Tips for Promoting Your Content on Reddit

Reddit grew to be one of the biggest discussion platforms on the internet. Many things changed in the past years. The need for communication remained (and will remain) the same. There are close to one million posts on Reddit daily! The appreciation of decent textual content differentiates this platform from other social media. People don’t read and write that much nowadays, but somehow Reddit users love to communicate in the textual form even nowadays when low retention content is ruling social media. All this sums up the vast potential you c . . . [More]

Tips for Promoting Your Content on Reddit

Reddit grew to be one of the biggest discussion platforms on the internet. Many things changed in the past years. The need for communication remained (and will remain) the same. There are close to one million posts on Reddit daily! The appreciation of decent textual content differentiates this platform from other social media. People don’t read and write that much nowadays, but somehow Reddit users love to communicate in the textual form even nowadays when low retention content is ruling social media. All this sums up the vast potential you c . . . [More]

Conditionally Registering Patterns in Themes with Third-Party Blocks

What happens when a theme registers a pattern with a third-party block? If the user has the block plugin installed, it appears as it should. WordPress also does a good job at handling the flipside of this scenario: the user does not have the block installed. When users attempt to use such a pattern in the editor, they will see an error like the following for self-closing blocks: Your site doesn’t include support for the “pluginslug/test” block. You can leave this block intact or remove it entirely. If the block encompasses some . . . [More]

Conditionally Registering Patterns in Themes with Third-Party Blocks

What happens when a theme registers a pattern with a third-party block? If the user has the block plugin installed, it appears as it should. WordPress also does a good job at handling the flipside of this scenario: the user does not have the block installed. When users attempt to use such a pattern in the editor, they will see an error like the following for self-closing blocks: Your site doesn’t include support for the “pluginslug/test” block. You can leave this block intact or remove it entirely. If the block encompasses some . . . [More]

Ancient UFO Sightings - Chapter 3

Here are a bunch more short UFO sightings from 1783 AD until 1870 AD. Around the world, people were having close encounters that you would immediately know to be modern UFOs.---1)The date was August 30th, 1783. The place, Greenwich, United Kingdom.Farmers watched in amazement as a brightly lit, strange object hovered in the night sky. They were even more amazed when the object seemed to release many smaller luminous craft which floated around the larger craft. After a time, all seemed to disappear in an instant.---2)The date was October 12th, 1 . . . [More]

Ancient UFO Sightings - Chapter 3

Here are a bunch more short UFO sightings from 1783 AD until 1870 AD. Around the world, people were having close encounters that you would immediately know to be modern UFOs.---1)The date was August 30th, 1783. The place, Greenwich, United Kingdom.Farmers watched in amazement as a brightly lit, strange object hovered in the night sky. They were even more amazed when the object seemed to release many smaller luminous craft which floated around the larger craft. After a time, all seemed to disappear in an instant.---2)The date was October 12th, 1 . . . [More]

1965 - 1978: Project Serpo - Human and Alien Exchange Program - Part 4

1965 � 1978 Project Serpo - Human / Alien Exchange Program � Part 4The following story is either the greatest kept secret of all time or a complete fraud. You decide. In this chapter we find out about the trip on the Eben spaceship to the planet Serpo.This presentation is of the information posted on the website serpo.org, from a retired senior government official. The website was intended to facilitate the gradual release of confidential documents pertaining to a top-secret exchange program of twelve US military personnel to Serpo, a plane . . . [More]

1965 - 1978: Project Serpo - Human and Alien Exchange Program - Part 4

1965 � 1978 Project Serpo - Human / Alien Exchange Program � Part 4The following story is either the greatest kept secret of all time or a complete fraud. You decide. In this chapter we find out about the trip on the Eben spaceship to the planet Serpo.This presentation is of the information posted on the website serpo.org, from a retired senior government official. The website was intended to facilitate the gradual release of confidential documents pertaining to a top-secret exchange program of twelve US military personnel to Serpo, a plane . . . [More]

Live Q & A: Block-First Approach at Pew Research Center

On July 22, 2022, Michael Piccorossi, Head of Digital Strategy and Seth Rubenstein, Lead Developer at Pew Research Center talked to co-hosts Anne McCarthy, WordPress Product Liason and Birgit Pauli-Haack, WordPress Developer advocate and curater at Gutenberg Times, on they use a mixture of Core and Custom Blocks to streamline their publishing process, and to create powerful charts and quizzes for the Pew Research Center. Resources Seth Rubenstein’s Example Code Repo (GitHub) Issue: Allow usage of block based “template parts� . . . [More]

Live Q & A: Block-First Approach at Pew Research Center

On July 22, 2022, Michael Piccorossi, Head of Digital Strategy and Seth Rubenstein, Lead Developer at Pew Research Center talked to co-hosts Anne McCarthy, WordPress Product Liason and Birgit Pauli-Haack, WordPress Developer advocate and curater at Gutenberg Times, on they use a mixture of Core and Custom Blocks to streamline their publishing process, and to create powerful charts and quizzes for the Pew Research Center. Resources Seth Rubenstein’s Example Code Repo (GitHub) Issue: Allow usage of block based “template parts� . . . [More]

