The Block Protocol

Posted by MadaboutDana
Feb 8, 2022 at 03:42 PM

I think it’s a great idea. There is a plethora of (in many cases, excellent) software predicated on blocks – not least WordPress’s latest version of their editor in 5.9.

For block tweaking, I currently use Nicepage, which is amazing (and apart from complete websites, can also be used to generate WordPress and Joomla templates). There are some good block-oriented themes about, too (especially GeneratePress and its ancillaries), but I’ve yet to find a really, really friendly WordPress theme that’s doesn’t involve an amazing amount of scampering to and fro from one settings screen to another. Hence Nicepage!

For general drafting and layout, I use the brilliant Sparkle (macOS only, I’m afraid, although an iOS version is planned). But it’s very much a graphical layout app, although the recent addition of Layout Blocks has made it slightly more block-focused. It’s the only (more or less) WYSIWYG macOS web editor that automatically installs a (fully indexed) search engine, supports blog posts and allows you to password-protect pages (complete with smart fields that only appear to logged-in users).

But there are some other good ones out there too, like Blocs and Mobirise (both block-based), as well as some entertaining graphical ones like Wolf.

Cheers!
Bill