Good morning everyone!
We have a beautiful day here on the prairies, which is not exactly what we would wish for, but you don’t always get what you wish for. If we did, some people would leave well enough alone and stop “improving” things, right?
The Ragtag Daily Prompt this morning is the simple word CALL. I expect I’m going to be calling for help many times, as I try to get used to the new editor. WordPress has announced that they’re retiring the old editor on June 1st — though us die-hards can still access it and use it, apparently. But for how long?
The new editor, as I see all the complexities of it, reminds me of a Rubic’s cube — and I never was good at those. Last night, after seeing their post with the announcement I spent a good while doing a few extra posts, going back and forth to the WordPress website, trying to figure out how to operate this complex new system. I haven’t mastered inserting images yet.
Heretofore I’ve basically used two “blocks”: I write paragraphs and paste in images. I could block my whole text to Justify; now I must do it paragraph by paragraph as each paragraph seems to be considered a block. And the sidebar had all the info I needed. Last night I spent five minutes on each post trying to figure out how to access the Categories and Tags. I think I’ve got that now. So much to learn as the stream of technological advancements pulls sticks-in-the-mud like me along with it.
There are supposed to be different fonts; I haven’t discovered them yet. On the other hand, I really like the new range of colours available for the type! But you have to write the number down or you can’t get back to it, should you decide to add something.
Speaking of attractive colours, hummingbirds have been seen in our area, so I’d best get my feeders up. Have a great day everyone, and do stop over at the Ragtag Community blog to see what other folks are posting in response to this prompt.
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I just heard the news and I’m so disappointed. I don’t know my way around the block editor. It looks like we’ll have have to take a couple of tutorials to get the hang of it. I love the concept of reusable blocks though. It saves me from typing stuff. Poor classic editor. I’m going to miss it terribly.
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Sounds like it will stay awhile, which is a good thing. I’ve tried to access the blocks —the basics are basic –but I can’t make heads or tails of their Patterns.
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Me neither. I’ll have to teach myself, starting from scratch.
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I’d heard several complaints when the new editor came in; I stuck to the old. Yet I did use it to construct my new home page. I found it easy enough. It reminds me of the old Dreamweaver which I used to construct websites. But, ok, I still prefer the classic editor
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Thanks for your comment. There are so many “blocks” but unless a blogger is into adding lots of extras like multiple images, of feeds to other media, I can’t see any gain.
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I didn’t see the benefit of it. I think it might be done to bring wp blogs inline with websites… looks-wise
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Perhaps.
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