This release has a couple more bug fixes from our 1.1.0 release.
Legacy background images are no longer invisible in the editor.
We also reverted our parsed content caching due to some conflicts with caching plugins that was found. We’ll re-visit this in a later version.
Quick bug fix here. Somehow an undefined index notice slipped under our radar during testing. All fixed now. Sorry for the hassle!
Our first feature release!
This update has a few new features, and fixes a handful of bugs.
One thing we’ve noticed when building blocks is the number of times we need to click the responsive tabs for each block. If I’m doing something for mobile and switch to another block, I shouldn’t have to click on the mobile tab again.
Now, the responsive tab you click is remembered, so it will remain even when switching to another block.
Container background images can now be applied to the Container pseudo element instead of the element itself.
We’ve deprecated the background color overlay option, which used CSS gradients to apply the background color over the background image. The overall experience of this method wasn’t very user-friendly, and it didn’t allow for more advanced effects (color transitions etc..).
Now you can add the image as a pseudo element and adjust the opacity of the background image with a simple range slider right below the option. This is way more user-friendly than the old background color method. It also opens up doors when it comes to more advanced effects.
Previously, we relied on the theme to provide full width content if you wanted to build out full width containers. This is still the preferred method in GeneratePress.
However, other themes may prefer using the align-wide/full options that Gutenberg provides, so we’ve added support for those options to the Container block if your theme supports them.
Our color component now displays the color palette by default, instead of a custom color picker. You can still toggle the color picker, or you can tell GenerateBlocks to display the picker by default in Settings > GenerateBlocks.
This release has various other bug fixes and tweaks.
1.1.0
Our first update!
Just a small one which should fix translation issues in the block editor.
= 1.0.1 =
Welcome to GenerateBlocks 1.0!
GenerateBlocks is a small collection of WordPress blocks for the Gutenberg editor. There are more and more block plugins emerging, but this one is different.
Instead of building a plugin with 30+ blocks you have to sort your way through, we built one with only 4 blocks. The magic here is that these 4 blocks can be used to build nearly anything. When combined, you no longer need specific blocks for testimonials, price boxes or call to actions (to name a few). These blocks can do it all.
One of the things I love about this approach is that you can become super familiar with only a handful of blocks. You don’t need to memorize and rely on 10 different blocks to build a page – your pages can be built using unique combinations of these few blocks.
It also means none of our blocks will become outdated next year. The plugin will remain lightweight and clean, without a bunch of deprecated blocks well into the future.
Another aspect of the plugin we’ve focused heavily on is performance, which is no surprise if you’re coming from our GeneratePress theme. GenerateBlocks only adds one CSS file per page, which contains all of the CSS generated by your options. There is no javascript or inline CSS – it’s all in one, tidy place.
The HTML generated by the plugin is as minimal as possible, as well. You won’t find yourself digging through layers and layers of elements to find your content.
To download the current version of the plugin, head over to our Install page or search for GenerateBlocks in the plugins area of your Dashboard.
If you need help using the plugin, check out our documentation. If something is missing from the documentation, or you need more help, please don’t hesitate to contact us.