Index of Posts-WPcomMaven

Below you’ll find links to all the articles published on my site:

Unified We Navigate?
WordPress.com is in the process of rolling out a single, unified navigation that replaces the two existing ones: Calypso, the exclusively WordPress.com dashboard at wordpress.com/home/yoursite.wordpress.com that was introduced in 2015, and WP Admin, the originalContinue reading “Unified We Navigate?”
P2 Anew!
If you’re a long-time member of WordPress.com, you might remember when the Prologue theme was introduced with great excitement back in 2008. In Matt Mullenweg’s blog post about it from that time, he described itContinue reading “P2 Anew!”
Interlude
The start of a new year always encourages me to step back and make an internal review and reassess the things that add value in my life and take a hard look at the thingsContinue reading “Interlude”
So long 2020!
I don’t like end of the year posts, but I’ll make an exception for 2020, which by anyone’s standards was an exceptional year. And I think I can safely say, not always in a goodContinue reading “So long 2020!”
Gratitude
Yesterday was Thanksgiving in the US, but it’s always a good time to not only remember those people and things we are grateful for, but to take it one step further to support causes closeContinue reading “Gratitude”
Go: The SEO Benefits of Creating a Website with WordPress.com
Almost every business has a digital presence now, and businesses that aren’t yet online should be. Whether you’re a small business, freelancer, or blogger, there are a lot of other sites to compete with andContinue reading “Go: The SEO Benefits of Creating a Website with WordPress.com”
Getting One’s Head Around The Full Block Editor
The biggest stumbling block (sorry!) to working with the Block Editor is thinking you need to do something extraordinary to write in it. Let’s get back to writing rather than worrying about the “blockade”. AsContinue reading “Getting One’s Head Around The Full Block Editor”
Behind the Wheel of the Block Editor’s Classic Block
Changing to a new and unfamiliar system can be really nerve-wracking! That’s the experience I have every time I get behind the wheel of a rental car that’s different than the car I usually drive.Continue reading “Behind the Wheel of the Block Editor’s Classic Block”
Writing in the WP Admin Classic Editor-A Quick Tour for the Perplexed WordPress.com User
IMPORTANT UPDATE: From mid-March 2021, WordPress.com started rolling out unified navigation to combine both the newer “Calypso” dashboard and WP Admin. As a result, in order to continue accessing (for now) the Classic Editor inContinue reading “Writing in the WP Admin Classic Editor-A Quick Tour for the Perplexed WordPress.com User”
Coursera-Build a Full Website using WordPress
A Review From now until the end of September, Coursera is offering a free, 2-hour “project” on building websites with WordPress. “WordPress,” as it turns out, is actually WordPress.com.* The course takes place in Coursera’sContinue reading “Coursera-Build a Full Website using WordPress”
The Classic Editing Experience is Moving, Not Leaving. But where? And for whom?
With the introduction of the Block editor, the WordPress.com Classic Editor was set for retirement at the beginning of June. We pushed that back a bit to make time for more changes that ease theContinue reading “The Classic Editing Experience is Moving, Not Leaving. But where? And for whom?”
Just Write
When you have an established website, changing themes can be an adventure because sometimes things go pear-shaped. When I switched last month from an older Premium theme to a free block-editor style theme, Hever, IContinue reading “Just Write”
Where you lead, I will follow…
If you followed my site before December 2019, since my last post I visited each and every one of your sites (where I could) and we are now a close-knit followership of around 180 WordPress.comContinue reading “Where you lead, I will follow…”
To the Future…
Hello dear subscribers, some of you have been subscribed to this site for quite some time (or maybe only since yesterday) and it’s been a pleasure to have you here. Starting July 15th this siteContinue reading “To the Future…”
The Block Editor-A Fireside Chat
It was enlightening to learn from posts in the community forum feedback thread on the Block Editor that many WordPress.com users didn’t know how we got here. If you count yourself in that group, grabContinue reading “The Block Editor-A Fireside Chat”

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