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A quick guide for building a WordPress block pattern
As we progress on building a directory for WordPress block patterns, I thought it would be helpful to put together a guide for building patterns. Here’s a first sketch at this guide, which I think can probably live at wordpress.org/patterns/guide: What do you think — does this help, and does it cover the basics? What […]
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Tonight’s Dinner
Burgers with onion jam and cheddar, served with garlic butter green beans and spinach. And tater tots. Everything is better with tots. (Photo missing. We ate it too quickly.)
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The Possibilities of Full Site Editing
Here’s a handful of tweets I saw while eating lunch today. The future of WordPress is bright.
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Sasquatch
Background WatchA movie or series watched while engaged in some other activity. I will often stream something and then mostly ignore it while I work. I never expected this Hulu documentary about Bigfoot to end up being a fascinating look into the early years of marijuana in California. It probably could have been a lot […]
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Sidebars, Popovers, and Modals
Recently, I’ve noticed the need to move from sidebars, to popovers, to modals. For example, in the WordPress block editor you can add blocks from a small and quick popover called the Quick Library, or from the larger Sidebar Libary. And, there’s been a few designs floating around that use a modal to browse patterns. […]
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Canvas Width
I’m working on designs for the brand new Patterns section for WordPress.org. This new section of the site will allow anyone to create and submit patterns — a collection of WordPress blocks — that can be shared and used by any WordPress site. One aspect of build a great pattern is understanding how your design adapts […]
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Grid Block Concept
The WordPress editor is a great writing tool. I’d love to see it become a great layout and design tool, as well. A big part of layout and design is having a grid. The WordPress editor provides a Columns block, but its limited; You can only choose columns and there is no control for spacing. […]
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In-Between Inserter
It can be hard to know where you’re adding blocks in the WordPress editor. Hopefully we can make it a little easier by adding some guidance to the in-between add button.
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Video Games in 2020
This is a 22 page document I was presented with when launching a new game for the first time. I’m actually expected to read this… On a television. From my couch. 6 feet away. With terrible eyesight.