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Genesis Pro by StudioPress a Review

Genesis Pro by StudioPress is a yearly subscription package that includes… The Genesis Framework. 35 StudioPress made themes. Genesis Pro plugin. Genesis Custom Blocks plugin. Your Genesis pro subscription includes StudioPress made themes. But it does NOT include the third-party themes listed on the StudioPress website. Genesis Pro also includes two new plugins, Genesis Page …

How to Write and Publish a WordPress Post Using the New Block Editor

After your site is built… The first thing you need to know is how to Write and Publish a WordPress Post. This page will help you get up to speed fast. These links scroll directly to the section you need. YOU can write and publish your own WordPress postsAsk your web designer to make your …

Mai Reach Theme

Mai Reach theme is a new theme from BizBudding, the people behind the Mai Theme engine. Mai Reach has many easy to use features that add pizazz to your website and your web pages. For instance there’s the new shapes block. This makes it really simple to add any one of five different shapes to …

Twenty Twenty Theme: a great choice for service professionals

Twenty Twenty theme is free and provided by the WordPress team. If you need a free theme for your service business website. It could be just what you’re looking for. There is a website all about Twenty Twenty at… Twenty Twenty Theme.com Can Twenty Twenty theme deliver what you, as a service business owner, want …

Changing WordPress Themes Using StudioPress Automatic Set Up: Some important points

Please Note! If you change WordPress themes using the auto install feature, WordPress and Genesis will add some new pages to your site. They will also add a new navbar, or add links to your old navbar. If you have an established site you might want to remove these. Watch the video for more details. …

Monochrome Pro Theme Additional CSS Classes | A Tutorial

Monochrome Pro theme by StudioPress has been updated and now has a blocks based homepage. (I have more Monochrome Pro tutorials.) The automatic install homepage of Monochrome Pro now uses the Atomic Blocks container block. The StudioPress demo site and the auto-install homepage look like they are built from page sections. The sections alternate between …

Container Block | Atomic Blocks Tutorial

What is the Container block? (PS. I have more Monochrome Pro tutorials.) The container is part of the Atomic Blocks plugin and it lets you divide up your page into sections. So for instance you could have a hero section with a h1 heading, paragraph of text and then a button. This is a very …

Monochrome Pro Theme by StudioPress With Automatic Setup

Monochrome Pro theme by StudioPress now has an automatic setup option. (I have more Monochrome Pro tutorials.) First watch the Monochrome Pro theme setup video. This gives you a good idea of how the automatic setup works. Monochrome Pro theme homepage settings Monochrome Pro theme now uses an automatic homepage setup system. You can choose …

CSS basics for Gutenberg and Atomic Blocks

Before you start this CSS basics for Gutenberg tutorial, visit my demo page that goes with this tutorial. Gutenberg and Atomic Blocks are styled differently on different themes. I used the Revolution Pro theme by StudioPress in my demo. The blocks will probably look different in your theme, especially if you have an older theme …

Revolution Pro theme by StudioPress

Revolution Pro is the first StudioPress theme to automatically set up the front page for you . You click a big blue button and WordPress sets up the front page just like the demo site. If you’ve watched the video you’ll already know how easy it is. I like Revolution Pro theme so much that …

Build a Simple Homepage with Atomic Blocks and Gutenberg

There are six videos on this page… Video 1: The Header Section Video 2: The Logos Video 3: Headline and Paragraph Video 4: The Case Studies section Video 5 : The Call to Action block Video 6: Width Settings To build this homepage we’ll be using both Gutenberg blocks which are built into WordPress 5 …

Gutenberg Post Editor | The Basics

With WordPress 5 you now have the choice to use the new Gutenberg post editor. In this video I explain briefly how to use this new post editor.

Your first 5 minutes with the new block editor

This is important! Please read carefully! / use the forward slash Access commonly used blocks by typing a forward slash as the first character in the block editor.

Moving to the new WordPress post editor

In the old post editor you could see the toolbar above the text you were editing. This was like a using word processor. In the new block editor the toolbar is hidden.

Blocks available in the WordPress block editor

In WordPress 4 the post editor looked like a word processor. You typed your text and then highlighted a section to apply formatting. For instance, you could make the text bold or display your text as list items etc. When you type into the new block editor you see plain text. You do not …

WordPress Block Editor Settings

First we’ll look at the settings for the Cover block. The settings are similar to many other blocks.

Common Blocks

The best way to understand how a block looks is to see for yourself. So I’ve included some screenshots of the most commonly used blocks on this page. However! when I wrote this post, I was using the classic editor on this site, so to see some live examples of the block editor in use, …

Business Pro Theme Setup Guide

To set up Business Pro theme like the demo just follow this guide… Important First, make a new page and call it Home. Do not add any content to this page! Then go to Dashboard > Appearance > Customise > Homepage Settings In the Your homepage displays: section, choose A static page. If you’ve made …

Mai Law Pro and Mai Lifestyle Pro themes

Mai Themes are much more customizable than most other Genesis Child themes. View my Mai Theme demo pages. You can build your own front page layout using page sections or stripes. You can build grids of posts and pages. You can build column based layouts. In order to show you just how powerful Mai Themes …

Essence Pro Setup Guide

Please Note!There is now a new version of Essence Pro theme that has an automatic homepage set up using the atomic Blocks plugin. For more information about Atomic Blocks visit Flagship Content. To setup Essence Pro theme you use the WordPress Customiser and WordPress Widget areas. This is what the end product looks like The …

The 5 Minute Guide: Creating Website Content For A Service Business

This 5 minute guide is a brief overview of my Client Winner content writing system. I’ve written more in-depth guides for each element you need on your site and your homepage. You can find those links in the sidebar. The headline and sub-headline of your homepage should state… This is what I do These are …

Writing Homepage Content For A Service Business Website

I’ve explained how to write the main homepage headline in a previous tutorial. In this tutorial I’ll explain about the other elements you need to put on your front page. Each element helps your website to win new clients. Your photo If you’re a freelancer or one person business you might want to put your …

Writing Content For A Small Business Website

Writing content for a small business website is not rocket science once you realize, you don’t need a website, you need a way to win clients. This Is An Overview Of The Client Winner System Client Winner offers affordable web design solutions for startups and small businesses. The problem is that the amount of information and advice …

Writing A Contact Us Page That Gets Clients To Take Action

You’ve put a lot of effort into getting your prospect to your contact us page. Don’t blow it now. Ask for just enough information to get the ball rolling It’s easy to build contact forms that ask for lots of details. But I’d ask for enough information to get the conversation started, and no more. …