Have you ever thought of something you’d always wanted to do but gave up on it because it was too difficult? Many people at some point will think of a website that they would love to create but are concerned they do not have the experience or ability to create it.
The good news is that is no longer a problem thanks to Toolset Blocks and Gutenberg. The new WordPress Block Editor, Gutenberg, makes designing your own website much easier and more intuitive thanks to the creation of blocks.
In addition, Toolset Blocks is the perfect compliment to Gutenberg as you can turn a basic website into something far more complex and professional thanks to a number of features such as dynamic content.
Why Gutenberg is a great option for building websites
Gutenberg has been around for just over a year and has improved significantly making it an ideal platform to build websites on. Below is a list of advantages for using Gutenberg:
Over the past year, a number of great blocks extensions have emerged which enhance Gutenberg and your ability to build custom websites.Excellent functionality for changing content on mobile.Easy to add page content that all websites need including a call to action, headings, testimonials and columns.Easy to reuse components across different pages and sections.
Ability to structure the content in whatever order you like by using the drag-and-drop interface to move blocks around.Gutenberg did have some teething problems when it was first launched but the good news is that many of those concerns have been overcome. There are still some features which are missing but they are all due to arrive in the near future. Even so, you can use Gutenberg and Toolset Blocks together to build everything you could need in a website.
How Toolset Blocks makes it easier to build custom websites
While Gutenberg serves as the body of a great, fully functional WordPress website, Toolset Blocks provides the engine which drives it to become a professional, custom website. Below you can find some of the advantages of using Toolset Blocks.
Dynamic content. Toolset Blocks offers the easiest route to adding dynamic content to your website without coding. Instead of static content, you can make it dynamic which means WordPress will pull the correct content from the database depending on which post type you click. No coding needed. You can build complex, custom websites without even using CSS or HTML. A much simpler website building workflow. Previously, building a website if you did not know how to code would have been far more complicated and costly. You would have had to design your website on one platform and asked a developer to implement it. Now you can add everything yourself to WordPress saving you time and money.
Spend less time reading the documentation. The simplicity of Gutenberg and Toolset Blocks means you do not need to read as much documentation as before to understand it.Fewer third-party plugins on your website. As you can build entire complex websites using Gutenberg, Toolset Blocks and other Gutenberg plugins you need to install fewer third-party plugins to handle the website building side of things. This will reduce bloat and make it far easier to manage your website.A simple interface for website building. With Gutenberg and Toolset Blocks, you will be able to see exactly how everything will look on the front-end as you build it on the back-end.
Why Toolset decided to integrate with Gutenberg
Toolset is closely integrated with all of the major page builders but its developers have now decided to rewrite Toolset so that it runs seamlessly inside the WordPress Block Editor. But why did Toolset make the move to blocks?
Since the launch of Gutenberg many page builders have increased their rate of updates making it harder and harder for plugins such as Toolset to remain completely compatible with them. The simple question is what is more effective? To invest time in playing catch-up with multiple third parties or to improve the current product?
The result is that clients will be happier with an improved product in Toolset Blocks which will work perfectly with the primary editor for WordPress.
What about the users who prefer to stick to other page builders?
The good news is that Toolset will still be completely integrated with third-party page builders in the near future, however, as each page builder continues to release new features and API changes it can be challenging to keep track of all of the developments. It remains to be seen how long Toolset can continue to improve its product and stay 100% integrated with every third-party page builder out there. You can get more info on Toolset from here! Also, this post on Dynamic Content might clear the air a little!
If you are not a fan of Gutenberg and Page Builders we’ve got that covered, see this post on ClassicPress, the pared down fork of Wordpress which uses just the TinyMCE editor and zero plugins.
