[Resolved] Rebuilding site with generatepress

Hi Adarsha,

I’ll try answering one by one as well. 🙂

1. The font size of this WP core block can be modified through its Block settings: https://share.getcloudapp.com/E0ug9R6d

With regards to the color, try adding this CSS in Appearance > Customize > Additional CSS:

blockquote.wp-block-quote {
    border-left: solid 5px rgb(255, 0, 0);
}

This would change the left border color and size for all block quotes. Kindly replace 5px and rgb(255, 0, 0) to your preferred values: https://www.w3schools.com/colors/colors_picker.asp

2. Try adding this CSS:

header#masthead {
    z-index: 10000;
}

You can also insert just z-index: 10000; inside the header#masthead rule you already have.

3. The code above would also resolve this.
4. You can do this via custom CSS. For instance, if you wish to for all images on posts to have this border-radius and box-shadow, try this:

.single figure.wp-block-image img {
    border: solid 3px rgb(120, 120, 120);
    border-radius: 100px;
}

Kindly modify the values here as well to your preference.

Reference: https://css-tricks.com/almanac/properties/b/box-shadow/

5. This is default WordPress behavior. Try this CSS to remove it:

a {
    text-decoration:none;
}

6. Can you try hooking the Element to after_content?
7. If you want to place an Element somewhere specific not in the list, you may create your own shortcode which create a new custom hook:

Portable hook code:

function your_shortcode($atts, $content = null) {
      ob_start();
      do_action('hook_name');
      return ob_get_clean();
}
add_shortcode('portable_hook', 'your_shortcode');

Adding PHP: https://docs.generatepress.com/article/adding-php/#code-snippets

Adding it through Code Snippets should work.

After adding this PHP, you may add the shortcode as such: https://share.getcloudapp.com/ApuJGooG

Then you can now hook to hook_name through custom hook.

Example: https://share.getcloudapp.com/eDu5xKLX

8. I’m not sure I understand this correctly. Are you referring to Post Archive pages? By default categories have their own archive page /category/“archive name”. If you’re referring to this, you may also use Elements to modify this.

If however you’re referring to a page which would query posts of specific categories, you would need to utilize the WP Query Loop Block or use a third party plugin like WP Show Posts which is soon to be merged with GenerateBlocks.

Hope this clarifies. 🙂

Hi there,

6. You will need 2 Container Blocks. Use the first one to set your inner container width. No padding or other spacing.
Then move the existing Container block with the author box inside that one.

7. There are NO action hooks inside the content of your posts. The content is your data in the database. To ‘hook’ stuff into the content requires a filter hook – ie. this one: the_content() :

https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/the_content/

Whereas action hooks are like ‘hang something in this exact place’ – filter hooks are more complicated.

The easiest method would be to use the Ad Inserter plugin it provides a ‘filter builder’ for that kind of thing. See here where a user had a similar request:

https://generatepress.com/forums/topic/ad-placement-2/#post-2169661

Alternative to that is to create a filter function. See this topic:

https://generatepress.com/forums/topic/how-to-add-a-block-hook-before-the-first-h2-heading/#post-1992459

8. WordPress and GP automatically creates archive pages for your categories. If you click on any linked category term it will take you to one. Designing those pages requires two optional things:

a1. The Blog Module for defining columns:
https://docs.generatepress.com/article/blog-content-layout/

a2. And you can use a Block Element – Content Template to design the individual post card:
https://docs.generatepress.com/article/block-element-content-template/

8. There are ways to do that – its a pain in the backside, and can lead to duplicate content eg. ( if you check your sites category slug: https://your_wbsite_url/category/productivity/ you will see you have auto archives ).

The method i proposed is automatic. If you ever create a new category term and add posts to it – the archive is automatically there. The page title and the archive description can also be displayed dynamically.
Divi sure does make these things more complicated then they need be 😉

So why the need for Pages ?

I checked your site, are you talking about this part? Are those posts the 12 latest posts?
[removed]

If so, It can be achieved by using a query loop block.

Is there a way to make this happen with generateblocks pro atleast?

No, not yet. We are still developing the query loop block for GB.

To make archive category pages look good.

Yes, with GB and GP, you can create a block element - content template:
https://docs.generatepress.com/article/block-element-content-template/