September 15, 2019

August 8, 2019 — How adding custom css and js to the WordPress admin can help mold the WordPress front end to better suit the individual client needs with the addition of controls and styles to both the Gutenberg editor and Advanced Custom Fields.
Takeaways:

How to create a more intuitive front end for clients
How to limit the possibility of site breakage by clients
Reduce the numbers of required plugins.

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July 26, 2019 — In our last episode, dear campers, we learned about Custom Post Types (CPT’s) and Advanced Custom Fields (ACF’s) and why we need them. We had everything clear, right? Enter Gutenberg…
Until Gutenberg, we had to copy over content from one old post to the new. The other option is to use CPT’s and ACF’s. What’s the difference? When should you use one or the other… or BOTH?
In this session, we’ll take a quick review of CPT’s and ACF’s, then compare them to Gutenberg Blocks and Templates, and discuss when you should use each and why.

June 12, 2019 — – Cómo crear diferentes tipos de campos.
– Cómo asignarlo a diferentes cpts, páginas, etc…
– Cómo pintarlos en nuestros ficheros para que se vean en el front.

Si no has trabajado nunca con ACF ni con campos personalizados, esta meetup va a serte de gran ayuda para que aumentes tus armas y así puedas implementar temas para tus clientes con más funcionalidades y mucho más ordenados para que lo tengan fácil.

Si ya has trabajado con campos personalizados pero no has usado ACF, te va a molar como se hacen las cosas con ACF y las cosas que se pueden hacer.

Como ACF es un mundo, dejaremos abierta la meetup para que los/as asistentes propongan una segunda parte para más adelante.

Para esta pedazo de charla tendremos como charlatán a nuestro querido Oscar Abad Folgueira (@oabadfol).

June 2, 2019 — How does a front-end developer that doesn’t write React create custom Gutenberg blocks to meet unique needs? There are plugins that offer extra out-of-the-box components, but for the greatest customization, we’ll focus on leveraging Advanced Custom Fields 5.8 (currently in beta) in a custom theme.

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May 10, 2019 — With introduction of WordPress 5.0 and Gutenberg there have been several notable changes to the WordPress admin section. Some of which hinder the use of ACF. This presentation will show how a few minor modifications to the WordPress admin section make using both Gutenberg and ACF much easier.

March 8, 2019 — For those of us that rely greatly on Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) for customizing our themes, the release of Gutenberg was and still is scary at times.

Have no fear! acf_register_block() allows you to create your own Gutenberg blocks using just Advanced Custom Fields.

You will learn:
– ACF & it’s awesome capabilities
– How to create Gutenberg blocks with ACF
– A few other handy ACF tips & tricks

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March 4, 2019 — I want to teach novice designers and developers how to jump into Advanced Custom Fields without being overwhelmed. I will show the designer front end and some of the things that can be achieved with ACF as well as the code behind scenes of ACF in the form of site-wide Theme Options, and page and post customizations.

Audience: Early learners of WordPress as well as those looking to get into ACF for the first time.

What is ACF?
Advanced Custom Fields is a WordPress plugin which allows you to add extra content fields to your WordPress edit screens. These extra content fields are more commonly referred to as Custom Fields and can allow you to build websites faster and educate your clients quicker.

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February 26, 2019 — Advanced Custom Fields is a powerful plugin to add and use metadata with your WordPress site. This lightning talk will get you up and running with the plugin and an example of what you can build with Advanced Custom Fields.

March 29, 2017 — My topic will be centered on ways to customize WordPress posts, pages and custom templates with Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) for a better user experience. I will start out by giving a brief introduction to the plugin and how to use it, but the main focus will be on tips and tricks to making your fields clean and organized so that your users don’t freak out when looking at the backend of all their posts, pages or custom templates that use numerous custom fields.

The topic will be WordPress backend heavy, with a little bit of development talk to describe how to create fields in templates during the brief introduction to the plugin.