Category Development

WordPress Block Themes

Block Theme Features Global Style Presets Theme.json is a configuration file that defines the theme’s default styles and settings. These settings can range from defining global colour presets, to a specific block setting like button spacing. Users can then change these settings in the styles interface, without overwriting any presets.

Some of our favourite WordPress plugins

For the content creators These first 3 plugins are tools that really streamline the content creation process for site editors. They empower clients to easily create advanced layouts and rich content without requiring any developer chops.  

WordPress 6: Is Gutenberg ready?

Wordpress 6 from WordPress 5 Before Gutenberg, it was common practice for WordPress websites to use a page builder plugin. Even as more themes support Gutenberg, many websites still use block library plugins today to improve the Gutenberg experience.

Swift Product Spotlight

By 2015, it was apparent that OpenRoad’s competitors and peers were paying close attention to the rapid development of their website. Quebec-based Groupe Park Avenue came to us in search of a development partner to assist them in creating a dynamic new website that they could iterate and improve on, free from vendor lock-in. Their technology requirements spurred us to finely-hone our technical knowledge of the automotive industry.

Bean vs. FPP – Structured content outside of nodes

The choice was to either just use a WYSIWYG field and hope no user would change things drastically and break the layout, or to just put everything in code and not allow a user to edit it at all. Neither seemed like good solutions as they couldn't provide both consistent structure and usability. Different levels of customizability and layout can be achieved through things like views, blocks or panels, but views is a bit of a workaround, blocks repeat the same issue and for any complex layout, panels quickly become unwieldy both in the configuration and in markup.

5 things a WordPress developer should know about Drupal.

While working as a junior web developer, I spent most of my time with WordPress developing several WordPress websites for my clients. I enjoyed developing custom themes and addressing my client's requirements with all the cool plugins available for WordPress. Now that I have been working for a shop that focuses on Drupal, I have had to wrap my head around the differences between the two platforms. There are substantial conceptual differences between the two CMSs and I would like to share my experience working with Drupal.

Why you and your clients should be excited to build your next project with Drupal 8

Over 8 months after release and my first D8 site under my belt I can now say I am excited for the future of working with Drupal's freshest release. That being said at this stage in the game the decision to go with D8 should approached with caution. It does what it does well but many of those shiny contrib modules you're used to using just aren't there yet. Unless your team and client are willing to spend the time and money needed to develop or port the missing functionality it might not be a fit for that particular project.