disperser 29April2021 Mindless stuff

Trying out WordPress stories.

Food faces are all around us! Look and you'll see. . .

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AnnMarie on 29April2021 at 1:00 PM
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I love it! Well done!

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  disperser on 29April2021 at 5:11 PM
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  Thanks, AnnMarie. I wanted to try the story block to see how to create it, compose it, and edit it.
  
  “Food faces” was the easiest “story” to tell.
  
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Emily on 29April2021 at 3:05 PM
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Did you install an extra plugin to do this?

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  disperser on 29April2021 at 5:22 PM
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  You can read about it here:
  
  https://wordpress.com/blog/2021/03/08/introducing-wordpress-stories-a-new-way-to-engage-your-audience/
  
  and the instructions here.
  
  https://wordpress.com/support/wordpress-editor/blocks/story-block/
  
  It’s supposed to be available on the block editor for the PC soon, but for right now it’s only available on the WordPress app for both Android and iOS.
  
  Thus, I created it on my phone, grabbing photos from my gallery and adding/sizing/placing the text.
  
  As far as I can tell, it’s just a slideshow, but it allows you to enter the text and arrange the slides. You can use videos and animations in addition to photos (I haven’t tried it).
  
  Once you create it on the phone, you can edit it on the PC, although I don’t know that you can do much more than rearrange the slides (I haven’t tried it).
  
  If you try to create a Story on the PC, it doesn’t find the “Story” block, so I assume it’s not yet live.
  
  Supposedly, it mimics Instagram (something else I don’t use) only these don’t go away (I didn’t know Instagram isn’t permanent; you learn something new every day).
  
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    Emily on 30April2021 at 2:51 PM
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    Thanks for the links Emilio. I might try it out when it reaches the PC block editor. Instagram has both permanent photos and also the stories which disappear (though you can pin favourite stories to your grid).
    
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doesitevenmatter3 on 30April2021 at 3:13 AM
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This is great!
Your food faces photos are fabulous! (Say that 3 times fast! Ha!)
(((HUGS))) and Happy Friday!!! 🙂

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  disperser on 30April2021 at 9:20 PM
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  Your food faces photos are fabulous!
  Your food faces photos are fabulous!
  Your food faces photos are fabulous!
  
  . . . easy peasy . . . with Cnt-C/Cntl-V
  
  Thanks, Carolyn.
  
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    doesitevenmatter3 on 1May2021 at 1:54 AM
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    HA! 😀
    
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Andrew Petcher on 30April2021 at 5:08 AM
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Yes, I like that.

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  disperser on 30April2021 at 9:20 PM
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  Thank you, Andrew.
  
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philosophermouseofthehedge on 13May2021 at 6:52 PM
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This is pretty cool.
Once it’s live on Block editor it’ll be fun to attempt. Thanks for the heads-up
Good choice of practice story

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  disperser on 13May2021 at 11:24 PM
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  Thank you, pmoth.
  
  I can see some applications for it, but I’m not sure if I’ll remember to use the option. Eventually, maybe.
  
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