David Cramer

@aurooba @wpengine Interested.

My engineering team inside the @wpengine marketing department is looking for another dev to join us! Someone into modern #WordPress dev, but also knows their way around #React, with a can-do attitude in a fast paced environment. Who's interested?

@jeffr0 Congrats!

Today, I am excited and proud to announce that I am the Director of Outreach for Mindsize mindsize.com I'll be handling partnerships, collaborations, and seeking opportunities. Everything I've been told about Mindsize has been overwhelmingly positive. Let's Go!

@jeffr0 Congrats! Wish I was as fortunate 😞

Hey y'all. I got some great news. I am no longer unemployed. I signed a job offer today. The role was created with my talents in mind. I'll be leveraging my skills and relationships in this role in the WordPress space. I'm excited and looking forward to jumping in head first.

I'm available for some freelance WordPress dev work. If you need anything, DM me.

@webafrica how do we get support of we haven't agreed to WhatsApp's terms and conditions? 🤔

@iamMisterCrisps @Dadsaysjokes Agreed. I want it to work, but it doesn't. I'm ashamed.

@Dadsaysjokes The worst joke I've ever heard. Like, not even bad-good. Just, bad.

I was on the beach and got hit by a massive wave of cake. It was a tiramisu-nami.

@JosVelasco That's a good one. Would be nice to have this message simpler.

@dcramer Not being able to create and edit templates from the editor and responsive design details. (At least there are plugins for that)

I don't often post about work stuff, but this is an open question that would help me with understanding something... What is your biggest issue/complaint about the WordPress block editor and the state of patterns and templates within the theme space?

@askwpgirl Exactly. But, should they.

@dcramer All clients can - Edit content of posts: This is all done in the Block Editor plus ACF fields as needed. Edit content of complex page layouts: This is all done in Elementor. They do need full control of existing content. Is that what you're after?

@manonatelier This is one of my issues that I'm seeing. Giving contributors of a defined site, power to define the site structure. I'm thinking the concept of post and page, needs to be better defined. A post should not have structural blocks etc.

@askwpgirl Sure, but let me rephrase my question... How often do you build onto a completed site? Do you want to allow authors on a defined, launched site, to have access to structural editing tools at a per post level?

@dcramer If I had to go back to coding all templates, it would pretty much suck.

@askwpgirl How often do you build a whole site? Should that level of control be available at content capture level?

@dcramer For what it is, it seems to be progressing. To build a whole site would be more headache, frustration, time, and swearing to do the type of things I do using it. I would hate my job. Overall, I'm not feeling the love.

@scotmacdonald That's an interesting perspective—choice of use. There's a clear thing I'm seeing; posts vs pages. Do posts, articles, and generally templated content, need blocks and third party HTML structures bound to content at a meta level?

@dcramer The whole block editor thing should have been done as an option vs locked into core. They said it wasn't about killing page builders, but it clearly was, and now the WP marketplace is littered with block plugins while legacy theme developers are left with a broken business model.

@askwpgirl Just your thoughts, which you have effectively shared in other responses. Of which, I appreciate! And agreed, they are a nice evolution, which is what my question is based on. And, something I'll share more of at a later stage.

@dcramer Not sure what you're going for here. What do you want to know? As a developer, I'm not overly excited about building sites only with blocks at the moment. The block patterns are a nice evolution.

@askwpgirl As per my reply to the parent of this: Could you elaborate a little? ... I mean I have my own thoughts, one being purpose, and as per your example of writing an article, how often is the need for adding HTML to a templated system?

@dcramer In other words, from a purely subjective standpoint, I am _not_ thinking: "Oh wow, this is so cool, I'm going to use it to entirely rebuild my site." Instead, I think: "That's a cool block. I'll use that on my next article and show my group."

@askwpgirl I'm sitting at 23 years in dev 😂 How is it fine for article editing? I mean, an article should be just text, with the occasional media insert. Could you elaborate a little perhaps?

@dcramer 7 years in dev with several more to go is a long development cycle. Block editor is fine for article editing. Just don't try to do any sort of complex layouts. It doesn't have the look, feel, or functionality of s modern builder. It's not competitive in that regards.

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@hellosammunoz I realise i didn't answer your question. Fitting in my `tech stack` requires the clients needs; timeline, control, scalability. Mostly, WordPress covers a basic, well structured system. With the added benefit of it being well known. Plugin availability is not a selling point.

@dcramer That's interesting, David. How does WordPress fit into your "tech stack" for a project? I'm with you that oftentimes it's just one piece of the puzzle.

Happy Tuesday! Here's a loaded question: Why #WordPress? 👇🏼🧐

@hellosammunoz My current career is based on WordPress. So I have an invested interest. However, that investment needs to come from an educated, and well argued reason. WordPress isn't the magic solution, but it is one that can implemented well. But, like everything has a cost attached.