That WordPress 3.9 thingy in practice
Further to a previous blog, I am getting on quite well in practice with this edition and I was wondering how others are doing...?
Whilst TinyMCE advanced worked on another site, it has not done so on the one I am presently updating. I uninstalled, deleted files and and reinstalled, and I could not make it go live. I junked it, and am now using WP Edit, which is fine and funky. I only have a limited amount of time I am willing to invest in square pegs and round holes.
Dragging and dropping an image is a joy, and although it is early days, a left aligned image has played nice with an H1 tag paragraph "wrapping nicely" and that with a caption too- good stuff for sure.
The next image I went for was from the media library option and went in right aligned a treat and text again wrapped a treat- I am beginning to like this more and more
Just to prove that WP has a resident gremlin community, when I highlighted 3 paragraphs and bullet listed them, the bullet points took but the font defaulted to standard size and I had to redo this aspect...hardly a chore, but worth a chuckle...Similarly when bolding text this resized in the editor to the default, but shows at normal size when published. Go figure. I might be interested in knowing why, but I doubt it. Yawn..
Emboldened, I went for the hat trick, and centre (or if you prefer center) alignment, all good, but no wrapping of text as per usual, so I used the drag handles to make it bigger..sweet! The caption area moved nicely with it too..and appeared to change proportionately as well.
Next time I will do video and audio to see how well they go, but I am expecting pretty much the same story...
Comments, accusations, brickbats, flame-throwers all welcome or ignore if you are having a lie in. Best wishes, Andy
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and the colour thing is not an issue- I could not figure how it was not there, then I hit the toggle button and another row dropped down, and what did I find- the missing part of my brain, along with the font colour button...;How I lolled.
I think I'm going to try that WordPress edit too. I deleted Tinymce, I was going to try to reinstall it, but I think I will just try the WordPress edit. Thanks for the post.
Thank you for the post, Andy, I now know you are the go to guy for help if and when I get to WordPress3.9.
What a lovely baby.Hey Andy what is the best way for me to research words to put in the seo for my tennis website.
others will, I am sure weigh in here, Mark, I would suggest the low hanging fruit keywords tutorial to start with https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/training/building-your-own-traffic-producing-website/understanding-the-low-hanging-fruit
and then moving on from there. without being sure what your target is with the site- assuming you have niched it down, the "LHF" is the best place to start. Good to see you on here Mark, love and best wishes at Easter time, Andy
good evening Tria! it's 9.10pm here, almost bed time for me..
I'm at 30% recovery.. How are you Tria?
30% better? I sure hope at least that much! I'm going over to mom and dad's, but I am taking my computer with me, although it is getting late for you. Much love and hope you get much better soon!
Hi Andy very nice blog and thank for the info. For sure I will need your
help, because the technical stub, I don't know much. Happy
Thanks for the update Andy. I'll join the queue behind Kary if I have any problems ;-) We'll form an orderly line....;-)
I am looking forward to seeing this when I update. I know who I will be calling when I have troubles ;)) Unless you know how to hide well...
I too have found the advantages are working as promised so far, but I have not done much yet. So far, I find the improvements to my liking. Happy to hear you do too!
thanks, the only downside with WP Edit from what I can see is that colour is not a menu bar option and needs editing in text mode.
Other than that, all good. Especially impressed with the header tag text wrapping, that used to be a pain- happy holidays -LOL!
Good afternoon, Andy! I am about to crash, it is 6 am here. A few hours rest and I'll be back to play with all my friends here.
I have not played with colors yet. I am still working on getting my new theme up. I think I am excited, but right now a bit frustrated with corrupt files. A little sleep may help! Good to see ya!
@gusti I know it is still early for you, but would love a report on health status, when you get a chance!!
it's 8.20pm here, Tria! --- hey Andy-Andy!
Status : 50%, I'm getting better! Horayyy..
btw, I did upgrade mine yesterday and I couldn't tell the different that much since I haven't used them as much (huh?).. hi.hi.hi..
So good to hear! Hope tomorrow brings 100%.
You may notice some small things that go smoother. If you have not used the old version much, then you will probably notice very little, which is great for you!!
thanks a ton for your kind words, Tria.. (you two, Andy-Andy!)
I think it's my bed time again, already. I must rest as much as possible to regain my 100%, right guys? So, goodnight Tria, I'll see you tommorrow and we'll talk more about WP 3.9, my dear friend (and nite-nite, Andy-Andy!)
Yes Gusti, get plenty of rest and make sure you drink lot's of water! Do not want you to get dehydrated! Talk to you soon, and hope to hear about how much better you feel!
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Tinymce is an enigma to me. I'm still at a point I don't understand WordPress as much as I would like. All I know it's messing with my paragraphs and my overall layout control. I like to be the queen. Just ask my husband and the rest of my family. "Need to know" is my anthem.
WP Edit is what you need to know then!