Trying to Switch to Gutenberg

Npm ,sass, and gulp are not really part of WordPress. They are meant for the developer’s use and not the end product. Bootstrap is a library composed of different classes. It kind of blotted with classes and functions you are probably not going to use. Leaving it out would probably help the overall performance of your site. I think a better choice would to use CSS Grid for the site layout and import the other functions into Sass and compile only what you need. Sass is just a preprocessor for CSS. It converts sass files into CSS. Your site isn’t able to run sass files directly only the CSS file that it produces. ACF stands for advanced custom fields. It is possible to create the fields from scratch but very time-consuming. It is just far easier to use ACF. You can have AFC produce the code for the custom fields and remove AFC completely. Most of the items you listed are for developers, not end-users. Non are required they just make the job easier.

I think the real problem is too many hands in the pot. Everything is being developed by different people which means conflicts can developed.

MrTom,

Thank you very much for stopping by. That was was my gut feeling that all that name dropping was just a BS.

Could you tell me, a humble HVAC contractor, if Gutenberg is mature enough to build a site like mine? The main problem is a homepage, of cause. Even if I have to lose a couple of features, I am OK with that. My understanding is that these days Gutenberg can edit global features as well. So, it’s not only a box builder anymore?

Thanks

• This reply was modified 4 years, 1 month ago by gm10.

You can probably visit a site like Upwork and find some good developers. I don’t really know what important for your site’s development. So I can’t really recommend anyone. If you are trying to move toward a full drag and drop solution for your site. You are probably looking at using a page builder. Page builders are not really a part of WordPress. So if they screw up it might be hard to find a solution.

WordPress is moving toward FSE full site editing. FSE will allow items to be moved and placed anywhere on your site include the menu and sidebars. There is no date set for the role out of FSE. It will probably take some time before FSE going to be ready.

Many people believe FSE is going to push Elementor and other page builders off the market. But that remains to be seen. There no way really to get around using plugins. WordPress is open source which is both its strength and weakness. Being open-source there are thousands of people working on improving it. The bad point is that it only takes one bad plugin to introduce bugs into your site. I don’t know if any of this helps at all. But good luck

Thanks for FSE mention. Sounds really good. It’s worth waiting a few more month.

• This reply was modified 4 years, 1 month ago by gm10.

https://wptavern.com/wordpress-roadmap-update-full-site-editing-targeted-for-5-8-release-in-june-2021