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New Release for the Crosswinds Framework!

Crosswinds Framework New Release for the Crosswinds Framework! Hey Reader, Crosswind Blocks 1.2, Crosswinds Framework 1.1 and updated versions of all of the child themes are now available for download, purchasing and updating. This latest update brings a number of great changes to the Crosswinds Framework ecosystem, including a new settings screen, an onboarding wizard for those using the Crosswinds Blocks plugin and any Crosswinds Framework theme to help you get started on your website,...

11 days ago • 4 min read

Small Business Website Newsletter What You Need for a Great Ecommerce Website You’re probably wanting to create an ecommerce website for your business right now. And that’s great! All of the current ecommerce statistics show that this is the way to go. Online shopping will likely remain high even after the pandemic subsides. But like a lot of things, there is a right and a wrong way to create an online store. And if your business is all you have, then you need to make sure you do things the...

3 months ago • 8 min read

Crosswinds Framework Newsletter Best WordPress Plugins to Extend the Block Editor While WordPress core and the Crosswinds Framework do an amazing job helping you create your website right from your dashboard, they don’t do everything. And, to be honest, there are some pretty amazing plugins that do really cool things with the block and site editors. So if you’re looking to add more functionality for your blocks and the WordPress editors, here are five that I highly recommend that you use....

3 months ago • 4 min read

Small Business Website Newsletter To Ecommerce or not to Ecommerce The idea of selling online with your own store is so appetizing. After all, you’re now opening up your business for an entire country or the entire world, depending on what you want. But just like that dog in the window, there’s a lot more to running an online store than what meets the eye. And those deceptive challenges can be very difficult to deal with. And if you’re not prepared, it could severely damage or destroy you...

3 months ago • 5 min read

Crosswinds Framework Adding Patterns to Your Content As the WordPress block editor has progressed and gotten better, one of the cool new features that might have gone under your radar is block patterns. Block patterns are a great tool to quickly create wonderful pages that look the way you want them to. And once you harness their power, you can really do some amazing things on your website without touching any lines of code. But what exactly are block patterns? And, more importantly, how can...

3 months ago • 4 min read

Small Business Website Newsletter How to Take Care of Your WordPress Website Your WordPress website isn’t just something that you can set once when it’s launched and then forget about. Your work with your website isn’t over when you launch the site. Instead, it’s something that you have to take care of all the time. There are going to be updates to WordPress core, plugins and themes that you’re going to have to run on a weekly basis at a minimum. There are also content updates that need to be...

4 months ago • 6 min read

Crosswinds Framework Newsletter Crosswinds Blocks v1.1 is Now Available! Hey Reader, The release of Crosswinds Blocks v1.1 is here! This release adds more blocks and more functionality to your website, from making it easier for people to search for specific content types to being able to display search results by post types and much more. So let’s take a look at what you can expect with the latest release when you update. Search Filters and Search Post Type Results One of the cooler sets of...

4 months ago • 3 min read

Small Business Website Newsletter How to Use the WordPress Block Editor The block editor is roughly five years old at this point, which is a wild thing to type. I still remember when it was first rolled out in WordPress 5.0 and the uproar that followed. But now the block editor has come a long way since that point, and more and more people are starting to use it over various page builders and the classic editor. So you might be thinking it’s time to learn how to use the block editor beyond...

4 months ago • 10 min read

Small Business Website Newsletter SEO, Keyword Research and Thinking About Your Content in 2024 We are fast approaching the new year. And with that new year most likely comes a new content calendar for your blog posts and other various pieces of content you create for your content marketing strategy. Now, if you’re an expert in this and have your own setup that works for creating the perfect content for your target audience, you probably don’t need this email, and that’s perfectly fine. But...

6 months ago • 4 min read
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Small Business Website Newsletter Should You Use the WordPress Site Editor? The site editor in WordPress is just over a year-and-a-half old and earlier this year the team removed the beta label from the new feature. The site editor allows users to customize every part of their WordPress website, from the colors and fonts used on the website to the header, footer, page template, single post template — everything. But as tempting as it might be to use this cool new tool, there are still some...

7 months ago • 5 min read
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