[Resolved] Receive generatepress news and updates

[Vijay]

Hi Tom,
How do I sign-up to receive generatepress news and updates? I would like to know as soon as new version is available.

Also wondering when color palette will be integrated into GB palette?

I have 10 sites that I would like to start migrating to GP and Gutenberg. The only thing holding me back is color palette integration.

Many thanks,
Vj

[Tom]

You can subscribe to our development feed if you’d like: https://generatepress.com/category/development/feed/

Otherwise, you’ll need to rely on Facebook/Twitter.

There’s no timetable for that feature right now – we’re all done with big updates until the new year, at which point GPP 1.8 will be the main focus for January.

Instead of options added to the Customizer specifically for the color pickers, we’ll likely do the same thing we do with the Customizer color palettes, which is using your main colors already set.

For now, you can easily set your own color palette:

add_action( 'after_setup_theme', function() {
    add_theme_support( 'editor-color-palette', array(
        array(
            'name' => __( 'strong magenta', 'themeLangDomain' ),
            'slug' => 'strong-magenta',
            'color' => '#a156b4',
        ),
        array(
            'name' => __( 'light grayish magenta', 'themeLangDomain' ),
            'slug' => 'light-grayish-magenta',
            'color' => '#d0a5db',
        ),
        array(
            'name' => __( 'very light gray', 'themeLangDomain' ),
            'slug' => 'very-light-gray',
            'color' => '#eee',
        ),
        array(
            'name' => __( 'very dark gray', 'themeLangDomain' ),
            'slug' => 'very-dark-gray',
            'color' => '#444',
        ),
    ) );
} );

Hope this helps!

[Samuel]

I’m trying to use the code, but it’s not working. Even if I use the code directly from the WP manual:https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/handbook/designers-developers/developers/themes/theme-support/#block-color-palettes

// Custom Colors Gutenberg
add_action( 'after_setup_theme', function() {
    add_theme_support( 'editor-color-palette', array(
        array(
        'name' => __( 'BROWN', 'generatepress_child' ),
        'slug' => 'brown',
        'color' => '#423733',
    ),
    array(
        'name' => __( 'LIGHT BROWN', 'generatepress_child' ),
        'slug' => 'light-brown',
        'color' => '#877F7A',
    ),
    array(
        'name' => __( 'GREY50', 'generatepress_child' ),
        'slug' => 'grey50',
        'color' => '#7F7F7F',
    ),
    array(
        'name' => __( 'GREY', 'generatepress_child' ),
        'slug' => 'grey',
        'color' => '#E2E2E2',
    ),
	array(
        'name' => __( 'ORANGE', 'generatepress_child' ),
        'slug' => 'orange',
        'color' => '#F2C42E',
    ),
	array(
        'name' => __( 'RED', 'generatepress_child' ),
        'slug' => 'red',
        'color' => '#FD5A5C',
    ),
    ) );
} );

[Tom]

Try giving it a later priority:

add_action( 'after_setup_theme', function() {
    add_theme_support( 'editor-color-palette', array(
        array(
        'name' => __( 'BROWN', 'generatepress_child' ),
        'slug' => 'brown',
        'color' => '#423733',
    ),
    array(
        'name' => __( 'LIGHT BROWN', 'generatepress_child' ),
        'slug' => 'light-brown',
        'color' => '#877F7A',
    ),
    array(
        'name' => __( 'GREY50', 'generatepress_child' ),
        'slug' => 'grey50',
        'color' => '#7F7F7F',
    ),
    array(
        'name' => __( 'GREY', 'generatepress_child' ),
        'slug' => 'grey',
        'color' => '#E2E2E2',
    ),
	array(
        'name' => __( 'ORANGE', 'generatepress_child' ),
        'slug' => 'orange',
        'color' => '#F2C42E',
    ),
	array(
        'name' => __( 'RED', 'generatepress_child' ),
        'slug' => 'red',
        'color' => '#FD5A5C',
    ),
    ) );
}, 50 );

[Samuel]

Nice! Thanks!

[Tom]

You’re welcome 🙂

[Dean]

I’m thinking along the same lines of Vijay … I’m hoping you guys can start a dedicated blog page soon for upcoming updates/news etc … that way we can get a heads-up on any big planned-future updates/improvements/changes and can be prepared for anything worthwhile/significant (without having to check multiple Social media channels) … plus, I don’t use Facebook hardly ever because of it’s intrusive business model of taking/selling your private data.

When I click on the https://generatepress.com/category/development/feed/ link; my computer is asking me to download stuff – which’d I prefer not to do … would be alot easier for the GP customer base to have 1 basic blog to read at a dedicated URL on https://generatepress.com somewhere that we can bookmark and check regularly.

[Samuel]

Tom must have a lot on his mind. I think long blog posts and the maintenance will also slow him down a lot. He should rather program 😉 I always find the idea very welcome to see what is going on. But twitter would also be enough for me. The way ACF does it, I think it’s pretty cool: https://twitter.com/wp_acf

[Dean]

I wouldn’t want to slow Tom down either … but it’s possible if he delegates portions of the blog to highly qualified individuals, that it could actually help build his business quicker.

The blog could bring more people into the company products & generate more revenue, possibly freeing Tom up too do more development than support.

A blog is important these days to help build trust/influence for a brand, for example; a friend who was a very early adopter of WordPress is “extremely cautious” when choosing themes these days because too many Theme companies have come & gone over the years – and he’s been left holding the bag on an unsupported/poorly supported theme more than once.

In my opinion, a basic blog would be good not only for his customers, but also for his business as well.

I think it’s also very possible that there are some very talented WordPress Developers here as customers who would even be inclined to volunteer some of there knowledge to the blog.

[Tom]

A blog would be great, but it’s difficult to find good writers that would have expertise in subjects we care about.

When it comes to sharing future features, I’m pretty cautious. We’ve been burned before when it comes to competition stealing ideas and names. When I do post details on future releases, it’s usually in the FB community, which I understand isn’t the best (I don’t like being on FB, either).

I’ll see what I can do when it comes to drafting feature-related blog posts in the future 🙂

[Author]

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