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  • Building Blocks: A friendly guide to patterns, templates, and template parts

    By Erica • March 24, 2025
    I recently had the opportunity to give a talk at my local WordPress Meetup about the site editor. It’s been ages since my last talk, so it was a fun challenge for me to get my public speaking juices flowing again and to share some of my favorite pieces of the WordPress site editor. Want […]
  • Why have a website?

    By Erica • January 29, 2025
    There are so many ways to present yourself online, connect, and share with your audience. With just a few clicks, you can have a ready-made network to tap into. Yet, over the years, we have all felt the pain of shifting popularity, changing algorithms, and other features that remain out of our control. While there […]
  • Making the most of the Kadence Row Layout Block

    By Erica • November 27, 2024
    The Kadence Row Layout Block unlocks convenient and responsive design for any site. It’s a user-friendly way to create sleek layouts without code.
  • Developing brand identity with mood boards

    By Erica • October 28, 2024
    One of my favorite exercises is creating a mood board. I take this approach when working on a brand identity or creating a cohesive, custom website. It is a fun, creative way to get to the visual heart of what a client wants to convey by using images and other examples to lay the foundations […]
  • Rediscovering the WordPress Block Editor

    By Erica • September 23, 2024
    I was just coming back from a year-long break from all things WordPress when I launched this site. Since 2010, I’ve been a WordPress power user, as a blogger and as a professional, and though I’d watched much of the Block Editor development first-hand, I wasn’t prepared for how much it evolved in such a […]