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/

Elementor Pro and me

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A designer’s perspective

Next up is a WordPress Talk about the
Elementor Pro page builder
featuring Angela Wassell on
Tuesday, 26th November 2019 from 18:00 until 20:30

Scottish Youth Theatre
The Old Sheriff Court, 105 Brunswick Street,
Glasgow, G1 1TF

Elementor Pro is one of the main players in the Page Builder market. If you came to our Beaver Builder presentation back in September, here is a chance to make a comparison. If you didn’t, then it’s an opportunity to see how Elementor is being used in the real world and ask Angela Wassell some questions about it.

Angela Wassell is a freelance graphic designer who has been using Elementor professionally for a while and will talk us through her experiences with it.

Register now on the WP Glasgow MeetUp page. Nothing formal but at least it gives us an idea of how many sandwiches to order!

We look forward to seeing you here.

Best wishes from Glasgowapuu

Glasgowapuu

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Using Page Builders

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Glasgow WordPress Meetup group focuses this month on Page Builders. These invaluable tools allow non-developers to create unique and attractive layouts for most WordPress websites. We are pleased to announce our September Glasgow WordPress Meetup which is on

Tuesday 24 September

Page Builders ⚊ a user’s perspective

Doors open at 6pm for a 6:30pm start
Venue: Scottish Youth Theatre ‘Silver Room’
105 Brunswick Street
Glasgow

Claudia Kirkwood of SuperSimpleWebsites has been using Page Builders for several years, particularly BeaverBuilder and will illustrate the pros and cons of using them. She will also compare their functionality with the WordPress Block Editor (Gutenberg) and how they will fare in the future.
If you are using (or thinking of using) Page Builders for your website, then this is the talk for you.
We look forward to seeing you there.

Register now for the September WordPress Meetup in Glasgow ⚊ this month we are all about Page Builders.

Glasgowapuu is looking at Page Builders this month at Glasgow WordPress Meetup

Best wishes from Glasgowapuu

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So far, Page Builders have stayed ahead of the game in responding to the changes that WordPress has made to its main editing tool. The introduction of Gutenberg has moved WordPress in the right direction but the jury is still out in deciding whether the Page Builders will need to treat the Block Editor (Gutenberg) as direct competition.

Any software that generates its own code risks being ‘top heavy’ which might have an impact on your SEO but that may be outweighed by the simple convenience of being able to tailor your own Page and Post layouts. In the end that is a comparison only you can make for your particular circumstances. At some point you have to make your own decisions… advice like this can only help you so much and then it is down to you, your research and your decision-making. Good luck!