Today I was searching for Bric and Blocs to purchase that I might want to use. This isn’t the first time.
What did I find…
I found ads in the Blocs store with broken links, no previews of what a bloc os bric does (need to show me) and links that don’t work.
I also see messages in threads that go unanswered and have been sitting there for years.
I send msgs to developers and get no responses. With some, it is unclear if you should use the “contact me” link or not.
Obviously, this isn’t the case for ALL developers, but many in the store don’t seem to keep up with their store fronts.
So, today a message to developers:
I WANT to give you my money! I want to purchase Bric and Blocs, but you are not making it easy.
I WANT to see more developers in there, I WANT to buy your stuff!
I would simply ask that developers go look at their storefronts, click on the links…see what we see.
I do see updates with some of the Bric and Blocs…but if you didn’t update your Bric or Bloc, does it work with the latest Blocs application? Bootstrap 5 or whatever?
I look at some of these and wonder if I want to give you my money? Will you be around for the next Blocs update? Are you actively refreshing your offerings? Frankly, it doesn’t look like it in some of the store fronts.
Finally, we WANT to support you…can you make it a bit easier?
My rant is done…I DO APPRECIATE the work all developers put into their offerings. Help me spend my money.
I am not a developer, so I cannot address your point directly. From a user’s point of view I can certainly see there are aspects that could be improved.
I do believe the developers are waiting on some improvements though in the API that would allow them to do more. From the limited discussions I’ve had I gather it is quite time consuming and can be tricky, so I doubt anybody is becoming rich from this.
We all want a better experience though so I think this was a worthwhile thread to create and I don’t consider it a rant.
I love the Blocs store and I would love to see so many more Brics!
I do think the blocs store design is brilliant and works well - and love the work all our amazing developers are doing.
I also do get where @WeatherguyNH is coming from. Sometimes i do download a bric and puzzled on how it works!..id love to see more videos on how these things work - and I would love to see them updated for the latest version of Blocs.
But this is all in an ideal world - so I guess if a bric is not selling them why should a developer support it , as long as it shows what versions of Blocs/framework it supports then we know if its supported or not.
I love the videos @PeteSharp , @Whittfield, @Jannis and now @Norm are showing on their brics, and the great thing is - these guys are all amazing contributors on this forum, so fire a question to them!
One thing id like to see on every Bric in the store is a link to see each bric in its working form. No better way to test than to see!
While we are all talking about the store - I would like to fire a question or 3 to the master himself! @Norm if this is ok (sorry to hi-jack your thread @WeatherguyNH - but wanted to ask while its a store post!)
Norm - the Blocs store, this is all made within Blocs… if so can you let us know what you used to achieve the below:
The login for the page? How does this work…
The search bar at the top, is this Site Search?
The filtering on the menu again works really nice and is really tidy - is this something that can made into a bric of some sort?..how is this done !? - again…love this !
I don’t want to be mis understood.
I quite LIKE the brics/blocs store. I think this central hub is a GREAT IDEA. The Bric/Blocs in there, that I have purchased thus far, work fine, no arguments about quality etc…or getting support.
I wish there were more. More blocs and brics, and more developers.
I invite anyone reading this thread to go click on a few of the store fronts. I think you will see what I mean…
If I was completely new to Blocs and I went to some of the storefronts, that might be a turn off. Want more folks here like me (not developers), since that is Blocs main tag line, then I would hope for more tools and a better experience when I click on some of the storefronts.
Not a Blocs Developer but I do have a few templates (All of which were migrated to Blocs 4 and one that comes with a fun extension ).
My support inquiries usually come through my site’s contact page or Paddle Support but try to respond as soon as I see them.
My main focus is on the clients I have locally for freelance work though I currently wouldn’t neglect anyone who pays for my work.
Perhaps, in the future, I will look into making blocs for the community
Hopefully not me either. I try to respond as quickly as I can.
I have a Bric in beta, soon to be released so hopefully that adds to the tally. And another one In the pipeline. For me, I work on these in my spare time, and I’m no where as advanced in coding as @Whittfield and @Jannis who have created some great Brics, so I probably take the scenic route.
There is a learning curve with everything, I had never made anything like a Blocs Bric, but I started somewhere, used the docs, asked, and also spent time figuring it out. I started off simple, then did something more complex like a Easy Burger to stretch my skills.
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so hopefully that adds to the tally. And another one In the pipeline. For me, I work on these in my spare time, and I’m no where as advanced in coding as 