Accessing and using Editor on Screen

  • Unknown's avatar
    waynera · Member ·

    I seem to keep losing the editor that sits at the top of the page to edit doc and to download images docs etc.

    Where is it located on the site and how does one retrieve to use?

    Any help would be appreciated

    Thanks
    Wayne long term user of WordPress
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    The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

  • Unknown's avatar
    helper-heroponriki · Member ·

    Hi there!

    Can you give us more information and give us a link to where you used to see the editor? Once we have that information, we’ll be better able to advise.

    Thanks!

  • Unknown's avatar
    waynera · Member ·

    I am using the earlier version of WordPress and the editing icon that appears above the text for a new page that is being created.

    This is easy to use and allows you to edit doc and import images and make linkages to references used in the text being created.

    Advise on this is appreciated

    Thanks

    Wayne http://waynera.wordpress.com/

  • supernovia · Staff ·

    Hi Wayne! Do you mean this one?
    https://wordpress.com/support/wordpress-editor/customize-blocks/#block-toolbar

    Or, maybe you’re used to using classic blocks — can you try typing /classic in the editor, choosing the classic block, and seeing if that brings up the toolbar you need?
    https://wordpress.com/support/wordpress-editor/blocks/classic-block/#editing-in-the-classic-block

  • Unknown's avatar
    waynera · Member ·

    Yes that is the one I prefer to work with but cant get it back

    Can you recommend a Youtube or WordPress video tutorial on how to access and use it. That would be helpul

    The page Im trying to access classic editor for is

    Profile

    Thanks

    Wayne

  • Unknown's avatar
    waynera · Member ·

    No I still cant activate the classic editor and dont like the new editor which is less intuitive and want to keep the classic the default editor

    Directions on how to do this via video tutorial would be helpful

    Thanks
    Wayne

  • Unknown's avatar
    waynera · Member ·

    https://waynera.wordpress.com/profile-dr-wayne-atkinson-yorta-yorta/

    Here is the link to the page Im trying to use the Classic edit as the default and not the complicated one that I dont like too difficult and like to keep it simple

    Thanks

    Wayne

  • Unknown's avatar
    helper-heroponriki · Member ·

    We’re following the direction of what the WordPress open source project is moving towards. The open-source project is what works on the actual WordPress software. The Block editor (also known as “Gutenberg”) is the first step in modernizing WordPress. Here’s a quote from their FAQ: https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/handbook/faq/

    “Gutenberg” is the project’s name to create a new editor experience for WordPress — contributors have been working on it since January 2017 and it’s one of the most significant changes to WordPress in years. It’s built on the idea of using “blocks” to write and design posts and pages. This will serve as the foundation for future improvements to WordPress, including blocks as a way not just to design posts and pages but also entire sites. The overall goal is to simplify the first-time user experience of WordPress — for those who are writing, editing, publishing, and designing web pages. The editing experience is intended to give users a better visual representation of what their post or page will look like when they hit publish.

    Since the development of the WordPress software is moving in this direction, when new versions of the software are released, we update the software here at WordPress.com.

    We also understand that people still use the Classic Editor, so it’s still available here (it’s not in the WordPress software). But, eventually, newer versions of WordPress won’t be compatible with the legacy Classic Editor, and that’s why we’re encouraging you to try the new Block editor, which has a “Classic block” that will give you most of the same functionality that the Classic Editor has:

    https://wordpress.com/support/wordpress-editor/blocks/classic-block/

    Give it a try! I had similar reservations, but now I enjoy the ability to use more keyboard shortcuts when composing my blog posts. :)

    Otherwise, you can follow the steps here to access the Classic Editor (for now):

    https://wordpress.com/support/classic-editor-guide/#how-to-access-the-classic-editor

    I hope that helps!

  • Unknown's avatar
    helper-heroponriki · Member ·

    Also, please note that you can no longer specify the Classic Editor as your “default” editor – you need to access it using the steps I linked above.

  • Unknown's avatar
    waynera · Member ·

    What started out as a user-friendly and free option for those like myself who chose to use WordPress as a web tool has now become more of a top-down dictatorial system.
    Having the option of working in an environment that one is happy with and that serves one’s own needs has been taken away and defaulted to another system at the whim of monatary gain it seems.

    I’ve picked up similar comments from other users some of whom say they hate the new editing system preferring to stay in the older classic easy-to-use program-see Youtube. I agree and would prefer to stay in that environment which suits my needs fine.
    Leave it with you Wayne

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