is via the WP Glasgow MeetUp. Please register there so we know who to send the Zoom link to.

The WP Glasgow MeetUp

During the pandemic, the WP Glasgow MeetUp — like most MeetUp groups — has gone online. Over 100 individuals taking part during lockdown. A combination of talks and workshops helps spread the word on how WordPress can simplify the process of getting a website up and running.

We start gathering after 6:15pm and any talk we do will begin at 6:30. Talks are usually 30 to 40 minutes long and there is plenty of time to ask questions at the end.

WordPress powers over one-third of all the websites on the internet. It’s a free tool that allows you to create great looking websites without compromising your content. You can even change your site’s ‘look’ without having to re-do all your content again.

Supported by…

The WP Glasgow online MeetUps are hosted by 34SP who have provided us with the means to hold Zoom Meetups that last more than 40 minutes (!)

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We appreciate their support.

Block Editor/Gutenberg special

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Tuesday 28th May, 18:00 – 20:30 at the Old Sheriff Court (SYT) G1 1TF

“SHOW AND TELL” where anybody can share what cool stuff they’ve built with the new Block Editor!

So far this is what we have in the program:

* Neil Scott will show us a Gutenberg block he has built

* The meetup organising team will tell us what WordPress has in the pipeline for the Block Editor.

Get in touch if you have done something cool with the new editor, have had a go at writing a block from scratch or have found a smart feature you’d like to share!
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