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Jeremy Keith Resigns from AMP Advisory Committee • WPShout
[ad_1] As an AMP hater, I was gratified to see this headline from Sarah Gooding over on the Tavern. Here’s the core his very frank and pretty interesting resignation post: I can’t in good faith continue to advise on the AMP project for the OpenJS Foundation when it has become clear to me that AMP […]
Continue readingWirecutter’s Website Builder for 2021: Wix • WPShout
[ad_1] This is an interesting little tidbit for “the web industry” generally, and where it interfaces with real people with non-internet-focused lives and careers. The Wirecutter—the de facto site for time-starved yuppies to quickly find an acceptable-to-great version of a product category (aka, how I buy almost everything)—recommends Wix for those looking to make a […]
Continue readingWordPress Learning Curve in 2021 • WPShout
[ad_1] There’s been some worthwhile discussion of the WordPress learning curve lately. My “main link” here is the article from Courtney Robertson. Though I’d also point to the one of the topic from Justin Tadlock at WP Tavern. I thought Courtney’s summary rang true: While the block editor experience has improved the content creation and […]
Continue readingUnderstanding theme.json • WPShout
[ad_1] One of the more consequential features of WordPress 5.8 I didn’t pay much attention to before it was released was theme.json. Which is “just another file in your WordPress theme” but also a whole lot more. I’ll just quote Jeff Ong from over on WordPress.org: Conceptually, [theme.json is] a major shift in how themes […]
Continue readingJustin Tadlock’s Take on WP Theming Today • WPShout
[ad_1] Those of you who are newer to the WordPress space, just let me tell you that Justin Tadlock is a real WordPress OG (in my ~15 years experience #OfficiallyOld), so I take his opinions pretty seriously. So I thought his whole take on the “state of WordPress theming” is surely a good place to […]
Continue readingSome Emoji-Accessibility Guidance • WPShout
[ad_1] I’m not an accessibility expert, but I am a big emoji fan (as frequent readers may be aware 🤪). So I took a pretty keen interest in a story from Ryan Kan purporting to make me better at accessibility with specific regard to emojis. A lot of this advice just feels right—emoji-only button labels […]
Continue readingGuide to the new Query Loop Block • WPShout
[ad_1] I was talking with the current students in the Up and Running Bootcamp last week about the new Query Block in WordPress 5.8. I had to admit I’d not really played with it much myself. For that reason, I was quite excited that when I sat down to look for posts to share this […]
Continue readingUnderstanding Block Plugins • WPShout
[ad_1] I loved reading this write-up from Rich Tabor about the what and why of Block Plugins. For those new to this whole thing, I’ll pull his opening summary: What are Block Plugins? If you’ve built blocks before, you may be asking what’s the big deal about block plugins. For the most part, you can […]
Continue readingWhat’s New in WordPress 5.8 • WPShout
[ad_1] Another version of WordPress, 5.8 is about to drop. Like literally it is scheduled to come out tomorrow. You’ve probably seen at least a few headlines about it if you follow WordPress news. And it’s a big one! What particular caught my eyes was this big (and maybe overwhelming) summary of the whole thing […]
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