David Cramer

Senior WordPress Engineer,
Pretend writer. Proudly South African.

[David Cramer @dcramer]

@aurooba @wpengine Interested.

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@jeffr0 Congrats!

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@jeffr0 Congrats! Wish I was as fortunate 😞

[David Cramer @dcramer]

I'm available for some freelance WordPress dev work. If you need anything, DM me.

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@webafrica how do we get support of we haven't agreed to WhatsApp's terms and conditions? 🤔

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@iamMisterCrisps @Dadsaysjokes Agreed. I want it to work, but it doesn't. I'm ashamed.

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@JosVelasco That's a good one. Would be nice to have this message simpler.

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I don't often post about work stuff, but this is an open question that would help me with understanding something...
What is your biggest issue/complaint about the WordPress block editor and the state of patterns and templates within the theme space?

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@askwpgirl Exactly. But, should they.

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@manonatelier This is one of my issues that I'm seeing. Giving contributors of a defined site, power to define the site structure.
I'm thinking the concept of post and page, needs to be better defined. A post should not have structural blocks etc.

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@askwpgirl Sure, but let me rephrase my question...
How often do you build onto a completed site?
Do you want to allow authors on a defined, launched site, to have access to structural editing tools at a per post level?

[David Cramer @dcramer]

@askwpgirl How often do you build a whole site? Should that level of control be available at content capture level?

[David Cramer @dcramer]

@scotmacdonald That's an interesting perspective—choice of use.
There's a clear thing I'm seeing; posts vs pages.
Do posts, articles, and generally templated content, need blocks and third party HTML structures bound to content at a meta level?

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@askwpgirl Just your thoughts, which you have effectively shared in other responses. Of which, I appreciate!
And agreed, they are a nice evolution, which is what my question is based on. And, something I'll share more of at a later stage.

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@askwpgirl As per my reply to the parent of this:
Could you elaborate a little?

... I mean I have my own thoughts, one being purpose, and as per your example of writing an article, how often is the need for adding HTML to a templated system?

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@askwpgirl I'm sitting at 23 years in dev 😂
How is it fine for article editing? I mean, an article should be just text, with the occasional media insert.

Could you elaborate a little perhaps?

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[David Cramer @dcramer]

@hellosammunoz I realise i didn't answer your question.
Fitting in my `tech stack` requires the clients needs; timeline, control, scalability.

Mostly, WordPress covers a basic, well structured system. With the added benefit of it being well known.
Plugin availability is not a selling point.

[David Cramer @dcramer]

@hellosammunoz My current career is based on WordPress. So I have an invested interest. However, that investment needs to come from an educated, and well argued reason.
WordPress isn't the magic solution, but it is one that can implemented well. But, like everything has a cost attached.