It’s here folks, the first beta of Blocs 4.1. This release features a nice mix of new features we think many of you will love!
The main Spotlight feature is the new ecommerce interactions, simply add your Stripe, Ecwid, Gumroad, Snipcart or Paddle credentials and product info and Blocs will handle the rest. These new interactions make creating an online store a breeze!
Have a great weekend and thanks so much for your continued support!
Font swap is something used to stop fonts flashing while they are loading. It’s an optimisation option Google recommends so if you get that warning from Google Speed insights you can now apply the rule.
As for background blend mode, make sure there is a background colour applied to the same layer to see the combination.
Hi @Norm, There seems to be an issue with the reCAPTCHA bric in 4.1
When adding it it’s not showing up in preview. When exporting the site reCAPTCHA is still not showing but it is functioning as I can’t submit the form. It gives the error message: “Please check the captcha checkbox”
Now, when I open the same blocs file in 4.0.4 the reCAPTCHA bric is there and after exporting it works.
When I now re-open the file (after saving in 4.0.4) in 4.1 reCAPTCHA is visible and it works without issues.
This is great Norm! Especially the ecommerce has my full attention. Hopefully I have some time in the upcoming week to figure it all out… (Unless Eldar beats me to it…)
Read about ability to remove unused assets, too! Great!
Wanted to transfer my personal site to 4.1 when it comes out.
Hopefully this works also on hosted assets, lets see…
All these great feature additions were a Big SURprise, actually. A very pleasant surprise!
By the way, to get the best Google Page Speed Insightsscore, it’s important to note that Google prefers SWAP over the other 3 choices for some reason. You can read more about that here:
It’s also important to note that you will often get flagged by Google for Font Awesome fonts too, but those cannot be set to SWAP, and even if you could set that, there is nothing to swap with.