Today's edition of the Gutenberg Times updates brings you blog posts, updates, Tweets and Videos around the net. We started in Update 54 to color code the sections. What do you think? It still a bit rough around the edges. Hopefully, I get better at organizing all the tidbits. Enjoy and leave a comment! — Birgit
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Will Punxsutawney Phil see his shadow this year?https://t.co/MiuBQwjwJB #GroundhogDay #WordPress #Gutenberg pic.twitter.com/o3TJsPJ2Kf
— Torque (@TheTorqueMag) February 2, 2018
Using Gutenberg ~ Beginner's Tip of the Day #11 😎:
— 🚀🎙 Joe Casabona (@jcasabona) February 2, 2018
Dabble in CSS? You can also add CSS classes to any block for custom styling.#WordPress #Gutenberg #GutenbergUserTips
Hey #WordPress, we'd like to have full-page screenshots of your WordPress edit post screen, please make them and tweet them at us!
— Yoast (@yoast) January 31, 2018
Zac Gordon, educator of WordPress developers for many year as a guest on the WordPress Weekly podcast hosted by Jeff Chandler and John James Jacoby. Topics: The making of Gutenberg Dev Course when everything is still in flux and might even be renamed. The principles on how to create blocks apply, though.
If you want to contribute to Gutenberg Code and are a
Good first Gutenberg issues
Gutenberg is also a popular topic at WordCamps and WordPress Meetups around the world. Here is a great example of developer demos by Lara Schenck.
Lara Schenck started exploring Gutenberg Block Development.
Just created my first Gutenberg block. What a learning curve! #wordpress #Gutenberg pic.twitter.com/6VuKNrlFXi
— Eric Valois (@ericvalois) February 2, 2018
After my 2 #Gutenberg Blocks, I've decided that this will be the topic for my next #WordPress Webinar. It will be held on February, 19th. Be sure to sign up! https://t.co/sg8C2yFywI
— Igor Benić (@igorbenic) February 2, 2018
In his latest blog post, Rich Tabor takes are beyond the Gutenberg Block
It’s time to start thinking of Gutenberg outside the context of standard blog posts. Gutenberg is so much bigger than that.
— Rich Tabor (@richard_tabor) February 2, 2018
Read more thoughts on #Gutenberg: https://t.co/dhxTjIcNbd
A big block is Pootlepress's plugin "Caxton" brings us the GridBlock. Gutenberg Hub has taken a closer look …
"Caxton – Brings a cool post grid block with many options to customize the post grid look. Built by @pootlepress" https://t.co/KFv1MxYlXu #Gutenberg #WordPress #Gutenbergaddon #Gutenbergplugin #Postgridblock pic.twitter.com/tF9LP8ntHi
— Gutenberg Hub (@GutenbergHub) February 2, 2018
A Conversations with Ben Pines – Chief Marketing Officer of Elementor Page Builder – If you want to skip to the Gutenberg part, Ben talks about it 11 minutes into the interview.
"If users are given a little guidance and a sandbox where they can learn the new editor without breaking anything, they should be able to make the switch without too much drama." Brian DeConinck, NC State after user testing.
So I wanted to write a short blog post summarizing our #Gutenberg user testing… and it turned into a long one.
— Brian DeConinck (@BrianDeConinck) February 2, 2018
But I think we learned some interesting stuff! Might be of interest to other #WPCampus folks, and anyone who supports #WordPress for a large organization. https://t.co/3FMbJkp1Ug
Gaurav Kumar's introduction to Gutenberg for content creators and bloggers is comprehensive and extremely helpful.
WordPress Gutenberg is coming to rock the World!
— Gaurav Kumar (@makone007) January 31, 2018
Are you ready for it?https://t.co/uphIs45FhX
An Introduction To The New WordPress Gutenberg Editor Coming In WordPress 5.0https://t.co/ihfd7vgCQB#wordpress #wordpressgutenberg #wordpress5 #wordpressgutenbergeditor #easkme pic.twitter.com/Ql2ADaMjLA
A small agency preparing for Gutenberg
I’m a little scared and a little excited for Gutenberg. Here is my reasoning for both. #WordPresshttps://t.co/BV4FjxbIoN
— Jason Yingling (@jason_yingling) February 2, 2018
Getting ready for the Gutenberg transition https://t.co/byPhNwxY0M
— CSSIgniter (@CSSIgniter) February 1, 2018
This plugin is on our list for testing in the next couple of weeks.
AutoComplete to select a post from recent posts in #Gutenberg just by typing post: into the area. Needs improvement but it's possible 😉 An tutorial coming soon! Built with create-guten-block from @MrAhmadAwais and knowledge from @zgordon's course. pic.twitter.com/JULOx38iJ7
— Igor Benić (@igorbenic) February 1, 2018
Gutenberg blocks that I’ve released so far:
— Rich Tabor (@richard_tabor) February 1, 2018
1. Pricing Tables
2. Content Spacer
3. Social Sharing
4. Click to Tweet
5. Portfolio
Stay tuned to @gutenkit for more. 😎 pic.twitter.com/7gxg0H1c1s
Rendering Dynamic Gutenberg Blocks in Theme Template Parts
Will the WordPress Gutenberg Editor Make Content Creation Better?
Pretty cool: Gutenblock that fetch lyrics of songs.
Experiment with #Gutenberg @rtCamp.
— Sagar (@sagarkbhatt) February 1, 2018
Really liked how WordPress editing experience is going to change.#reactJs #WordPress https://t.co/3Ynr5N1MBN pic.twitter.com/P5JeQGx1qI
Pictures from around the world
A room full of Chattanoogans preparing for the WordPress Gutenberg editor. #WordPress #Gutenberg pic.twitter.com/4jJcSvn3M8
— Jonathan Mulkey (@jmulkey) February 1, 2018