After a great WordCamp Europe in Berlin, we not only have our WCEU review, but also more news for you: Matt Mullenweg answered questions from WCEU attendees in his keynote speech and Gutenberg 6.0 brings new features to the editor. We also take a look at the potential of WooCommerce for agencies and take a closer look at the well-known multipurpose theme Avada.

The WCEU 2019 brings many new insights

With over 3,260 tickets sold, this year's WCEU was not only one of the biggest WordCamps in Europe, but the biggest ever. Berlin attracted both old WCEU hands and new participants from all over the world. 97 different nations were represented. Despite the size, the familiar class trip atmosphere typical of WordCamps prevailed. The weekend showed once again: WordPress and its community are colorful, open and future-oriented.

What can the most successful WordPress theme Avada do?

Some people love them, others hate them - so-called multifunctional themes for WordPress, which offer many functionalities and design options out of the box. The WordPress theme Avada is one of them and does indeed have a lot to offer. But what can the most successful WP theme do and what are its strengths and weaknesses? Jörg Fiedler has blogged the answers for us.

WordPress

Matt Mullenweg's WCEU summer update
One of the highlights of WCEU 2019 in Berlin was, of course, the keynote speech by WP co-founder Matt Mullenweg. In his summer update, he mainly talked about the progress of the Gutenberg editor and presented future features. You can see what these look like and what critical questions he was confronted with in the subsequent Q&A in the livestream video.

Gutenberg 6.0 brings column layouts
The update to Gutenberg 6.0 brings some improvements to the column block in the editor. Users can now choose from a number of predefined column layouts. In the block settings, you can also change the width of the column and customize the layout according to your needs.

Business

WooCommerce for freelancers & agencies
Do you offer services for WordPress? Then you can no longer avoid WooCommerce. The growing shopping market is an opportunity for all freelancers and agencies working in the open source environment. Our WooCommerce specialist Michael shows you what options and business models are available.

Web design

Reading HTML Color Picker with JavaScript
Jonas Hellwig from the agency Kulturbanause shows you to what extent the form elements of HTML5 offer you possibilities to create complex functionalities with relatively simple means. He shows a concrete example in which the native color picker is used to recolor areas in the selected color in real time.

Online Marketing

New insights in the Google Search Console
In connection with the Mobile First Index, there have been several updates in the Google Search Console recently. You now get even more insight into the indexing, as the GSC gives you information about the primary crawler of your site, for example. It also shows you when your site was switched to Mobile First Indexing.

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