This is full site editing


  • New for Twenty Twenty Three

    New for Twenty Twenty Three

    The 2023 default WordPress template comes with 10 default styles. You will need to be comfy with full site editing, which means the style editor is moved from the left hand side customizer to the right hand side Style Editor. On our platform you will find that we are still using 2021, but you are…

  • Jump Start

    Jump Start

    To jump start your website, just start writing. Your website is hidden from search engines at startup, so you are safe to experiment away. No one will see your edits until you make it live. Even if you are intent on making a single page website, you may need to work out how to: The…

  • Twenty Twenty One

    Twenty Twenty One

    Is our new default theme, i.e. when you fire up a new site. By all means upgrade to Twenty Twenty Two, if that feels right for you or you fear being left out of the full site editing experience, but we’re old fashioned and prefer the old world editing experience and the traditional customizer –…

  • What’s new in 2021?

    What’s new in 2021?

    Twenty Twenty One (TTO from now on) is the default WordPress theme and looks plain and old fashioned, but tailored around the new Block Editor. First off there’s a selection of default colours that are designed with Dark Mode support in mind. So will suit blog posters whose audience is nocturnal.

  • OurLocality has a New default theme – TT3

    OurLocality has a New default theme – TT3

    The Full Site Editing experience is not for everyone, but it has been the default WordPress theme for the last 3 years, now so we are giving it a go as the default. So we’re going to let you loose with a new default theme, which is not the latest and greatest but last year’s.…

  • Make your site live (no one will find you unless they have the link otherwise)

    Make your site live (no one will find you unless they have the link otherwise)

    In our setup the default is to discourage search engines. This is to protect you from accidentally publishing your experimental doodles. In our experience many site owners can take many weeks, months, sometimes years to begin work and then finish their site. For your sanity we recommend you make sure you visit the settings page…

  • Add a widget in the footer or delete it

    Add a widget in the footer or delete it

    Widgets are blocks that appear outside the content area or a page or post. They include sidebars and footers and in some templates may include multiple positions in the header and above or below it. Footers are useful for boring but essential items like a reminder of the legals, privacy, poilcies, social links, basically the…

  • Adjust the menus or remove them entirely

    Adjust the menus or remove them entirely

    Managing menus is fairly easy, but there are pitfalls due to the flexibility of the options available. You manage menus first by creating a collection or friendly handle/name for your menu. You may want to have a number of menus which you can swap around, perhaps you are doing a major revision to your site.…

  • Customise key aspects of your site or switch template

    Customise key aspects of your site or switch template

    To open up the customizer, select from the top bar or Dashboard > Appearance > Customizer. The customizer provides a key route to modifying many of the website fundamentals, e.g.: Switch template Change colour scheme (template dependent) Change fonts and font styles (template dependent) Modify menus (you can do this also from the Dashboard >…