Seth McLellan posted: " Let's dive into some recent block updates meant to improve your efficiency and spice up the look of your blog or website. Stylish Heading Font Weights Headings not only draw your audience in, they help get your message across. Now you can enhance t"
Let's dive into some recent block updates meant to improve your efficiency and spice up the look of your blog or website.
Stylish Heading Font Weights
Headings not only draw your audience in, they help get your message across. Now you can enhance the font weight of headings with the click of a dropdown menu. Between the options for font size and font weight, you'll be able to create the perfect look you've been aiming for.
To start experimenting, select the Heading block you want to edit, then head to the right-side block menu. Under Typography, change the Font weight. When you select a new option in the menu, you'll see your heading font change on the left.
Persistent List View Toggles
As we mentioned last month, the List View button acts as a table of contents and outlines all the blocks in use on your page or post. And most importantly, this outline is persistent — meaning it won't disappear as you edit your content so you can quickly find and edit any block on the list.
The List View just leveled up: you can now expand and collapse nested blocks in the list.
Deeply nested layouts will benefit from this feature. But even for straightforward layouts, certain elements such as content in columns can make the List View a little daunting. Less searching + more focus = improved editing.
WordPress 5.8
WordPress.com updated to WordPress 5.8 on July 20. This release starts the wave of functionality centered around Full Site Editing.
Full Site Editing aims to bring blocks to every aspect of the WordPress experience, including navigation menus, site logos, templated content, global styles affecting your site's overall look, and much more. Between adding functionality to your site or editing what's already there, Full Site Editing will allow you to do it with a visual editing experience — without the need to learn code.
Your feedback is crucial to expanding the block editor's capabilities, so keep it coming. Watch here for more updates, and in the meantime, have fun experimenting!
Selena Jackson posted: " You've got an idea; let's get it online. Join us online for the second Official WordPress.com Growth Summit being held on August 17 in the Americas + EMEA and August 18 in Asia Pacific. Calling all creators, small businesses, and publishers!&"
Join us online for the second Official WordPress.com Growth Summit being held on August 17 in the Americas + EMEA and August 18 in Asia Pacific.
Calling all creators, small businesses, and publishers! Are you a blogger looking for ways to drive traffic and get more visitors? Are you a small business that would like to start selling more products and services on your site? Are you an artist or creator who would like to learn how to share your work? The WordPress.com Growth Summit will cover these topics (and many more) and provide indispensable advice to help you succeed.
Gain direct access with our Happiness Engineers, where you will be able to ask your most pressing support questions, as well as on demand product demos.
Enjoy social networking with your fellow attendees, use this time to connect and grow your community connections.
To stay accessible to a global audience, we'll hold the event twice.
Americas + EMEA — August 17, 2021
Asia Pacific — August 18, 2021
Register today to take advantage of the special rate of $25 USD at checkout. Special pricing ends July 31!
Andy Peatling posted: " We've recently launched an upgraded photo carousel experience that takes photo viewing to the next level on mobile devices. Now your visitors can swipe, zoom, and double-tap with ease and get the best look at those beautiful snaps! Video Overview H"
Photos on your website can be a representation of who you are, what you do, or what you love. We want your photos to show to your visitors as best they possibly can, no matter what kind of device they are using.
Beautiful Photo Carousels, Now Better on Mobile
We've recently launched an upgraded photo carousel experience that takes photo viewing to the next level on mobile devices. Now your visitors can swipe, zoom, and double-tap with ease and get the best look at those beautiful snaps!
Video Overview
Here's a short video overview of using the photo carousel on a mobile device and the upgrades we've introduced:
Full-width photos expand to the display of your device
Swift, smooth pinch-to-zoom, and double-tap-to-zoom through your photos
New, higher resolution images that stay crisp and clear however far you zoom
A simpler, faster tap-to-close button to move back into the thumbnail gallery view
Faster, Clearer Navigation Between Photos
Responsive, fast swiping between your photos
Clear photo numbering navigation to show where you are in your gallery
With 5 or less photos, a dot navigation system you can tap to jump to any photo in the sequence
Easy Access Metadata and Comments for Every Photo
One-tap metadata for every photo
Per-photo comment notifications, with a single tap to view comments
Getting Started
If you've previously used our image carousel feature, your site has been upgraded automatically so your visitors will get the new experience starting right now.
If you haven't added a carousel to your site so far, now's a great time to give it a try. Simply insert a gallery block using our editor and your photos will show using the carousel whenever your visitors click or tap an image.
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