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The “new” Details Block

Back in the day (a few years ago), I built a website that needed a show/reveal section for information. Below photos of individual instructors there was a Bio link that, when clicked, revealed text showing the biography of that particular instructor. It wasn’t hard to do, but it involved writing some JavaScript and enqueuing the …

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My WordPress Origin Story

I was a journalist when I started my first WordPress blog. I didn’t want to start a blog but it was a condition for freelance contributors at OpenFile Montreal. I knew about WordPress because I’d attended Montreal Girl Geek events where WordPress was mentioned. I attended my first WordCamp Montreal (WordPress conference) in 2011. That …

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Block Patterns in GenerateBlocks Free

Updated November 8, 2023 The Pro version of GenerateBlocks includes block patterns but what if you don’t have GenerateBlocks Pro? Here are two ways to create a block pattern with GenerateBlocks. First, what is a block pattern? A definition from WordPress,com Block Patterns are a collection of predefined blocks that you can insert into pages …

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