[Resolved] Can I “adapt” Broadcast to an existing GP website?

[Alvaro]

Hi,

I was wondering if it’s possible to adapt the homepage style of Broadcast to an already existing GP website.

I really like the posts grid and want to use it to update the homepage of an existing site, which has a page and GP sections as frontpage (not latest posts).

Is it possible? Would I be better of with some Gutenberg posts block or something?

Thanks.

Álvaro

[Leo]

Hi there,

Would you be using the blocks to display posts?

If so WP Show Posts might be the easiest:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-show-posts/

Let me know 🙂

[Alvaro]

Hi Leo,

First of all, let me congratulate you for Broadcast and your other designs 😉

The current site is already using WP Show Posts in the homepage, with Sections: https://exitprostitution.org/ (also in other pages, like this).

But I’ve been asked to add more dynamic content to the frontpage, a specific post category to be exact.

I do like the way posts are presented in Broadcast’s frontpage and am currently assessing what’s the best approach to this change: move all to Gutenberg and forget Sections?

Thanks.

[Leo]

I really appreciate your compliment!! 🙂

Definitely stay away from Sections now if you can.

We just released the beta version of Generate Blocks which might help with this?
https://generateblocks.com/generateblocks-1-0

Let me know 🙂

[Alvaro]

Wow, totally new to me the Generate Blocks! Great move. Gonna give it a try.

Any idea if WP Show Posts is evolving to blocks any time soon?

Thanks.

[Leo]

Please do!

Unfortunately WP Show Posts won’t be updated to blocks format soon.

You should be able to achieve something similar using GB’s grid columns + shortcode blocks for WPSP though.

Sorry but too many things on the go so WPSP is lower on the priority 🙂

[Alvaro]

I get it. Pity though. It would, in some way, complete the circle.

Thanks.

[Alvaro]

Can I get that bigger first post with WPSP as in Broadcast frontpage?

Thanks.

[Leo]

It’s available in pro version only:
https://docs.wpshowposts.com/article/columns-overview/#featured-post

[Alvaro]

Got it: I see there’s a “Featured post” option in WPSP. Thanks!

[Leo]

No problem 🙂

[Alvaro]

Hi,

Reopening this ticket with a follow-up on your GenerateBlocks suggestion: any idea why the Container Block doesn’t use the full-image size for background-image?

So, I’m rebuilding this homepage with GenerateBlocks, and when I choose an image as background-image in the Container Block, it doesn’t use the full image (like the one used here, which is this), instead it is using a 1024×237 version.

Any idea why this happens and how to fix it?

Thanks.

[Leo]

Any chance you can open a new topic for this question?

It would make it easier for us to track all the issues related to Generate Blocks.

Thanks!

[Alvaro]

No problem Leo. I’ll do it right ahead.

Thanks.

[Leo]

Thanks 🙂

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