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Open Air Painting with Hull Artists – the Beginning
After moving to our new home a few miles south of Boston, I started looking for an art community. A few months ago, I joined the Hull Artists. For many years, my parents owned a cottage in Hull where we would spend our summers, so I felt a familiarity and a connection. I also like…
Gallery Block Layouts
WordPress offers many options for creative folks to showcase their work. One engaging way is to display multiple images in a grid of rows and columns. For added pizzaz, I like to enable a lightbox feature so that the user can click on an image and view an enlarged version of it. In this tutorial,…
Layout and Design with the Grid Block
The WordPress Grid block is a variation of the Group block. Blocks are arranged inside a flexible grid container. In this tutorial, we’ll explore how to use the Grid block for advanced layout and design on your site. Layout Options The Grid block offers 2 layout options called GRID ITEM POSITIONs: Auto and Manual. These…
Layout and Design with Row and Stack Blocks
WordPress Row and Stack blocks are variations of the Group block. Blocks are still grouped in a container, but arranged in a horizontal row or stacked vertically. In this tutorial, we’ll explore how the Row and Stack blocks expand the layout and design possibilities for your site. Group Block We’ll begin with a Group block…
Birds & Words with Jean Mackay
As I was nearing the completion of my treatment for breast cancer, I decided to reward myself with an online art class Birds & Words taught by Jean Mackay. She’s one of the wonderful teachers I met through a nature journaling conference (also online) I’ve been attending in recent years. Our Birds & Words class…
Add Categories to a Block Theme Menu
Category pages are quite useful for users interested in a specific topic. In a previous article, I discussed the benefits of displaying category pages and how to add categories to a Classic Theme menu. A question from a reader prompted me to write this supplemental article explaining how to add categories to Block Theme menus.…
Favorite Books of 2024
Books were especially important to me this past year. They became a much-needed distraction from the health challenges I faced. Books brought me solace and quiet, took me to other worlds, and kept me calm. In October 2024, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. I received the news on the telephone in a Provincetown hotel…
My Core Set of WordPress Plugins – 2025
I initially wrote this post in 2018. The WordPress landscape is constantly changing, so I’ve compiled an updated list of my core set of “go to” plugins. I may have to write an update every few years 🙂 Backup/Restore/Migration Block Themes and Blocks Database Forms GDPR Compliance IMPORTANT! Complianz | GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent can help…
Convert Content from the Classic Editor to Blocks
Several years ago, WordPress replaced its long-standing default Classic editor with the Block editor. It became part of the core WordPress files. All existing content stayed as is; new content began using the Block editor. If you like the Classic editor, just leave the old content alone. There is really nothing you NEED to do.…
