=== Blocksolid ===
Contributors: peripatus
Tags: page builder, gutenberg, blocks, editor, classic editor, divi, wp bakery, visual composer
Stable tag: 1.0
Requires at least: 5.5
Tested up to: 5.7
Requires PHP: 5.6
Donate link: https://www.peripatus.uk/payments/
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

Restyle the block editor and extend the core blocks.

== Description ==

Blocksolid doesn’t add new blocks.  Blocksolid is not a theme.

Blocksolid adds an overlay to the built-in WordPress Gutenberg block editor to define where the edges of the blocks are.

Blocksolid extends the built-in core blocks so that they do more.


This plugin grew from two specific needs:

- I need my clients’ websites to load quickly

- I need an easy to use page builder for my clients


When the WordPress launched their own built-in block editor, ‘Gutenberg’, I was impressed by its incredibly lean front-end code based upon adding comments within the HTML – genius!  

Having used page builders such as Divi and WP Bakery Page Builder / Visual Composer for a number of years I expected Gutenberg to work similarly with clear rows and columns and content within them.  But Gutenberg isn’t built to work that way, it’s not that sort of page builder.

Like many developers I gave up, installed the “Classic Editor” plugin and moved on.  ‘Nobody likes this editor, they will abandon it and it will go away,’ I thought.

A few years later Gutenberg hasn’t been abandoned, it has been honed by a large team of brilliant developers into something genuinely useful - but it still doesn’t work how I want it to work.

Meanwhile the paid page builder plugins that I have been using have become more and more bloated. 

Why have two page builders loading with your site when Gutenberg is built in and with a little help from Blocksolid can be the page builder you need?

Gutenberg comes with an array of core blocks which have much of what you need as a developer – why add additional blocks when you can extend what the core blocks can do?

Blocksolid can help you learn to love Gutenberg!


= Blocksolid Features =

Note that all features can be switched toggled off and on.

* Blocksolid adds an overlay to the built-in WordPress Gutenberg block editor to define where the edges of the blocks are.
* Blocksolid extends the core blocks so that they do more.

== Installation ==

From your WordPress dashboard

1. **Visit** Plugins > Add New
2. **Search** for "Blocksolid"
3. **Activate** Blocksolid from your Plugins page
4. **Setup** Visit Settings > Blocksolid, switch on the features that you want to use and save.

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= What kind of support do you provide? =

**Email.** Please send any queries to wordpress@peripatus.net and I will be happy to help.

= It doesn't look much different, what am I doing wrong?

The main focus is on the "Columns" design block and the rows and columns within it which can be used for controlling your page layout.  If you are not using these you will still see some cosmetic differences.

= I have installed but get a message about Classic Editor when I go to the Blocksolid Settings

To use Blocksolid you need to be using the WordPress Block Editor that is build into WordPress (also known as ‘Gutenberg’).

A theme or a plugin such as “Classic Editor” has deactivated this. Please check your themes and plugins.

= After installing and deactivating the Classic Editor when I edit a post I get an error saying "Updating failed: The response is not a valid JSON response"

This is due to the way WordPress works rather than an issue with Blocksolid but likely to come up if you have an existing site that you are coverting to Gutenberg.  Gutenberg and the Classic Editor work differently and changing from one to the other may cause this error.  Flushing the permalink cache should fix this issue and the easiest way to do this is to remind WordPress of its existing permalink structure.

This process should be simple and have no consequences but always back up your site before making any change.

1. In the WordPress admin area, go to “Settings > Permalinks”
2. Click “Save Changes”
3. Permalinks and rewrite rules are flushed.
4. Reopen your page and try again.

== Screenshots ==

1. /assets/screenshots/screenshot-1.png

Without the block editor overlay

2. /assets/screenshots/screenshot-2.png

With the block editor overlay

3. /assets/screenshots/screenshot-3.png

Row selected showing additional settings


== Changelog ==

= 1.0 =

*Release Date - March 2021*

First release

== Upgrade Notice ==

= 1.0 =

This is the first public release to be published