[PaulOyler]

Thanks, Hugh!

[PaulOyler]

I'm using security certificate through Server Pilot.

[PaulOyler]

I got a few fast emails for the same reason (and a couple of texts - note: don't give clients your personal cell number if you don't want them texting you all hours. Lesson learned...).

[PaulOyler]

I'm always open to seeing what else is out there and how it would actually work, so I think this would be a great series.

[PaulOyler]

Howdy, y'all! I'm Paul Oyler and I live in Pennsylvania, about an hour north of Pittsburgh. In some WordPress circles, I'm known as Pappy Paul or Pappy Oyler, because PappyOyler is my Twitter handle, and I'm Pappy to 4 wonderful grandkids. (Which means I'm old enough to be "Pappy" to a great many current WordPress designers.)

I've been a WordPress user since a month or two after the fork from b2 became known as "WordPress". I'm not really a developer or a designer, but I assemble things and have met and then learned to ask the right people how to do something so that my clients end up with a site that they both need and like. I then manage the website for each of my clients, taking care of hosting, updates, security, and, depending on the client and the contract, I'll take care of content additions and/or editing.

Most of my clients these days are churches, ministries, and small businesses. I used to focus mostly on motorsports racing teams, tracks, and racing series, as for 15 years I was also a racing photographer and knew many of the racers personally. Over time, most of the racers I worked with either quit racing or scaled back their racing program and didn't need a website (or didn't want to have to pay for a website). I quit doing racing photography because of health issues and I just didn't have the current connections to get new clients. I do still have a couple of loyal racing operations that have been with me for close to 20 years, so I still have at least some connection to what was a major part of my past.

Another part of my past that is often weaved into my interactions with various people in WP groups is my love for The Grateful Dead. In the 70's I was as "out there" as it was possible to be, and while my life has changed drastically over the years, I still love the music of the Grateful Dead, and a "special" brownie once in a great while. To know more about me, my past, and my present, you can always check out my personal journal at pauloyler.online.

[PaulOyler]

Thanks! I think I am going to give it a try. I have a couple of "Sandbox" sites that I experiment on, so I think it may be time to see what I can figure out.

[PaulOyler]

I stated in another topic that I use Beaver Builder on every site that I build/manage and that so far I have not used the block editor at all.

During the webinar, I was wondering if using Gutentor might be a good way for me to "get my feet wet" using the block editor.

[PaulOyler]

In each case I would probably tell the client, "eh, you don't really want that..."
And then I'd look to see what I could find in either Power Pack or UABB.

[PaulOyler]

I use Beaver Builder on all sites. I still have not used the block editor. I tried but I'm too stuck in what I know to really put the effort into learning a new way. Guess I'm a stubborn old man...

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