As a fan of Gutenberg and the block editor, I am always looking for ways to use it in lieu of the legacy page builder and even the Avada builder. For posts and KB articles, I only use Gutenberg and then use Avada to build the layout templates. This is similar to how many modern builders work — Oxygen, Bricks, etc.
As I start to put articles into the KB, I realized there will be times when I don’t want to build an entire page just to demonstrate some technique. But how to demo the results? For simple things using the classic block with the Avada elements is the solution, but what about complex items — multiple elements, nested columns, etc? Enter global library elements and the shortcode block. As an example, I put together a CSS tip for creating a food menu. Since I wanted to show more than one element, I created a global column with nested columns, titles, and text, and then added the shortcode to the post.
Originally published on Oct. 29, 2022
