Chamblee54

I am still trying to figure out the new WordPress thing. The tried and true method is to write text, add pictures, and see what happens.
A key step is adding links. For years, I have made the links in my template. I have the code, with zzz for the url and xxx for the text that will appear in the post. It is a handy system, that has served me well over the years. Will this code work in the new editor?
I was looking through my old posts, with the intention of finding old text to recirculate. I soon got tired of that, and decided to write something fresh. One of the old posts was titled Page 43. It is a writing prompt. Take a book, go to page 43, and write about the first sentence. The book for today’s exercise is Skinny Legs and All, by Tom Robbins.
“Hand in hand, she short, he tall, she bouncy, he lame, they walked along the stream.” Boomer Petway and his bride, Ellen Cherry Charles Petway, were walking towards a cave. They were going to have a picnic lunch, after eating dessert first. They brought with them a can of beans, and a silver dessert spoon. The spoon was probably not involved in the pre-meal festivities. Once they commence to celebrating their young marriage, Ellen Cherry feels the need to cry out Jezebel.
“Hand’ in hand’, she short’, he tall’, she bounc,’-y, he’ lame, they’ walked a’long the’ stream.” The sentence has an iambic beat. The first ten beats would make a great line for a poem. Not only does it score high on the meter meter, but it ends in EE. This vowel sound is very common at the end of words. Rhyme zone has 1518 results the EE sound.
Getting back to the new editor, this is causing brain damage. If you go to the menu, and select “All Posts,” you will see a list of the most recent posts. Under each post, you can choose “Edit,” which is pretty obvious. Next to that is “Classic Editor.” Apparently, I can start the post in the new window, close it, and finish it using the classic editor. However, WordPress is making noise about dumping the classic editor altogether, so it would be better to learn the new system. It is a bit of a challenge.
The first step is to add a link, to see if that works. The old code for links works here. The only difference between the old code, and the new, is about twenty characters added onto the new code. Eventually, I can update the template, but for now the old code can be recycled. That can be a real problem when repeating an old post.
The next step is to add pictures. This is absolutely essential to the look of chamblee54. If you google the question, you will get some conflicting answers. Finally, I clicked on the blue plus sign, which lets you add a block. This is, after all, called the block editor. There appear to be some toys to play with, after I get used to this thing.
Before I reinvent chamblee54, I need to get this learning curve post up. If you go into the “Media” blocks, you will see something called “Stacked.” This will enable you to download pictures. The code looks a bit different. It is tougher to work with.
It was looking good for a while. Maybe I should have just inserted the text, and gone on. Instead, I kept pushing buttons, and screwed something up. The pictures are now set off to the right of the border by about 24 pixels, and rub over the lists of details beside the picture space. I can’t tell if it was like that all along, or if I put it there by accident. I am going to start another post, and see if it works better this time. I may wind up going with the classic editor anyway.
One more try with the pictures was the correct move. I was pushing this and that button, and trumped everything up. The text works well, give or take a tweak or two. This post is going to go on the internet, and maybe somebody will read it.
Pictures today are from The Library of Congress. These pictures that were edited in 2016. Chamblee54 has written about Skinny Legs and All before. (one two three)