Category: WordPress
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My Experience with Creating an Onboarding Sequence for the Crosswinds Framework
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Continue Reading: My Experience with Creating an Onboarding Sequence for the Crosswinds FrameworkIn addition to creating a new settings screen, the latest release of the Crosswinds Framework also saw an onboarding sequence added for anyone who is using the Crosswinds Blocks plugin and one of the Crosswinds Framework themes. Here’s how I built the Crosswinds Framework Onboarding Wizard.
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How I Created the New Crosswinds Framework Settings Screen
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Continue Reading: How I Created the New Crosswinds Framework Settings ScreenThe start of May brought the version 1.2 release of the Crosswinds Blocks plugin and with it came a new settings screen. Here’s how I was able to build the new settings screen using React.
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How I Built It: Search Results Block
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Continue Reading: How I Built It: Search Results BlockWordPress does a lot of great things. But handling search results based on post types out of the box is definitely not one of them. So here’s how I built two blocks in the Crosswinds Blocks plugin to make it better.
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How I Built It: Search Filters Block
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Continue Reading: How I Built It: Search Filters BlockThe WordPress core search functionality is good, but it really could be better. So for the Crosswindds Framework 1.1 update, I added in a set of search filters blocks to make it better.
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How I Built It: Related Posts Block
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Continue Reading: How I Built It: Related Posts BlockRelated posts are a great way to make sure that people stay on your website longer. And they are something I wanted to include in the Crosswinds Blocks plugin. Here’s how I built that block.
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How I Create Block Themes
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Continue Reading: How I Create Block ThemesBlock themes are still a relatively new thing in WordPress. And theme developers are still finding the sweet spot in how they create block themes for this new site editor world. So if you’re learning how to build block themes for WordPress, here’s the process I’ve been using to create themes for the Crosswinds Framework.
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How I Built It: Post Title Paragraph Option
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Continue Reading: How I Built It: Post Title Paragraph OptionThe WordPress core blocks are great, but the post title block doesn’t have a paragraph option. Here’s how I was able to make it an option in the Crosswinds Blocks plugin.
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How I Built It: Grid Block
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Continue Reading: How I Built It: Grid BlockThere are a lot of great core blocks with the WordPress block and site editors. But a grid block is missing. So when I built the Crosswinds Blocks plugin, I wanted to add in a grid block. Here’s how I built it.
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How I Made the Columns Blocks Responsive for the Crosswinds Framework
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Continue Reading: How I Made the Columns Blocks Responsive for the Crosswinds FrameworkOne of the features of the Crosswinds Framework base theme is better responsiveness for the columns block in WordPress core. Here’s how I made the block look better at tablet screen sizes.
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What I Learned from Building the Crosswinds Framework
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Continue Reading: What I Learned from Building the Crosswinds FrameworkI spent over nine months last year building the Crosswinds Framework, a combination of a WordPress block theme, WordPress block plugin and a suite of child themes built for specific niches. Here’s what I learned while building the Framework.