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Extended Collection: adding a hero section with Kadence Elements
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Extended Collection: adding a hero section with Kadence Elements

The Extended Collection website is a simple WordPress site that is made almost entirely of posts. The home page is just a feed from the post archive, not something custom. I wanted to add an email sign-up hero to this, but since it’s not actually a WordPress Page I couldn’t just edit it and add…

Using Kadence Elements to move the placement of Tags on my blog posts

Using Kadence Elements to move the placement of Tags on my blog posts

Kadence Elements is a superpower for WordPress. Create dynamic templates that you can inject anywhere on a site using the Kadence Theme. This week I was working on this site (yeah, this one, radicalappdev.com) and wanted to show the post tags along with the metadata above my post content. By default, the Kadence Theme would…

WordPress Playground

WordPress Playground

WordPress Playground is an experimental version of WordPress that runs entirely in the browser. Use it to quickly test ideas, preview themes, plug-ins, design concepts, etc. Introduced by Matt Mullenweg during State of the Word 2022. Check out WordPress Playground. Just remember, this is experimental only.

Blogging in 3D?

Blogging in 3D?

I’m spending some time this weekend thinking about blogging in the context of WebXR and WebGL scenes. What would it look like for a blog post to contain a 3D scene? How about writing a series of posts with different versions of the same scene over time? How about working with assets that appear in…

WordPress Posting Stats

WordPress Posting Stats

Move over GitHub contributions graph, I have a new chart to obsess over. I use Jetpack with my WordPress site to add some features and gather some stats. Today I noticed this gem of a chart in the WordPress.com “Stats and Insights” section. I’m going to try to be more consistent about posting thoughts and…