Category: ClassicPress

OpenGraph Support Testing

My migration to ClassicPress just a couple days old I took notice of some of the areas to customize my experience. I had an old plugin to add OpenGraph support to WordPress sitting in bitbucket that proved a good starting point.

As for the current theme I’m using ClassicSixteen, a well built clone of Twenty Sixteen, and have made notes of small adjustments to keep elements like headlines and elements consistent between templates. A simple solution will be to create a Child Theme to standardize between the two. A permanent solution would be to create my own lightweight theme using CSS Grid. Just one problem, my web developer skills have become a little dusty. 😛

Plugin in progress, no warranty or support provided: jd-opengraph.zip

Hello ClassicPress

Winter break, that time of year when I grab a cup of coffee, cozy up by a warm computer, and dive into a new content management system (CMS) or framework. In recent years, I visited Winter CMS, and Gatsby. This year is ClassicPress, the project began in 2018, with a familiar lightweight experience. Classic menus and widgets replace full site editing and a block editor. Fewer JavaScript calls and simplified rendering means less need for a caching plugin.

ClassicPress offers exclusive features, including user taxonomy and a feature for adjusting the media library folder structure. Oh, and they are a community-driven project. Over the coming weeks, I plan to build a personalized, lightweight theme, maybe something using CSS Grid and OpenGraph support. 😀