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Live 80s Music at the Daybreak Volunteer Celebration
I had the pleasure to join the regular staff at Daybreak and serve all our amazing volunteers. On top of that I enjoyed taking in an 80s music concert as well. I was in elementary school in the 80s so some would think that I would identify more with 90s music. It’s a both/and relationship for me, but for whatever reason I gravitate to 80s music. The following song was played last night and came up on my Google Play Music station this morning. For sure a 80s favorite. Check out Don’t Stop Believin’ by Journey:
WordCamp US 2019 – Just Enough React for WordPress – Shannon Smith
New Block Editor Discover the Possibilities Block templates Blocks instead of custom fields, shortcodes, etc How Does the New Block Editor Work? Uses React, JavaScript/JSX Blocks are like plugins There is a Core Layer & Editorial Layer React abstraction is built-in Cool Stuff Blocks can be reusable Backend Workflow-only blocks Block level locking – you can remove blocks that are not needed. React Uses JSON literals It’s in the HTML but doesn’t negatively affect the HTML Templates You can create block templates Can be assigned to existing post types You can have nested templates Compatibility Shortcodes Will continue to work as before but contained within a block Custom Post Types Metaboxes Can be converted to blocks Can be used in the block editor Themes You…
2nd Group Run, And My Longest Distance to Date…5 Miles
Had another great run this morning with the Hope Water Project – Team Daybreak and loved hanging out with the team a little afterwards. They are a great support team and I love their challenge too! [endomondowp type=’workout’ workout_id=’864962615′ ] Daybreak Church
WordCamp GR 2017 – Computers <3 Structured Data – Steve Grunwell
Steve Grunwell – https://stevegrunwell.com/ https://github.com/stevegrunwell/structured-data/blob/master/README.md What is Structured Data? Standards to help computers to understand our content. Content is for humans. Structured data is for machines. Structured Data Structured data is all about providing context itemtype/itemprop/content HTML/XML HyperText and eXtensible Markup Language Meant to convey information in a meaningful way Generic layout RSS An extension of XML for content sydication Introduced structure: post titles, content, dates Standardized and can be validated Microformats & Dublin Core Competing standards for rich data Dublin Core is a specific set of standards, but designed to be limited in scope Uses meta tags Microformats – uses class names Resource Description Framework (RDF) A specification for modeling metadata New attributes Opengraph Facebook’s social graph Used to create rich media when sharing content…
Looking For Answers, Relying On Faith
We live in a world where people are always looking for answers. Sometimes the answers are beyond our understanding. That’s where faith takes over. “My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the Lord . “And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine. For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so my ways are higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.” – Isaiah 55:8-9 NLT
Lucky 7: Don’t Do Anything Until You Hear This – Joe A Simpson Jr
http://bit.ly/joesimpsonjr-wcgr Hosting I purchase too much hosting… Start with free and level up as you learn WordPress Compare what you need Considerations Site Traffic eCommerce Site Speed Environmentally conscious Staging Uptime Site Design Why doesn’t my site look like the demo? Setup the test data for the demo Make sure there is support I have a premium theme but I can’t move things around. Page Builder or Traditional Theme? Do you need flexibility or are you OK with the theme restrictions? Accessibility Accessibility makes me angry… Color Links without underline can affect people with color blindness Colors shouldn’t be the only way to convey a message Color contrast testing Start with an Accessible Theme Check with the Tab Key – Does it navigate the site…