Gutenberg Changelog #70 – Gutenberg 13.7, Template Creation Enhancements and First Full-Site Editi

In this episode, Birgit Pauli-Haack and Mary Job discuss with their special guest Ryan Welcher the Gutenberg release 13.7, full-site editing themes in the Woo Commerce marketplace, examples code for Data Module, and more. Show Notes / Transcript Music: Homer GainesEditor: Sandy ReedLogo: Mark UraineProduction: Birgit Pauli-Haack Show Notes WordCamp Jinja, Uganda / Call for speakers Ryan Welcher on Twitch on YouTube Announcements Pattern Previews are now available in the theme directory Call for Comments on a . . . [More]

Gutenberg Changelog #70 – Gutenberg 13.7, Template Creation Enhancements and First Full-Site Editi

In this episode, Birgit Pauli-Haack and Mary Job discuss with their special guest Ryan Welcher the Gutenberg release 13.7, full-site editing themes in the Woo Commerce marketplace, examples code for Data Module, and more. Show Notes / Transcript Music: Homer GainesEditor: Sandy ReedLogo: Mark UraineProduction: Birgit Pauli-Haack Show Notes WordCamp Jinja, Uganda / Call for speakers Ryan Welcher on Twitch on YouTube Announcements Pattern Previews are now available in the theme directory Call for Comments on a . . . [More]

1951: The Lubbock Lights

The Lubbock Lights were an unusual formation of lights seen over the city of Lubbock, Texas in August and September 1951. The Lubbock Lights incident received national publicity in the United States as a prominent UFO sighting and was investigated by the U.S. Air Force. Who ultimately concluded that the lights were positively identified as a very commonplace and easily explainable natural phenomenon. Edward J. Ruppelt wrote that the first sighting was reported by three professors from Texas Technological CollegeAugust 25, 1951, was a quiet su . . . [More]

1951: The Lubbock Lights

The Lubbock Lights were an unusual formation of lights seen over the city of Lubbock, Texas in August and September 1951. The Lubbock Lights incident received national publicity in the United States as a prominent UFO sighting and was investigated by the U.S. Air Force. Who ultimately concluded that the lights were positively identified as a very commonplace and easily explainable natural phenomenon. Edward J. Ruppelt wrote that the first sighting was reported by three professors from Texas Technological CollegeAugust 25, 1951, was a quiet su . . . [More]

The Defense Intelligence Agency Reports on UFOs - Part 2

In 1985 the Defense Intelligence Agency released 139 pages of UFO related reports. Here is some information related to those released files. In this segment we will hear about events that took place in Antarctica, Brazil, New Zealand and Argentina.1965 Antarctica.A wave of sightings in South America in 1965 was reported to the DIA by US Air and Naval Attaches, and although many of the reports were taken from newspapers, some originated with official sources, such as the following accounts of sightings in Antarctica which were obtained from the . . . [More]

The Defense Intelligence Agency Reports on UFOs - Part 2

In 1985 the Defense Intelligence Agency released 139 pages of UFO related reports. Here is some information related to those released files. In this segment we will hear about events that took place in Antarctica, Brazil, New Zealand and Argentina.1965 Antarctica.A wave of sightings in South America in 1965 was reported to the DIA by US Air and Naval Attaches, and although many of the reports were taken from newspapers, some originated with official sources, such as the following accounts of sightings in Antarctica which were obtained from the . . . [More]

10 Best Managed WordPress Hosting Providers for High Traffic Sites in 2022

Re Posted From: 10 Best Managed WordPress Hosting Providers for High Traffic Sites in 2022BloggersPassion . . . [More]

10 Best Managed WordPress Hosting Providers for High Traffic Sites in 2022

Re Posted From: 10 Best Managed WordPress Hosting Providers for High Traffic Sites in 2022BloggersPassion . . . [More]

New kind of default theme, pattern preview in the theme directory and so much more – Weekend Edit

Howdy, This week, there was a lot going on. It started with a great conversation on the DoTheWoo podcast, and ended on a high note again, with the the Live Q & A on how Pew Research Center use blocks for everything on their sites. The recording is on the YouTube channel, post will transcript will follow. Those shows were the bookends to my work as release lead for the latest Gutenberg plugin 13.7 version. I learned lot and thanks to the help by seasoned contributors, I pushed the release over the finish line. I learned a ton about all t . . . [More]

New kind of default theme, pattern preview in the theme directory and so much more – Weekend Edit

Howdy, This week, there was a lot going on. It started with a great conversation on the DoTheWoo podcast, and ended on a high note again, with the the Live Q & A on how Pew Research Center use blocks for everything on their sites. The recording is on the YouTube channel, post will transcript will follow. Those shows were the bookends to my work as release lead for the latest Gutenberg plugin 13.7 version. I learned lot and thanks to the help by seasoned contributors, I pushed the release over the finish line. I learned a ton about all t . . . [More]