[I should say at the start, you’ll need to view the post on my site to appreciate this.]
Well, first of all, did you see the quiz I post yesterday? It went something like this:
| 1. | blah blah blah |
In fact, to get there, I had to select a Table block and edit it manually. If I’d have just created a table from the editor, and used it as is, I’d have got:
| 1. | blah blah blah |
See how it mangles the widths?
So I sent a message to WordPress and asked if there was any way to do this visually, without faffing around with the underlying code. Turns out, there is a block called the Columns block instead. This allows me to create my columns, entirely within the visual editor. Set the widths, and all.
I thought I’d mention it for two reasons. First, this appears to be quite a powerful block. After you’ve said how many columns you want, you can not only set their widths, but you can also fill then with whatever other blocks you like. I mean, I was only interested in writing a bit of text, but you could put images, or lists, or (I guess) loads of other things, if the fancy takes you.
Second, this is the one time I have to go beyond the block editor and fiddle with the underlying code.
I’ve seen/used these blocks where you can display media and text side-by-side, but it’s clear to me now that that is just a special case of a Columns block. So, this is what my quiz would’ve looked like if I’d have used the Columns block.
1.
blah, blah, blah
or
The quick brown fox
- blah
- blah
- blah
days
hours minutes seconds
until
Christmas
and all done visually!
Mister Bump 
I did not see the quiz yesterday. I am also missing how to view your website. I am only seeing it on wordpress Thanks for the column information.
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https://mrbump.uk/2020/06/22/quiz-time-2-2/ They’re probably too easy!
Blog in general is just https://mrbump.uk/
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I have no idea what your talking about, but that’s because I still stubbornly refuse to use the block editor.
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It’s quite powerful, you know, the block editor. I keep finding bits and bobs. I mean, a lot of them I’ll never use, but this one I probably will use from time to time.
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Thank you for the head’s up. Haven’t yet but will check it out
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No I onlydiscovered it when WP told me abput it, but I can see i might be useful one day. I’m thinking of writing a post in 3-4 newspaper columns just for a change one day.
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I tried using the block editor, but i’m not feeling free with it. So, i use the « normal » one.
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Hi there, a lot of people who follow me have said similar but I’d urge you to keep trying. You can just create posts and never actually publish them, so you can play about.
For me, I never actually used the Classic editor, and have only ever known Blocks. But they have added more and more blocks in the last few months, so the editor is very powerful. I follow a wordpress.org feed (the people who actually write WordPress) and blocks are definitely how they see the future. They have committed to supporting the Classic Editor for the foreseeable future, but I doubt it’ll get enhancements the way the Block Editor will.
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Ah, vous êtes français! Merci d’avoir lu mon blog. J’adore la France – le pays et la langue.
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You seems to be very fluent in french langage !
I love your country too, you know, and I am not the only one.
Come back when you want, the door is open and we have enough room for you…
Happy to meet you.
Regards,
Régis
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Hi Régis, je n’y suis pas allé depuis 5 ans, avant … Ma femme et moi, nous habitions près de Portsmouth, nous avons pris le ferry, donc nous connaissons bien la Normandie et la Bretagne. Ravi de te «rencontrer». Pete 🤝🏼
‘ai
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Je suis à la « frontière » de la Normandie et de l’île de France, près de Giverny.
Au plaisir de te lire Pete.
Bonne fin de journée.
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Je connais Giverny aussi, J’y ai visité deux fois – le jardin. C’est en route de Paris au Havre/Caen.
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Ma maison figure sur un tableau de Monet : https://mauxetcris.com/2020/03/08/double-mise-en-abyme-avec-sa-cle-2/
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This has to be some IT stuff because I didn’t get none of it. 🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️
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Nope, just when we select a particular type of block as you write a post. It is one of the choices that we have. Have a look at my Quiz Time post from yesterday to see what I mean. The way the numbers are separated from the Qs & As.
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I guess I still don’t get it. I’ve never blogged from my laptop. Just iPhone and iPad.
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I prefer my laptop because I have more real estate, but WP seem to have put a lot of effort into phones and tablets so I’d be surprised if you couldn’t do it on your i-gadgets. Happy Sunday! Hope you got a day of rest planned.
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Yes. I have to go to work tonight. I’m working a redeye DFW PHX and back. I’m actually afraid because I’ve not done a redeye in years.
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…says the woman who wakes up at silly o’clock every morning 🤣
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Yes but not to work a flight. You can’t go to sleep while working. 🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️
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you can’t????? 🤣🤣🤣
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😪😪😪
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