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Forum: Reviews
In reply to: [Gutenberg] Remember: Gen X doesn’t like to click twice when once will do.I agree! This also applies to recent updates to the Site Editor.
A couple WordPress versions back, editing a page template or template part took only a couple clicks before you could begin editing the blocks. With recent updates, template parts have been moved under the “Patterns” tab in the editor — which makes zero sense, and requires extra digging and clicks. Additionally, extra clicks are now required to begin editing templates and parts. It’s taking double the amount of clicks to achieve a task that could have been achieved in half the clicks a few versions back. This is not the right direction!
As a WordPress designer and developer for over 15 years, and as a provider of customer support for the products I build, I can’t express how maddening it is to provide instructions to our customers for editing their template, only to have those instructions be entirely obsolete a few weeks later when another update to the editor is dropped. Pick a lane.
I keep thinking, “They got this! They’ll flush out these issues and improve the WordPress experience.” And I keep getting proved wrong.
Keep it simple. Less is more. Make it intuitive. These design mantras seem to have escaped much of the Gutenberg development process. We are 5+ years into Gutenberg, and it still seems like a beta version.
I understand that software must evolve. Sometimes you must break things to fix them. But it feels like a lot of breaking, and not a lot of fixing.
I am not against Gutenberg as a whole. I think it’s a necessary evolution. However, the user experience should be more flushed out and tested before updates are pushed. The changes to the experience are sometimes drastic, requiring users to re-learn the editor after each update. And often, there is no documentation outlining the new changes.
I’ve been a WordPress fan, supporter, contributor, volunteer, WordCamp organizer, WordPress meetup host, and long-time WordPress business owner. It has taken a lot to shake my faith in the platform, but even I’ve got 1 foot out the door.
Okay, I resolved this issue.
The Dokan store.php template is searching for a PHP-based header and footer in the block theme. Since I’m developing a block theme, the template was not finding the files. To resolve this, I added the header.php and footer.php files to my block theme. Then, I called the header and footer block template parts within the PHP.
Here is my header.php code:
<?php /** * The Header for our theme. * Displays all of the <head> section and wrapper blocks for PHP templates. * * @package Organic Rialto * @since Organic Rialto 1.0 */ ?><!DOCTYPE html> <html class="no-js" <?php language_attributes(); ?>> <?php $header = do_blocks( '<!-- wp:template-part {"slug":"header","theme":"organic-rialto","tagName":"header","align":"full","className":"site-header"} /-->' ); $wrapper = do_blocks( '<!-- wp:group {"tagName":"main","align":"full","className":"site-main","layout":{"inherit":true}} --><main class="wp-block-group alignfull site-main"><!-- wp:group {"align":"full","layout":{"inherit":true,"type":"constrained"}} --><div class="wp-block-group alignfull">' ); ?> <head> <meta charset="<?php bloginfo( 'charset' ); ?>"> <?php wp_head(); ?> </head> <body <?php body_class(); ?>> <?php if ( function_exists( 'wp_body_open' ) ) { wp_body_open(); } ?> <!-- BEGIN .wp-site-blocks --> <div class="wp-site-blocks"> <?php echo $header; ?> <?php echo $wrapper; ?>Here is my footer:
<?php /** * The Header for our theme. * Displays all of the <head> section and wrapper blocks for PHP templates. * * @package Organic Rialto * @since Organic Rialto 1.0 */ ?><!DOCTYPE html> <html class="no-js" <?php language_attributes(); ?>> <?php $header = do_blocks( '<!-- wp:template-part {"slug":"header","theme":"organic-rialto","tagName":"header","align":"full","className":"site-header"} /-->' ); $wrapper = do_blocks( '<!-- wp:group {"tagName":"main","align":"full","className":"site-main","layout":{"inherit":true}} --><main class="wp-block-group alignfull site-main"><!-- wp:group {"align":"full","layout":{"inherit":true,"type":"constrained"}} --><div class="wp-block-group alignfull">' ); ?> <head> <meta charset="<?php bloginfo( 'charset' ); ?>"> <?php wp_head(); ?> </head> <body <?php body_class(); ?>> <?php if ( function_exists( 'wp_body_open' ) ) { wp_body_open(); } ?> <!-- BEGIN .wp-site-blocks --> <div class="wp-site-blocks"> <?php echo $header; ?> <?php echo $wrapper; ?>It’s best to create a variable for the do_blocks function above the <head> tag as outlined in this issue, https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/40018#issuecomment-1109370224
I hope this helps anybody trying to integrate Dokan with block themes.
Forum: Reviews
In reply to: [Organic Builder Widgets - Simple WordPress Page Builder] Doesnt workHello,
Thanks for your feedback. However, it appears you may have been misinformed, or failed to read the plugin documentation, or watch the demo video.
It’s stated very clearly that the plugin is designed to work within the Customizer. So, if you hate the WordPress Customizer, it should be clear that this plugin is not for you based on its description.
Regarding the Featured Content Widget, we are unaware of the bug you mentioned, as it’s never been reported before. However, we will attempt to replicate the issue.
It should be noted that the Featured Content Widget is a “Groupable” widget as described in the documentation. So, when multiple Featured Content Widgets are added side by side, they group together into a single section. This is the intended functionality.
Regarding the code, it is thoroughly tested and updated regularly. The plugin is used by thousands of people to build WordPress websites, quite successfully. Additionally, it’s free, open source software. So, if you have a problem with the code, you’re welcome to spend your free time contributing to the plugin as we have.
Hello!
Unfortunately an admin role is required for using the customizer widgets. However, you could try a capabilities plugin to change the capabilities for the Editor role to allow for more control, https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/capability-manager-enhanced/
I hope this helps. Thanks!
Forum: Reviews
In reply to: [Organic Builder Widgets - Simple WordPress Page Builder] Page SectionsThanks Daniel! Glad you like the plugin ??
Forum: Reviews
In reply to: [Organic Builder Widgets - Simple WordPress Page Builder] Great optionsThanks @annettel!
Thanks @folliclethought!
Forum: Reviews
In reply to: [Organic Builder Widgets - Simple WordPress Page Builder] excellentThanks @hubsienda!
I’m marking this as resolved.
Thanks!
Glad we could help. Thanks!
Hello,
Have you published the page? You can update a page without publishing using the plugin.
Thanks!
Forum: Themes and Templates
In reply to: [Portfolio Lite] I can’t Install demo contentHello,
Demo content is not included with the lite version of the theme. However, we have provided setup instructions on our website here, https://organicthemes.com/the-free-wordpress-portfolio-lite-theme/
Thanks!
David
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Organic Builder Widgets - Simple WordPress Page Builder] comments on pagesI’m marking this issue as resolved since it’s not directly related to the plugin. Thanks!
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Organic Builder Widgets - Simple WordPress Page Builder] Needs columnsMarking this as resolved. Thanks!
Hi @batonissimus,
You could accomplish this using the “existing page” option for the Featured Content Widget.
First, you would need to create a new page with your desired content, add a featured image and publish the page. Next, navigate back to the Featured Content Widget settings, and select your newly created page for the existing page option. The content from that page will then display in the widget, and the featured image from that page will display in the white box directly above the content.
I hope this helps. We may add another image option directly in the widget with a future update.
Thanks!