Creating a portable Slider Block with ACF

Update 14th June 2023: As part of my demo of ACF Blocks at WordCamp Europe, this code was updated and modernised further and is available on GitHub: https://github.com/lgladdy/wceu-acf-block-demo ACF’s upcoming 6.0 release brings support for block.json blocks, which means it’s now possible to build standalone, reusable ACF Blocks which contain all the fields, scripts, styles…… Continue reading Creating a portable Slider Block with ACF

Creating portable ACF Blocks

For the last couple of months in my day job, I’ve been working some significant changes to Advanced Custom Fields block editor integration system, ACF Blocks. ACF Blocks was first introduced to support WordPress 5.0’s initial implementation of the block editor back in ACF PRO 5.8, and as you can imagine that looked and worked…… Continue reading Creating portable ACF Blocks

How to watch (and where to find) the World Cup in 4k UHD on BBC iPlayer in the UK

The BBC is running the UK’s first live 4K UHD HDR broadcast trial for the Russian 2018 World Cup. It’s broadcast via the BBC iPlayer app directly on compatible smart TVs, The BBC do have a list of compatible TVs, but this isn’t a complete list. Due to constraints in live encoding of UHD material,…… Continue reading How to watch (and where to find) the World Cup in 4k UHD on BBC iPlayer in the UK

Sky Q Formula One UHD Failed Recordings

This morning was the first live qualifying of Formula One available in Ultra HD on Sky Q, and it’s looking like it’s caused issues for lots of people. There are reports on Twitter and Sky’s forums of numerous issues – “Part Recorded” or “Failed” for Qualifying this morning. Other people report green screens, artefacts and blocky…… Continue reading Sky Q Formula One UHD Failed Recordings