{"id":472,"date":"2023-04-10T16:03:25","date_gmt":"2023-04-10T21:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/using-wordpress\/?page_id=472"},"modified":"2023-06-07T08:40:25","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T13:40:25","slug":"welcome-to-blocks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/using-wordpress\/welcome-to-blocks\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to Blocks!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection><!-- begin-migrated-from-panel-builder -->\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__wysiwyg panel panel-wysiwyg site-section__bg--default\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper \">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"site-section__header\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"site-section__title h3\" id=\"the-move-to-blocks\" data-name=\"title\" data-livetext data-depth=\"0\" data-index=\"0\">The Move to Blocks<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t<\/header>\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-section__content \">\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__wrapper site-grid__wrapper-stagger\"\n\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t data-name=\"columns\"\n\t\t\t data-livetext>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Since St. Olaf&#8217;s move to WordPress in 2013, the WordPress platform has made some leaps in bold new directions, including the adoption of the <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/article\/wordpress-block-editor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Block Editor<\/a> (or Gutenberg).<\/p>\n<p>St. Olaf&#8217;s theme currently employs a precursor to blocks called Panels, but with Blocks being the new standard, we are following suit and implementing them across the St. Olaf site, replacing Panels entirely.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 1746px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/using-wordpress\/files\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-06-06-at-1.31.29-PM.jpg\" alt=\"A side-by-side comparison between panels and the new blocks.\" width=\"1746\" height=\"1199\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A side-by-side comparison between panels and the new blocks.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This change will be largely automated and, ideally, unnoticed by Administrators and users alike. But Administrators will need to know:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>how Blocks differ from Panels<\/li>\n<li>how Blocks are similar to Panels<\/li>\n<li>the basics of working in Blocks<\/li>\n<li>how to troubleshoot issues with Blocks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Introduction to Blocks<\/h5>\n<div class=\"wp-embed wp-embed--lazy\">\n<div class=\"wp-embed-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"wp-embed-lazy\" data-js=\"lazyload-embed\" data-embed-provider=\"st. olaf college\" > \t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stolaf.edu\/multimedia\/play\/?p=1247\" data-embed-href=\"https:\/\/www.stolaf.edu\/multimedia\/play\/embed\/p1247?autoplay=1\" class=\"wp-embed-lazy__trigger\" data-js=\"lazyload-trigger\" title=\"WordPress Block Editor\" data-embed-id=\"p1247\"> \t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-embed-lazy__image lazyload\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stolaf.edu\/multimedia\/components\/poster\/p1247\" alt=\"WordPress Block Editor\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-embed-lazy__caption\"> \t\t\t<i class=\"wp-embed-lazy__icon icon icon-play\"><\/i> \t\t\t<span class=\"wp-embed-lazy__trigger-label\">Play Video<\/span> \t\t\t<span class=\"wp-embed-lazy__title\">WordPress Block Editor<\/span> \t\t<\/figcaption><\/a> <\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid, .site-grid__wrapper -->\n\t<\/div> <!-- site-section__content -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n<!-- end-migrated-from-panel-builder --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":9083,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-472","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/using-wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/using-wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/using-wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/using-wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9083"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/using-wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=472"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/using-wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":673,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/using-wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/472\/revisions\/673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/using-wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}